Patrick Helms Email & Phone Number

Maryville, Tennessee, United States

• Operations Manager-Circulation ManagerAdams Publishing Group-Daily Post Athenian, Athens TN and Maryville Times Maryville, TNDeveloping outstanding teams that exceed expectations and positively impacting facility.
• Turned around the facility’s culture and successfully reduced employee turnover rates by implementing goal-driven team building techniques, identifying areas of improvement, and cultivating positive environments.
• Built strong teams and acquired top talent by collaborating with HR team to deploy a comprehensive recruiting strategy including job fair participation, online advertisements, and employee networking
• Ensured regulatory and internal policy compliance by accurately managing on-boarding processes and working with HR team to manage processes for background checks, I9, W2, and FMLA forms
• Effectively tracked payroll and managed labor hours to reduce overtime expenses while evaluating timestamp discrepancies to identify and resolve issues
• Skillfully managed benefit plan communications within the facility to improve employee satisfaction while providing informative workshops to present significant plan changes

Greeneville, Tennessee, United States

• Newport Plaintalk. Newport TNProvided strategic oversight for production, developed quality control metrics, and systemically enhanced processes from content creation to distribution.
• Implemented selective hiring practices to build strong teams while continuously improving each individual’s skillset by analyzing strengths, aligning tasks with talents, and working with diverse teams to establish.
• Dramatically improved quality and reduced error-occurrence rates by performing root-cause analysis and working closely with cross-functional teams to implement new strategies Developing outstanding teams that exceed.
• Produced substantial efficiency improvements in production-related metrics by leveraging data-driven solutions, creating innovative solutions, and presenting actionable insights
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to manage a wide range of projects including new equipment integration, development of Standards of Operations (SOPs), and aligning training programs with industry best practices