Manager Project

Jesse Burk

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Airville, Pennsylvania 17302

717-***-**** (Home), 717-***-**** (Cellular)

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Goal: To obtain gainful employment at an entry or mid-level career with the opportunity for gradual

advancement within specific field.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sign Depot: Business Partner March 2014-Present

• Hired to learn and operate every aspect of a sign making/printing company.

• Brought in to one day become owner/operator of the business.

• Completed an array of projects with deadlines for various types of businesses and organizations.

• Learning new computer software associated with printing such as Flexisign.

• Operated several different printing machines that all serve different purposes.

• Physically crafted signs, banners, posters and apparel from all said programs and printers.

Shop-Rite: Assistant Manager (Meat Department) May 2006- February 2014

• Assisted in maintaining a $40,000+ a week meat department (highest it has ever been).

• Buyer for all materials intended for re-sale.

• Held all managerial responsibilities while lead manager was vacant.

• Developed and maintained relationships with several suppliers/vendors.

• Responsible for leading associates in routine daily activities.

• Assisted lead manager with decisions regarding many aspects of the department.

• Responsible for monitoring daily activities to ensure quality and accuracy, making adjustments when

necessary.

• Trained several new associates in policy and procedure

• Aided in developing and implementing sales promotions and strategies on a weekly basis.

• Maintained, monitored and calculated physical inventory on a monthly basis.

• Performed weekly cycle counts of inventory to accurately calculate on-hand inventory.

• Learned aspects of a retail environment along with purchasing strategies.

• Maintained full-time status while attending University as a full-time student.

• Interact with customers, vendors and salesmen on a daily basis.

• Ordered supplies in a JIT inventory system from multiple suppliers/vendors.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science: Major: Business Administration. Minor: Marketing. York College of Pennsylvania;

York, PA December 2011. GPA 3.1 (While pursuing coursework degree, successfully maintained full-time

employment to finance my own education.)

Associate of Applied Sciences: Major: Mass Communications (Sales & Advertising) Harford Community

College; Bel Air, MD. May 2008. GPA 3.3 (While pursuing coursework degree, successfully maintained full-

time employment to finance my own education.)

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Martino Blum Marketing (Internship) September 2007-December 2007

• Dealt with all aspects of marketing such as advertising, public relations, traditional and viral marketing

• Helped develop and maintain budgets for projects up to $500,000.

• Interacted with many owners and administrators of companies from all over Maryland.

• Moved and re-organized office.

• Maintained position while completing school and holding another part-time job.

Shipley Energy: Intern (Mentorship, Operations) January 2011-May 2011

• Interacted with President of company as well as other members holding key positions.

• Maintained punctual meeting schedule with Mr.Kottcamp (President).

• Worked with a team of 4 to fully complete two semester long projects. The project entailed meeting.

with Shipley brass and interviewing them on all aspects of day to day operations. The project

included a presentation explaining Shipley’s operations and a report that had to include their

operations from top to bottom, as well as their strategy for ensuring quality.

• Presented findings detailing Shipley’s operations to a group of 30+, including an analysis of their

operations and recommendations on how to improve upon them.

Wellspan Health (Lean Systems Project) September 2011-December 2011

• Made presentation to staff of the Wellspan Health Yorktowne facility detailing our project involving the

sample medications.

• Maintained interactions and communication with current head of operations at Wellspan Health

(Yorktowne Facility) Margaret Wheeler.

• Mentored by former COO of Wellspan Health Dr. David Greisler. Dr. Greisler would lend his personal

experience and help guide us through situations to benefit the mentor company and the learning

experience of the student. He passed down his knowledge of operations, company culture and lean

systems in an effort to expand the knowledge of business to all of his students.

• Our project was to develop a lean process for organizing, recording and managing the inventory for

sample medications that were handed out to patients. The facility had a surplus of sample medications

(many of which were expiring or soon to be expired) and no way of monitoring what products were

arriving and departing. We successfully re-organized the medications for easier access and to allow for

less lead time in distributing the product.

• Reorganized, monitored and maintained physical inventories of sample medications.

HARD SKILLS

• Developed leadership skills as Assistant Manager at former job, ability to direct, lead and assist.

• Majority of coursework completed at York College was done in a team environment, works very well

with others.

• Ability to develop and maintain relationships in a business environment.

• Advanced with several Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Access and SharePoint).

• Bronze Lean Certification from Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).

• Versed or completed coursework in all aspects of business (accounting, finance, operations, policy,

supply chain, lean systems, marketing and advertising).

• Dedicated to mission of company, have only missed five scheduled days of work due to injury, illness or

personal reasons in over 7 years of full-time employment.

• Excellent organizational skills. Have been called upon several times to re-organize entire offices or

certain aspects of an operation throughout my career and course work for better efficiency or

presentation.

• Time management oriented. While carrying a full time work schedule, simultaneously pursued my

studies full time. Became great at completing projects/assignments on time or ahead of schedule to not

interfere with employment duties.

• Outstanding oral and written skills. Have performed presentations to groups of 50+ people. Typically

were lead writer for group papers, as well as writing up many other forms and letters for various parties.

• High level of adaptation skills. Learned numerous new programs and routines for several different firms

in order to complete assigned tasks.

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