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The Paddle Junkie is devoted to the love of the outdoors, canoeing and kayaking, camping and fishing. Providing gear, destination, outfitter and activity reviews, as well as other content we deem entertaining.

- Procure, manage, and track inventory with 15 million in sales at a 97% fulfillment rate.- Maintain individual relationships with multiple vendors through expert communication onmultiple devices.- Prioritize and complete multiple request from sales team with accuracy and efficiency.- Member of the competitive pricing committee, analyzing sales data to construct acompany wide strategy guide to aid in the increase of gross profit.- Conduct quarterly performance reviews providing constructive criticism and generatingideas to help employees grow professionally and personally.- Collaborate with sales team to discuss and strategize on proper inventory levels.- Designed and incorporated a bi-annual inventory level guide with the use of historicalsales data, reducing inventory levels by 25%.

Colfax, Wi

- Follow strict protocols to ensure uniform quality and high efficiency - Operate and trouble shoot 20 foot, 1.5 ton hydraulic press - Manage finished inventory placement and denominate based on production schedule - Manipulate programming and exchange necessary tooling to complete customer orders, while maintaining accuracy and production flow Stacker Operator - Ensure the proper sequence of material from production table based on scheduling needs - Maintain a constant and accurate flow of material through production line based on customer needs - Collaborate with management to conceptualize and implement new agendas for cleanup and improving production

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Area

- Work collaboratively among a diverse group of team members - Operate and trouble shoot over 20 automated forklifts - Five time recipient of team member of the week honors by display of extraordinary performance - Assist in the design and implementation of new procedures to improve process efficiency - Entrusted with implementing proper training procedures for new and returning team members- Effectively communicated between departments to establish maximum product flow - Lead and supervised five to fifteen member teams per shift - Created and presented daily budget reports to upper management - Collected and interpreted daily labor variance reports based upon workload and team member statistics - Coordinated and posted daily labor schedule for department - Managed information on aged product and distributed by building, department and location - Documented line efficiency, determining team member effectiveness and shifting team members appropriately - Conducted team member performance reviews, analyzing and discussing personal strengths and weaknesses