Stephen Love

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About Stephen Love

Open to new business/investment opportunities, please reach out. • Senior manufacturing executive with 30 years of experience spanning Building Products/Materials, CPG (food, beverage), Industrial Products, and Oilfield Products. Manufacturing operations expertise, growth & strategy planning, sales & marketing, M&A (Platform, bolt-ons and start-up divisions). Direct budget oversight: P&L/Opex $200M and Capex $300M • Senior manufacturing operations / technical management positions with several Fortune 500 companies - Nestle, Kraft, Heinz, Borden, Scotts Miracle-Gro. • As CEO of a private equity portfolio company, a national building materials manufacturer with 6 plants in NAM, tasked with transforming a 40-year founder managed company to one reporting to a Board of Directors. In 6 months, prepared team for accelerated growth. YOY revenue up 38%(2021/2022) and ~20% EBITDA. • AS EVP of an Oilfield family office portfolio company, established and grew a new start-up Industrial Products division to $35M in 20% EBITDA. Tasked by CEO & BOD's to find alternate channels to market & sell products originally designed for oilfield. With some creative modifications, sold products into foundry, precious metal mining, filtration, and TiO2 Scouring. • Due to sales and business development expertise, 200% increase in sales over 2 years by establishing and selling B2B thru a new global network of distributors into agriculture, construction, foundry, mining, and oil & gas industries. • VP and SMD of public Oilfield products manufacturing company, achieved successful turnaround of logistics, warehousing, and distribution by reducing $/lb operating expense by 23% during a growth period. Rail assets increased 60% to 3.5K railcars, trucking outsourced, and distribution facilities increased 300% to 25 locations in 7 countries. • Identified, performed due diligence, negotiations, and finalized acquisition of a South African manufacturer of ceramic products. Acquisition was identified at the start of Covid-19. Due to travel restrictions, many challenges were overcome to achieve a successful "bolt-on" acquisition. • Over 10-years, spearheaded $300M/year capital budget and engineering team for a Fortune 500 Consumer Packaged Goods company with 50+ facilities globally. • Led and delivered operations improvement with mid-cap and small-cap companies alongside consulting firms such as Booz Allen, McKinsey, and Korn Ferry. For fun, Lifelong powerlifting competitor."Set goals, determine how to go from HERE to THERE, achieve the goals, WIN the prize!"