Matthew Fleming
Operations/Customer Service Manager
**** ******** **. • Grand Rapids, MI 49525 • ***********@*****.*** • 616-***-****
Objective
I am looking for a management position that can use my skill set to improve the company’s bottom line.
Strengths
• 12+ years of management experience, overseeing 2 departments
• Result and solution oriented decision maker with measured company improvements
• Proven ability to problem solve and make decisions on deadline
• Superior organizational skills and workflow implementation
• Excellent communication skills with high attention to both internal and external customer service
• Development of performance management program and goals
• Highly effective cost and labor control knowledge
• Reputation for exemplary communication and listening skills for both groups and individuals
• Heavily experienced in consolidation management and implementation
Professional Experience
2012 – present
Operations Manager, Advance Central Services, MI, Walker, MI (formerly The Grand Rapids Press)
• Oversee day-to-day operations in the fast paced media industry
• Resolve workflow, cost, labor and performance issues
• Increased productivity 20% for statewide ad production
• Reduced errors by implementing detailed checklists, training, and performance management
• Enhanced staff morale and productivity through performance management that also improved the bottom line
• Commended by achieving top 5% employee rating company wide
1999 – 2011
Operations Supervisor, The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, MI
• Many workflow improvements that increased efficiency
• Working supervisor position that allowed me to identify and improve scheduling deficiencies, poor quality
checks, and employee management problems
• Involved in the training and hiring of new employees
1997 – present
Adjunct Spanish Professor, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI
• Manage diverse classroom atmosphere
• Proven ability to communicate and instruct using many different techniques
• Top student retention rate in the department
Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI