Customer Service Manager, Purchasing Manger, Project Manager, Sales
Resume:
DAVID VAN ZEE
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CAREER VISION
Strategic thinker with complex problem solving skills, exceptional communication/customer service experience, and goal driven seeking a full time position in fast paced work environment.Highly skilled manager with over 6 years’ experience in project management, marketing and sales.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Operational Efficiency • Project Management
• Plant Management • Sales and Customer Service
• Manufacturing Supervisor • Inventory Control
• Equipment Maintenance • Purchasing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sales
MetzgarConveyors, Comstock Park, MI 11/2014 – 04/2016
• Sold over $1mil of product amounting to 30% of total company sales during tenure through effective sales, marketing initiatives and positive customer relationships
• Worked with distributors to develop sales proposals for prospective customer conveyor projects
• Worked with engineering to come up with a more cost effective way of designing projects and to meet the customers’ needs
• Implemented new ways to reduce cost on manufactured equipment
Operations Manager
VanderWall Brothers Concrete, Spring Lake, MI 09/2013- 11/2014
• 30% reduction in cost of new materials by developing an inventory program
• Implemented new maintenance schedule to increase best practices
• Implemented new ideas to reduce labor costs
• Oversaw daily production and operations of concrete block and paver products
Purchasing Manager/Project Manager/Customer Service Manager
Besser Company, Holland, MI 04/1997 – 08/2013
• Negotiated volume discount program with over 40% with over 25 vendors
• Managed projects from design, plant layout, equipment manufacturing to customer plant installations, ranging from $10,000 to $20,000,000
• Managed team of 10 customer service associates and purchasing agent
• Developed an upgrade/retrofit program, updating customer’s existing equipment to today’s technology
Plant Manager
Consumers Concrete, Holland, MI 11/1983 – 04/1997
• Managed team of 8 plant personnel
• Control of daily operation requirements
• Developed equipment maintenance program
Education
Master Block Maker Certificate, Alpena Community College
Western Christian High School Hull, IA
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