Christopher Marquart Email & Phone Number

Ohio, United States

Sandusky, Ohio, Us

Maintain smooth coordination and management of logistics operations of maintenance department with over 200 employees, including 40 full time ride mechanics. Ensure quality of products in most cost-effective way by effectively dealing with local and international vendors, evaluating suppliers, negotiating prices, and facilitating purchasing of supplies and parts. Interact with procurement team to develop cost reduction strategies including vendor consolidation, revisiting contract terms, analyzing expenses and ensuring correct management controls.Directly supervise 1 crib attendant, 5 garage mechanics, and up to 5 seasonal employees to plan, coordinate and maintain all aspects of daily logistical operations. Collaborate with crib attendant, garage foreman, accounting department and local companies to acquire supplies for down equipment, check quantity of products, follow up on quotes and purchase orders, accomplish paperwork, process invoices, and arrange deliveries. Work closely with ride maintenance supervisor on identifying and ordering all parts needed for repairs and overhauls.

Sandusky, Oh, Us

Administered operations spanning 3 diverse units supplying contractor, franchisee and consumer product markets; oversaw and ensured performance of 4 supervisors responsible for production of 40+ associates; maintained role responsibilities during April-September production calendar with expected downtime resulting in downsize from position.* Despite department going unsupervised for 6 months, successfully led operations to 0 missed shipments or quality loss (previously unattained for several years); performance facilitated through introduction of employee-centric work atmosphere based on trust and accountability.* Saved organization considerable money by initiating steps and supplemental training to reduce batch quality issues from 10 annually to just 1 while in position; batches cost $5,000 each and typically went reported after disposal; additionally, reduced product returns from 600 skids to just 50 skids (nearly 20,000 buckets of product).* Effectively led production during high-volume peak months (June – August) with operations executed during 10 hour days 6 days-7 days weekly.* Improved inventory management by closely watching production and waste performance as well as collaborating with colleague on development of Excel spreadsheet comparing upcoming orders with real-time production status.* Reduced average of 25 sub-quality batches annually to just 2 while in role by increasing level and frequency of training provided to technicians; lowered expenses by quickly securing contributions of chemist to save batches.

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Oversaw and ensured performance of 25 hourly technicians spread throughout components and assembly areas; accountable for daily volume and quality quotas (as department manufactures 27,000 bearings weekly); reported shift manufacturing performance to general foreman, head engineer and operations manager.* Last performance evaluation highlighted on-target production goals for all key metrics in department; performance consistent throughout current and previous positions for over 20-year tenure.* Effectively worked within contract parameters of union workforce; included oversight of hourly employees to maintain manufacturing performance.* Consistently searched for methods to improve operations and reduce operating costs while simultaneously maintaining expected quality -Reduced tooling costs on bearing production from $.87 to $.64 per bearing - Increased labor hour productivity from 4.99 to 6.99 - Reduced scrap from 2.3% to 1.8%.

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