O'Keeffe Consulting
services
But before that, it’s about people. Our approach is people-centric regardless of topic. Business expertise without sensitivity to your company’s purpose and culture would be a waste of money. We will never waste your money.
O'Keeffe Consulting
services
But before that, it’s about people. Our approach is people-centric regardless of topic. Business expertise without sensitivity to your company’s purpose and culture would be a waste of money. We will never waste your money.
O’Keeffe Consulting
Executive Services
With O’Keeffe Consulting you have a fully committed partner. Benefit from our executive management experience spanning 40 years in 11 prominent companies.
Rely on confidential, hands on support to tackle your biggest issues, or simply to continue building on success.
Services can be framed on a project basis, hourly, or as ongoing monthly sessions. Have something else in mind? Call and let’s talk about how we can customize a solution based on your unique needs.
Executive
Survival
Tools
add to your toolbox
Operations assessment
- Includes a full financial review (P&L, Balance Sheet, inventory reports, sales reports, other KPI’s) staff assessment, organizational structure, operating model, sales activities, service and support, fulfillment and logistics, customers and marketing
Executive and leadership coaching and mentorship
- Best practices
- Successful operating models
- One-on-one coaching and mentoring
The People Part
- Org charts and why it matters for them to be done properly
- Job descriptions and why your team needs them
- Regular performance evaluations and how they can support continuous improvement
Interim executive
- Filling critical vacancies on a temporary basis
- Assessing management roles to create effective job descriptions and org chart
- Assist with recruiting and candidate evaluation
- New recruit training
Managing change
- Acquisitions
- Location changes
- Rapid growth
- Downsizing
Mindfulness in the workplace
- Training for individuals and teams
O’Keeffe Consulting
Executive Services
With O’Keeffe Consulting you have a fully committed partner. Benefit from our executive management experience spanning 40 years in 11 prominent companies.
Rely on confidential, hands on support to tackle your biggest issues, or simply to continue building on success.
Services can be framed on a project basis, hourly, or as ongoing monthly sessions. Have something else in mind? Call and let’s talk about how we can customize a solution based on your unique needs.
Executive
Survival
Tools
add to your toolbox
Operations assessment
- Includes a full financial review (P&L, Balance Sheet, inventory reports, sales reports, other KPI’s) staff assessment, organizational structure, operating model, sales activities, service and support, fulfillment and logistics, customers and marketing.
Executive and leadership coaching and mentorship
- Best practices
- Successful operating models
- One-on-one coaching and mentoring
Interim executive
- Filling critical vacancies on a temporary basis
- Assessing management roles to create effective job descriptions and org chart
- Assist with recruiting and candidate evaluation
- New recruit training
Managing change
- Acquisitions
- Location changes
- Rapid growth
- Downsizing
Mindfulness in the workplace
- Training for individuals and teams
Management
Training
Series
fast-forward your managers' development
Project management training
- Getting the results you want
- Replicating successes
- Basic tracking tools
Time Management Training
- Breaking old habits
- Identifying tools
- New disciplines
Conducting Effective Meetings
- Why meet?
- Goals, agenda, record-keeping
- How to avoid wasted time
- Who should attend?
- Types of meetings
- Decision-making models
Delegation for Managers
- Qualifying a project
- Selecting a delegate
- Managing at arm’s length
- Risk assessment
- Recap, follow-up, review
O’Keeffe Consulting
Management Training
You depend on your team to deliver the results that will take your business to the next level. Give them the skills they need by investing in affordable, no-nonsense management training.
Geoff O’Keeffe has mentored countless managers, many of whom have gone on to fulfill their potential in executive roles in ever greater service to the businesses that rely on them.
Each class in the series is designed to arm managers with actionable, repeatable tools that save time and increase effectiveness.
Select individual classes or recieve a discount for signing up one or more of your team for the entire series.
O’Keeffe Consulting
Management Training
You depend on your team to deliver the results that will take your business to the next level. Give them the skills they need by investing in affordable, no-nonsense management training.
Geoff O’Keeffe has mentored countless managers, many of whom have gone on to fulfill their potential in executive roles in ever greater service to the businesses that rely on them.
Each class in the series is designed to arm managers with actionable, repeatable tools that save time and increase effectiveness.
Select individual classes or recieve a discount for signing up one or more of your team for the entire series.
Management
Training
Series
fast-forward your managers' development
Project management training
- Getting the results you want
- Replicating successes
- Basic tracking tools
Time Management Training
- Breaking old habits
- Identifying tools
- New disciplines
Conducting Effective Meetings
- Why meet?
- Goals, agenda, record-keeping
- How to avoid wasted time
- Who should attend?
- Types of meetings
- Decision-making models
Delegation for Managers
- Qualifying a project
- Selecting a delegate
- Managing at arm’s length
- Risk assessment
- Recap, follow-up, review
O’Keeffe Consulting
Got Products?
Geoff has managed projects ranging from assisting start-ups with developing and sourcing their first products to managing sourcing, production, logistics and fulfillment for ten brands in sixty factories at once, managing a team of 70 domestic staff and twenty-five Asian staff.
No matter your size, if you are a product-driven company, everything rests on getting your products made correctly, for the right price, and to market on time.
O’Keeffe Consulting is your go-to source for every step of your supply chain.
Product Development, Sourcing,
& Supply Chain
get global experience personalized to your business
Market research
- Category-specific trending by product, category, or brand
- Get hard data and analysis to promote good decisions
Design and Develop
- Create end user profiles
- Create design briefs
- Create functional requirements
- Forecast demand
- Select and manage appropriate designer / developer
- Manage through sample iterations
- Negotiate FOB and MOQ
- On site factory visits as necessary
Working with foreign factories
- Choosing the best factories for your products
- Managing relationships
- Writing agreements that work for you
Quality control
- Set up QC for your products
- Managing quality issues
- Problem solving
Logistics and fulfillment
- Manage freight methods and carriers
- Manage customs and HTS codes
- Cross-docking and drop-shipping
- Warehousing and distribution models
- Third party logistics
- Product recalls
O’Keeffe Consulting
Got Products?
Geoff has managed projects ranging from assisting start-ups with developing and sourcing their first products to managing sourcing, production, logistics and fulfillment for ten brands in sixty factories at once, managing a team of 70 domestic staff and twenty-five Asian staff.
No matter your size, if you are a product-driven company, everything rests on getting your products made correctly, for the right price, and to market on time.
O’Keeffe Consulting is your go-to source for every step of your supply chain.
Product Development, Sourcing,
& Supply Chain
get global experience personalized to your business
Market research
- Category-specific trending by product, category, or brand
- Get hard data and analysis to promote good decisions
Design and Develop
- Create end user profiles
- Create design briefs
- Create functional requirements
- Forecast demand
- Select and manage appropriate designer / developer
- Manage through sample iterations
- Negotiate FOB and MOQ
- On site factory visits as necessary
Working with foreign factories
- Choosing the best factories for your products
- Managing relationships
- Writing agreements that work for you
Quality control
- Set up QC for your products
- Managing quality issues
- Problem solving
Logistics and fulfillment
- Manage freight methods and carriers
- Manage customs and HTS codes
- Cross-docking and drop-shipping
- Warehousing and distribution models
- Third party logistics
- Product recalls
Better Buying =
Better
Bottom
Line
merchandising tools and training
Retail Buyer / Merchandise Manager training
- Buyer / buying practices assessment
- Merchandise planning
- Open-To-Buy
- Inventory control
- Inventory analysis
- Buyer mentoring
- Operating model
- Merchandise Manager training
- Hiring / training buyers
- Evaluating performance
Wholesale merchandising training
- Demand analysis and planning
- Efficient and profitable buying schedules
- Managing critical path
- Purchase orders with teeth
- Negotiating
- Using data: commodity rates, labor rates, currency exchange
- Cost-out exercises
- Buying team structure
- Product / range performance analysis
- Resolving quality and delivery problems
O’Keeffe Consulting
Retail & Wholesale Merchandise Management
As a specialty retailer, your product mix is critical, as is inventory management.
As a wholesaler or manufacturer, great demand planning and inventory management is essential, otherwise you risk losing money even on successful products.
Purchase our proprietary Open-To- Buy tool, or get assistance selecting software. Get training for your buyers to be sure they are maximizing every opportunity to earn you more money.
O’Keeffe Consulting
Retail & Wholesale Merchandise Management
As a specialty retailer, your product mix is critical, as is inventory management.
As a wholesaler, or manufacturer, great demand planning and inventory management is essential, otherwise you risk losing money even on successful products.
Purchase our propriety Open-To- Buy tool, or get assistance selecting software. Get training for your buyers to be sure they are maximizing every opportunity to earn you more money.
Better Buying
Better
Bottom
Line
merchandising tools and training
Retail Buyer / Merchandise Manager training
- Buyer / buying practices assessment
- Merchandise planning
- Open-To-Buy
- Inventory control
- Inventory analysis
- Buyer mentoring
- Operating model
- Merchandise Manager training
- Hiring / training buyers
- Evaluating performance
Wholesale merchandising training
- Demand analysis and planning
- Efficient and profitable buying schedules
- Managing critical path
- Purchase orders with teeth
- Negotiating
- Using data: commodity rates, labor rates, currency exchange
- Cost-out exercises
- Buying team structure
- Product / range performance analysis
- Resolving quality and delivery problems
O’Keeffe consulting
How We Work
Following a free consultation, O’Keeffe Consulting will provide you with a project proposal that details your goals or the challenge we agree to address, the specific steps and work plan we will employ, a project timeline and costs. Once the proposal is accepted and a deposit is made, work will begin.
O’Keeffe Consulting enjoys an array of affiliate partnerships with dozens of area experts in a wide range of disciplines. These experts are available as part of the O’Keeffe Consulting team to work on your project.
Affiliate partners work under the auspices of O’Keeffe Consulting, who manages the project in total, from start to finish.
HOURLY
Typically we will set an upper limit and agree to discuss again with our client before exceeding it.
retainer
fixed bid
A fixed bid makes it easy for our clients to budget for their project.
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