CONFIDENTIAL
CV - Profile
George G. Rademacher
George G. Rademacher FMG - Finale Marketing Group, Inc - Foam Manufacturing Group - Radcor Consulting, LLC
OVERVIEW
Lifelong self employed, veteran professional consumers products industry President, CEO, entrepreneur with highly creative, unique, original, innovative visionary product development instincts and vertical 360-degree skill set.
Expert at creating new concepts, developing original ideas, products, programs, promotions business, directions, new opportunities from original concept through entire process to completion, with diverse, extensive, polished business acumen, where-with-all and expertise.
Over 30 years in diverse sectors of the US consumer products industry in multiple classifications of hard goods general merchandise. Primary category groups are, but not limited to; house wares, home wares, home décor, giftware, decorative accessories, unique fashion forward household cleaning products in foam, sponge, scrubber products. Outsourcing on a domestic OEM and direct manufacturing basis as well as off shore.
Exceptional at creating new products utilizing existing resources, manufacturing processes, procedures, tooling, facilities and equipment without re-inventing the proverbial wheel. Visionary skills to identify and to utilize existing or hidden assets to create growth opportunities with re-design, re-invention of existing products and lines or developing cost effective new ones. Exceptional orchestration, implementation and execution abilities and skill set.
CREDENTIALS
A lifetime of entrepreneurial self-employment experience, 1975 - Present. Creating, starting and running businesses on a local, regional and national level. Conceptualized, created, developed, implemented, orchestrated, successfully executed, owned and ran over twelve start up “bricks & mortar” consumer products manufacturing, import, distribution, wholesale and retail companies. Consulted contractually to other businesses at CEO level within the consumer products hardgoods industry.
Authored, created, designed, packaged, manufactured and/or imported, marketed and distributed over a thousand proprietary design consumer products, and hard goods product lines that were distributed through the highest profile, nationally recognized mass chain and specialty store retailers in the US as well as to thousands of small to middle market and niche accounts in every trade class nationally.
Utilized and personally managed the logistical day-to-day operations and controls of multiple manufacturing, warehousing, distribution facilities throughout career. Sizes ranged up to 100,000 square feet and employed as many as 150 personnel at any one time.
SKILL SET Overview
-Revolutionary, “Out of the Box Thinker” -Expert, diverse buyer skills -Instinctive Innovator
-General, executive management -Skilled, proficient negotiator -Unique Creativity
-Skilled, proficient negotiator -Unique Creativity-Motivational leadership -Deal structuring expertise- Product development
-Deal structuring expertise- Product development-Strategic planning -Manufacturing / Importing - Copywriting, literature
-Manufacturing / Importing - Copywriting, literature-Re-invention, –revitalization -Outsourcing domestic /import - Packaging, display
-Outsourcing domestic /import - Packaging, display-Business expansion, development -Overseas experience -Visual presentation
-Overseas experience -Visual presentation-Articulate communicator -National Retail distribution- Merchandising
-National Retail distribution- Merchandising -Direction road mapping, restructuring - Niche, specialty distribution - Advertising, promotion
-Sales marketing strategist - Start ups - Graphic arts expertise
- Start ups - Graphic arts expertise-Logistics, operations - Hidden asset utilization - Competition analysis
- Hidden asset utilization - Competition analysis-Cost controls, reduction - Asset recovery, re-allotment - Intellectual properties
- Asset recovery, re-allotment - Intellectual properties -Facility, personnel management - Divestitures, acquisitions - Crisis management
- Divestitures, acquisitions - Crisis managementConsummate hands on, professional governed by the “Old School Work Ethic”, self-driven, self-motivated and self-reliant.
Quick instincts to access and assimilate compound, abstract variables and data in most environments and to identify problems, pit falls or opportunities with growth potential to make intelligent, deal making or breaking cost effective saving decisions.
Seasoned decision maker, organizes and set prioritized action plans to accomplish short, mid and long-term goals of reaching the overall big picture plan while maintaining clear focus on the day-to-day realities of running any size business, from starts ups to mature businesses. Skilled to anticipating the next step of every project, program or mission to identify and avoid pitfalls. Credo is to place strong emphasis on maintaining the need at every level of any organization for discretion, confidentiality and loyalty.
Performs in a totally autonomous scenario or as part of team. Intra-personal and leadership skills that promote mutual respect and co-operation from with all involved in any project or venture.
Ability to work at any and every level of business and identify and relate to the needs of any size company from a single sole proprietor operation, start up entrepreneur to any size mature company.
Honed deal making and negotiating skills that can realistically evaluate compound variables and ramifications of any action, or lack of, with minimal data in order to identify hidden agendas, opportunities and costly mistakes before they happen.
Client Information / Scenarios
Clients with businesses that needs the consulting services as part of their team that is a veteran, real world, experienced, hands on, make it happen, advisor that is a highly creative innovative visionary product design, development entrepreneur. A high energy professional with a down to earth style with a passionate drive to solve problems, create innovative development remedies and solutions that are highly cost effective. A make it happen
innovator that can create new innovations in products, programs or develop direction changes to cope with today's challenges and capitalize on and exploit existing the company's current core hidden assets, resources, capacities to explore potential for growth opportunity.
A few examples: Entrepreneurial start ups, or companies that need revitalization, re-invention or growth expansion stimulation through new ideas, new thinking, new product and program development or the need for diversification or is in need of a creative entrepreneurial driving force.
> Companies that are in a crisis or in the need of change, or to re-vamp, re-invent and change directions. Any business regardless of size that has a need for new products, programs, promotion, new directions, and or new entirely new product lines.
> Companies that need to diversify, or divest, cut costs, change policies, tactics procedures or sources.
