Matthew Scheessele
Evansville,IN
Summary
Dynamic and accomplished leader with a proven track record at Carts Gone Wild, Inc., excelling in multi-unit operations and staff development. Spearheaded a 22% profit margin increase, showcasing expertise in financial analysis and cross-functional collaboration. Recognized for exceptional strategic vision and fostering key partnerships, consistently driving business growth and operational excellence. Proven advocate of organizational efficiency, reducing costs, and increasing sales through designing and executing sales strategies, operations plans, maintenance programs, logistics and inventory control procedures.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
General Manager of Operations
Carts Gone Wild, Inc.
05.2019 - Current
- Establish positive and effective communication among sales, marketing, purchasing, service, administrative staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications, and missed deadlines.
- Drive year-over-year business growth while leading operations, sales, strategic vision, and long-range planning.
- Supervise all sales, marketing, purchasing, service, and administrative staff.
- Train, coach and mentor staff to support smooth transition from Quickbooks to adoption of Aspen Point of Sale program.
- Identify and resolve unauthorized, unsafe, or ineffective practices.
- Manage inventory and supply chain operations to achieve timely and accurate delivery of goods and services.
- Keep employees compliant with OSHA and company policies and procedures.
- Analyze and report on key performance metrics to executive leadership.
- Identify and qualify customer needs and negotiate and close profitable projects with high success rate.
- Honored in 2020 with Club Car's Black and Gold Dealer Reward recognition in The Bahamas.
Territory Manager
Kimball Midwest
12.2018 - 05.2019
- Established successful account relationships by building rapport and maintaining consistent communication.
- Achieved sales goals and service targets by cultivating and securing over 60 new customer relationships.
- Researched competitor activity and used findings to develop sales growth strategies.
- Analyzed sales data to identify areas for territory improvement and implemented strategies to maximize sales growth.
- Demonstrated products to show potential customers benefits and advantages and encourage purchases.
- Attended trade shows and industry events to promote company products.
- Enhanced profitability by developing pipelines utilizing marketing and sales strategies.
- Implemented promotions and marketing campaigns to increase territory sales and brand awareness.
- Worked with corporate headquarters and logistics teams to support timely delivery of products.
General and Facility Operations Manager
Cambridge Golf Course
09.2008 - 12.2018
- Directed a team of 40 in day-to-day activities of Cambridge Golf Course, Cambridge Golf Shop, and Cambridge Banquet & Restaurant workflow.
- Successfully established First In First Out inventory processes and procedures to maximize profits and dramatically reduce Cost of Goods Sold.
- Developed Equipment Reliability Maintenance Program to extend the useful life of fixed assets for the course and restaurant resulting in the 25% reduction of annual expenses year-over-year.
- Achieved dramatic 47% reduction in property tax expenses by actively advocating for company during assessments and audits.
- Evaluated facility operations and personnel for safety and health regulations compliance.
- Managed all aspects of budget and forecasting to achieve cost-effective operations.
- Generated Sustainability Program culminating in the reduction of corporate environmental footprint.
- Improved profit margin by 22% over a 10-year period and increased annual sales by 22%
- Increased league members from 89 to 300+.
- Implemented new sales processes and procedures.
- Improved relationships with merchandisers to enable variety and price-point maximization for shop operations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, IN12-2001
Skills
- Multi-unit operations management
- Logistics management
- Building and facility management
- Inventory management
- Staff development
- Performance monitoring
- Health and safety compliance
- Quality assurance and control
- Strategic partnerships
- Customer service
- Financial analysis
- Data evaluation
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Budget development and management
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
- Quality assurance controls
Certification
- Member, PGA - 2008
Timeline
General Manager of Operations
Carts Gone Wild, Inc.
05.2019 - Current
Territory Manager
Kimball Midwest
12.2018 - 05.2019
General and Facility Operations Manager
Cambridge Golf Course
09.2008 - 12.2018
- Member, PGA - 2008
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
University of Southern Indiana
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