John Thornton

Experience

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  Carolinas Recycling Group

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  Non-Ferrous Manager

  Direct responsibility for a crew of up to 10 equipment operators and laborers. o Manage resource allocation including work station assignments, employee breaks and shift rotations to achieve assigned objectives. o Provide proper training to staff on their job duties.Managed commodity inventory in excess of $5M. o Provide timely and detailed shipping and inventory issue resolution. o Develop inventory control policies and procedures to increase efficiency. o Coordinate bi-annual physical inventory events.Managed retail store front operations. o Direct retail floor activities, assist customers and address customer concerns. o Handle all merchandising, inventory control, ordering, cash control, and maintenance.Organized and led the pioneer safety committee which was later adopted companywide. Show less

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  Wabtec Global Services

  Nov 2008 - now

  o First point of contact for customer service issues and a sounding board for salesteam concerns across WGS Service Centers..o Constantly expanding business unit capabilities to service the customer and drive organic growth.o Insourced $3M+ manufacturing opportunities to Wabtec as a whole in 2014.o Established operational objectives and work plans by coordination throughregional sales managers, OEMs, and vendors.o Direct responsibility for supervision of transit employees, and indirectresponsibility for all ancillary operations.o Developed financial models including forecasting and pricing policy.o Demonstrated competencies in writing and successfully executing domesticand international proposals, contracts, and price increases.o Successfully implemented new processes and procedures throughout the business unit toincrease and streamline quality and productivity including over $250k in capital projects which generated new business in 2014.o Led a cross-divisional team that successfully executed a $17M+ aftermarket parts supply contract in 2014.o Led a cross-divisional team that secured a $32M+ aftermarket parts supply contract in 2014.o Responsible for inventory control and P&L as related to Passenger Transit Services ($20M+ annual sales budget). Show less

  • Manager of Transit Services

    Aug 2015 - now

  • SPM, Passenger Transit

    Nov 2008 - Aug 2015