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Seth Kenimer

Seth Kenimer

Columbus,OH

Summary

Over 34 years of operational and management expertise in Marketing, Relationship-based Sales, and Management by Territory. Competent in import/export trade, just-in-time (JIT) logistics, material handling, and Environment, Health and Safety (EHS). Entrepreneurial-minded and incentive-driven team player. Excellent communicator with hands-on experience in Business-to-Business (B2B) manufacturing and wholesale business environments. Competent on PC in Microsoft Office Suite and various CRM systems. Extensive domestic and international travel over a 20 years' period.

Experienced with managing diverse tasks across multiple trades to ensure operational efficiency. Utilizes problem-solving abilities and adaptability to handle dynamic work environments. Strong understanding of team collaboration and effective communication to achieve project objectives.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Jack of All Trades

Self Employed
09.2013 - Current
    • Overview: Travels, Skilled occupations and Consultancy Through Varied Opportunities Across the United States
    • In an effort to see our beautiful America more, I got a travel trailer and went to the west coast, stopping and working along the way.
    • With the variety of experience in my repertoire, I made myself available to a number of organizations across the country in the recent years to gather an understanding of how best practices are embraced in other places and business models
    • Sales Consulting for Warehouse Equipment, Logistics Consulting, Supervising Close-quarter Excavation in Landscape Architecture, General Business Consulting and a number of other ventures rounded out an array of mentoring roles and the experience has been enlightening.
    • With no fear of getting my hands dirty, I've done most things including tree felling, wood cutting, digging trenches by hand and excavator, installing in-ground pools, waterproofing homes, installing new windows, kitchens, bathrooms, painting, landscape design and installation, grounds maintenance, construction labor and etc.
    • Handy and efficient, I am known for wanting to do the job right the first time.

Truck and Auto Mechanic and Driveline Specialist

Goodale Transmissions
09.2018 - 06.2021
  • Company Overview: Authorized Dealer for the Majority of Drivetrain Manufacturers for Parts and Repair
  • Having little commercial experience with mechanics, just an innate and father-mentored drive to make things work, I began as an R & R (remove and replace) Tech and graduated to full turn-key Driveline Manager
  • That entailed full diagnosis, disassembly, cutting, pressing, spin balancing and welding all components to reassembly and quality check of cars, trucks, semi tractors and heavy equipment driveshafts and components

Vice President of Business Development

Unispace
05.2011 - 08.2013
  • Company Overview: Global Commercial Tenant Improvement General Contractors
  • Instrumental in establishing the Columbus 'franchise' of this global construction and fit-out company, I settled into Business Development with a number of responsibilities
  • Oversight of marketing and client relationships for services ranging from needs analysis, site selection, design services, engineering, estimating and bids leveling and selling, client project meetings management, discovery through installation of new environment's furnishing including after-care and change management to optimize new space for the client's team
  • Responsible for the team tasked with maintaining a global CRM and marketing activities for commercial tenant improvement construction firm.
  • Resigned from Unispace to spend time seeing the country and enjoy life more.

General Partner / Regional Sales Manager

Tecstone Granite USA
12.1989 - 04.2011
    • Company Overview: National Wholesale Memorial Distributors
    • With multiple hats as General Partner my responsibilities included Telemarketing starting in 1989 to Sales and then to Transportation and Customer Service
    • Operations from 1995 through 2008 whereas otherwise my accomplishments with Tecstone include increasing team Sales five times in as many years
    • The first six years involved B2B marketing and telephone sales of grave markers wholesale, starting in 1995 operated as commercial driver / road salesman and in 1999 began coordinating logistics for shipping more sales than the company could haul through regional and national transportation companies
    • Adept at LTL & TL sourcing and dispatch and acquiring and operating a broad spectrum of material handling challenges including man-up turret trucks and building mounted cranes
    • Executed design and built Tecstone's second multi-million dollar distribution center in 2007 and in 2008 turned its operation over to focus again on sales nationally
    • Facilitated the Articulation of Gratitude of countless persons in the creation of Tributes in Stone committed to the Memory of many Loved and Admired Americans, an example of which is in the following link: http://www.gahannaschools.org/NewsDetail.aspx?article=2627
    • Sold my interest in Tecstone to a partner to take the Unispace position.

Education

High School Diploma -

Gahanna-Lincoln High School
Gahanna, Ohio
06.1989

Impact Community Action Employment Plus
Columbus, OH

Universal Business Team Seminars
05.2012

Rich Dad Education and Coaching Certification
12.2008

Timeline

Truck and Auto Mechanic and Driveline Specialist

Goodale Transmissions
09.2018 - 06.2021

Jack of All Trades

Self Employed
09.2013 - Current

Vice President of Business Development

Unispace
05.2011 - 08.2013

General Partner / Regional Sales Manager

Tecstone Granite USA
12.1989 - 04.2011

Universal Business Team Seminars

Rich Dad Education and Coaching Certification

High School Diploma -

Gahanna-Lincoln High School

Impact Community Action Employment Plus
Seth Kenimer