Tim Blaney Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Renton, Wa, Us

Renton, Wa, Us

Renton, Wa, Us

Renton, Wa, Us

• Owner-operator of a custom woodworking shop in Kirkland, WA. • Responsible for all aspects of the business including marketing, design, material acquisition, customer relations, production, shipping, accounts payable and accounts receivable.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Perform flight lead activities for critical safety weight and balance management of cargo on commercial aircraftPush aircraft back from the gate in preparation for takeoff and guiding aircraft into the gate upon arrivalInteract regularly with customers to help guide them for efficient boarding Work cross functionally with other groups to ensure on time departure of flightsInvited several times to take on more responsibility after only a few months on the job due to strong job performance

Seattle, Washington, Us

• Scrum Product Owner for a large production backlog, grooming and prioritizing up to 500 items at a time, utilizing JIRA and Confluence.• Worked with business stakeholders to determine priority, feasibility and timing of solutions based on corporate roadmap.• Minimized workflow disruptions through constant risk and impact analysis.• Worked closely with a team of Business Analysts to provide the structure to ensure a steady workflow.• Developed and tested a system addressing problem management using Scrum methodology in a production support environment. This resulted in discovering the root cause and fixing problems that had previously generating up to 30 incident tickets per week.• Developed strong working relationships with cross-functional business stakeholders (VP, Directors, and Project Managers) • Successfully led efforts to correct a five-year -old problem that resulted in sales and inventory data to not flow downstream to Planning and Reporting systems.• Worked closely with leadership to rebuild the production support team.• Worked with leadership and Business Analysts to trim support backlog from 500 issues to 250.• Streamlined workflow and prioritization processes with offshore resources in India resulting in a productivity increase of approximately 25%.• Coordinated with temporary offshore team to correct long-standing batch job errors eliminating approximately 300 incidents per month.

Seattle, Washington, Us

• Provided production support for multiple reporting platforms.• Worked within Enterprise Information (EI) merchandising group to manage the transition to a problem management system.• Managed intake and triage process of incoming support incidents.• Coordinated with development teams for break fixes.• Provided support for the EI side of the East Coast Fulfillment Center project including writing test plans and coordinating UAT projects across teams.• Managed all merchant reporting for annual Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2014.• Worked with business customers to develop new reports using both Waterfall and Agile development methods.• Worked with business customers to develop enhancements to existing reports.• Developed test scripts for new reporting and validating break fixes.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Developed new reports to assist senior management in measuring procurement department performance.• Consulted on creation of departmental dashboard for monitoring KPIs for purchasing and allocation groups.• Observed and documented management processes to ensure standardization of procedures.

Snohomish, Washington, Us

• Designed, implemented and managed a corporate database application retaining internal business data and commercial documentation.• Served as primary liaison to franchise business owners managing all supply chain issues and provided daily management of forecasting and order systems.• Led Crisis Management Team responsible for communicating with franchise owners when system outages occurred and providing fixes.• Managed team of external suppliers including Sysco which was a primary vendor.• Directed allocation, distribution and inventory at 48 warehouses nationwide to ensure precise supply chain and price forecasting each month.

Snohomish, Washington, Us

• Managed franchise coaches including ongoing training and development.• Developed fiscal year grand opening schedule and all launch-related activities for up to 45 new businesses.• Developed and integrated internal system providing support to new franchise owners through access to online business tools and resources saving the company over $100K in travel-related expenses the first year.• Streamlined and restructured franchise support systems including development of new marketing plans and initiatives to increase profits.• Acted as liaison to Franchisee Advisory Council Home Office representing the interests of the Home Office to elected panel of franchisees.• Managed and provided primary support for franchised business owners and managed successful launch of new stores including training, operational efficiency and maximizing profitability within first 12 months.• Developed and deployed a company-wide compliance initiative to maintain cross-functional synergy with field services department and company policies.