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Victoria, Bc, Ca

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Victoria, British Columbia

Vancouver Island

Responsible for logistics, fleet operations and equipment procurement, facility management, order fulfillment, and customer experience across a network of 13 locations.Develop, execute, and support corporate strategies and initiatives as part of the WSB Titan group.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Direct responsibility for customer management, sales, operations, and logistics on a $22 Million ERP (Infor SXe 10.2) integration project. Led team of 5 business specialists to design, build, and implement an ERP upgrade across 100 North American locations in a highly matrixed organization. Mapped and enhanced business process flows, streamlined workflows, created or improved business standards, developed training curriculum, and designed end user interfaces. Directed an additional team of 5 product specialists to build, and execute a product master upgrade and foundational rebuild. Developed and implemented a Product Information Master Management process.

North America

Responsible for North American fleet of over 900 units: Develop and manage a substantial annual capital budget for North American fleet operations. Track and leverage a subtantial capital and operational expense spend, positively impacting EBITDA. Develop and refine equipment technical specifications to deliver world class MHE solutions. Develop and implement fleet life cycle strategies, and best in class procurement streams. Source, implement, and manage a full AVL and telematics fleet solution in a highly matrixed organization. Develop and manage capital asset replacement processes and enhancement mechanisms. Ensure regulatory & safety compliance in geographic and divisional business units are maintained.

Kamloops, Bc

Responsible for profit and loss and all operational aspects of various profit centers with annual revenues in the 8 figure range and staff of up to 35.Health and Safety – Chaired provincial safety committee. Liaised with WorkSafe BC as primary contact, developed process enhancements, improved existing procedures, managed information flow for 12 profit centers. Led the provincial team to achieve COR (Certificate of Recognition) resulting in an annual rebate of WorkSafe premiums. Member of our Corporate Safety Oversight Committee. Co-chaired CSABC COR TAC committee in partnership with WorksafeBC. Human Resources – Responsible for all local HR requirements from hiring, to discipline, and termination.Sales Management – Responsible for growth of sales revenues and profit margins, cultivating profitable and long term client relationships, developing new product lines, developing and mentoring new and internal sales staff , and prospecting for new clients. Lead location to become number one supplier in the market.Operations Management – Responsible for annual budget submittals, process protocol development and implementation, optimizing site layouts, supervise equipment and staffing levels. Created operational savings and improved efficiency.Inventory Management – Responsible for financial resource allocation, space planning, shrinkage control, and purchasing oversight.

Kelowna - Bc Interior Region

Responsible for profitable operations of four profit centres with substantial annual revenues, and staff of 60. Developed industry leading Health & Safety programs and protocols leading to successful COR certification. Enhanced fulfillment team efficiency though improved order-flow processes, and introduction of KPI monitoring. Managed new equipment procurement for the province and directly responsible for a fleet of 27 units. Developed annual budget models, and spearheaded Greenfield expansion initiatives. Proven ability to positively impact revenue growth, productivity, and deliver cost savings.

Canada & Usa

Responsible for creating and implementing an internal Lean Operations program that monitored operational efficiencies and enhanced process flow using work to time studies. Project included extensive North American travel to conduct observational studies on process flows, order fulfillment, and KPI development. Successfully lead the change management process from the front line fulfillment staff to the C-suite, and delivered productivity gains, fulfillment improvement, process waste reduction, and resource & knowledge sharing in a highly matrixed organization. Participated the proprietary software development and testing, and lead the corporate implimentation that delivered annual savings > $1MM.

Vancouver - Bc Lower Mainland

Responsible for profitable operations of five business centres with substantial annual revenues, and staff of 50. Developed and lead a company leading Health & Safety program that was the model for implementation across the entire organization. Developed improved inventory management processes and protocols that enhanced both fulfillment team efficiency as well as contributing to substantially improved shrinkage totals. Developed and managed a new equipment and fuel procurement models for the province and built strategic key vendor relationships while directly responsible for a fleet of 51 units. Developed annual budget models, and spearheaded warehouse and space planning optimization. Relocated two profit centres while maintaining daily business flow. Proven ability to positively impact revenue growth, productivity, and deliver cost savings.

Vancouver - Bc Lower Mainland

Responsible for mentoring and developing a sales team of 7. Developed strategic sales plans, set and managed market profitability though effective price management, customer stratification, and client relationship enhancement. Managed expense budgets along with identifying & developing new market and product launch opportunities. Created an upstream information flow process to ensure market trends and opportunities were recognized at the C-level.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Vancouver, Canada Area