John Colasacco
Operations Consultant
Lake Worth, FL
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Summary
A strategic and tactical Operations Executive with 20+ years experience and strong hands-on knowledge of distribution, purchasing, IT, inventory management, production and warehousing management, facilities, office management and logistics. Career successes include process improvement, increased profitability, decreased returns, systems implementation, and elevated customer service across vendors, internal and external clients. Recognized from handling high level negotiations, office space planning, and delivering business goals that ladder up to corporate objectives.
Experience
2014
Jul
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2019
Jul
Vice President of Operations and IT
International Cosmetics and Perfumes / New York, NY
- Oversight of all operations including procurement, logistics, 3PL, quality, regulatory, contract manufacturing, inventory control, marketing and promotional activities, logistics, security and IT.
- Managed and developed team and secured and maintained relationships with warehouse staff and IT consultants.
- Drove 11% sales increase to $70MM in retail sales, while increasing profitability by identifying and implementing delicate exit from unprofitable national retailer.
- Negotiated, reduced, and expedited product to market through continuous improvements on global level of procurement and sourcing in US and international markets. (ie, brands—CREED, Hanae Mori, Carven)
- Comprehensive and innovative systems development and implementation across all departments.
- Performed major accounts profitability analysis resulting in multi MM$ savings.
2006
Jan
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2012
Dec
Vice President Operations and IT
Great American Beauty / Delray Beach, FL
- Increased sales from $35MM to $95MM over 7 years implementing new culture and SOP
- Maintained $14MM inventory, over 20K SKUs with an annual shrinkage of less than .002%
- Averaged 7.2 annual inventory turns by controlling all Domestic & International logistics
- Implemented state of the art technology increasing efficiency by 50%
- Coordinated production & distribution and production for six facilities nationwide and provided IT support for 26 national associates. Brands(Ellen Tracy, Cadillac,Aubusson,Kanon,Beverly Hills 90210 etc)
2005
Jan
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2006
Jan
Director of Operations
Peter Thomas Roth / Teaneck, NJ
- Developed and implemented all new SOP for manufacturing and global distribution.
- Maintained $4MM inventory, over 10K SKUs with an annual shrinkage of less than .25%.
- Managed all operations personnel, implementing inventory & quality control, logistics planning, data management.
- Implemented new order fulfillment SOP. Increased production 50%, decreased errors 30%, increased profit margins 9%.
2001
Jan
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2006
Jan
Director of Operations and Fulfillment
Northern Group, Inc / Hicksville, NY
- Increased shipping accuracy from 85% to 94% through reengineered warehouse system.
- Streamlined sale SOP for 27% sales increase.
- Coordinated all in-house and contract production facilities.
- Designed bar code scanning warehouse management system.
- Improved customer satisfaction rating by 30% by improved WMS, product scanning and dedicated inventory & IT teams.
- Increased sales from $85MM to $10M8M over three years with no increase in costs, using only improved SOP.
- Reduced returns by 25%, increased inventory value by 3% and available warehouse space by 6% using improved returns
Education
1982
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1986
University of Maine, Orono
Bachelors Science / Management
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