Globinar Global Chamber® Exporting, Importing and FDI News

Global Chamber® Exporting, Importing and FDI News

Thursday, July 3rd at 8am PT / 11am ET / 3pm Accra / 4pm London / 8:30pm Mumbai / 11pm Singapore (Friday, July 4th at 12am Seoul + Tokyo / 1am Sydney)

Join us as we gather the global tribe each month to discuss global trade including exporting, importing and foreign direct investment.

We share what we're seeing, offer analyses and ideas, discuss options, connect... and ultimately provide insights, and hope... encouragement and support for leaders growing globally. The conversation is one hour, and then we end till next time.

What did we learn? Where are the opportunities? When can we do this all over again?

Be global and UNSTOPPABLE!

Welcome global tribe! 

Speaker:

Jeff Cartwright - Founding Partner at Mexico Strategic Sourcing Alliance

For the last nine years, Jeff has led a management advisory firm engaged primarily in the areas of business strategy, operational improvements and revenue growth.  This practice focuses on consumer and industrial product companies and creates value in all aspects of operations from demand planning through manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution.  By strengthening these areas, organic growth through new products and channels is facilitated.  He has direct experience in over 30 completed acquisitions ranging from due diligence through accelerating value creation (100 day plans) to achievement of significant revenue growth and multi-million dollar operational improvements.  Prior to starting Shoreview Management Advisors, Jeff served as President and COO of Igloo Products where double digit growth to $300 million was achieved and an increase of over $7 Million in EBITDA within a year.  Prior to that Jeff was CEO of Cosco Home & Office Products, a $150 million consumer products company. 

Mr. Cartwright is a seasoned executive with deep operational and general management experiences in companies ranging from $10 million in revenue to Fortune 50 companies such as P&G, PEPSICO, and Newell-Rubbermaid.  He has been twice selected as executive of the year at Newell-Rubbermaid and awarded as Vendor of the Year 6 times at Walmart.  He has built 2 multi-divisional, multi-billion dollar supply chains in China and several large manufacturing plants including 2 in Mexico.

Currently executing a number major Nearshoring projects for companies which have traditionally sourced products in China.  Several of these are well-known consumer brands.  Success is based upon having on the ground engineering and sourcing resources throughout Mexico.

Profit Improvement through Greater Effectiveness:

   Sourcing Products in China and Mexico

   Manufacturing

   Warehousing and Distribution

   Logistics and Transportation

   Purchasing

   Product Development

Facilitator: 

Doug Bruhnke is founder and CEO of Global Chamber®. He's a global entrepreneur, connector, trade advocate, speaker and author dedicated to growing Global Chamber® and helping members reach new markets and gain new clients across metros and borders more successfully.

Doug worked with the Dupont Company and had expatriate assignments in Tokyo and Singapore. He has over 38 years of global trade experience working with clients in nearly every market segment including automotive, aerospace, industrial, healthcare, life sciences and technology. Currently his memberships include Global Chamber®, the Arizona District Export Council, the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition and the Thunderbird Global Alumni Network (TGAN) Advisory Council. He's a German-Polish American living in the U.S. who has 5 U.S. patents and an education that includes a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Utah and an EMBA from Michigan State University. 

Connect with Doug here. Hear the Global Chamber® story here.

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Global Chamber® is a diverse, innovative and positive worldwide platform for CEOs, executives, investors and industry leaders across 195 countries and 525 regions around the world to find opportunities and effectively empower growth, success and progress. We're the only chamber of commerce operating in hundreds of locations that delivers strategic connections, information and resources to facilitate exporting, importing and investing across regions and borders, while addressing climate change and advancing sustainability. Be global and UNSTOPPABLE! Global Chamber® is a registered trademark of Global Chamber, LLC since 2014.