Michael Olson
Mankato,MN
Summary
Experienced leader with strong background in guiding teams, managing complex projects, and achieving strategic objectives. Excels in developing efficient processes, ensuring high standards, and aligning efforts with organizational goals. Known for collaborative approach and commitment to excellence.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Architectural Trade Paint Sales Representative
Diamond Vogel Paint
Mankato, MN
11.2024 - Current
- Focusing on selling paint and coatings to the professional construction and coatings trade. Building and maintaining relationships with contractors, architects, and designers. Driving and increasing sales within the territory. As well as adding to the existing customer base. Providing technical expertise, assistance with product selections, and ensuring customer satisfaction.
Northeast Division Store Operations Support Associate
Diamond Vogel Paint
Mankato, MN
01.2022 - 11.2024
- Support staffing needs throughout the four state area, covered within the Northeast Division. Filling in at various roles within the stores from management on down to assist with making and meeting customer as well as sales goals. Quality control methods such as cycle counting and various other inventory control methods to increase product quality, and customer happiness.
Assistant Store Manager
Diamond Vogel Paints
Mankato, MN
07.2019 - 01.2022
- Responsible for all bookkeeping and account receivable duties. To include, yet not limited to, invoicing monthly statements, processing payments towards accounts, filing of daily statements for accounts, credit cards, and bank deposit for the store. Mixed and customized paint and stain for customers to be exceeding customers standard to create repeat business. In charge of ordering various store supplies from both internal and external vendors. Assisted customers with purchases and product information so they could make better informed choices to meet their needs and expectations.
Area Manager/ Loader/ Freezer Orderfiller
Walmart Distribution Center
Mankato, MN
07.2015 - 07.2019
- Responsible for Implementation of business plan as well as managing productivity, quality, and safety goals for area of operation. Supervised, trained, and counseled more than 60+ employees in the performance of duties. Engage and mentor subordinate associates to facilitate a culture that promotes teamwork, efficiency, and a safety focused atmosphere.
- Keep work area organized and maintain freight flow. Monitor freight to ensure cold-chain and species compliance. Wrapping and delivering pallets of products to loaders to be placed on trailers to ship to customer. Place Pallets onto trailers to ship to customers. Maintaining 100% accuracy and performing above standard at approximately 150%+ compared to the set standards. Fulfill orders for Sam's Club and Walmart Supercenter stores. Maintaining freight integrity and accuracy of the products picked. Not only picking the product but also wrapping and delivering pallets of products to loaders to be placed on trailers to ship to customer. Due to exceeding the standards was placed to fulfill Sam's Club freezer orders. Maintaining an average of over 110%
Final Operations Inspector
Le Sueur Incorporated
Le Sueur, MN
02.2014 - 07.2015
- Perform necessary steps to prepare castings for shipment to customers. Inspect, pressure test, straighten, sand blast, and test parts to ensure the overall quality and dimensions of cast parts to be within customer standards and expectations. Operates stretch wrap machine, to prepare castings for shipping. Boxes and bands product, according to packaging work instructions; re-boxing finished product for specific quantities ordered. Ability to work with high level of accuracy and attention to detail. Wears proper protective equipment according to job requirements.
Warehouse / Delivery Supervisor
BMK Solutions
Minneapolis, MN
08.2007 - 02.2014
- Managed and created schedules for shipment of goods to customer. Worked with numerous warehouses to ensure that shipments to customers were correct and received in a timely manner. Listened to and assisted customers with purchases and product knowledge. Efforts lead to increased customer satisfaction and resulted in additional repeat business. Supervised daily warehouse activity to ensure performance was up to standard or better. Maintained levels of stocked items in warehouse. Was responsible for credits to returned shipments from customers for return to different suppliers to receive and give credit to customers
Education
Associate of Science - Firearms Technology
Sonoran Desert Institute
Tempe, AZ05.2021
Timeline
Architectural Trade Paint Sales Representative
Diamond Vogel Paint
11.2024 - Current
Northeast Division Store Operations Support Associate
Diamond Vogel Paint
01.2022 - 11.2024
Assistant Store Manager
Diamond Vogel Paints
07.2019 - 01.2022
Area Manager/ Loader/ Freezer Orderfiller
Walmart Distribution Center
07.2015 - 07.2019
Final Operations Inspector
Le Sueur Incorporated
02.2014 - 07.2015
Warehouse / Delivery Supervisor
BMK Solutions
08.2007 - 02.2014
Associate of Science - Firearms Technology
Sonoran Desert Institute