Ryan Higgins Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Very excited to be working with the Green Team! 🌱 Here is my growing list of responsibilities:
• Leadership: heading a team of the world's greatest Lawn Technicians; handling recruitment, onboarding, training and mentoring; hosting meetings (morning SCRUM huddles and weekly L10s); GREEN TEAM ROCKS!😎
• Dispatch: routing all company trucks across Ottawa to fulfil our production (ERP/CRM: Service Assistant 5); sensitivity and responsiveness to 'muda' (7 supply chain waste… Show more Very excited to be working with the.
• Dispatch: routing all company trucks across Ottawa to fulfil our production (ERP/CRM: Service Assistant 5); sensitivity and responsiveness to 'muda' (7 supply chain waste types)
• Accounts: measuring properties and writing/distributing quotations
• Purchasing: negotiating and arranging purchase orders for fertilizers, machinery and other production needs; sourcing, RFP/RFQ writing and negotiation skills

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

I administered soft skills training to federal Government of Canada employees (operations, negotiation and appraisal delivery). Training was carried out using a variety of virtual platforms (Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, Moodle).

• I nurtured strong relationships with our service supply chain stakeholders (ministry objectives, admin, parents, teachers and students) while delivering on sector-wide education strategy for the Emirate of Dubai, a.
• Recorded, processed, and analyzed data through Learning Management Systems ERP, Microsoft Office 365 (i.e. routine Excel X-Lookups and pivot tables), and the… Show more I nurtured strong relationships with our service.
• Recorded, processed, and analyzed data through Learning Management Systems ERP, Microsoft Office 365 (i.e. routine Excel X-Lookups and pivot tables), and the legacy reports of our education supply chain.
• Maximized team development through lesson observations, quarterly appraisals, and Bloom taxonomy application while organizing meetings, training and feedback sessions.
• Spearheaded a team of 16 members to accomplish defined targets in compliance with greater tech-based instruction using Microsoft Teams.
• Successfully reworked all operations to 100% distance learning to meet a four-week implementation deadline (COVID).

Doha, Qatar

• In this role, I managed projects for a team of 9 teachers and acted to facilitate operations and ensure inventory control and timely/location-specific arrival of materials and students.Delivered Results:
• Recruited new teachers and hosted the training that prepared them for specialized language lessons (i.e. lessons for traffic police, coast guard, and immigration officers). Provided performance appraisal follow-up and.
• Oversaw the installation of a… Show more In this role, I managed projects for a team of 9 teachers and acted to facilitate operations and ensure inventory control and timely/location-specific arrival of materials and.
• Oversaw the installation of a department-wide ERP that improved our operations and acted as a repository of our important internal documents. These efforts greatly accelerated and streamlined the service portion of our.
• Sustained academic quality and meaningful interdepartmental relationships that were key to realizing our objectives.
• Used tools such as Excel to monitor huge datasets with entries of 1000+ rows. Visualized data and communicated it in ways that made huge interdepartmental scheduling changes at the last minute possible for our team..

Shanghai, China

• In this role, I worked as part of a team to establish a test-prep academy from the ground up. While examining data and devising strategies for all academic, marketing, and logistical operations, I increased procedural.
• Oversaw three departments (teaching, content development, and operations) and streamlined all functions.
• Administered accounts valued at $50K USD / year while meeting and… Show more In this role, I worked as part of a team to establish a test-prep academy from the ground up. While examining data and devising strategies.
• Administered accounts valued at $50K USD / year while meeting and surpassing goals.
• Onboarded customers through print and digital advertising and lesson demoing and set the foundation for long-term business relationships. Show less

Shanghai, China

• I developed relationships with distributors and retailers in Singapore and managed their sourcing of items from Mainland China.Delivered Results:
• Visited factories in the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu and assessed product quality, quantity and the timeliness of delivery.
• Analysed and contributed to legacy data using SAP Business Suite and Microsoft Excel
• Had to think critically and creatively to create supply chain value, meet sales targets, and achieve… Show more I developed relationships with distributors and retailers in Singapore and managed their sourcing of items.
• Had to think critically and creatively to create supply chain value, meet sales targets, and achieve competitive advantage.
• Provided Incoterm quotations and established contractual relationships with buyers that grew into legacy accounts for the company.

Shanghai, China

In this role, I wrote and delivered corporate ESP courses on-site to several high profile clients, including sales and research teams at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Meadwest, Microsoft, JC Penney and NEC.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Supported the development of an academic bridge programme
• Taught business plan writing, business appraisal writing, and IELTS essay writing
• Assessed students in support of their admission to the university

Master Of Science - Ms, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Dissertation: Critical success factors for children's ebook supply chains in Canada

Professional Sequence, International Business

Capstone project: Exploring the profitability of KTV in Canada (feasibility study)

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities