"The Profit Mentor, John Schmid, has had years of experience coupled with the knowledge on how to maximize the profitability of any organization"

John Schmid's career of over 25-years has encompassed the roles of senior accountant, managing director and general manager and has been deeply involved in sales, marketing and business development. These roles have been in such diverse industries such as retail, wholesale, manufacturing, building, direct marketing ,health services,and security to name but a few.

For a significant number of years, while running his own management consulting business, John (Profit Mentor) has undertaken  a number of business re-engineering projects to a variety of organizations.

John's clients quickly recognized his company as having the ability to:

1.                  Identify key problems/issues in a quick and efficient manner.

2.                  Develop practical solutions that contributed significantly to the 'bottom line'.

3.                  Deal with a range of potentially sensitive issues whilst protecting the legal, financial and industrial issues of those clients.

The corporate experience gained and the senior positions held have enabled John to develop a unique set of skills that focus on the following areas:

o                    The performing of corporate reviews with the purpose of identifying inefficient systems, inaccurate costings and weak controls for cost savings.

o                    The preparing of recommendations in relation to solving all the issues identified in a corporate review.

o                    The negotiation of favourable outcomes with suppliers and external service providers.

o                    The 'commercializing' and increase of profits of public sector organizations.

o                    The performance of skills gap analysis regarding the caliber of staff with a view to devising individual development plans for each staff member.

o                    The training of managers and staff in business planning, marketing plans and key performance indicators, understanding financial statements and ratios, and negotiating for success.

John Schmid is a Fellow CPA and holds a Diploma and Degree in Business Studies, Accounting. John's leadership style is based upon democratic decision-making processes and team building through empowerment and clear definition of responsibility. He possesses excellent communication and negotiation skills that enable him to deal effectively with every level of personnel in an organization.

Let us  have a quick look at samples of John's successes with companies like yours, successes that showcase his talents in many different areas. John has succeeded in:

1.                  Re-engineering an organization from a loss situation into sustained profits on an ongoing basis. This was achieved through cost-cutting, improved factory efficiencies, development of new systems and organized costing procedures.

2.                  Establishing a company that captured a significant share of its market, earning pre-tax profits of 20%. Strategies were developed by undertaking market research, refining operations and forming strong alliances with major customers.

3.                  Performing the interim general management role with an organization in the public sector being outsourced and privatized due to sustained losses over many years. John ran the organization on corporate principles and increased profits tenfold. It was never outsourced.