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Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Quadra Chemicals are a Distribution company partnered with the best Manufactures in the world. Quadra’s market focus ranged from Personal Care, Food Ingredients, Oil & Gas, Mining plus several others. Delta Facility included 50,000 plus sq.ft. of warehouse/office plus Tank Farm with full Rail access.• Ensure Health & Safety compliance in accordance with company policy, (Chairperson of Facility Health & Safety 8 years)• Manage Inventory accuracy through monitoring of daily warehouse activities, cycle counts, audits. Accuracy to 98.6%• Supervision of all staff under direct or indirect control, stand in for Regional Operations Manager during out of office.• 3rd Party relationships include warehouse and tolling partners• Procurement specialist, Facility/customers, Vendors• Managed Facility & Equipment Maintenance collaborated with contractors on several Facility Projects.• 5S Continued Facility Improvements, reducing waste and increasing efficiency.• Maintain essential Business Relationships with Vendors, Customers, Sales Team.• Emergency Response Team & Branch support on call/After hours 2 weeks a month.• Work closely with Logistics to manage partners relationship for freight and organization activities for both Dry Van & Bulk Loads• Ongoing Projects for Facility & customers. • Facility Company Audits, GMP, ISO, HACCP, Internal, BRC Certification, WorkSafe BC safety audit. • Ensure updated or new policies, procedures and protocols are communicated and implemented with Team.• Mentor, coach, train, discipline, and reward direct reports to ensure consistent job satisfaction and employees’ development.Selected Achievements:• Company awards, Net Margin Improvement, Top Branch Operation Business award, several Warehouse Team Awards plus three calendar years of 100 % shipping & receiving accuracy with no mistakes.• Work with team to design & implement Companywide Maintenance system

South Surrey, Bc

• Manage Facility and sales associates, Facility Safety Captain• Facility maintenance & equipment maintenance• Product purchasing & work with vendors on current or new products• Review daily revenue and costs to ensure maximum profitability

Delta, Bc

Encore Metals Supplies Specialty Steel products to Western Canada and the United States with sales in excess of $100 million (7 branches), Responsible for day to day operations of Production and Warehouse while providing superior service to our customers. (Facility 50,000 sq.ft.) • Manage Warehouse and Production team (unionize team)• Support the efforts of Sale’s Team & training of warehouse staff• Maintain and Implement procedures that are in accordance with ISO 9002 Quality Assurance SystemSelected Achievements:• Work with Sales Team on several projects with customers which resulted in new business• Developed and implemented a New Company Safety Manual which resulted in better understanding of safety for staff• Created a new production reporting system to track orders, equipment output, maintenance which resulted in a better maintenance of equipment and an increase in production.

Delta Bc

BH Woodturning manufactures wood products for residential and commercial projects with sales in excess of $10 million. Responsible for the day to day operations of the production and warehouse. (Facility 45,000 sq. ft.) • Manage a team of five supervisors, (plant & warehouse staff 51)Selected Achievements:• Developed new safety program with a goal of zero lost time through staff training (chairman safety committee)• Implemented new production scheduling system to ensure that we meet daily customer orders• Developed performance reviews for staff so we could establish goals• Developed a cross training schedule for plant staff to ensure proper backup of duties• Train supervisor team on Lean Manufacturing principals and good manufacturing practices

Langley, Bc

Responsible for daily Plant Production and Warehousing of specialty liquid packaging products. Selected Achievements:• Designed and built manufacturing facility by establishing an organized timetable for construction and equipment set-up This resulted in manufacturing starting 4 weeks earlier. • Re-Organized Warehouse operations, which resulted in efficient movement of product & was able toreduce errors by 30% & was able to increase warehouse space to accommodate 25 % more inventory.

Welding Technology/Welder

Certificate, Canadian Credit Union Association Of Canada

Mechanical /Architectural Drafting, Dipolma

Building Construction Technician, Certificate

Ceritfied Management Accounts Association, Level - 3