Jeff Ervick

• Oversee maintenance for 18+ Sysco broadline buildings and all 1,300+ pcs of fleet equipment including straight trucks, tractors and trailers
• Enforce both provincial and federal regulations for buildings, refrigeration systems (ammonia, freon and CO2), generators, MHE and fleet equipment
• Assist in creating and enforcing Sysco maintenance policies and best practices throughout the enterprise
• Implement CMMS system (Sprocket) into all Canadian locations to track and monitor maintenance activities from a corporate dashboard and reporting
• Implement and enforce Sysco new pay policies, CORA and Procurement Express Pay systems, work with field to address training and system issues with IDS and Sprocket
• Implement and enforce eRSM (ammonia refrigeration safety management) system as well as customizing program for Canada to meet the different requirements than the US market
• Created and enforced freon inspection schedules, create RFP and assist in negotiating contracts across Canada
• Assisted in the creation of a dashboard based labor calculator for each maintenance group - Facility, Fleet and MHE that assisted with planning headcount for maintenance based on asset's preventative and corrective hours required annually
• Enforced Sysco Corporate Fleet Equipment service intervals
• Supported field by creating a maintenance structure organization chart from management to technician level requirements
• Standardized JD's for all maintenance associates including managers, supervisors, coordinators and technicians
• Work with HR to create salary bands for each job classification
• Conduct business analysis to identify savings in labor by bringing third party service back in house and reduce expense
• Work with national vendors and supply strategies, product specs and pricing for the Canadian Market
• Created an inspection program to identify issues with facilities and plan maintenance / capital items over a 3 year period
• Implement an annual roof inspection program with a national vendor to identify roofing issues that can then be managed through OPEX or CAPEX. As well as repairing small issues to avoid large intrusions of water around building envelope
• Build annual CAPEX budgets with the CABL companies with stack ranked priority from life safety to minor repairs/replacement generally averaging $15M across the CABL
• Work with the field to create business cases for CIP eligible projects and provide approvals through our corporate CIP system
• Work with our Sysco Construction division to assist in planning projects for AOP. Create scope of project and approx costing analysis
• Work with Construction to manage capital projects both from construction and facility capital plans (roofs, reno's, major racking projects, LED lighting, Solar project, refrigeration etc.)
• Created a minimum lighting strategy for interior and exterior lighting of buildings taking both the corporate standards and our local minimum regulations in each province
• Support sites with OPEX analysis and financial reporting to the field to target expense rationalization and identify opportunities for reductions
• Assist in providing mentorship and coaching to the sites on all maintenance platforms and programs
• Host bi weekly market calls to engage the field and keep two way communications between maintenance and operations
• Assist in all equipment ordering through Sprocket and ensuring approved equipment are spec'd properly for specific sites
• Plan and execute annual vendor show and maintenance conference during our Sysco Canada Conference in Toronto

Projects Beyond Scope:

• Act as the corporations MHE subject matter expert to assist with all activities around material handling equipment including specifications of all equipment, equipment set up and problems in the field, working with vendors to create service recalls and product improvements as well as negotiating and enforcing warranties
• Worked for 1 year with Accenture on MHE business plan for replacement periods, usage and right sizing equipment at NABL sites, maintenance intervals and service requirements
• Created business case for Lithium Ion battery transformation from lead acid that will involve all sites in North America. Headed up procurement requirements, testing, savings calculations and equipment selection for new green field builds (batteries, chargers etc.)
• Provide an analysis of all transportation fleet equipment for Canada and create a business case to procure tractors, trailers, straight trucks etc. for all CABL sites based on age, rentals in fleet and business changes in the field
• Create business case for fleet equipment and have it presented to capital committee for approvals. In the 3 years we have been able to replace more than 40 % of our fleet due to extended life cycles in the future that stretched assets by years over manufacturer EOL
• Assist in our yearly analysis of our fleet and drivers for our Insurance requirements
• Work with risk management in Houston to sort out fleet insurance claims related to accidents in the last year since Canada lost their insurance adjustment company during Houston's insurance negotiations (oversight)
• Work with Sysco Corporate engineers on the EZ Delivery Project and work directly with Fusion Duo (pallet truck) vendor to negotiate parts distribution agreements, warranty terms and advise vendor on product improvements after various tests conducted in Riverside California.
• Advise and work with the field on the standardization of center ride pallet trucks. Assist in creating the spec of this equipment to replace end rider pallet trucks due to safety concerns. Work with Sysco engineers to set up truck parameters to increase efficiency while increasing safety.
• Created reach truck leasing turn back program with Raymond to reduce expenses related to equipment being returned to vendor which also streamlined the process
• Lead the MHE telematics initiative to compare systems to be installed on all fork equipment
• Participate in the iWarehouse Telematics project to assist in data gathering, process creation, equipment inspection list generation for pre start up, customizing reporting for usage, collision detection and thresholds etc.
• Assist in setting up installation schedules and deployment

• Oversee all warehouse, transportation and maintenance operations of a $360M sales region
• Manage all expenses in operations by using financial reporting and KPI's to monitor performance key metrics
• Budgeting and labor planning for warehouse and transportation teams
• Lead shrink committee meetings and using data analysis to identity shrink reduction opportunities and execute plans to assist in reductions
• Manage within 2 unionized warehouses and assist in negotiating collective agreements
• Manage an ICA (independent cartage associate) third party drivers using delivery KPI's and driver improvement plans
• Work with HR to create and administer associate personal improvement plans (PIP) to hold associates accountable to policies and KPI's
• Work with Sysco Industrial Engineers to set up and enforce labor standards within the warehouse to increase efficiencies and decrease expense
• Work with Sales to create efficient routing of our delivery systems and reduce costs by managing same day and off day deliveries
• Work with Merchandising to level inbound caps to ensure inbound operations can complete receiving before orders are pulled
• Work with Health and Safety to identify and address EHS issues and provide a budget for future projects that were identified but needed capital funding
• Work with Food Safety to address issues found during our auditing processes
• Plan all AOP capital and equipment purchases for up coming years
• Built a high functioning operations team that worked together to solve problems and improve our operation for a better customer experience PIP (Perfect Invoice Percentage)
• Create business cases to add positions for proper staffing of operations to ensure all functions and responsibilities had resources
• Oversee all maintenance activities for fleet, facility and MHE assets over 2 different sites
• Provide high level summaries each week to senior leadership to compare financials and metrics against plan
• Conduct CMP (Coaching to Maximize Performance) process to identify personal goals of direct reports and conduct quarterly meetings to monitor progress and remove barriers keeping them from achieving their goals
• Decision making on incentive programs, bonuses and wage increases
• Provide analysis of warehouse capacity and conduct reracking projects, SKU reduction etc. to maximize storage space in warehouse's

• Oversee all facility maintenance operations in 2 different buildings
• Plan and execute on all Capex/OPEX projects based on risk assessments by operations, EHS and food safety
• Created office and warehouse sanitation plans in accordance to Sysco food safety policies and cleaning frequencies
• Create business cases for CIP submissions for facility repairs and/or replacement of equipment
• Solve issues related to Winnipeg's expansion that were identified after the build to be problematic or difficient
• Participate in our food safety audits and practiced continuous improvements to increase audit scores over time by ensuring processes and actions were put in place to reduce risks with food safety practices
• Manage HVAC and refrigeration systems
• Created ePSM system for Ammonia Refrigeration plant to ensure compliance through daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual inspections
• Conduct 5 year MI and NDT according to Sysco standards set fourth in ePSM program along with 5 year relief valve replacement
• Manage fire suppression system monthly and annual inspections and address difficencies found during inspections
• Manage generator and switch gear inspections and repairs including annual load testing and wet services
• Act as Energy Champion for both sites to monitor and action improvement items related to reductions in energy
• Create and execute full security plan for site that addressed key control, security calling lists, cameras, door locking mapping and schedules, locker access, entrance to building etc.
• Responsible for all snow clearing operations, landscaping, parking lot maintenance etc.
• Conducted training and mentoring of in house MHE technician
• Conducted annual CMP for associates to keep them on goals as part of their incentive plan
• Arrange training for all employees in maintenance based on requirements
• Work with vendors to get quotes and make decisions on awards based on pricing and vendor performance
• Ensure compliancy with MSDS documentation for all chemicals
• Ensure employee safety by providing a safe building with proper ventilation and HVAC condition
• President of Social Committee for 3 years that brought activities and social events to our 300+ associates

• Provide technical services for all forms of Raymond Industrial Forklift Equipment
• Diagnose and repair MHE equipment at customer sites
• Order and manage parts inventories of work van to ensure parts were in stock and reduce downtime of customers equipment
• Provide quotes to customers and review issues with equipment found during PM services
• Assisted and mentored new technicians to ensure they felt supported
• Worked for Johnston Equipment corporate office as well to create technical training program for our new technicians
• Trained new techs on hydraulic and electrical theory as well as model specific theory of operation and maintenance processes
• Worked for Corporate office to provide tech training for external customer techs
• Assisted in developing driver training programs for MHE classes 1- 4 based on manufacturer and provincial regulations
• Conduct driver training and certifications for customers employees in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
• Technical advisory on health and safety committee