Grant Sommerfeld

Canada

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How would you describe your dream job in 10 words or less?

My preferred roles:

* Operational leadership
* Organizational effectiveness
* Strategic and operational planning
* Creative problem solving
* Interim management
* Project and change management
* Crisis Management and damage control

I am good at:

- Leading struggling business units
- Restoring efficiency and effectiveness
- Rebuilding employee morale
- Restoring customer relationships
- Mobilizing operations to support corporate strategy
- Coaching and mentoring future leaders
- Planning and budgeting... read more

Posted @ 07:27PM, November 28, 2009 by Grant Sommerfeld | Permalink
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Work history

Saskatoon Health Region September 2005 to the present
Director, Facilities and Engineering Services

How would you describe your time at Saskatoon Health Region?

Director responsible for the turn-around and leadership of a 750 employee department with a $38.6M operating budget in a 12,000-employee health care organization operating 10 hospitals and 29 long-term care facilities. The portfolio includes five distinct departments and a project management office.

You can view my complete resume on VisualCV at: http://www.visualcv.com/grantsommerfeld... read more
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Yanke Group of Companies June 2004 to October 2005
Director of Business Development

How would you describe your time at Yanke Group of Companies?

In 2004 I made my largest contributions by strengthening the executive management teams strategic planning and organizational development capabilities in a privately held road and rail transportation company operating across North America with sales of $140M and an annual growth rate of over 20%.
Sommerfeld Consulting January 1998 to January 2004
Owner

How would you describe your time at Sommerfeld Consulting?

For six exhilarating years, I combined my entrepreneurial skills and reputation as an innovator in my own boutique-consulting firm that helped clients reduce operating costs and improve customer satisfaction in a series of CEO-mandated projects in a 2,000 employees no fault insurance company and in a small US not-for-profit.... read more
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IBM Global Services, Payment Systems January 1996 to January 1998
Director of Customer Service

How would you describe your time at IBM Global Services, Paymen...?

In 1996 I threw away everything I knew about down-sizing (and I knew a lot) to successfully manage day-to-day operations and customer service during a period of intense change brought on by rapid growth in a business process outsourcing organization that provided human resources and financial data processing and reporting services to large institutional customers such as the provincial government.... read more

Education

Canadian Association of Management Consultants January 1997 to December 1999

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How would you describe your time at Canadian Association of Man...?

CMC , Completed professional certification tied for the third highest standing across Canada in 1999.
University of Saskatchewan January 1988 to December 1989
MBA , Edwards School of Business
University of Saskatchewan January 1978 to December 1983
Bachelor of Commerce

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