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Garnavillo, Ia, Us

Direct finance, marketing, and plant operations by strategically planning and implementing organized workflows, as well as managing cash spend and financial growth. Accumulated operations, marketing, finance, and safety responsibilities from positions previously held in the organization. • Improved financial position of the company by steering a team to secure a long term debt contract, resulting in regaining market share to generate a $2.1M increase in monthly revenue.• Increased employee retention by 37% by redesigning staffing structures and training and development efforts, implementing personalized coaching classes and creating a vision of empowerment.• Improved reporting accuracy by 17% while confirming alignment with operational initiatives by creating and implementing a comprehensive financial process and forecasting model. Researched and introduced best practices. • Reduced costs-per-unit by 18% by streamlining workforce allocation through fostering interdepartmental collaboration.

Garnavillo, Ia, Us

Led all organizational marketing and logistics activities, driving significant growth in a new and emerging industry.• Grew sales by 74% in 6 years by developing a responsive and market-driven organization through networking and building relationships.• Saved customers up to 20% in costs by developing marketing strategies and eliminating retailers, selling directly to end users.• Decreased transit time by 35% and shipping costs by 22% by establishing a nationwide distribution network, subsequently improving inventory reliability, and reducing time to market.• Increased revenues by $22M over 3 years by negotiating contracts using effective relationship, negotiation, and strategically timing the market cycle. • Lowered costs by 35%, increased customer satisfaction, and improved time to invoice by leading a cross functional team tasked with creating and implementing an in-house knowledge management system.

Garnavillo, Ia, Us

Instrumental in company creation and startup, leading production and workflow activities for new startup venture.• Overcame significant obstacles in plant construction by identifying and creatively solving problems, successfully leading an initial team of 16 commissioning a $40M processing plant. Team grew to more than 75 as operations grew. • Built an operations team of 42 by facilitating recruitment, hiring, and training, achieving a 90% employee retention rate while supporting 8 employees in obtaining leadership and management positions. • Designed and executed multiple processing improvement projects involving modifications to plant equipment and design by navigating 5-year budgets of up to $15M, resulting in increasing processing capabilities and income by 350% while increasing uptime from 84% to 91%• Elevated sales by 22% by leveraging unique plant designs and implementing innovative approaches to production challenges. • Reduced workers’ compensation and regulatory citations by 23% by prioritizing safety through the initiation of behavioral-based safety initiative.

Agriculture commodities merchandiser, managing more than 45 million bushels of grain annually. Marketing and Logistics ManagerOversaw sales activities, actively engaging with customers and vendors. Controlled shipping and logistics, utilizing barges on the Mississippi River. Position evolved into operations and continuous quality control. • Led a marketing team that increased market share from 25% to 48% in a mature commodity market environment. Increased net revenue by 350% in 7 years.• Achieved 7.5 years with 100% positive trading margins, 6 times longer than any other merchandiser at the company.• Championed Pattison continuous quality improvement initiative. Training 100% of employees in process improvement for over 8 years.• Developed two major operational inventions. One reduced labor costs by 180%. The other increased productivity by 87% in their respective departments.