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Grand Junction, Colorado Area

● Direct the warehouse, procurement, inventory management, distribution, and production operations to achieve company goals for profitable operations● Manage vendors to ensure costs and delivery meet expectations, while looking for opportunities to utilize alternate sources to improve costing without negatively affecting quality● Sustain clean and organized warehouses, maintaining warehouse layout and product placement, and utilizing ERP system for efficiency and organization● Create and control production schedules to meet required inventory levels, collaborating with Product Management and Engineering to suggest and implement improvements to the production processes● Monitor production quality to detect and correct problems, establishing workflow policies that enhance speed and efficiency without compromising quality, safety, or integrity● Practice direct and respectful communication and teamwork with fellow leadership team members, always engaging in constructive conflict and committing to hold one another accountable● Implemented ISO 9001 compliance at Munro Companies in 2023 resulting in improved quality management and greater consistency of products

Grand Junction, Colorado Area

● Provide market insights to the sales team of seven employees and to executive management with recommendations for the success of strategic direction● Establish and manage effective programs to compensate, coach, appraise and train sales personnel● Communicate with vendors and manufacturing partners to secure product information and training opportunities for the sales team● Created plan moving current “order taking” process to a strategy-based account planning process focused on the top 100 customers for growth, increasing overall gross sales margin by 7% in FY 2018

Grand Junction, Colorado Area

Product Line Manager | April 2015 - March 2016● Responsible for full product life cycle from concept through retirement of rig site products● Key person to encapsulate the vision, develop and execute plans for rig-site communication, gas detection and CRM products offered by Pason in both the US and Canadian market● Outlined the project and ensured adherence to defined scope (Customer advocate) throughout inception to rollout of products● Delineated shortfalls, constructed and implemented a plan to increase in Gas Analysis equipment across all business units● Developed project testing for customer relationship management (CRM) platform to span all customer interaction spaces

Grand Junction, Colorado Area

● Managed five national and 50 regional accounts including Patterson UTI, Anadarko, Occidental, Talisman, and BHP Billiton● Expanded into new industries and markets by cultivating account with Boart Longyear to move into the mining industry, increasing profitable operations● Successfully negotiated renewal contract with Patterson UTI with annual revenue of $45 million● Grew wellsite information transfer (WITSML) revenue for Anadarko and Occidental by 100%

Grand Junction, Colorado Area

● Supervised sales/service activities of 26 field technicians in the southern Rockies region, including hiring, training with delivery of PowerPoint presentations, job planning/oversight, and inventory control● Conceptualized and followed through with implementing a procedure that contributed to 30% increase in rig site sales● Optimized revenue by generating team-driven approach with field technicians regarding analysis of P&L● Saved company $33,000 by implementing on-site troubleshooting for satellite dishes● Collaborated with human resource staff to designate online courses for technician career advancement

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