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Des Moines, IA, US

Bringing teams and leaders together to move in one direction of success - teaching the fine art of trust, leadership, and streamlined productivity.

Des Moines, IA, US

• Manage of team of 15 - 20 production artists and printing press operators creating fine stationery and home goods for global sales in retail and wholesale
• Introduce cascaded goals and standardized reviews
• Train first tier managers to conduct 1:1s and set goals that positively affect business and team growth
• Implemented fulfillment checks in picking and packing to cut order error rate from 8% to less than 1%, creating a cost avoidance of ~ $10k
• Capture unrealized costs in labor and materials while maintaining an avg. 50% profit margin.
• Set and track KPIs

Seattle, WA, US

• Direct Management of 102 front-line associates and two process assistants
• Create $410k annual cost avoidance by implementing streamlined process paths through 5S and Value Stream Mapping
• Work cross-functionally to create $454k annual cost avoidance by enabling placement of shared labor associate teams at workstations within 15 minutes of start of shift
• One of four out of 105 managers with highest safety, leadership, and associate engagement scores 4.6/5.0
• Mentor 6 newly hired managers: trained in process paths, operations metrics and data tools used for daily deliverables. Introduced soft skills to develop their teams – Situational Leadership

Arden Hills, Minnesota, US

• Forecast and manage lab production budget of 1.8MM.
• Direct Management of three front-line supervisors along with their teams regarding performance and development.
• Ownership of ROI through cross-functional collaboration to bring 40k soil samples from 180 trial plots across the nation for chemical and physical analysis
• Continuous improvement oversight – lab capacity, process flow, quality, data analysis, change management and implementation o Decrease sample data turnaround time of ~ 5 days to 2.5 days in 18 months o Utilize data to.
• Direct new product implementation: concept, throughput, process flow, safety, quality assurance practices, software and financial integration, customer experience surveys, customer delivery, distribution of product.
• Oversight/Implementation of life cycle for 37 SOPs

Arden Hills, Minnesota, US

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Build strong teams of 30 – 70 seasonal employees to work together in a high-throughput laboratory for 12 – 16-week time periods based on data driven metrics through forecasting tools and communication with.
• Vendor management/contract negotiation/procurement
• Finance - cost accounting, cost of goods sold, built out QuickBooks for business from scratch for Solum Labs
• Emergency First Response Leader
• Mentor, Trainer, Consultant, Advisor, to all levels of team
• Facilitator of change management and communications programs

• Streamline Support Services and staff for quicker client placement and accessibility to serviceso Increase client retention rates from 67% to 70% and decreased relapse/client return rates from 39% to 37% within five.
• Implement and train a complete redesign of the financial process for division resulting in thecapture 120% of revenue - all billable sources included plus introduction of PPO partnerships.
• Committees Served: Salary Review, Health & Safety, Marketing

• Two-time Provisional Administrator – direct supervision of 50 staff members and supervisors across six departments
• Brought building from 14 in division financial ranking to number three (top two did not have Medicaid funding)
• Accountable and responsible for State Audit regulations in Housekeeping, Laundry, Maintenance, Finance, Staffing, Safety
• Implement standard procedures to streamline regular maintenance and housekeeping processes
• Train all staff in dependent adult abuse mandatory reporting procedures and guidelines.
• Human Resources – led staff from 100% turnover rate in Certified Nursing Assistants to 8% annually within a year.

Bsm, Organizational Leadership

Coursework Toward Bs, Business Management