About 1915 Group
Usable insights for the jan san industry.
Our experience sits in senior executive roles across manufacturing, distribution, and healthcare operations, working closely with service providers and Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs).
We pair the framework thinking of an MBA education with decades of real-world, hands-on experience, insights built to be used, not just read.
Where We've Helped
Sean O'Hearn
Founder, 1915 Group
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
MBA (Leadership),
Dalhousie University
betterLEADER certified · Big Brothers Big Sisters mentor
Manufacturing — 10 Years
Commercial strategy and senior management across North America, building and leading teams through consistent growth.
Distribution — 6 Years
National Sales Manager to national account and GPO program management, owning results across a coast-to-coast network.
Healthcare Facilities Management — 7 Years
From support services to supervisor and manager across GTA hospitals and commercial cleaning companies, with a focus on team leadership, auditing, training, and process improvement.
20+ Years, Jan/San & FM
Built and directed national accounts across North America, with deep relationships across distributors, GPOs, BSCs, and procurement groups, the operating base this advisory draws on.
Associate Consultants
Specialized expertise brought in project by project, matched to what the engagement actually needs.
Our Process
A stage-gate approach to every engagement.
This keeps stakeholders collaborating openly before more time gets invested, and it means the insight only has to be good enough to make the next decision, not perfect. Every engagement starts with a full proposal, start to finish, broken into gates so you can see exactly where your own team could take it over.
Align
Open collaboration with key stakeholders before deeper work begins
Decide
Stakeholders review at each gate, insights that are "good enough" to act on
Transition
A clear point in the plan where your team can take the work over
Industry Insights
Written to be useful, not just read.
Practical write-ups on jan san operations, distribution, and compliance, built from the same real-world experience behind every engagement.
Compliance for Canadian Public Sector Buyers
Read the articleSKU Rationalization for Distributors
Market Entry Economics for GPOs
Let's talk.
One short call to see if there's a fit.