Liam Guthrie
North Vancouver
Summary
Dynamic operations leader with a proven track record at PQ Controls, excelling in strategic planning and team management. Spearheaded initiatives that reduced inventory costs by $500,000 and enhanced production efficiency. Adept at MRP systems and fostering relationships, driving cross-departmental collaboration to achieve organizational goals.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Domestic Operations
PQ Controls
10.2023 - Current
- Daily activities include increasing cross departmental collaboration, oversight and analysis of daily production activities, cultivating a positive work environment, & developing and implementing strategic initiatives to enhance efficiency across North American operations.
- Oversight of daily operations for North American manufacturing facilities (PQ Bristol, Ct & PQ Dover-Foxcroft, ME), leading a team of 75+ employees.
- Project lead in the reduction of $500,000 worth of obsolete and overstocked SMT materials, resulting in 17% decrease to electronic inventory carrying cost.
- Successfully implemented upgraded MRP system, reducing accounted inventory count to real inventory count to .05% discrepancy
- Oversight of hiring new operations manager for ME facility, including initial training & mentoring, 6 month & 12 month evaluations
- Vertical integration of 14 sub-assemblies between PQ-China, & PQ-Brazil operations
- Optimized inventory management through the reorganization of warehousing space & the implementation of perpetual inventory tracking from outdated periodic tracking methods
- Improved internal manufacturing control by digitalizing 1200+ active BOM's & training manuals, ensuring accuracy within MRP systems, resulting in a significant decrease to overstocking and carrying costs.
- Effectively managed purchasing budgets to ensure maximum ROI and reduction of inventory carrying costs
- Optimized marketing strategies through SEO initiatives and modernization to product branding
Operations Manager
PQ Controls
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Spent 4 months managing Brazilian operations sourcing new suppliers for injection molding. nickel casting, and light diffusers, training and overseeing MF employees, import licenses & budget management.
- Oversaw & created training manuals to facilitate the inter-company transfer of 2 primary manufacturing lines from PQ Bristol to PQ Maine. Resulting in a 12% decrease to primary facilities constrained production capacity & a decrease of 8% to secondary facilities excess capacity
- Implemented MF automation through the purchase of 2 MoldMan machines, automating SMT board potting process, reducing material cost by 9% and increasing quality control & consistency testing to a 99.4% success rate.
- International Experience: 6 months working at PQ-China facility, sourcing new suppliers, training employees, managing budgets and daily operations. Visitation of customers in 5+ countries for discussion of new projects, ongoing contracts, and resolving quality issues.
Intern
PQ Controls
2011 - 2021
- Spent 1 year working with each major departmental head (Sales, Marketing, Production, Engineering, HR, Production, & Operations), learning operational strategies & the importance of intra-departmental collaborations.
- Developed reports summarizing research findings for team presentations & analysis.
- Cross-trained across all production steps from electronic manufacturing with advanced SMT systems to manual production of mechanical assemblies to pre, final, and quality testing aspects of 500+ unique joystick builds,
- Assisted in data analysis supporting project initiatives and improve outcomes.
- Oversaw 12+ full inventory counts, directing a team of 4+ interns
- Oversaw the reorganization of warehousing space, introducing updated FIFO strategies and organizational skills
Education
Red Seal Certified - Culinary Arts
Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts
Vancouver, BC01-2025
Bachelor of Science - Geography
Western University
London, ON 01-2021
Skills
- Relationship building
- MS Office
- MRP systems
- Team management
- Project coordination
- Creativity and innovation
- Staff management
- Staff development
- Issues resolution
- Budget management
- Strategic planning
- Verbal and written communication
- Decision-making
Languages
English
Timeline
Director of Domestic Operations
PQ Controls
10.2023 - Current
Operations Manager
PQ Controls
01.2021 - 01.2022
Intern
PQ Controls
2011 - 2021
Red Seal Certified - Culinary Arts
Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts
Bachelor of Science - Geography
Western University