Bill Cira

Experience

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  Bunzl Distribution NA

  Jan 1990 - Jan 2004

  General Manager

  Managed $30 million distribution center. Supported management team including sales, customer service, purchasing, warehouse and delivery. Maintained sales territory with key branch customers including Wild Oats, Wal-Mart, Kroger and Nash Finch. • Cut distribution operating expenses $110K annually. Evaluated delivery routes, LTL freight costs and driver payroll. Conducted economic impact study and converted to direct delivery model. Analyzed overtime and productivity, eliminating night shift, staggering hours and redefining duties. • Supervised acquisition and consolidation of multi-location janitorial supply business. Re-organized warehouse, consolidated inventory, evaluated staffing requirements and accelerated necessary changes. • Reduced annual branch operating expenses by 18%. Reorganized delivery routes and revamped branch schedule eliminating second warehouse shift.• Improved Wal-Mart fill rate 7% by establishing new buying program. Revamped inventory levels for shorted items and identified alternative products matching Bunzl product mix and buying programs. Negotiated approval on acceptable alternate products. Improved Wal-Mart's distribution satisfaction. • Secured multi-year $4.5 million contract for Bunzl Distribution Inc. with Wild Oats. Developed pricing request and negotiated with manufacturers for special pricing. Designed direct distribution plan for national program. Established time line, roll out, order guides and on line ordering. Trained staff and moved program from indirect to direct distribution. • Landed four year $4 million contract for Bunzl with Buehler Foods. Negotiated with vendors on contract pricing developed bid response, established new buying guides and performed new product introductions. Show less

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  United States Welding, Inc

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Regional Manager

  Supervised sales, customer service, warehousing and delivery activity at six retail and distribution locations for Colorado. Division generated $18 million in sales and employed 75 employees. Screened, hired, trained and developed staff including store managers, sales and drivers. Launched product introductions and drove distribution improvements. • Grew revenue with regional distributor 600% • 55% reduction in driver overtime by implementing new routing system • Increased oxygen supply market by 25% by developing sales / marketing plan for Oxygen II Show less

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  Waste Management

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  District Manager

  Led market area generating $42 million in revenue and over 200 employees. Supported operations at four processing facilities in Colorado. Led management team to productivity, safety and maintenance improvements. Partnered with key accounts and municipalities to build volume and revenue.Accomplishments include:• Managed four processing facilities, 130 employees and $60M budget. Responsible for multiple customer relations including City and County of Denver, Larimer County and City of Albuquerque.• Reduced COGS by 60% in one quarter. Evaluated contract obligations and renegotiated where possible. • Drove 26% reduction in maintenance & repair expenses. • Expanded 3rd party hauler revenue base by $700K. • Increased media exposure for recycling efforts in Colorado. Completed the Waste Management media training course and became main contact for local news outlets. Participated in multiple in on camera appearances at the plants, in studio interviews and phone interviews supporting various recycling related events. Created script highlighting recycling facts. Show less

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  Iron Mountain

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2015

  General Manager

  Manage Colorado Shred Division including transportation and plant operations. Increased revenue opportunities through building key customer relationships, customer service and supporting sales team. Operating expense reduction through lowered incidents of accidents/injuries, cost containment, fleet optimization, improved audit scores, outstanding operational metric results and overall business improvement. Other duties include DOT management, driver qualification, recruiting, 5S and process improvement.Accomplishments include:• Improved Transportation Operating Performance by 37% over two year period moving from 74.63% achievement in 2011 to 102.3% in 2013• Drove overall transportation audit scoring improvement of 19% year over year• Reduced fleet units by 24%, reducing costs by $600,000 annually while maintaining 100 % service metric scoring• Reduced amount of transportation Workmen's comp claims by 66% year over year• Cut amount of preventable accidents by 50% year over year• Established and maintained key customer relationships including Safeway ,Century Link & HP• Member of Corporate Accident Review Board, Transportation Training and Onboarding Synergy Value Team and lead several market transportation pilot programs Show less

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  Republic Services

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2018

  General Manager

  Innovative Leader that drove multiple operating improvements in business unit that encompassed 5 seperate divisions covering 12,000 square miles. Responsible for $65M P&L, 190 plus employees and 120 power units. Accomplishments include: • Drove 15% improvement in budgeted operating income year over year, adding $1.6M in profit • Improved unprofitable residential line of business by more than 16% in less than one year • Successfully managed GOE spend, saving more than $925K in annual operating expenses. • Implemented action plans that improved productivity by 12.7% in commrcial/residential LOB• Reduced employee turnover rate from 29.8 % to 12.9% representing a 56% improvement YOY• Increased employee engagement score from 77% to 86% in one year • Negotiated new 5 year Teamsters contract with net payroll less than budgeted/approved Show less

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  Advanced Disposal Services, Inc.

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  General Manager
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  Waste Connections

  Jun 2020 - now

  • District Manager

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Operations Manager

    Jun 2020 - Jan 2022