Experience

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  Cintas

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  • Director Sales

    Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  • Director Sales

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1997
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  Pet plan insurance

  Jan 1999 - Jan 1999

  General manager
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  Dhl

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2000

  National commercial (sales) director
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  Emterra group

  Mar 2001 - Sept 2005

  General manager

  Reported to the Owner, managed two recycling plants and 105 collection trucks o Grew this business from $12 million to $35 million with 50% ROEo Led 250 employees with P&L responsibilityo Start-up of several multi-million dollar residential collection contracts on time (Halton Region, City of Hamilton, City of Brantford)o Supervised plant and fleet maintenance and developed proactive maintenance cultures o Managed 105 heavy collection vehicles based in five siteso Managed two recycling factories manufacturing paper fiber, metal and plastic productso Planned and coordinated the construction of a 27,000 sq. ft. addition to a recycling plant while continuing to operate the planto Led municipal relations, customer service and sales Show less

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  Waste management

  Nov 2006 - Apr 2014

  Reported to the Western Canada VP and Group Recycling Director, led 80 union and non-union staff through final 9 months of this municipal contract and negotiated with City all work required for successful hand back of the facilityo Focused on standardized production goals and reduced labour cost by 10%o Coordinated maintenance plans, controlled maintenance spending and reduced downtime.o Led municipal negotiations and achieved contract complianceo Taught and supervised safety training and developed safety culture Show less Reported to the Eastern Canada VP and Group Recycling Director, led start-up and opened a $36 million recycling factory and transfer stationo Coordinated with, and oversaw construction general contractor and production equipment suppliers before start up preventing delayso Recruited and trained 90 managers and staff and follow on Plant Managero Selected capital equipment, justified capital expenditures to corporate managers and received equipment on timeo Led safety training and the development of a safety culture with no significant injurieso Received recognition from the corporate Recycling Group President for one of the smoothest start-ups in recent memory Show less Reported to an Area Recycling Director, turned around and led this initially money-losing Municipal Recycling Facility operating contracto Reduced staffing from 160 to 120 while maintaining plant volumeso Led lean manufacturing and process improvement projects and improved effectivenesso Improved safety training, guarding and fall restraint practices achieving TRIR of less than 1o Negotiated with Municipality and secured price increaseso Designed and installed a new machine that reduced product contamination by 12% Show less

  • Senior Plant Manager/ Senior MRF Manager

    Jul 2013 - Apr 2014

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    Dec 2012 - Jul 2013

  • Senior Plant Manager/ Senior MRF Manager

    Sept 2011 - Dec 2012

  • Interim Business Unit Manager/ Plant Manager

    Apr 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Business Development Manager

    Sept 2010 - Apr 2011

  • Plant Manager/ District Manager/ MRF Manager

    Nov 2006 - Sept 2010
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  Emterra group

  Aug 2015 - now

  Vice president of operations, prairie region

  Reporting to the CEO and Owner, P&L and leadership responsibility for approximately $30 Million in revenue, two single stream recycling plants and a fleet of over 100 mid and medium duty truckso Improved EBIT by $3 million or 10% of revenueo Grew net revenue by $5 million or 21% in 2 yearso Reduced total cost as a percentage of gross revenue by 5%+o Led plant and fleet operations, maintenance, administration and business developmento Coached and developed managers and supervisorso Focused maintenance teams on reducing downtime so as to improve operating costs o Improved customer service ratings to over 80% satisfied and very satisfied o Improved safety results and KPIs by training staff and increasing the focus on safetyo Improved truck condition and fleet availability from 80% up time to 90% up timeo Led the contract wrap up of the 75 truck City of Winnipeg waste collection contracto Travelled 160 to 200 nights a year Show less