Matthew Stebbing Email & Phone Number

Fridley, MN

• Successfully ensure that the converting and warehouse production departments are operating at optimal capacity, including innovatively implementing process and workflow improvements to increase efficiencies as needs.
• Provide strong leadership, support, and guidance to a converting supervisor and two warehouse supervisors, in addition to providing indirect supervisory support to 25 employees.
• Effectively interview, hire, and onboard new employees, including consistently providing constructive feedback and motivating employees to perform at top levels, with a focus on promoting strong engagement levels.
• Continually analyze and report waste, cycle counts, and production rates, quickly identifying both issues and opportunities, creatively designing and implementing solutions to optimize profitability and minimize costs.
• Innovatively redesigned the converting department’s workflow; promotion of stronger partnering led to 25 – 30% increased production rates; also, integrated 24/5 shifts, creating a continuous, seamless production line.
• Through diligently analyzing and implementing solutions to the heightened waste levels, decreased them from 5 1/2% to 3 ¼%, increasing profits by over 10%.

Eagan, MN

• Actively managed the planning and implementation of various projects, including successfully restructuring the retail business, which entailed coordinating all logistics and ensuring timely completion of all project.
• Consistently exceeded monthly sales goals, selling wheels and tires to dealerships, auto retail companies, and through direct sales to customers.
• Strong dedication to creating an excellent experience for each customer during every stage of the sales process resulted in high customer retention and referral rates.
• Partnered with colleagues to identify promotional initiatives and the ideal means to market them to customers, including through print advertising, sales literature, product catalogs, and social media.
• Leveraged market expertise to facilitate pricing discussions, ensuring continued high sales and profit margins.
• Actively represented the company at trade shows, including the largest industry trade show, ensuring the booth was professionally set up and that all graphics, literature, and products were available to facilitate.