Peter Cimino
Naperville,IL
Summary
Proven leader and strategic planner, adept in crisis management and operational excellence, with a track record of in frugality in both service and financial savings. Saving over $15 million in logistics costs at Loders Croklaan. Demonstrate integrity and excel in teaching & training, ensuring high levels of success and trust. Enhanced employer performance with high levels of expert training.
Results-oriented logistics executive with demonstrated record of accomplishment in streamlining operations, increasing profits and maximizing market penetration. Decisive leader promoting operational improvements, market expansion and positive corporate culture as keys to success.
Persistent leader eager to lead and grow organizations. Skilled in strategic planning, problem-solving, and communication with good understanding of business principles, project management and team leadership. Collaborative with relentless work ethic.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
President
Venom Baseball of Illinois
06.2019 - Current
- Managed, guided & mentored all coaches and players, by using my vast knowledge and expertise of the game and the industry.
- Instill my specific culture, created by my knowledge, personality, convictions, judgment and instincts of what makes a successful program.
- Open line of communication with all customers to ensure players & parents are satisfied, happy and that I have their trust.
- Create a working atmosphere that is efficient, creative and productive by getting more done in less time. Ex. practice time limits are less than most organizations.
- Work every day to continue to promote, sell and development the program with my eyes on the big picture, not just what is needed in the moment.
- Use the most modern, genuine, scientific and effective training methods known to th industry, so players and coaches continuously learn and find success.
President of Operations
CP Baseball Performance
06.2014 - Current
- Provide pro baseball level instruction, by using the most modern, authentic, scientific and effective methods in the industry, leading to high levels of success and customer trust.
- Continuously evolve, learn and collaborate with other experts in the industry to enhance my knowledge and make myself a more knowledgeable and a more effective teacher. This is what separates me from others.
- Create respectful, trusting relationships with players and parents by being honest, upfront and candid with feedback in an effective and positive manner.
- Get the most out of the time I have with the players in lessons by being time sensitive yet staying on track to ensure I teach what the player needs to learn.
- Continuously sell, promote and grow my business, with eyes on the future. Constantly asking myself "What can I do different to attract more customers?
- Success driven in making sure players are not only learning and improving, they are becoming the best players they can be. Use many tracking methods shared with the players and parents to show successes.
- Always goal driven in trying to not only improve the playing skills and mental preparedness of the player, but reaching their goals be it: making high school team, earning a college scholarship, increasing pitching velocity, increasing hitting exit velocity etc.
- 25 of my players earned scholarships to play baseball at the college level.
Sr. Manager of Logisitcs
Loders Croklaan
05.2007 - 09.2014
- Oversaw and led a team of ten employees that managed the efficient and timely transportation (via truck, rail & barge) of oil products from raw materials plant to refinery manufacturing plant then to distributors and customers.
- Pushed employees to come up with innovative ways to work smarter not harder. Efficiency and frugality are time and money savers. Pushed for resourcefulness, self-sufficiency and invention. My requirement was, "bring me solutions not just problems".
- Worked directly with customers to define their needs of timely deliveries, and what each one's requirements and expectations were. Our commitment was to earn their trust and open lines of communication directly to our department vs. just customer service.
- Engaged in organizational activities with expert knowledge of business operations, market trends and competitor activities. Always looked at long term plans to improve our performance, not just immediate temporary fixes
- Identified numerous opportunities to save money through extensive research and intense negotiations. Saved the company over $2million in the first year. Over a seven year period saved over $15 million in logistics costs across the board
- Researched market trends and used them to help create smooth, effective and timely delivery of products working with trucking companies, railroads, barge companies & warehouses all across the United States.
- Built strong working relationships with stakeholders through respectful and effective communication. If there was a disagreement or conflict it was resolved with solid information and reasoning. My department was the backbone of the company. It was my knowledge that helped resolve conflicts where other departments did not understand.
Sr. Manager of Logistics
McCain Foods, UA
09.1997 - 01.2007
- Led a team of 12 chain account specialists, who managed customer service (order processing) as well as the logistics of their products from manufacturing plant, to warehouse or cross dock facilities to distributors, using truck & rail.
- Demanded efficiency, resourcefulness and constant communication in daily processes to ensure the end use received their product on time all the time.
- Held each employee to a tremendously high standard regarding measurables of success as these customer were our highest volume customers. Failure with them was unacceptable.
- Established 24 hour call hotline to react immediately to any emergency that may occur within the supply chain. Lack or delay in action to resolve challenges quickly, even if it involved taking a risk. This kind of action and care to such high level accounts is how trust was created.
- Negotiated contracts with all vendors, including: trucking companies, warehouses, cross-dock facilities and railroads, proving year and year out that their was money out there to be saved and costs to be avoided. Ex. creation of a cross dock facility vs. storage.
- Traveled all over the country to: warehouses, railroads, distributors, end users etc. to learn their processes & procedures and to give presentations as to how we can better work together to ensure there was never any break in the supply chain and delivery to the end user.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Roosevelt University
Schaumburg, IL06.2000
Skills
- Leadership
- Teaching & Training
- Frugality
- Employee Relations
- Integrity and ethics
- Crisis Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Strategic Planning
- Operational Excellence
- Ownership
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets. Also adept at Microsoft Word and Power Point.
- Supervised team of up to 12 staff members. Always pushing for high performance, creative thinking and service excellence.
- Saved LodersCroklaan $2 million in first year of employment and almost $20 million over the course of my tenure
- Created numerous Policies and Procedures for not only my own team but for collaboration with other departments.
- Resolved break in communication during emergencies, by establishing a 24 hour hotline that was always manned by a team member.
- Collaborated with sales teams in teaching them and their customers exactly how products arrive at their door in a timely manner
Timeline
President
Venom Baseball of Illinois
06.2019 - Current
President of Operations
CP Baseball Performance
06.2014 - Current
Sr. Manager of Logisitcs
Loders Croklaan
05.2007 - 09.2014
Sr. Manager of Logistics
McCain Foods, UA
09.1997 - 01.2007
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Roosevelt University
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