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Greater St. Louis Area

"Established 1988 in St. Louis, MO, Fitz'z Automotive Service is a premier auto repair shop specializing in addressing an array of automotive needs. With a team of highly skilled technicians and years of experience, we offer top-notch services such as steering column repair, electrical repair, and ADAS calibrations. Our expertise extends to automotive.

Greater St. Louis Area

Provide operational leadership, direction and support including setting and executing strategic growth initiatives. Build new organizational capabilities and improve business operations while achieving optimum growth and profitability targets.The Audit Group, Inc. (TAG) is a Procurement-to-Payment consulting company for large, complex hospitals and.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Owned primary accountability and management oversight for the Boeing F-15, F-18, and C-17 4PL Supply Chain Program, while mentoring six (6) direct reports and improving the SPEARS (on time) service rating to 100.0%.
• Instrumental in accelerating total sales revenue by $10M, enhancing organizational profitability 650 basis points while achieving zero (0) production line-down situations and eliminated all Boeing critical part.
• Recognized by Boeing for achieving the highest Performance Scorecard metrics from 2012 - 2015.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Managed and mentored a staff of seven (7) direct reports while implementing innovative cost-saving measures and streamlining processes & workflow, optimizing individual performance and organizational productivity.
• Collaborated with the senior management team in establishing and authoring the company’s first Safety Prevention Program in their 10-year history, representing a $629K savings through a reduction in vehicular accidents.
• Instrumental in driving the Advanced DOT Safety Compliance targets from 57% to 100% in less than 1 year.

• Managed the Central Operating Region, while spearheading effective operational strategies, proving instrumental in improving profit margins by more than 3%, and enhancing financial results by more than $280K in less.
• Key principal responsible for driving operational conversions and restructure to an owner/operator strategy representing a reduction in labor expenses by more than $216K annually.
• Owned accountability for Eight (8) locations and 8 direct reports, while maintaining fiscal oversight of a $50M Revenue Base, and ensuring integrity for all P/L, forecasting and budgeting.

• Led and ensured organizational sustainability for a $185M region with more than 1,400 employees, 120 locations, 100 customers, while managing Ten (10) direct reports throughout the territory.
• Collaborated with departmental leaders to ensure flawless services and support, increasing net-new revenue more than $751K through effective rate increase negotiations with our Fortune 500 CFO clients, while also.
• Established trusted vendor partnerships and negotiated more than $101M in contract renewals for outsourced supply chain solutions, resulting in incremental earnings of more than $10M during tenure.

• Managed and led $120M Automotive and Heavy Industry division with 9 direct reports, 750 employees nationwide at 32 locations.

• Led operations comprised of a $40M revenue base with 10 direct reports and 250 employees.

• Managed the profitability for $25M operation consisting of 5 locations, 10 direct reports, and 225 employees.

Mba, Business

Lean Manufacturing Certification

B.S., Business Administration/Management

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