Rick Larson
Mt. Angel,OR
Summary
Seasoned professional in general and operations management with comprehensive experience leading teams, optimizing processes, and implementing cost-effective strategies. Skilled in strategic planning, staff development, and operational efficiency, consistently improving workflow and reducing costs. Proven track record of enhancing overall business performance through effective leadership and innovative problem-solving. Self-motivated Operations Manager successful in collaborating with consultants, area leaders and employees to streamline and strengthen processes and control costs. Highly organized and detailed collaborator with solid record of accomplishment in meeting and exceeding business targets. In-depth knowledge of operational and budget management techniques.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Inside Sales Rep.
Salem Equipment
Sherwood, OR
01.2020 - 01.2024
- Communicating with customers through emails and phone conversation of items they want to purchase for their equipment.
- Reading the blueprints of the equipment customers must ensure they get the correct parts.
- Maintaining daily entries of items that have shipped and tracking progress of orders being manufactured.
- Preparing quotes for customers from blues prints by figuring costs from time and materials.
- Preparing equipment manuals for customers.
- Managed friendly and professional customer interactions.
- Set up new accounts, established customer credit and set up payment methods.
- Selected correct products based on customer needs, product specifications and applicable regulations.
Purchasing Manager/Warehouse Manager
Interfor Pacific, Inc.
Molalla, OR
01.2014 - 01.2020
- Organizing parts and supplies for VMI and consignment inventory.
- Maintaining proper documentation for purchasing orders, goods received and outgoing parts to maintain inventory forecasting system.
- Researched and evaluated potential suppliers to determine best fits for company needs and to identify cost savings opportunities.
- Purchasing parts and supplies for Sawmill, Planer warehouse and entire plant site.
- Checking inventory discrepancies and correcting the issues for incoming and outgoing parts and supplies to optimize inventory levels and reduce costs.
- Follow up and report when critical parts are to be received.
- Organize and kit parts for work orders and reassure all parts have been received.
- Communicate and manage vendors to research better products, compare pricing and document trends in usage.
- Maintaining a computerized maintenance management system to order parts for work orders, tracking spare parts and history of parts used on plant equipment.
- Negotiating on local and regional contracts.
- Manage and set up purchase orders for capital projects.
- Used VMI to authorize and monitor purchase orders and consumables.
- Cultivated strong relationships with vendors to maintain and improve levels of customer service.
- Established and maintained accurate records of purchases, pricing and payment terms.
Planer Feeder
Interfor Pacific, Inc.
Molalla, OR
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Communicate with team members to keep production running safely, and efficiently.
- Keep constant flow of the planer, fix any break ups, make size adjustments of the planer for the lumber.
- Break other team members to keep production running during break times.
- Operate forklift to help offload lumber and help with planer infeed.
Bander Operator/Sawmill Outfeed Driver/Planer Supervisor
Weyerhaeuser Co
Dallas, OR
06.2002 - 03.2009
- Operate equipment to keep production running efficiently.
- Cut and tag material for lengths and grades of lumber for shipping orders.
- Communicate with other team members to keep equipment running safe and efficiently.
- Operate forklift to store lumber from the sawmill by lengths and dimensions.
- Supervise Planer production, manning and efficiency.
- Manage and direct month end inventory process and budget.
- Train and communicate company policies, procedures and safety standards.
- Moved completed products from machines and onto conveyors, transferring to next work area for additional processing.
- Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
- Observed packing operations to verify conformance to specifications.
Infeed Operator/Plant Supervisor
Willamette Industries
Woodburn, OR
05.1996 - 06.2002
- Operate equipment.
- Load material into machinery.
- Communicate with team members and quality control.
- Back-up quality control, test material for strength and defects.
- Oversee production, scheduling, training and product quality.
- Conduct safety training meetings.
Lead Spreader man
North Santiam Plywood
Mill City, OR
06.1989 - 04.1996
- Prepare and schedule daily layup.
- Check bond for blows and rejects.
- Check the quality of glue and spread to reassure the best quality product.
- Inspected spreading equipment at beginning and end of each shift and reported problems to supervisors.
- Maintained neat and safe working environment for area and shop.
Education
Associate Degree - Criminal Justice, general studies, Law Enforcement
Chemeketa Community College
Salem, OR06.2013
General Studies -
Silverton High School
Silverton, OR06.1983
Skills
- Effective leadership
- Collaborative teamwork
- Effective communication
- Mechanical knowledge
- Resource management
- Effective organization
- Order management
- Technical drawing comprehension
- Analytical problem solving
- Effective time management
- Project management
- Order fulfillment
- Client relationship management
- Customer engagement in sales
- Problem-solving expertise
- Customer relationship development
Timeline
Inside Sales Rep.
Salem Equipment
01.2020 - 01.2024
Purchasing Manager/Warehouse Manager
Interfor Pacific, Inc.
01.2014 - 01.2020
Planer Feeder
Interfor Pacific, Inc.
01.2012 - 01.2014
Bander Operator/Sawmill Outfeed Driver/Planer Supervisor
Weyerhaeuser Co
06.2002 - 03.2009
Infeed Operator/Plant Supervisor
Willamette Industries
05.1996 - 06.2002
Lead Spreader man
North Santiam Plywood
06.1989 - 04.1996
Associate Degree - Criminal Justice, general studies, Law Enforcement
Chemeketa Community College
General Studies -
Silverton High School
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