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Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

- Ensure efficient operations in all departments of the 142 room hotel (Includes Maintenance, Front Desk, Housekeeping, Management.)- Ensure COVID protocols are in place, current, and followed.- Fluent in operations/procedures in all departments.- Ensure aggressive sales activity through an effective Sales & Marketing Plan.- Be responsible for the full implementation and consistency of operating standards and guest care within the hotel in accordance with company standards, brand standards and the industry rating for the property.- Interview, hire, train, recommend performance evaluations, resolve problems, provide open communication.- Achieve proper maintenance of the property through planned preventive maintenance programs for Rooms & Equipment.- Ensure appropriate security measures are in place for the safety of staff and guests and be responsible for the safe guarding and security of company assets in line with company policy.- To ensure completion of month end and year end duties and reports as relevant to reporting department achieving timely and accurate submission of all information related to the profit and loss statement.

Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

- Manage all operations of the 80 person remote camp. (Office, Kitchen, Housekeeping, & Maintenance.)- Created and Implemented Covid 19 Prevention and Control Protocol - Perform all front desk operations- Implemented ordering/inventory system resulting in a 25% reduction in food costs.- Recruit and hire - Fill in where required in all departments.

British Columbia, Canada

- Manage all aspects of the lease and lodge- Promote a positive Black Diamond experience with clients and guests- Maintain and foster a safe workplace for staff and guests- Oversee day-to-day operations of the Front Desk, Catering, and Maintenance personnel- Control and manage lodge expenditures

Km 185 Sierra-Yo Yo-Desan. (185Km Ne Of Fort Nelson, Bc, Canada)

- Manage operations of 144 person remote camp. (Office Kitchen, Housekeeping, & Maintenance.)- Reduced labour % of sales by 35%.- Implemented ordering/inventory system resulting in a 25% reduction in food costs.- Recruit and hire - Perform small maintenance tasks

Kitchener, Canada Area

 - Reporting directly to the President, identified new markets and industries that fit within the diversification strategy of Kuntz Electroplating Inc. An automotive supplier with 430 employees, and $72 M in sales.- Created a new brand and strategy of using Trade Shows across the U.S.A, & Website to enter a new Heavy Truck chrome wheel market resuling in 3 new Heavy Truck aftermarket chrome wheel customers.- Researched, budgeted, planned and proposed 3 new processes unrelated to existing core competency of the company. -RFID label printing -OLED printing - Solar panel reel to reel plating

Kitchener, Canada Area

- Directed business unit operations with 166 team members and $32M in annual revenue.- Established and implemented new lean manufacturing techniques resulting in: -47% reduction in WIP Inventory -10% reduction in reject rate -85% reduction in product lead time

Kitchener, Canada Area

- Provided scheduling and supply chain management to 14 customers (GM, Ford, BMW, Jaguar, Daimler, Bentley, etc) with product revenues totaling $75M.- Directed day-to-day production, product flow and staff management to 300 reports.- Created and implemented a scheduling system for more than 100 separate automotive products.- Managed customer relationships with 14 OEM automotive customers, monitoring and reporting on their just in time inventory status as it related to work in process, finished goods, rework, scrap, shipping requirements, and on-time to shipment.

Kitchener, Canada Area

- Acted as a change agent and managed 7 key projects in the creation of the Kuntz Production System (“KPS”) ; a system that dictated standard operating procedures for operations, quality, program management, and sales.- Created 3 separate systems using MS Excel and MS PowerPoint to monitor and report on key metrics such as inventory, schedule attainment, product profitability, and project status.

Kitchener, Canada Area

- Directed departmental operations with 120 team members.- Led and managed the implementation of a $5M robotic wheel polishing system.- Commissioned eight robotic aluminum wheel polishing cells resulting in a 50% reduction in polishing labour.- Used MS Excel to create a comprehensive tracking system of key polishing metrics (such as polishing labour and material consumption) to measure the effectiveness of the robotic polishing cells.

Kitchener, Canada Area

- Directed shift operations of a steel electroplating line with 35 direct reports.- In conjunction with Legal Department, represented operations for a wage structure initiative. Created and implemented a comprehensive rating system to rate all hourly paid positions and implemented a plant-wide wage structure resulting in all jobs falling into 1 of 7 different wage categories.

- Managed sales and service operations of boats, snowmobiles, lawn and garden equipment, outdoor sporting equipment.- Diversified business from a primarily summertime operation of one boat line and one outboard motor line, to a year-round operation supporting three boat lines, two outboard motor lines, one snowmobile line, and one lawn and garden equipment line.