Bryan Seitz Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

• I oversee terminal operations for both container terminals. I lead both facilities vessel operations personnel as well as the Yard Planning Group. Although a team effort on every level and at every interface, daily.
• Managing vessel, yard, and gate operations to optimize the output of both container facilities.
• Manage coordination efforts between Operations and Maintenance staff to ensure equipment reliability for terminal operations.
• Provide supervision and training of all work performed by the Port Houston Operations staff including a large contingent of ILA/union workers.
• Prepare and monitor annual operating budget.
• Provide variance reporting for operating budget on a regular cadence, including analysis on developing trends.

Houston, Texas Area

• Led the analysis and reporting of all operational, statistical, and capital budgetary needs as it pertained to the container terminals and associated functional areas. Led the creation and monitoring of both the.
• Prepare and regularly monitor annual operating budget for the container terminals. Accurately analyze and report variances in revenues and expenses on a monthly basis and provide advice to superiors on developing trends.
• Develop methods of tracking operational costs to maintain proper pricing.
• Perform financial analysis as required for projects related but not limited to strategic and operational planning.
• Review and recommend long-term capital expansion and investment plans and monitor the progress continually with project management team and other support staff as necessary. Ensure that the planned project needs are.
• Maintain the capital investment budget for container facilities. Review and provide financial justification for all purchase of capital items for the terminals.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Served as Turning Basin Operations Manager with duties to include wharf supervision, scheduling supervisor, liaison to stevedores, facilities manager, safety coordinator and aid to billing department.Key.
• Wharf Supervision includes inventorying stevedores’ cargo, locating staging areas for stevedores’ cargo and tracking crane rentals.
• Scheduling duties include management of all Turning Basin operated berths (45+). Lining up all requested berth requests for best utilization of docks which can exceed 100 requests at any one time.
• Work as a liaison to Tenants and Stevedores to ensure a safe and proactively managed environment between different concurrent operations on TB docks and leased areas.
• Meet the multitude of operational concerns for all facilities under my control, including repairs, traffic flow, cleanup, safety issues etc.
• Work with the billing department to help manage correct and accurate billing of all stevedores under my supervision.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Promoted to serve as the 24-7 on call Marine Shift Manager charged with maintaining all duties from previous position while also managing a team of 8 Assistant Managers. Designed an 18-month on-the-job training for six.
• Selected to serve on the union labor-management relations board and engage in judgment hearings.
• Contributed towards decisions establishing precedence in cases between management and labor.
• Learned supervisor’s job function in order to seamlessly serve as a substitute in his absence.
• Completed cross-departmental training in order to gain a big picture understanding of the business.
• Introduced and implemented training applications designed to expedite the training process.

• Meticulous Assistant Operations Manager responsible for spearheading, overseeing operations, and all communications related to berthed vessels. Served as Point of Contact for vessel crews while in port.
• Scheduled and coordinated vessel arrivals and epartures. Managed between 20-120 employees.
• Calculated and ordered necessary labor for individual vessel operations.
• Worked closely with various departments responsible for vessel scheduling, planning, customer service, IT, and administration.
• Represented team at informational meetings with other operations departments from the terminal.
• Ensured the each vessel was properly, efficiently, and safely discharged and stowed.

Very successful first summer, was asked to come back as assistant manager of the Ft. Worth Pilot office. - Conducted between 20 and 40 interviews on a daily basis.- Lead training of new sales representatives on a weekly basis. Public Speaking became a great strength.- Consulted existing representatives and continued training them to increase their sales.

Responsibilities involved direct marketing and sales. - Sold over $20,000 worth of product in less than two months. Top sales rep in my office for that period and was one of the fastest to exceed $20,000 for the company that year. - Excelled at the direct marketing process. My closing percentage was close to 90%.