William Potas

Littleton, MA ***** 508-***-**** ad3nlx@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Accomplished executive manager with over 15 years experience managing multiple facilities, projects, people and budgets.

I am a detail oriented individual with superior organizational and communication skills. I possess a high acumen and a great deal of experience building and managing cross cultural teams for success. My ability to deliver mission critical results with an entrepreneurial approach has been consistently proven.

SKILLS

●Team building

●Property/Facility management

●Operations oversight

●Capital improvement planning and management

●Supply chain management

●Quality management

●Staff supervision

●Workflow planning

●Team training and development

●Relationship building

●Operations management

●Cross functional collaboration

●Oral, written, and presentation skills

WORK HISTORY

GENERAL MANAGER/TERMINAL MANAGER 03/2018 to 11/2023

New England Sugars Worcester, MA

Daily management of a busy food plant with railroad and trucking capabilities.

Directed strategic and tactical supply chain planning initiatives.

Responsible for daily operations of entire terminal including administration, food quality, safety, mechanical and service.

Negotiated and conceptualized all large and small scale projects including maintenance and capital equipment.

Championed several projects including the successful installation of new boilers, compressors, truck scales, upgrades to food grade equipment, heat exchangers, conveyors, pumps, filtration and other cost saving upgrades resulting in a 14% increase in plant production capabilities.

Led all food safety audits with a 100% success rate for all state, federal, and local audits and snap inspections.

Implemented training policies and procedures to reduce turnover of workforce.

Recruited and trained management team, including team leads to facilitate a return to multi-year profitability for the entire food plant.

Achieved a plant safety record of over 2100 days with no recordable injuries.

INTERIM GM/OPERATIONS MANAGER 06/2014 to 02/2018

ACV Environmental/US Ecology/EQ Industrial Services/APV Northborough, MA/Framingham MA

Provided strategic leadership, daily support and supervision for operators of a top environmental organization.

Oversight of projects and schedules utilizing project managers and site supervisors.

Prepared and managed quotes, proposals, competitive bids and sales calls.

Negotiated purchase of capital improvements, industrial equipment and environmental safety equipment.

Trained and managed skilled and safety focused team of professional technicians.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS 08/1998 to 01/2014

Therapedic Of New England Brockton, MA

●Managed multiple buildings and infrastructure of entire manufacturing and warehousing facility.

●Led a 75 person manufacturing team, provided direct over-site of five supervising managers, responsible for all production personal.

●Directed preventative maintenance program for entire facility.

●Created and coordinated expense budgets for projects, capital improvements, and annual operations.

●Negotiated vendor pricing of a complex raw materials inventory.

●Conducted OSHA safety training and DOT truck driver training.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts Economics/Business

Framingham State University, Framingham, MA

CERTIFICATIONS

●Class 1 Massachusetts Wastewater License

●Hoisting Engineers/Hydraulic License

●CDL Class A Tanker and Hazmat

●Hazwoper/OSHA 40 hour

●OSHA #1910 Electrical Safety

●Roadway Worker Protection (RWP)

●Boiler License/Fireman License (engineer special)

●SIGMA 6 Root Cause Analysis Certification

●HACCP Certified

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