Senior Vice President @ Reporting to the CEO, I lead the P&L for the Industrial Water Division, one of only three global water treatment chemical companies. From August 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) Vice President @ Responsible for leading the Industrial Water P&L. From January 2013 to July 2014 (1 year 7 months) General Manager Industrial Process @ Responsible for driving global growth and profitability for the Industrial Process product line, focused primarily on Primary Metals, Mining, and Food, Beverage, and Bio-fuels. From May 2012 to December 2012 (8 months) General Manager Integrated Water Solutions @ Reporting to the CEO and responsible for working with both the Chemical and Monitoring Solutions and Engineered Systems P&L's to drive growth across our platform of solutions by delivering client value through the development of sustainable water solutions. I lead a team of our top domain experts to help our key customers solve their water related challenges and recognize their opportunities. From November 2009 to May 2012 (2 years 7 months) Executive Leader Global Operations and Sales @ In this role I led a global team responsible for sales through our Indirect Channel Partners, setting the strategy for growth and leading execution to achieve double digit year over year growth. I established the processes for selecting, approving, and managing the performance of our third party partners and for ensuring compliance of these partners to all of GE's integrity policies.
I also led the global functions of Commercial Operations, Product Operations, Field Service Operations, as well as the North American Field Admin Support team for the $1.3 billion Chemical and Monitoring Solutions business. From July 2008 to November 2009 (1 year 5 months) Region Executive - North America @ In this role I led the nearly 900 field sales professionals across North America who provide service and represent the entire GE W&PT portfolio to our customer base of approximately $1.1 billion. While in this role, I restructured entire North American Sales Team in 2006 and led the team to quarter over quarter growth in Sales and Profits for eight consecutive quarters. From April 2006 to July 2008 (2 years 4 months) General Manager Global Product Management @ ·Established a global, strategic product management team, a new function within GE Water and Process Technologies
·Responsible for hiring, staffing, leading and training a team of 30 global strategic product managers across the entire portfolio of product lines: chemical, equipment, and services
·Responsible for Product, Price, Place and Promotion for $2 billion in revenue
·Achieved key deliverables in margin growth, product line simplification and new product introductions From January 2005 to March 2006 (1 year 3 months) Global Industry Director @ -Responsible for setting the global strategy for the $200 million Primary Metals and Mining Industries segments for the business.
-Established virtual teams across the world to enhance communication and execution of the strategies.
-Led geographic expansion efforts in China and Eastern Europe.
-Extensive global travel. From January 2002 to December 2004 (3 years) Regional Vice President @ From 1998 to 2001 (3 years)
BS, Biology @ University of Pittsburgh From 1973 to 1977 John Schumann is skilled in: Water, Water Treatment, Specialty Chemicals, Water Reuse, Water Conservation, Filtration, Wastewater Treatment, Cooling Towers, Cooling Water, Reverse Osmosis, Boilers, Process Engineering, Energy Efficiency, Engineering, Market Development