Dave Kerr is a General Manager at Treetown Usa | Village Nurseries | Hines Growers. He possess expertise in forecasting, budgets, operations management, process improvement, inventory management and 31 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Dave was one of three financial resource managers that worked on a daily basis with the operations group / seven production facilities of Hines at that time. Dave was insturmental in monitoring and reporting of operations and distribution performance and cost metrics -- dashboard elements used to direct and manage a team of 14 facility and distribution managers through weekly team review and conference calls. As a six sigma leader, Dave was always a lead in working on strategic and tactical projects both in analyzing performance and leading follow-up actions. His work in distribution load performance helped drive a greater than 30% increase in load volume. Dave would be a valuable addition to any management team." and "Dave Kerr and I worked together for 15 years at Hines Nurseries. During that time our relationship was generally one of peer managers, although Dave did report directly to me during 2006-07 in my role as Regional VP of Operations and his role as Regional Finance Manager. Throughout our association at Hines, Dave demonstrated a total commitment to the success of the organization. Dave is a results oriented team player and is comfortable operating at multiple levels within the organization from the executive level down through front line employee. Dave is very good at analyzing complex business situations and translating that analysis into language that non finance managers are able to understand and utilize to produce improved results. In the world of operations, it is relatively rare to find individuals with a financial background and orientation who can relate to the daily issues faced by operations staff and provide them with practical advice and direction. Dave is one of those unique individuals who can not only provide short term direction but is able to make connections for operations employees to longer term business strategies and objectives. He was an invaluable asset to me throughout the time we worked together."