Dean Boerger Email & Phone Number

International Falls, Mn, Us

United States

International Falls, Mn

Lead 31 personnel across the Process Center, Power/Recovery, Pulp/Bleach, and Environmental departments through daily production operations focused on driving production goals and ensuring optimal and efficient use of company resources to consistently achieve targets.* Interface with cityside and maintenance leaders to ensure production goals of the entire mill operations.* Provide leadership as primary contact during evening and weekend shifts to develop self-directed work teams.* Enforce and promote company safety expectations and production goals through conversation and observations. * Actively survey and monitor working conditions and procedures to correct any potential hazards.* Continually analyze operations and leverage knowledge to identify trends and forecast potential issues and deliver continual improvement to standard processes.* Lead troubleshooting of equipment operation problems.*Work with crew and department leaders to minimize downtime and maximize opportunities during downtime situations.* Ensure strict compliance with legal requirements, company standards and expectations, and maintain occupational health and safety records.* Coordinate employee evaluations and reviews and provide constructive feedback to promote greater contribution to the team.* Manage production and maintenance projects during repair days and annual outages.* Administrative duties include production reports, issue safety permits, incident reporting and investigation, drug testing, discipline protocol and reporting.* Achieved production rate improvements in all 4 departments each year.* Set daily, monthly, and annual records in pulp and bleach production, liquor burning, and steaming rate in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

International Falls, Mn

Promoted through multiple levels of responsibility and maintained position through acquisition by Packaging Corporation of America.* Served in more executive capacity during leadership absence managing over 30 personnel during 2013 transition.* Collaborated cross-functionally with other team leaders, tradesmen and third-party contractors to schedule and facilitate equipment maintenance.* Defined and created standard operating procedures, system lockouts and checklists.* Performed lab tests, checklists, unloaded chemicals, and responded to operator requests to inspect/troubleshoot equipment in the field.* Facilitated system lockouts and confines space entry permits* Operated a Cat 988 front end loader and fully trained to operate fork/clamp trucks

Duluth, Mn

Managed 7-state territory and grew client base for the Alpine Division focusing on selling Snow Groomers (Bombardier BR-350) to ski resorts throughout the Midwest United States.* Operated from remote home based office, reporting to Regional Manager in Grand Junction, CO.* Generated over $680K in sales.

Duluth, Mn

Sold heavy, medium, and light construction equipment, heavy duty land clearing equipment, wood and waste processing equipment, and aggregate processing equipment in the Northern Minnesota territory.* Operated from remote home based office, reporting to Corporate office in Rosemount, MN.

Duluth, Mn

Consulted with residential and commercial clients to design and construct new homes, additions, and remodel projects.* Coordinated projects from start to finish consulting with clients, crews, sub-contractors, suppliers, insurance adjusters and city inspectors to ensure accurate completion on time and within budget.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

Specialized in selling Lindal Cedar Homes and Sunrooms throughout Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin meeting with clients to provide design consultation and assistance with planning custom home construction.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

Represented over 50 lines of construction, utility, truck, snow removal, and trail grooming equipment.* Traveled extensively throughout Northern Minnesota to establish new business relationships and meet with existing clients; grew territory with the acquisition of more than 300 new accounts.* Increased total sales 82% to over $2 million annually.* Promoted to spearhead sales and marketing of the Bombardier groomer line and assigned additional territory to include Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Grew sales 150% to become the second leading product line in gross sales within the company.

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Management

Activities and Societies: Recreation/Intramural Sports Committee Vice President, 3-year starter and letter winner on the football team..

High School, Mathematics And Computer Science

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, Close Up, Football, Basketball and Track