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Supply Chain Operations Manager

Location:
Marion, IA
Posted:
August 27, 2025

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Nick Olinger

**** ****** **.

Marion, IA *****

319-***-****

***********@*******.***

Over 30 years of experience in entrepreneurship, sales, project management, finance, administration, and athletics. Has earned office/departmental awards at every job worked. Looking for the next opportunity to apply a unique and diverse skill set to obtain mutually beneficial growth and success. Experience Highlights

Branch Operations Manager

Stoughton Lease

June 2024 – Present

• Managed daily operations and supervised the overhaul of branch supply chain logistics.

• Streamlined operations, came in with a 6-month backlog of work. Oversaw maintenance/management/repair of over 70 damaged trailers in a 3-month time period.

• Handled logistics/delivery in a month that saw over 148 trailers go back out on lease, increasing the trailer utilization to over 80% of branch inventory.

• Decreased accounts in arears to less than .75% of the branches’ total portfolio, which is currently $3.6 million for the 2024 fiscal year.

• Overhauled vendor management and cut labor repair costs by 35%.

• Reversed the trend of the branch losing business by creating new deals with 5 companies that had not used Stoughton’s services in over 5 years. Backhaul Administrator

CRST

December 2010 – March 2023

• Supervision of the project to get backhaul deadhead mileage below 22% of total transit.

• Managed FEMA projects 2012-2022; coordinated response and delivery of time sensitive essential goods and services to areas affected by natural disasters. Workload consisted of 500 loads a week though this process.

• Managed FedEx Surge 2015 and generated gross margin of $7.5M for month of December, with 900 loads a week.

• Trained/supervised 47 different employees throughout tenure. Senior Branch Account Executive

CitiFinancial

May 2008 – October 2008

• Sold and underwrote unsecured and auto-secured loans, as well as sub-prime mortgages.

• Collected aged receivables, with a 78% collection/refinance rate.

• Was rated in the top 5 in the company for refinance conversion. Education

Master of Science in Education-

Sports Administration-

Graduated May 2022

University of Kansas,

Lawrence, KS

(3.76 GPA)

Bachelor of Science- Sports

Management- Graduated April

2019

Grand Canyon University,

Phoenix, AZ

(Dean’s List, President’s List,

3.89 GPA)

Delta Mu Delta Honors

Business Fraternity Member,

2018

Associate of Science - Business

Administration – Graduated

August 1998

Kirkwood Community College,

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Notable Awards

McGrath Over the Top Award

for Outstanding Customer

Service – November 2023

CRST Extra Mile Award – First

quarter 2014

Skills

• Microsoft Suite

• Process improvement

• Inventory management

• McLeod OS

• Teaching/training/mentorship

• AS400

• Logistics

• Risk Mitigation

• Contract Negotiation

• Project/Program Leadership

• Data analysis training

• Supply Chain



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