Andrew Long

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Leading overall turnaround in various companies, likewise;

Market analysis and creating global footprint of a typical French company where 80% are domestic sales. Large cultural insight. Union negotiation. President & CEO
Closing 2 facilities in DK. Strategic planning of new facility in Poland. 4 consecutive years of improved EBITDA. Optimize supplier portfolio. Production outsourcing. Purchase and quality cost reduction by 10-20%. China and Europe. CEO
Establish new possibilities in China. Establishment and optimize supplier portfolio. Purchase and quality cost reduction by up to 15%. Commercial Director.
Market analysis and strategy. Management of independent franchisee. CSO

Career

2019 – | Zillion Consulting Group, Associate Partner

2017 – 2019 | Parisot. President & CEO. France. Turnaround, full P/L, strategy and operational.

2014 – 2017 | Tvilum. CEO. Turnaround, full P/L charge, strategy and operational. New production plant built in Poland with 2 closures in DK.

2012 – 2014 | Tvilum. Executive VP Commercial. M&A, Turnaround and strategic growth plan.

2008 – 2011 | KVIK. Commercial Director. Strategic and operational responsible. Focus on expansion into new countries.

2005 – 2008 | HTH. CSO. Strategic and operational responsible of 3 brands

1999 – 2005 | HTH. Global Export Manager

Experience

Market strategy: Expert.

Commercial management: Expert.

Production planning: Substantial experience.

Warehouse & distribution: Substantial experience.

Financial transparency: Substantial experience.

Product Development process: Expert.

Training and Education: Substantial experience

Change Management: Expert

Multi cultural management: Expert.

Effective leadership: Expert.

Edewede Oriwoh: "The Internet of Things is not a concept; it is a network, the true technology-enabled network of all networks" Wade Boggs: “A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, and it sparks extraordinary results” Henry Ford: “If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” Mahatma Gandhi: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do is in harmony” Charles Darwin: “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change” Warren Buffet: "The Best Investment You Can Make Is In Yourself" Benjamin Franklin: “Well done is better than well said” Tom Peters: “The Marketplace is so demanding that we burn the policy manuals and knock off the incessant memo writing; there’s just no time. It also demands we empower everyone to constantly take initiatives. It turns out stories are a – if not the – leadership answer to both issues” Fujio Cho: “We get brilliant results from average people managing brilliant processes – while our competitors get average or worse results from brilliant people managing broken processes” Caterina Fake: “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard” Warren Buffet: "The Best Investment You Can Make Is In Yourself" Jeff Bezos: “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room” Aristotle: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit” Sam Walton: “The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best but legendary” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do” Peter Drucker: “Accept the fact that we will have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer” Theo Gold: “You cannot become stronger without resistance” Robert Collier: “Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.” Henry Ford: “If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” Mark Hurd: "AI and its offshoot, machine learning, will be a foundational tool for creating social good as well as business success" Leo Tolstoy: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself” Jack Welch: “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others” Socrates: “The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” Albert Einstein: “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new” Aristotle: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit” Pat Summitt: “Change equals self-improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before” Morihei Ueshiba: "Life Is Growth. If We Stop Growing, Technically And Spiritually, We Are As Good As Dead" Steve Jobs: “Innovation is saying no to a thousand things” Marissa Mayer: “Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter” Benjamin Franklin: “Well done is better than well said” Wade Boggs: “A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, and it sparks extraordinary results” Caterina Fake: “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard” Wade Boggs: “A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, and it sparks extraordinary results” Marissa Mayer: “Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter” Socrates: “The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” Henry Ford: “If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” Henry Ford: “If you think of standardization as the best that you know today, but which is to be improved tomorrow; you get somewhere” Taiichi Ohno: “Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves” Socrates: “The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” Stephen Hawking: “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change” Gandhi: "Be The Change You Want To See In The World” Edewede Oriwoh: "The Internet of Things is not a concept; it is a network, the true technology-enabled network of all networks" Franklin D. Roosevelt: “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today” Bill Gates: “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve” Wade Boggs: “A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, and it sparks extraordinary results” Aristotle: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit” Socrates: “The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” Mark Hurd: "AI and its offshoot, machine learning, will be a foundational tool for creating social good as well as business success"

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