Justin West
Munster,IN
Summary
Proactive Manager with more than 20 years of experience. Adept at planning long-term goals and day-to-day streamlining for organization. Successful at personal and worker safety with an exceptional eye for detail and commitment to efficiency.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Terminal Manager
Logistec (formerly Federal Marine Terminals)
06.2020 - Current
- Manage $10M+ annual revenue marine terminal tasked with handling steel, structural, and project wind cargo
- Other commodities successfully handled include super-sacks and wood pulp bundles
- Led successful delivery of $422M wind cargo project
- Lead team of 5 salaried admin and logistics employees as well as daily labor ranging from 10-80 employees
- Process and procedure development led to zero cost in demurrage and detention year over year
- Safety leader guiding terminal investigation process and metric oversight resulting in company best WO rate.
Operations Manager
ArcelorMittal
10.2015 - 06.2020
- Manage 80 bargaining unit employees spread over 2 million square feet of production and shipping warehouses
- Developed and implemented department wide training program
- Improved quality reject and reprocessing rates by >10%.
- Empowered employees to take ownership of their responsibilities, leading to increased accountability and improved performance outcomes.
Manager - Finishing and Shipping
ArcelorMittal - Indiana Harbor Long Carbon
01.2014 - 10.2015
- Managed 2 front line supervisors and 60 bargaining unit employees
- Decreased truck turnaround times by average of 35%
- Increased production of high-powered saw cutting division by >15%
- Managed preventative maintenance program for all mobile equipment.
External Logistics - Various Roles
ArcelorMittal
05.2003 - 01.2014
- Developed weekly and monthly equipment forecast standards which increased on time equipment availability by >20% from railroads
- Planned all outbound barge shipments for all three NWI plants on Lake Michigan at a success rate >99%
- Key integrator of logistics departments across four plants through cross training and leadership.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Organizational Leadership -
Indiana Tech
Ft Wayne, IN01.2019
Skills
- Critical-thinking
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Communication
- Team Building
- Continuous Improvement
- Negotiation
- Planning
- Analysis
- Staff Training and Development
Websites
Extracurriculars
Volunteer Coach, Various Youth Sports, Developed and implemented age-appropriate drills, drills to improve teamwork and collaboration.
Timeline
Terminal Manager
Logistec (formerly Federal Marine Terminals)
06.2020 - Current
Operations Manager
ArcelorMittal
10.2015 - 06.2020
Manager - Finishing and Shipping
ArcelorMittal - Indiana Harbor Long Carbon
01.2014 - 10.2015
External Logistics - Various Roles
ArcelorMittal
05.2003 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Science - Organizational Leadership -
Indiana Tech
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