Trevor Merk

Bachelor's

Liberal Arts and Sciences

JCC

National Director of Finished Products

- Build and manage the Finished Products Division consisting of +40 employees in 4 states (CA, IL, NJ, PA - Creating the Finished Product department from the ground up through best practices, establishing and monitoring department KPIs, homogeneous reporting structure to provide accurate and consistent reports through each state's local compliance software - Implemented Lean and Kaizen practices which improved throughput by 50 percent - Established inventory controls to ensure all work in progress, incoming, and outbound products are accounted - Improved distribution model to increase brand presence with internal and external vendors resulting increased - Develop training plan for all sub-departments and related tasks for local Managers to use and implement during the onboarding process - Foster a collaborative environment where employees can brainstorm process improvement plans and review the results over a set timeframe resulting in higher employee retention - Coordinate new projects with local sales team, Marketing, and Accounting to ensure process from R&D to launch are coordinated effectively - Consistently review COGS with Accounting to ensure each facility is maintaining margins and identify areas where each facility can increase revenue - Review the distribution of products with local security teams and 3PL services through effective route - Negotiate and maintain vendor relationships for consumables related to the Finished Products division