John Charles Saks

• Responsible for day to day operations of coffee roasting facility
• Ordered green coffee from multiple suppliers on east and west coast.
• Made sure coffee was roasted and packaged on time to make delivery date to distribution centers throughout eastern U.S.
• Set up all logistics.
• Conducted weekly inventory for entire facility and ordered supplies as needed.
• Part of three person team that built a coffee brand from scratch into a multimillion dollar product.
• Serves on board of directors for International Coffee Group.
• Managed production team to insure daily quotas were met to keep delivery times on schedule.

Responsible for managing the day to day operations of a 141 acre property.

• Commissioned sales of foundry equipment in excess of $500,000.
• Headed the remediation of hazardous materials to comply with EPA standards by outsourcing professional services and overseeing the project from beginning to completion.
• Accountable for all security issues relating to the property.
• Succeeded in resolving felony theft issues by building relationships with a Chattanooga Police Department Captain and several Detectives, resulting in arrests and prosecution.
• Hire and oversee property upkeep on a continuous basis to maintain a clean appearance.
• Assist in managing with rental properties and dealing with customers, including VW, occupying said properties.
• Meet with developers interested in developing the property with the potential to negotiate large accounts and also working with the area chamber and other important city and county leaders to help bring in more businesses to the Chattanooga area.

• Helped launch this new company that sold bed linens, furniture and home decor and accessories.
• Managed a staff of five.
• Accountable for the day-to-day operation of the business including sales reports, payrolls and taxes.
• Developed and achieved all-inclusive goals: -- Assisted in training employees to company standards to help keep employee morale high and ensure and maximize quality control mechanisms, while creating a high energy team.
• Designed direct mail campaigns and other promotions to help grow the customer base.
• Built relationships with supply contacts to find new products and better prices.
• Key Accomplishments: -- Steadily increased sales each year from $155,000 the first year to $415,000 within 5 years.
• Acquired relationships with suppliers and negotiated substantial discounts.
• In one case, helped negotiate a 15% discount instead of the standard 10% the supplier normally offered.

• Handled hundreds of customers daily.
• Responsible for grading, pricing and buying scrap iron and metal.
• Prepared quarterly gross profit percentage reports on industrial accounts for company owned scrap yards in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Crossville, TN and Union City, GA.