Loren Bryan Slinkard
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
General Manager
Linen King Conway AR.
05.2025 - Current
- Oversee all day-to-day operations, responsible for the overall plant performance including but not limited to, Quality, Safety, PPOH, Labor cost, P&L tracking, collaborating with my team on understanding numbers, processes and flows that directly impact the plants profitability.
Plant manager
Linen King Springdale
02.2025 - 05.2025
- Overseen daily operations of the facility, PPOH, deliveries, implemented multiple new processes to improve productivity as well as helping the team understand numbers that are associated with the production operation. Traveled during this time to Columbia Mo. To help organize the soil side of the facility also traveled to Conway Ar. to help bring PPOH up to standard.
Dump Truck Driver
Gene Nicholas Trucking-Lowell,AR
08.2024 - 02.2025
- Daily perform a pre-trip inspection on truck prior to reporting to assigned quarries. Deliver materials to private customers as well as commercial sites. Safely operate vehicle and dump loads in various types of locations. Experience in driving Tri & Quad axle trucks. Hold a current Class A CDL and Medical Card.
Shift Manager
Southeast Poultry Inc. Rogers AR
01.2014 - 08.2024
- Oversee planning of production for a facility of 400 employees. Ensure yields are met on front halves and saddles. Involved in BRC and Food Defense Audits, hiring all managers and supervisors for all departments. Manage all supervisors. Verify labor is controlled vs. pounds produced. Involved in all aspects of QA. Correspond with raw material suppliers and further processing plants that our product is sold to. Involved with USDA daily on any issues that may occur. Work directly with our Maintenance department on cost of projects, as well as scheduling any maintenance that will be performed.
Superintendent over IF & Debone
Simmons Foods Plant 2 Siloam Springs, AR
11.2012 - 01.2014
- Responsible for all day-to-day operations from incoming to outgoing of product. Oversee all supervisors, verify all products were run to Customer Specifications, involved with USDA compliance daily.
Superintendent & Shift Manager
Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc. Van Buren,AR
11.2009 - 11.2012
- Oversee all supervisors on day-to-day operations, work with maintenance to coordinate repairs during daily operations, making sure products are being run to the quality specifications that are required by the customer. Training of new supervisors ensured all team members were working in a safe manner and following GMP’s required from a RTE facility.
Operations Manager
Benchmark Drycleaner Springdale, AR
08.2004 - 11.2009
- Oversee all operations from hiring team for production, to scheduling deliveries for drivers, ensure customer satisfaction from pickup, care & delivery of product. Responsible for all maintenance on machines and building. Purchase supplies, time management, take all customer service calls, cover all positions when needed, create invoices for billing.
General Plant Manager
R.G. Applegate Steel Company Neosho, MO
01.2000 - 04.2004
- Responsible for the oversee of all human resources, productions, purchasing, shipping & receiving, customer service, maintenance of delivery trucks and forklifts, set-up of projects, cost analysis of production, inventory control. Personal representative to distributors of the company products, including set-up, display, and sales shows.
Supervisor/Production Scheduler
Sibley Industries Anderson, MO
05.1994 - 01.2000
- Oversee all welders and fabricators and inventory control, production scheduling, purchasing of materials, scheduling of delivery trucks.
Timeline
General Manager
Linen King Conway AR.
05.2025 - Current
Plant manager
Linen King Springdale
02.2025 - 05.2025
Dump Truck Driver
Gene Nicholas Trucking-Lowell,AR
08.2024 - 02.2025
Shift Manager
Southeast Poultry Inc. Rogers AR
01.2014 - 08.2024
Superintendent over IF & Debone
Simmons Foods Plant 2 Siloam Springs, AR
11.2012 - 01.2014
Superintendent & Shift Manager
Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc. Van Buren,AR
11.2009 - 11.2012
Operations Manager
Benchmark Drycleaner Springdale, AR
08.2004 - 11.2009
General Plant Manager
R.G. Applegate Steel Company Neosho, MO
01.2000 - 04.2004
Supervisor/Production Scheduler
Sibley Industries Anderson, MO
05.1994 - 01.2000
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