JAMES SCHRAM

Pragmatic professional with solid experience in leadership roles. Adept at implementing strategic business plans, driving growth and improving operations. Skilled in financial management and stakeholder relations. Collaborative and dedicated to building and leading talented and motivated individuals.

“In search of the right company with synergistic ethics, values and morals to place a Capstone on my career”

OPERATIONAL LEADERSHIP

• Designed core project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and Operational Risk Management / Analysis for multi-site customer growing employment by 75%.
• Implemented “out of box” supply concepts overcoming economic turmoil resulting securing new partners and reduced overhead costs by avg. 55%; Savings pace < $1M by EOY 2022.
• Led concept to 2nd largest US manufacturing in it's vertical in 10 years. Revolutionized $2B industry as only US proprietary manufacturer to achieve SQF LvL II certification, a first in space.
• Facilitated $3.1B contract managing 2 prime contractors ,12 prime sub-contractors totaling 700 employees; Using Operational Risk Analysis and LEAN practices, led revamping of critical manufacturing processes resulted in first ever, on-time delivery of over 200 contracts in 3-year period.
• Authored | Delivered Operational plans for revolutionary start-up financial consulting firm; Saved < $200M in misappropriated funds; US Business closures averted.

GLOBAL IMPACTS

• Managed a $1.3M annual budget; LEAN focus reduced wasteful spending by 35%; funds were reallocated to CAPEX projects two years ahead of schedule.
• Sunset archaic logistics model to streamline entire shipping | receiving processes; Resulted in savings to exceed $750K in 2022 while maintaining 90% On-Time delivery goals
• First to penetrate previously unattainable markets in multiple industries; Fortune 500 company’s lauded new technologies resulting in a 400% increase in new sales markets.
• Designed | Delivered Objective / Key Results Methodology across national Business Development| Operations team for $2B industry; Day-to-day oversight ensuring measurable objects were met.
• Formed long-term B2B alliances with key Fortune 500 decision makers: Responsible for long term ancillary revenue streams.

GROWTH STRATEGIES

• Strategic business acumen – Developed synergistic approach for manufacturing and energy industries to seamlessly integrate emerging technologies; Cost savings to corporations averaged 74%.
• Designed | Implemented first end-to-end training program; Ensured annual SQF recertification and passage of first-ever FDA P&PC inspection; Company lauded by inspectors as model for other in food manufacturing.
• Utilized effective Composite Risk Management (CRM) processes to managed multi-division team of 120 employees’ day-to-day activities incl. P&L in support of 8 key projects; Resulted $4M in annual new business.
• 27 years of Startup | Small Business | Fortune 100 leadership forged from unwavering ethics, values and an unshakable moral compass. I bring only two rules: "Be honest | Be on time"

Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Level (DAIWA) II Product Quality Management (PQM) / Acquisitions (ACQ)