Ryan Smith

acvww7@r.postjobfree.com

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Lima, OH 45805

Phone: 419-***-****

Summary

Founding partner, Freight Lane Solutions, LLC. Provided the initial capital investment and managed daily operations including; logistics, accounting, and employee development.

Manufacturing Operations Manager with 8 years of overall experience in the Protective Coatings industry and 5 years in the General Construction industry.

Expert at meeting high customer demands in a fast paced environment, while reducing costs, creating value, and generating revenue/EBITDA gains.

Implementation of Lean and Six Sigma (DMAIC) practices.

Have led direct reports of 90 full time employees.

Education

Case Western Reserve University with a Bachelor of Science in Management, 2007.

Professional Experience

Freight Lane Solutions, LLC (February 2015 – February 2016) is a third party logistics company, specializing in full truck load freight brokerage with annual revenue of 2.2 million USD.

Colonial Surface Solutions, Inc. (August 2007 – January 2015) is an ISO 9001 certified B2B service company in the protective coating and refinishing industry with 50 employees and annual sales revenue of 6 million USD. Colonial specializes in the reconditioning of the Abrams M1A1 tank for General Dynamics Land Systems and various military programs related to the Department of Defense ground support systems.

Plant Manager (April 2009-January 2015)

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Direct management of 70 full time employees.

Provide operational leadership, establish corporate growth strategy, and manage capital improvement projects.

Locate, establish, and grow additional business units. Including the refurbishment of frack tanks and petroleum transport vessels, for the energy industry.

Organized the acquisition of an additional facility and hired plant support personnel.

Coordinated operations between multiple facilities and business units.

Key Achievements:

Increased project profitability by implementing internal training programs and creating process instructions for continual business, increasing gross profit 12%.

Reduced material costs by negotiating suppler agreements, offering alternative products, and improving equipment performance, depleting excess inventory of 300,000 USD.

Increased sales revenue 70% thru diversifying the customer base.

Implemented inventory control software, provided plant design and flow, generating sales revenue of 2 million USD.

Production Manager (August 2007-April 2009)

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Direct management of 30 full time employees.

Establish departmental goals focused on increased productivity and thru-put.

Monitored the production schedule to ensure project completion.

Led continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Achievements:

Developed training programs encouraging employee growth, resulting in employee retention of 80%.

Implemented project scheduling and customer communication systems improving job completion rates.

Reduced downtime by 40% thru preventative maintenance programs and capital improvement projects.

Increased productivity 20% by select automation, creating manageable metrics and demanding accountability.

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