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Ben L

Innovative Manager skilled in all areas of Executive Management

Occupation:

General Manager

Location:

Overland Park, KS

Education Level:

High School/GED

Will Relocate:

YES

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High energy, creative, visionary management professional with a history of leadership across multiple geographies and diffenrent people in different roles, with proven success.

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COMPANY POSITION HELD DATES WORKED

M L Management (Confidential) 6/2004 - 5/2007
Noah's Ark Academy, Inc. (Confidential) 11/2000 - 6/2004
Mann Theatres (Confidential) 1/1980 - 11/2000
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SCHOOL MAJOR YEAR DEGREE

Paseo Highschool 1974 High School/GED Degree
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Highlights:

P & L Responsibility, Strategic Planning, Multi-unit Management, Succession Planning, Financial Management, Human Resources, Organization restructuring-downsizing, Growth Management, Start-ups, Turnaround Management

Companies I like:

Sprint, Sears, Starbucks

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Utilized management, marketing, human resources, and P & L expertise gained within a major corporaton in tourning around four businesses, all with a negative cash flow, so that lenders underwriting would accept turn-around and businesses could be sold. Developed and executed strategic plan to remain competitve in multiple markets with declining market share as a result of market fragmentation without substantial capital contribution from partnership. Sold one declining market before effects of fragmentation were known and reinvested proceeds in curcuitwide expansion. Reestablished market share in second declining market by replacing 13 inferior operations with 4 strategically placed mega complexes. Within five years new markets were identified, proposed to wonership, blessed by the city, and constructed. The new expansion represented 20% of the company's facilities and 40% of its cash flow.
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