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Mark Schwarck

Saginaw,MI

Summary

Talented Owner with excellent marketing, customer service and facility oversight skills and more than twenty years of experience. Highly effective and comfortable working with people at all levels in organization. Hard-driving business leader offering skill in strategic business planning and team development. Skillfully recruit and train employees at all levels to meet customer and business demands. Articulate, forward-thinking and resourceful in meeting unique needs. Talented Owner with excellent marketing, customer service and facility oversight skills and more than Twenty years of experience. Highly effective and comfortable working with people at all levels in organization.

Overview

78
78
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Owner and Operator of Dog Kennel

Woodside Kennels
Saginaw, MI
06.1986 - 06.2018
  • Managed day-to-day business operations.
  • Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
  • Trained and motivated employees to perform daily business functions.
  • Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts and costs.
  • Recruited, hired and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization.
  • Created and monitored promotional approaches to increase sales and profit levels.
  • Reconciled daily sales, returns and financial reports in QuickBooks.
  • Remained up-to-date on current trends and attended industry trade shows and markets to view and order inventory.
  • Optimized team hiring, training and performance.
  • Maintained up-to-date administrative records to monitor operational conditions.
  • Monitored market conditions to set accurate product pricing and take advantage of emerging trends.
  • Assessed supplier quality to maintain tight cost controls and maximize business operational performance.
  • Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
  • Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
  • Established, optimized and enforced business policies to maintain consistency and high-quality standards across industry operations.
  • Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.
  • Founded and managed [Type] business, growing revenue to $[Amount] in first year.
  • Used knowledge of market trends to create value-added solutions resulting in significant increase in revenues.
  • Trained and developed team members to build human capital.
  • Developed sales presentations and promotion initiatives to key accounts to drive product sales and increase brand awareness.
  • Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
  • Generated revenues yearly and effectively capitalized on industry growth.
  • Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends.
  • Maximized efficiency by coaching and mentoring personnel on management principles, industry practices, company procedures and technology systems.
  • Aligned branding initiatives and sales strategies with client goals.
  • Cultivated forward-thinking, inclusive and performance-oriented business culture to lead industry in innovation and push progress.
  • Reduced personnel turnover and promoted employee development by recruiting team-oriented candidates and implementing new training practices.
  • Established and administered annual budget with controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.
  • Discovered areas of improvement by generating quarterly operational and sales reports.
  • Improved records management systems for leases and contracts to boost renewals timeliness.
  • Directed successful operational turnaround, eliminating over $[Amount] in debt within [Timeframe].

Journeymen Welder

Grey Iron
Saginaw, MI
07.1977 - 07.1999
  • Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
  • Clamped, held, tack-welded, heat-bent and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.
  • Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
  • Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
  • Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
  • Operated hoists, cranes and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
  • Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
  • Chipped off excess weld, slag and spatter using hand tools.
  • Minimized warping using good fitting, burning and welding techniques.
  • Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
  • Completed welding projects using gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc and shielded metal arc equipment.
  • Repaired manufactured products by dismantling, straitening, reshaping and reassembling parts.
  • Used MIG gun arc to melt and deposit metal from electrode to workpieces.
  • Maintained correct arc length and movement speed to form specified fusion depth and bead.
  • Managed repair and maintenance schedule to organize shop and maintain equipment.
  • Salvaged and rebuilt parts to achieve cost savings and reduce waste.
  • Conducted special welds with extremely low tolerances for industrial operations.
  • Assembled structural forms such as boiler parts and pressure vessels.
  • Operated robotic cells machinery.
  • Observed hydrostatic and dimension tolerance tests to evaluate weld quality and conformance to specifications.

Heavy Equipment Operator

Grey Iron And Bourdow Trucking
Saginaw, MI
07.1975 - 07.1999
  • Operated range of heavy equipment on regular basis with advanced skill.
  • Operated machining equipment safely with team of operators.
  • Adhered to heavy equipment safety and operation protocols, resulting in minimal complaints or incidents.
  • Met project demands consistently through careful and consistent operation of heavy equipment.
  • Trained in diverse pieces of equipment and useful attachments to handle team needs.
  • Performed thorough pre-shift and post-shift inspections and accurately completed equipment logs and reports.
  • Strictly adhered to company safety procedures, noticeably decreasing job site accidents.
  • Completed diligent equipment inspections, repairs and maintenance actions to prolong life of each piece of machinery.
  • Kept machinery in proper working order by repairing and replacing malfunctioning parts.
  • Maximized equipment and personnel protection by identifying and avoiding hazards such as utility lines.
  • Maintained fueled and fully operational equipment to jump on project requirements and keep teams on tight schedules.
  • Moved equipment between job locations using truck and trailer.
  • Placed tools and job site machinery in locked areas and secured location at end of each shift.
  • Resolved most mechanical issues independently and worked with supervisors and senior personnel to resolve complicated problems.
  • Used inspection, troubleshooting and repair abilities to quickly clear mechanical issues with heavy equipment.
  • Determined and marked locations of underground pipes and wires to plan optimal digging locations.
  • Synchronized resources on job sites by smoothly communicating with and directing team members via handheld mobile devices.
  • Loaded and moved materials such as dirt and rocks based on specific job needs.
  • Performed preventive maintenance to prolong life of equipment.
  • Removed topsoil, vegetation and rocks to grade earth to specifications.
  • Operated [Type] and [Type] equipment to complete safe and efficient work.
  • Ripped out existing asphalt and concrete to prepare for site changes and new construction.
  • Avoided hazards such as hanging or buried utility lines when operating equipment.
  • Controlled simultaneous machine operations by communicating with and directing individual operations.
  • Selected and fastened bulldozer blades or other attachments to tractors using hitches.
  • Compiled cost estimates for jobs.
  • Tested atmosphere for adequate oxygen or explosive conditions when working in confined spaces.

Education

Master of Arts - Welding

Midland Dow Welding Center
Midland MI
06.1973

High School Diploma -

Douglas McCarthur
Saginaw Mi
06.1972

Certification

welding

Timeline

Owner and Operator of Dog Kennel

Woodside Kennels
06.1986 - 06.2018

Journeymen Welder

Grey Iron
07.1977 - 07.1999

Heavy Equipment Operator

Grey Iron And Bourdow Trucking
07.1975 - 07.1999

Master of Arts - Welding

Midland Dow Welding Center

High School Diploma -

Douglas McCarthur

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