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General Transportation Manager 5/2015 - PresentCATO Corporation, Charlotte, NC 40+ hours/week Manage the Transportation Department and 25 professionals performing transportation administrative and shipping duties. Optimize the movement of inventories valuing over $880 million to over 1,100 retail stores throughout the US. Schedule daily, weekly, and monthly production plans, allocating the appropriate labor and equipment resources. Prepare Request for Pricing (RFP)'s and on-board all new carriers. Steer functional teams in the standardization of transportation administrative policies and best practices. Develop strong transportation relationships between vendors, carriers, internal and external stakeholders to meet delivery schedules and provide highest level of service.Accomplishments• Achieved 100% accuracy within budget, achieved objectives; recouped $100K in freight chargebacks. • Utilize a collaboration tool to track and manage more than 1700 truckload (TL) shipments to 18 different pool providers/final mile carriers, which resulted in over 61,000 shipments to over 1150 stores •Successfully managed the transportation process and met deadlines to open 11 new stores and close 106 existing stores. • Managed the transportation of gently used equipment from an external distribution center to our facility, resulting in a $200k savings. •Collaborated with IT - automated Carrier Service Report claims process - saved 280 hr./month.•Created and executed transportation communications plans for the across the distribution network establishing best practices that resulted in a three-fold improvement in customer response times.

Responsible for strategically leading the day-to-day operations of a 35-person team monitoring and building overall financial performance and cultivating a network of business partnerships within the transportation and logistics departments. Directed work assignments, productivity, training and development of the coordinators and analysts supporting 670 permanent and over 1,000 pop-up seasonal stores across the United States, Canada, and online valued at $250 million. Oversaw freight from origination to destination maximizing the most economical transportation modes, such as full truckload (TL), less than truckload (LTL) and small package.