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Collin Sheets

Indianapolis,IN

Summary

With over two decades in the Trade Show Industry, notably at Shepard Exposition Services, I leveraged excellent communication and strategic planning to achieve a post-pandemic gross profit of over 40% while averaging around 28% with labor. My leadership in coordinating national events and fostering team efficiency showcases my ability to solve complex problems and drive operational success.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

I&D Supervisor

Reliable Staffing (Indiana Convention Center)
06.2023 - Current
  • Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
  • Collaborated with Decorators to distribute labor to individual supervisors or departments.
  • Monitored labor personnel for job efficiency.
  • Identified operational inefficiencies and implemented corrective measures to increase effectiveness.
  • Used 23+ years of experience in the trade show industry to predict habits of decorators.
  • Applied google translate and basic Spanish skills to communicate with a predominately Hispanic workforce.

National Operations Supervisor

Shepard Exposition Services
05.2016 - 06.2023
  • Lead supervision on assigned shows.
  • Created loadlist, labor calls, production plans, purchase orders for outside vendors, equipment orders and managed payroll for assigned shows.
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, Teams etc).
  • Submitted expense reports along with travel request.
  • Conducted 30 day Budget and Achieving meetings via Webex or Microsoft Teams.
  • Part of the National Team Leader Program and was slotted to take over as the National Team Leader for the fall Do it Best Show held in Indy once a year.
  • Created working relationships with unions in Indianapolis, Louisville, Columbus Ohio, Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Kansas City Missouri, Denver, Chicago, Nashville, Fort Worth Texas, Phoenix, Reno, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City.
  • Team Leader for The American Legion National Convention ('18 Minneapolis, '19 Indianapolis, '21 Phoenix, '22 Milwaukee).
  • Team Leader for Midwest Vet held annually in Columbus Ohio. ('18,'21,'22,'23).
  • Team Leader for PASIC (Percussive Arts) held annually in Indianapolis ('19,'21,'22).
  • 2023 AMGA Hyatt Regency Chicago reached 26% labor which had not happened in years in the Chicago market with Shepard.

Supervisor/general Labor

Markey's Expositions Services
04.2011 - 05.2016
  • General labor and supervision for trade shows.
  • Marking floors
  • Freight operations, Forklift/Handjack
  • Straight Truck driver with endorsement.
  • Traveled to Boston, New Orleans, Reno for NFHS (National Federation for High School Sports) annual show. Transported loads via straight truck to all these locations and was supervision on the show.

Freight Supervisor/General Labor

Fern Exposition & Event Services
07.2001 - 05.2012
  • Lead Freight Supervision for all exhibits in the lobby at the Indiana Convention Center before the expansion. (Do it Best, Dealer News, FDIC)
  • General and skilled labor associated with tradeshows. (Deco, Metal, Freight)

Education

High School Diploma -

Tri County High School
Wolcott, IN

Skills

  • Customer service

  • Excellent communication

  • Teamwork

  • Operational efficiency

  • Attention to detail

  • Complex Problem-solving

  • Strategic planning

  • Inventory control

  • Multitasking

  • Operations management

  • Budget management

  • Time management

Languages

Spanish
Limited Working

Timeline

I&D Supervisor

Reliable Staffing (Indiana Convention Center)
06.2023 - Current

National Operations Supervisor

Shepard Exposition Services
05.2016 - 06.2023

Supervisor/general Labor

Markey's Expositions Services
04.2011 - 05.2016

Freight Supervisor/General Labor

Fern Exposition & Event Services
07.2001 - 05.2012

High School Diploma -

Tri County High School

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