Fred Schauer
Lincoln,ND
Summary
Focused department supervisor successful in leadership and process improvement. Remains calm in high pressure situations. Cultivates and maintains open lines of communication. Organized with a focus on high attention to detail to ensure company objectives are met. Vast experience directly managing the work of others, resolving problems, meeting company goals through organization, scheduling, and leadership.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Rental Department Supervisor
ACME Tools
Bismarck, North Dakota
02.2019 - Current
- Assess financial reports including billing and inventory documents, productivity measurements, and budget analysis
- Supervise, schedule, coach, and evaluate employee performance
- Assist in interviewing and hiring employees
- Negotiate agreements between employees to clarify misunderstood directions and resolve conflicts affecting performance
- Ensuring customer service standards are met
- Organize and monitor upkeep of Rental department
- Schedule logistics of rental equipment to customer locations and between store locations
- Schedule DOT inspections, maintenance, and repairs on vehicles.
- Ensure safety policies and procedures are understood and followed
- Work with outside sales in assisting to gain rental contracts
- Schedule maintenance and repairs on all rental items, machines, and vehicles
Production Lead
Home Base Contractors
Bismarck, ND
01.2018 - 02.2019
- Drive daily production activities with effective communication and leadership
- Manage product quality to guarantee compliance with quality policies, procedures and systems
- Oversee scheduling and job backlogs to properly allocate personnel and material resources
- Managed continuous improvement initiatives to drive gains in quality, flow and output
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge and information about products and installation best practices
- Determined suitable crewing requirements, scheduled employees and worked with Human Resources to meet changing production schedules
- Reviewed work for quality and compliance with company standards and design specifications
- Addressed all personnel issues promptly and professionally
- Developed and implemented cost controls and other expense reduction measures
Account Manager/Sales Representative
MVI
Bismarck, ND
03.2015 - 01.2018
- Close sales opportunities through timely estimating and effective market based bidding.
- Provide customer service via phone, email and face to face meetings.
- Understand contract specifications to ensure they are met with customers complete satisfaction.
- Provide instruction to ensure crews are prepared to complete the job.
- Work with other company management to establish overall objectives regarding sales, service, production, profits, quality, and staff development and safety.
- Coordinate the use of labor, equipment, materials and other resources with all dealerships as needed.
- Coordinate and/or conduct field presentations at customer work site.
- Conduct service calls and assist crews as necessary.
- Expand sales territory by means of cold calling and in person contact with potential customers.
- Coordinate and/or conduct safety and service training for staff.
Wet Cast Supervisor
Cretex Concrete Products
Fargo, ND
05.2013 - 03.2015
- Managed 11 employees in 3 departments, by inspiring team members to become active and constructive participants throughout the daily production.
- Trained new hires with continuous communication and a great understanding of the entire process.
- Demonstrated leadership skills by organizing and directing employees to necessary jobs.
- Displayed a high attention to detail with a high accuracy of product output.
- Managed inventory and ordered materials as needed.
- Quality control- Pre and post pour inspections, tested concrete under ACI requirements, and inspected materials used for production.
- Inspected chains, cables, slings, and hooks used for lifting product.
- Read and implemented blueprints for each individual job.
- Integrated organizational skills to order supplies for daily activities and schedule production.
- Presented safety meetings for employees to increase awareness and reduce injuries.
- Utilized communication skills to correspond information from management to laborers.
- Influenced positive work environment through personal attitude and great work ethic.
- Operated cranes, pay loader, skid steer, multiple forklifts, L-boom, and batch plant.
- Worked directly with engineers to achieve best product outcome.
Charitable Gaming Employee
Team Makers
Fargo, ND
01.2005 - 06.2014
- Displayed a high demand to customer service.
- Demonstrated attention to detail with accurate cash and chip bank balances.
- Opened and closed the casino; prepared deposits and cash banks for the next shift.
- Solved customer issues as they occurred.
Exercise Physiologist
Essentia Health
Fargo, ND
11.2013 - 05.2014
- Monitored and recorded patient progress in response to therapy.
- Educated patients regarding diagnosis, injury prevention and rehab treatments.
- Taught patients how to live within the limits of their capabilities and celebrated their successes.
- Planned individually-designed treatment programs to restore, maintain and improve physical functioning and prevent disability.
- Recorded detailed prognosis, treatment, responses and progress notes in patient charts.
- Conducted precise assessments of patient condition and functional abilities.
- Diligently observed patient safety, risk management and infection control policies and procedures at all times.
- Communicated effectively with other care providers (physicians, nurses, and medical records) to provide for continuity of patient care.
- Consistently exhibited courtesy, compassion and respect to patients, families, visitors, physicians, administrators and co-workers.
- Inspected physician referrals and determined appropriate evaluation procedures.
- Taught planned educational programs in health and wellness.
Wet Cast Laborer
Cretex Concrete Products
Fargo, ND
05.2002 - 05.2013
- Assemble and prepare products to be poured
- Quality control: Test concrete and break test cylinders according to ACI requirements
- Train new employees in process and safety
- Operate all necessary machines used in the daily activities
- Conducted the daily concrete pour to ensure high quality product was made as efficiently as possible
- Responsible for accurate and timely structural steel preparation for production
- Complete final processing of product to be shipped
- Communicated with dispatcher to load trucks with product
Education
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science Accredited
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND2014
Skills
- Supervisory experience
- Team leadership
- Cross-departmental collaboration
- Recruiting and Hiring
- Staff development
- Staff evaluation
- Account management
- Safety action plans
- Production scheduling
- Production improvement
- Strong written & verbal communication
- Budgeting and finance
- Performance Management
- General computer skills
- ACI Concrete testing
- Quality control
- Lock out tag out
- Safety assessment and analysis
- Logistics Scheduling
Timeline
Rental Department Supervisor
ACME Tools
02.2019 - Current
Production Lead
Home Base Contractors
01.2018 - 02.2019
Account Manager/Sales Representative
MVI
03.2015 - 01.2018
Exercise Physiologist
Essentia Health
11.2013 - 05.2014
Wet Cast Supervisor
Cretex Concrete Products
05.2013 - 03.2015
Charitable Gaming Employee
Team Makers
01.2005 - 06.2014
Wet Cast Laborer
Cretex Concrete Products
05.2002 - 05.2013
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science Accredited
North Dakota State University
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