Ron Christensen Email & Phone Number

West Jordan, Ut, Us

Salt Lake City, Denver, Billings

Direct the facilities for multiple sites, in Salt Lake, Denver, and Billings. Coordinate work between Customer Service, Warehouse, and transportation operations. Direct all departments to ensure superior customer service, reduced costs in transportation and warehousing while increasing efficiency in each department.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

SQF development and implementation - all aspects of warehouse operations, manage all safety related activities, work with transportation department to ensure all cross docks and orders are shipped correctly.

Salt Lake City

Responsible for all aspects of Warehousing, Safety, Inventory Control, Receiving, and Shipping of three facilities in the Salt City Area.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Directed the warehouse and distribution of a multi-site nutraceutical and meal replacement company. .

Greater Salt Lake City Area

-Negotiated contracts with vendors to reduce costs through cost analysis, prescreened specification sheets and LTL shipping programs which drove costs down and increased company profitability -Increased revenue 56% through seeking out and signing new customers and implementing price increases to customers justified by quality customer service and fair business practices-Closed multiple million dollar contracts e.g. Cargill Food Distribution $2.5 million over five years, Mona Vie LLC $2.8 million over 6 years, Rocky Mountain Pies $1.9 million over 5 years, Tri-State Ingredients $1.1 million over 6 years-Increased profit margin 44% through improved efficiencies in productivity in picking lines, streamlined transportation routes and optimizing equipment utilization-Responsible for finding new business in and outside the local market, while maintaining existing business through developed customer service programs resulting in customer retention and loyalty-Helped develop software program for warehouse to make tracking of items though radio frequency scanners possible, making inventory more on time and accurate -Held total responsibility for the profit and loss statement which included the writing of yearly budgets, customer contracts and vendor agreements-Maintained Human Resource responsibilities which included but were not limited to the hiring and training of personnel, employee retention, and labor law issues-Maintained a Zero recordable accident record for 4.5 years through training and forward thinking. The result was a much safer and productive environment to work

Grew sales by 63% with new business being 29% of that increase-Responsible for strategic and tactical planning of the Sales Department resulting in greater market share and profitability-Provided critical input to IT and procurement departments on sales related topics to insure the correct information was being given to customers and sales staff, while providing proper training of sales professionals which resulted in an overall increase in sales of 27%-Provided advice and counsel to customers on ways to increase their own profit margins and instruct them on employee issues which increased customer loyalty and greater growth-Responsible for the training and increased profitability of Sales Professionals while maintaining an assigned sales area-Worked with warehouse personnel to increase productivity and reduce shrinkage due to damage and shipping errors which, reduced shipping errors by 31% and increased sales due to proper items being sent by $260k annually-Contracted with vendors on specific lines the company would offer to our customers while reducing overstock inventory by 26% resulting in a $47k savings

Greater Salt Lake City Area

-Promoted to Marketing Associate where I prospected and closed multiple million dollars deals e.g. Quality Distribution $2.3 million per year, Arby’s $1.4 million per year-Helped develop new Data Based Productivity Program that paid the drivers on a piece rate instead of hourly which earned the drivers more money per person, while saving the company over $100k annually on payroll.-Designed and had a new specialty delivery truck built to service preferred customers whose delivery docks are located in underground parking-Promoted to District Driver Supervisor, where I supervised 120 drivers, created routes for Sales staff and held responsibility for the profit and loss statement for transportation department -Created new “quick pick” picking strategy that put the top 200 items upfront in the warehouse decreasing the travel time for selectors, increasing productivity by 35%-Trained the associates with new order checking procedures that increased visibility of product and allowed for better awareness of possible errors which, reduced errors by 52%