Senior Operations Executive

BRIAN S. WEATHERBEE, MBA

**** ********** ***** 905-***-****

Oshawa, ON ***********@*****.***

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SUMMARY

A senior executive manager with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with twenty years of operational management experience. Vast experience in a cross-functional matrix organization, has developed and refined expertise in various business functions including Finance, Human Resources, Environment, Health and Safety, Logistics and Project Management. A proven record of leading complex Canadian and US multi-plant operations in the recycling industry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GERDAU 1995 – 2015

Director of Operations (2013 – 2015)

Reported to the Vice President, North American Operations with full managerial and fiscal responsibilities for a 160 employee, $40 million region, including 15 recycling operations. Managed facilities through two regional managers and 14 location managers.

Implemented organizational commitment to leadership succession planning that led to 100% retention of key employees.

Facilitated the creation and execution of the five year strategic action plan, while achieving over 90% of key performance indicators.

Increased employee opinion favourability score from 75% to 91% through strong leadership and communications skills.

Initiated strategic planning and cost saving measures which enabled area of responsibility to spend 5% below operational budget.

Championed many problem solving initiatives which eliminated recurring production related failures.

Reduced selling and general administration costs by over $2 million through staff reductions and cost control.

Regional Operations Manager (2009 – 2013)

Reported to the Vice President of Operations with full managerial and fiscal responsibilities for an 80- employee, $28 million division consisting of nine recycling facilities. Managed region through nine location managers.

Selected by executive management team to lead the implementation of the SAP software platform across 25 locations, inclusive of 400 employees.

Effectively empowered employees to work efficiently and safely which resulted in three years of accident free operation.

Leveraged strong relationships with product and service vendors to achieve the core value of being the customer of choice.

Selected to manage two new green field projects, due to extensive experience in all processes

(HR, finance and health and safety) related to new start up facility planning.

Coached and mentored employees which led to promotions of many direct reports. BRIAN S. WEATHERBEE Page 2

Location Manager (2004 – 2009)

Reported to the Operations Manager with full managerial and fiscal responsibilities for a 35-employee,

$14 million recycling facility.

Spearheaded the amicable resolution of four collective bargaining agreements, through influential negotiation skills.

Improved production by 15% by implementing a robust maintenance program.

Increased machine utilization by 10% year over year through employee empowerment and autonomy.

Successfully led two large capital expenditure projects to generate an additional $4.5 million in sales revenue.

Enhanced working relations between production and maintenance departments by implementing better communications systems such as morning briefing and debriefings, weekly team meetings and cross functional team meetings. Shift Supervisor (1998 – 2003)

Reported to the Location Manager of this $14 million recycling facility. Supervised the production, maintenance and quality control of 35 unionized employees, ensuring all health and safety, environmental and labour regulations were met.

Reduced production costs by $600,000 through the use of administrative tracking systems.

Minimized expensive product claims to less than $100,000, on 400,000 tons of finished product per year, through the introduction of a detailed inventory management system. Scale Operator/Inspector (1995 – 1998)

Reported to the Location Manager of this $14 million recycling facility. Weighed and inspected scrap raw material to be staged for production related process. EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration

Ivey Business School – Western University

Sports Administration Post Diploma

Durham College of Applied Arts

Sports Administration Diploma

Durham College of Applied Arts

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Financial & Managerial Accounting for Non-Financial Managers, Toronto, ON 2011 Positive Employee Relations Workshop, Whitby, ON 2009 Employee Engagement & Strategic Leadership: The Manager’s Course, Toronto, ON 2007 Communications Training, Whitby, ON 2007

Shredder Operations, Atlanta, GA 2006

Management Skills – Interpersonal Communication and Managing Change, Toronto, ON 2005 Safety In Action Leadership, Whitby, ON 2005

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