Experience

Mervis Recycling

• United States
• Renewables & Environment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager

  • Nov 2017 - Present

  • Manage a staff of 40+ hourly workers and 4 department managers.• Organize all outbound truck and rail car shipments.• Work with marketing personnel to ensure customer demands are met.• Evaluate managers and hourly employees on performance.• Coordinate with satellite managers on all incoming loads.• Ensure all safety procedures are being followed.• Became an internal ISO auditor• Manage profitability to become the number one yard in the company.

• Manager in Training

  • Sep 2013 - Nov 2017

  Facilities Manager; Springfield, IL • Managed a staff of 6 hourly employees• Organized all inbound/outbound loads• Made sure all products meet mill specifications.• Ensured location was profitable.• Purchased/Sold scrap metal.• Maintained working relationships with retail customers and industrial accounts.Maintenance Manger; Decatur, IL• Managed a Staff of 6 hourly workers• Delegated weekly work orders• Maintained all cranes, forklifts, loader, and trucks.• Worked with venders on getting the best price for parts. • Made sure our inventory levels were maintained according to our demand.Laborer/Scale Clerk/Office Clerk; Decatur, IL• Learned how to grade and buy both non-ferrous and ferrous scrap across the retail scale.• Implemented new inventory system for non-ferrous items.• Worked with General Manager on scheduling all van trailer shipments.• Learned how to use company accounting system.• Trained new office and scale employees.• Dispatched drivers to customer locations to pick up containers. Show less



Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions / Keen Transport

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Manager

  • Jul 2011 - Sep 2013

  • Managed a staff of 20 hourly employees. • Organized all inbound/outbound truckloads of Caterpillar equipment. • Organized all outbound rail shipments. • Made certain all rail shipments were properly secured according to rail carrier’s specifications. • Managed a staff of 20 hourly employees. • Organized all inbound/outbound truckloads of Caterpillar equipment. • Organized all outbound rail shipments. • Made certain all rail shipments were properly secured according to rail carrier’s specifications.



Menards

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Department Manager

  • May 2008 - Jul 2011

  • Managed a staff of 28 hourly employees. • Trained all new team members for the department. • Coordinated weekly schedule for the yard, shipping and receiving team. • Assigned daily and weekly workload for the team • Managed a staff of 28 hourly employees. • Trained all new team members for the department. • Coordinated weekly schedule for the yard, shipping and receiving team. • Assigned daily and weekly workload for the team