Rex Fryhover

About Rex Fryhover

GLOBAL OPERATIONS and SUPPLY CHAIN EXECUTIVE Strategic senior professional with…

Experience

1. Head of Operations, North America Region

   HMD

   Feb 2017 — Present · Miami, FL, US

   HMD is the proud new home of Nokia Phones!• Successfully orchestrating the Nokia devices brand return to the Americas. Building and continually driving improvements of a sustainable business and value chain across 10 key countries/markets from startup to a $250M+ annual business. • Ownership for Americas strategy development, execution and program ROI. Innovative solutions delivered, driving key partner readiness to enable commercial launch strategies and end-to-end value chain profitability. Successful market activations: Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, USA and now Brazil.• Responsible for new Services business category development: value-added services, consumer financing and alternative connectivity services. Accountable to alternative revenue stream to core device sales.• Leadership of regional distributor account management: KPI’s, competitive pricing, partner profitability, in-country business target performance, process improvement integration and sales support. • Lead Latin America retail marketing E2E Go-To-Market development: local agencies, promotors, training and merchandizing readiness. Retail budget/P&L responsibility of $5M+ annually through weekly performance management of point of sale execution, consumer messaging and device sell-out.

Education

• University of North Texas

  Business Admin, Logistics and Marketing

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Business Strategy
• Change Management
• Supply Management
• Logistics Management
• Outsourcing
• Management
• International Business
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Team Leadership
• Marketing
• Logistics
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Mobile Devices
• Sales Operations
• Crm
• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Telecommunications
• Operations Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Global Logistics
• Team Management
• Product Management
• Integration
• People Development
• Business Development
• Vendor Management
• Strategy
• Demand Planning