Derek Russell Email & Phone Number

Ypsilanti, MI, US

Mountain Region

Regional Learning for North American Sort Centers (NASC) at Amazon, where I am responsible for all training and development for front line employees through senior leaders for a region containing 21 different sites in 3 different time zones.

Regional Learning Manager on Central Ops Learning Team (COLT), where I was directly responsible for training initiatives and metrics for tier 1 through senior leaders for a region that included over 20,000 employees.

Romulus, Michigan

Edwardsville, Illinois

Edwardsville, IL

- Launched new building, running first shift in new facility.- Lead, mentor and motivate team of up to 100 associates. 7 associates have been promoted under my mentorship.- Constantly search for, and implement process improvements. Have worked on, and managed projects from conveyance improvements up to departments moves and restructures.

Edwardsville, IL

Owner and lead instructor for company that provides instruction for MO and IL concealed carry weapons (CCW) permit applicants. The instruction that we provide is a program developed by the U.S. Concealed Carry Association (USCCA). - Certified Instructor by the USCCA- NRA Certified Range Officer- CPR certified by the AHA

* Work side by side with CEO on a corporate restructure to reduce overhead* Create a new business plan to produce new streams of income* Travelled to multiple countries to recruit new customers, working with government agencies and foreign agents* Mentored Managing Directors company wide, to guide them through corporate restructure

Greater St. Louis Area

* Managing St. Louis operations of a company that doubled this particular campus in size immediately upon my hire. * Recruited and trained an entirely new team of academic and residential counselors* Restructured format of employee duties to ensure greater customer satisfaction* Worked with owner of company on creating efficiencies between campuses

Montgomery City, MO

• Managed operations of company through move to new updated production facility across the state of Missouri bringing operational efficiencies and much needed production space
• Work closely with senior management in strategic decisions bringing the company from a 25% loss in 2011 to a profit in just one year
• Consulted with USDA to create new HACCP (food safety) plan for company and manage all company food safety initiatives assuring quality products for customers
• Created system to monitor and analyze all production yields for increased profitability utilizing Microsoft Office Suite of products
• Recruited and trained new production room employees creating efficient and productive team
• Manage all accounting, human resources and inventory management duties bringing much improved cash flow for growing company

North Kansas City, MO

• Managed day to day operations of fleet of trucks, cold storage warehouse, and all operational employees while sales doubled during my first two years.
• Oversaw design, construction, and implementation of new multi-million dollar distribution facility in 10 months time to bring the company much needed operational efficiencies
• Coordinated efforts to bring company up to speed technologically, implementing new accounting and inventory software as well as new supporting hardware within three months time.
• Created slotting system in new warehouse to implement inventory management software properly increasing productivity of warehouse employees
• Developed systems to analyze driver routes, efficiency, and profitability using Microsoft Office Suite of products reducing overhead and increasing profits

Wentzville, MO

• Consistently exceeded monthly commission draw
• Researched and procured new line of snacks for company’s school distribution division leading to increased customer penetration
• Assisted management in creation of new brand to enable the company to market distressed inventories in a new light
• Managed inventory stored in warehouses across the country enabling company to reduce storage and logistical overhead
• Coordinated efforts to bring the company paperless enabling the company to share information much more easily and quickly, leading to increased sales
• Implemented new technological communication methods (IM, e-mail, etc.) leading to lower communication costs and increased productivity of sales staff

• Collaborated with other team leaders to generate new promotional events to motivate collection agents leading to increased production
• Consistently a member of the “Top Gun” Program (125% of monthly budget for at least three consecutive months)
• Developed leadership qualities while leading team of collection agents

Masters In Strategic Management

Working at this top 20 business school reinforced my ability to lead groups of highly intelligent driven people, while giving me knowledge.

B.A. Business Administration, Business

Education record

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