Grant LeMahieu, M.Ed.
Experis Onsite Engagement Manager at Steelcase,Inc.
- Location
- Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
- Industry
- Management Consulting
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Grant LeMahieu, M.Ed.'s Overview
- Current
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- Engagement Manager (IT,Marketing,Product Design Development) - Steelcase at Experis (ManpowerGroup)
- Board Member, Governance Board at A local non-profit
- Integrated Marketing and Communications Project Coordinator at A local non-profit
- Project Management for Integrated Marketing/Communications;Customer Experience; Brand Stewardship at Grant LeMahieu, M.Ed.Consulting
- Past
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- Project Management Consultant at Brilliance Audio (an Amazon company)
- Inventory Analyst/Business Unit Manager at Snyder Shoe Corporation
- Sales Manager at David C. Bos Homes
- Certified Financial Planner CFP at Imagine Financial LLC
- Social Studies & Business Teacher at Casman Academy
- Manager Financial Services Department at Charles A. Boyer, Inc.
- Education
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- Ferris State University
- Davenport University
- The American College
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West Shore Community College
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Lansing Community College
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Michigan State University
- Recommendations
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7 people have recommended Grant
- Connections
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212 connections
- Websites
Grant LeMahieu, M.Ed.'s Summary
Grant is very effective in "HERO" (Highly Empowered Resourceful Operative) type roles (Full-time,or Contractual) where his unique combination of Business Acumen, Analytical Abilities, Technical Knowledge and Interpersonal Skills serve as the "connecting glue" between customers, vendors, stakeholders and internal managers and team partners, including IT departments.
Being diplomatic and tactful, with stakeholders and clients at all levels of sophistication, he has demonstrated the ability to cultivate and manage relationships including C-levels.
Due to his talent for quickly mastering new technologies, along with relentless study of best practices and thought-leaders in the areas of Integrated Marketing and Communications Strategies, Business Development and Organizational Learning & Development, Grant's skills have been deployed via roles in Marketing, Business Development,Technology
Assessment/Procurement/Coordination/Strategy/Deployment,Group Facilitation/Education/Training and Customer Experience Design/Management roles.
Grant has served as Department/Unit Manager, Analyst, Team Leader, Certified Financial Planner, Teacher, Sales Manager, Engagement & Account Manager and Project Manager.
With his demonstrated history of flexibility, versatility and cross-functional collaboration, poise and competence with an ability to easily transcend cultural differences – Grant is able to maintain a sense of humor under pressure and thrives in deadline-driven environments and is confident in somewhat ambiguous and autonomous situtations.
So, feel free to contact Grant to discuss your team, firm, or organizational concerns any time to see how he may help connect you to the proper strategy,resources and execution assistance for your unique situation.
PERSONALITY PROFILE:
Myers-Briggs/Keirsey: ENFP
Clifton Strengths Finder 2.0: "Connector,Strategy,Ideation,Input,Learner"
Specialties
Project and Relationship Management
"Connector" of People, Ideas and Resources
Influencer/Change Agent/Facilitator/Liaison/Leader
Trainer
Six Sigma/LEAN/Business Process
Web Analytics,SEO/SEM,Usability,Design
Customer Experience, User Experience
Integrated Marketing Communications Strategy
Professional Presentations/Public Speaking
Social Media
Business Acumen
Actionable Insights Development from Analytics
Grant LeMahieu, M.Ed.'s Experience
Engagement Manager (IT,Marketing,Product Design Development) - Steelcase
Experis (ManpowerGroup)
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry
December 2010 – Present (1 year 2 months)
Onsite Engagement Management Consultant for IT, Marketing and Product Design/Development Resources.
Serve as onsite Liaison between Steelcase leadership and Experis (ManpowerGroup) providing Contractual Deliverables Management, HR services, Relationship Management and Project Requirements Gathering, in IT, Marketing and Product Design/Development spaces.
Grew Consultant Headcount by 36% since 12/10.
Grew Annualized Revenue by 48.5% since 12/10.
Integrated Marketing and Communications Project Coordinator
A local non-profit
May 2010 – Present (1 year 9 months) Spring Lake, MI
Team objectives are to enable the membership with best practices of leveraging technology to provide effective member and community support.
Part of team supervising "Hub and Spoke" platform development (currently working on design, style guides and content revisions with outside consultants):
www.lakeshorelutheran.net
Developed and manage Facebook Fan Page.
www.facebook.com/lakeshorelutheranfellowship
Developed and manage YouTube Channel. Created and contributed to production of various video content deployed by DVD, Facebook, Website, Vimeo and Youtube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/LLFlcms
So far Projects I have contributed to have provided:
1. An increase of 31% in weekly attendance, over 2010.
2. Facebook Fanpage "Liked" by over 57% of active membership.
3. Facebook Fanpage weekly average visits by 27% of active members.
Volunteer Position.
Project Management for Integrated Marketing/Communications;Customer Experience; Brand Stewardship
Grant LeMahieu, M.Ed.Consulting
July 2008 – Present (3 years 7 months) Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
Help clients Scope, Gather Requirements, Connect and Manage Resources and Personally Contribute to Projects involving Strategic Business Planning and Integrated Marketing & Communications Solutions that allow firms to increase agility for enhanced ROI, conversions by designing best-in-class customer/stakeholder experiences.
Project Management Consultant
Brilliance Audio (an Amazon company)
Public Company; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry
July 2010 – September 2010 (3 months) Grand Haven, MI
Project Manager for Protoype Development of QR Code/Mobile Web Site Experience to apply to packaging for enhanced Cutomer Shopping Experience. Client has now patented.
Read Press Release Here Regarding Product Announcement:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110323005232/en/Brilliance-Audio-Introduces-Snap-Listen-App
See QR product site @:
http://www.snaptolisten.mobi/view/page/p/7767
Also consulted on new website RFP, Vendor Selection and Design Experience considerations:
http://www.brillianceaudio.com/
Inventory Analyst/Business Unit Manager
Snyder Shoe Corporation
May 2007 – July 2008 (1 year 3 months) West Michigan
•Recruited to assist new ownership group in establishing a more effective business structure for the corporation and manage operations of an underperforming store unit..
•Provided face-to-face contact for sensitive customer service, employee relations and training issues.
•Created reporting templates and real-time dashboards for newly implemented corporate information system.
•Championed relocation of corporate offices to improve several aspects of efficiency and profitability..
•Won alignment from Ownership to conduct regularly scheduled staff training meetings for all units.
*Member of team that produced a training video, which improved sales closing rates by 20% and average sale/rep by 30%.
• Led the completion of several components of a Strategic Management Analysis in which key performance metrics were defined, calculated and benchmarked to industry peers.
•Part of Leadership Team that led the corporation to its second highest revenue year in the company’s 70 year history.
Sales Manager
David C. Bos Homes
May 2004 – May 2007 (3 years 1 month) Grand Haven, MI
•Hired to assist ownership to assess business issues affecting revenue growth and profitability.
•Provided performance metrics, and other required reports, to marketing director, president and CEO for a variety of formal, and ad hoc, situations.
•Conducted Web Analytics for firm's Website. Collaborated with Marketing Department and Developer on SEO and Landing Page Optimization for website:
www.boshomes.com
•Developed a database, using 30 years of the firm’s data, to track inflation adjusted sales volumes along with product attribute & market trends.
•Acted as liaison between clients, internal design/finance/operations departments and external lenders.
•Collaborated with marketing department in branding, market segmentation, targeting and product design.
•Led the development of an internal brokerage operation which reduced our brokered-sale transactional costs by 50%.
•Won Rookie of the Year sales award for $4million in sales from Greater Grand Rapids Home Builders Association 2005.
Certified Financial Planner CFP
Imagine Financial LLC
December 2001 – May 2004 (2 years 6 months)
•Self-employed, fee-based consultant.
•Specialized in advanced investment, insurance and tax strategies for executives and high net worth families.
•Ensured that all compliance activities were documented and compliance files were maintained.
Social Studies & Business Teacher
Casman Academy
August 2002 – January 2004 (1 year 6 months)
•Created entirely new, technologically integrated, Social Studies and Business curriculum for grades 7-12.
•Designed system to document curriculum alignment to State of Michigan standard benchmark regulations.
•Engaged in instructional design, courseware design and management, end-user training.
•Served on cross-functional teams to design programs to improve the quality of curricula, stakeholder relations and student participation.
•Excelled at using technology to manage differentiated lessons for students of various ability and learning styles.
•Personally refurbished several PC systems to create an additional, wireless, learning lab for the school.
Manager Financial Services Department
Charles A. Boyer, Inc.
May 1987 – December 2001 (14 years 8 months)
•Hired to create and manage a comprehensive financial services and employee benefits department within an established insurance agency.
•Developed system to document compliance activities and maintain compliance files.
•Led the creation, and administration, of a small business health insurance plan in cooperation with NorthMed HMO of Traverse City (successor is Priority Health of Grand Rapids).
•Knowledge of HIIPA, COBRA, FMLA, Retirement Plan Compliance issues.
•Outstanding success in building and maintaining relationships with key corporate decision makers, establishing high-profit accounts with excellent retention and loyalty.
•Assisted with network hardware and software maintenance as system evolved from daisy-chained, to AS400, to Windows Server application.
•Developed Firm's first Website, and established it's domain.
Grant LeMahieu, M.Ed.'s Skills
- Web Analytics
- Business Acumen
- Consumer Insights
- Social Media
- Public Speaking
- SEO
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Blogging
- Mobile Marketing
- Web Design
- Business Objects
- Vendor Relations
- CRM software
- Contract Management
- Program Delivery
- Business Process
- Business Strategy
- HR Consulting
- HR Solutions
- Employee Benefits
- Project Planning
- New Business Development
- Training & Development
- Project Facilitation
- Analysis
- Account Management
- Data Analysis
- Employee Relations
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Planning
- Team Leadership
- Negotiation
- Online Marketing
- Optimization
- Problem Solving
- Teaching
- SEM
- Customer Engagement
- Employee Engagement
- Marketing Strategy
- Digital Marketing
- Strategic Thinking
- Content Strategy
- Customer Relations
- Customer Experience Improvement
- Organizational Development
- Coaching
- Management Consulting
Grant LeMahieu, M.Ed.'s Education
Ferris State University
Masters Education, Curriculum & Instruction
2001 – 2003
Graduated with Honors.
•Relevant coursework in; Research & Statistics, Curriculum & Instruction Design, Psychology, Educational Technology Systems, Technology Procurement & Assessment, Visual Basic programming.
Davenport University
Bachelor, Business
1999 – 2001
Graduated with High Honors.
•Relevant coursework in; Quantitative Methods(Management Science), Corporate Finance, Strategic Management, Marketing, Negotiation & Dispute Resolution, Statistics, Human Resources, Diversity, Intercultural Communications.
The American College
ChFC,CLU,ChFC,REBC, Financial Planning & Human Resources
1990 – 2001
Held all major industry designations such as CFP, CLU,ChFC,REBC
West Shore Community College
Business Mgmt, Marketing, Accounting
1984 – 1985
Lansing Community College
Advertising, Music Business
1983 – 1984
Focus on Media selection, Sound Reinforcement, Video & Audio Production
Michigan State University
Pre-Engineering/Computer Sciences
1981 – 1983
Grant LeMahieu, M.Ed.'s Additional Information
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- Interests:
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Sailing, golf, guitar,thinking & COFFEE!
- Groups and Associations:
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Spring Lake Public Schools Career Days - Guest Speaker Junior Achievement Speaker and Teacher Baker College – Muskegon, MI Curriculum Advisor to Sales and Interior Design Programs Lakeshore Lutheran Fellowship/Board Member, Guitarist, Audio Tech Team Manistee Area Jaycees:Held various officer positions 12 years serving Manistee National Forest Festival/Manistee Chamber of Commerce Held Co-Chair and Committee Heads
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- Honors and Awards:
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When I served as an active member of the Manistee Area Jaycees, I won various awards of distinction as a general member, director and officer.
I have won numerous sales awards as outlined in my "Past" experiences section.
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