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Patrick West

Parma,Ohio

Summary

Experienced young business entrepreneur with a successful track record. Began entrepreneurial journey at age 14 by mowing lawns, leading to establishment of own business in 2008. Built client base with mowing and snow plowing contracts for businesses and individuals. Demonstrated ability to effectively manage teams and deliver exceptional results. Discontinued business in 2016 for personal reasons. expert in staff leadership and operatiions management,

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Kitchen Manager

SLA Management- Orlando Florida.
08.2024 - Current
  • Job Duties: In the role I oversee daily operations of a school lunch program. This position requires daily data entry of sales and inventory taking. Work daily with my team to make sure every student receives a meal prepared for them. Daily recording of temperatures for food management. Also oversee the daily task of my team and the operations of our kitchen. I've currently have been assigned for the past few months managing meal counts for 11 kitchen school sites. Helping maintain cost and waste. This means working with these 11 sites weekly or even daily. With this process I order product from 2 different companies to ensure each student has a healthy lunch each day for all 11 sites! As of recently I have been asked to manage a second school also.

Logistics supervisor

Priority Dispatch
09.2022 - 09.2023
  • Overseen route operations. Made sure routes were filled daily and upcoming days. Overseen Independent contractor on procedure policies. Made sure each I.C was delivering routes in a timely fashion. Held I.C accountable if they didn’t follow proper procedures. Would met with customer throughout the shift to make sure everything was going smoothly. Would meet with new incoming I.C to set up their SOW ( Statement of Work). Would assist with the customer to get routes out and delivered.

Owner

Great Lakes Delivery Service Llc.
05.2019 - 09.2023
  • Once again I started my own business! With starting this business I partnered with a catering company. I had about 10 drivers that made deliveries for me. I would dispatch drivers to the runs daily. Also worked hand and hand with the catering company to ensure successful deliveries everyday. Working with my IC daily to make routes were covered. End of year catering company closed down business. At this time I signed on with Priority Dispatch! Starting here I was delivering medication to nursing homes. I started as a stat driver and then took on more work doing sweeps on 3rd shift. After showing I can be responsible and so up on time, I was asked to become a lead driver. Shortly after starting this I filled in for the 3rd shift supervisor position when that employee left the company. Since they filled it, I was asked to stay on a few days and to run my routes also.

Cap 2 Supervisor

Walmart Super Stores
01.2016 - 05.2019
  • Job Duties: My hire date was March 1, 2016. I was hired as an associate in the Lawn and Garden Department and within four months was promoted to Department Manager of Housewares, My duties the Department Manage of Housewares was to be sure the department was stocked on the daily basis, make sure my department was making sales and to promote products.. Then one year later promoted to the Cap 2 Supervisor over the shipping department on the second shift. I currently supervise 12-18 people we are to execute the freight that comes in on the daily basis and get it to the store shelves for the Walmart customers. It is always a great urgency that the freight distributed on the daily basis by my staff and myself as part of the job requirement.
  • Zach Howell (419-756-2850)

Owner

Ashland Columbus Enterprises
01.2008 - 01.2016
  • Job Duties: I owned my own landscaping business and lawn care. Secure contracts of businesses and private owner. Completing the day to day operation of keeping a schedule of maintaining properties in which I have contracts with. Maintain my own equipment as needed. Secure snow plowing contacts in the winter months, as part of my contract to see to the removal of the snow on properties on the as needed basis depending on weather. I managed my own employees (2-5) on a daily basis.
  • Owner Patrick West (614-679-0847)

Crew Leader (Part-time)

RSVP
01.2008 - 01.2016
  • Job Duties: Responsible for hiring seasonal crew to set up banquet/party tents, delivers table and chair for scheduled events. Also work with the customer to schedule the set-up of their event. Maintain equipment (tent repair, cleaning of tent, chairs and tables). I managed 3-5 employees.
  • Mark Rafeld (419-651-3523)

Limo Driver

Fox Limousine Services
01.2008 - 01.2016
  • Job Duties: Drive customer to and from schedule events. Maintain the fleet of limos as needed: (The cleaning the inside of the cars, washing the cars, normal daily care as needed).
  • Kathy Fox (419-281-0767)

Foreman

General Environment Services
01.2000 - 01.2008
  • Job Duties: Foreman of a 3-5 person crew overseeing the day to day operations of completing landscaping and mowing of commercial property and private owned property, snow removal in the winter months. Keeping employees on a set schedule of time management to get all jobs complete in weekly allotted time. See that all equipment was maintained on the weekly or as needed basis.
  • Owner Kenneth Hoff (614-836-3030)

Education

High School -

Groveport High School
Groveport, Ohio
01.2001

Skills

  • Team leadership
  • Skilled in using Microsoft Office suite
  • Small business management
  • ServeSafe with State of Ohio
  • Multitasking and organization
  • Customer service
  • Food safety
  • inventory management
  • Staff training and development
  • Waste reduction

Certification

ServeSafe State of Ohio

Timeline

Kitchen Manager

SLA Management- Orlando Florida.
08.2024 - Current

Logistics supervisor

Priority Dispatch
09.2022 - 09.2023

Owner

Great Lakes Delivery Service Llc.
05.2019 - 09.2023

Cap 2 Supervisor

Walmart Super Stores
01.2016 - 05.2019

Owner

Ashland Columbus Enterprises
01.2008 - 01.2016

Crew Leader (Part-time)

RSVP
01.2008 - 01.2016

Limo Driver

Fox Limousine Services
01.2008 - 01.2016

Foreman

General Environment Services
01.2000 - 01.2008

High School -

Groveport High School
Patrick West