Dave Deckert
General Manager, Six Sigma Black Belt
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About
I am the General Manager of a local constriction company in the Vancouver BC area and also have my own operations consulting company. I have a passion for Lean Six Sigma and am a certified Black Belt. I also have a passion for change management and am certified through the University of British Columbia. I consider it my highest calling to grow people and systems.
Experience
Principal l Susynced Ops l Jan 2021-Present
Six Sigma Consulting
Started my own consulting company specializing in:
- Change Management
- Building client cultures around LEAN Six Sigma through training and principles
- Digital Transformation
- Process Engineering to ensure maximum productivity
- Project Management
- Merger and Acquisition Integration
Construction Company
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for overall company performance
- Own all P&L, HR, Marketing, and operational performance
- Set company strategy, market segments, and incorporate voice of the customer.
- Coaching, mentoring, and training of 4 sales divisions, accounting and admin teams, 10 direct reports and 50 staff.
- Effectively present monthly financials to the ownership group
- Establish and maintain a consistent supply chain
- Collaborate with each division to achieve company sales goals and solve problems
- Project management of multiple and similtaneous multi-family fencing construction projects
- B2B and B2C sales and customer service
- 1st year as General Manager turned the company’s 1st profit in 6 years
- Doubled sales per project manager through digital transformation and continuous improvements
- Developed and executed a new financial plan. Collected all accounts receivables and paid off all accounts payable.
- Developed new marketing plan with an emphasis on SEO, Adwords, and social media
- Hired and trained new project managers and admin staff
- Executed acquisition integration of Sunbury by Prostar Contracting. Transitioned Sunbury from retailer to dedicated construction company
- Created and established brand-new standard operations procedures
- Planned and executed digital transformation
- Developed a culture of continuous improvements through employee education, process improvements as a team, and daily 5S habits.
Education
UBC Sauder School of Business l Vancouver, British Columbia l 2022
Change Management Certification
Kwantlen Polytechnic University l Surrey, British Columbia l 2010-2011
Finance & Economics
Automotive Training Center l Surrey, British Columbia l 2007-2008
Automotive Technology Certification
Environment Canada CFC/HCFC/HFC Control Certificate
Bryn Athyn College l Pennsylvania, USA l 2005-2007
Business Management and Organizational Psychology
