Charles Thigpen Email & Phone Number

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Roanoke, Virginia Area

Delivering wine/beer to grocery stores, restaurants, and convenience stores.• Driving 20 to 26 foot box delivery trucks.• Check in orders with receivers to ensure correct invoices and product.• Enter any invoice changes through SAP software at end of shifts.• Help with merchandising stores• Use of manual and electric pallet jacks, some forklift use.• Daily pre and end of trip truck inspection• Level 1 WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) certified.

Roanoke, Virginia Area

Promoted to supervisor within 4 months of working for the company.Use planning software to assign daily driver routes.Organize transfer of freight from company line haul truck to delivery trucks, debrief and keep in contact with couriers to ensure daily job completion, assist in delivering and picking up packages, oversee loading of outbound freight, and complete outbound freight and shipping paperwork.Primary liaison between the designated region and headquarters.

Cloverdale, Va

Promoted to salaried employee status upon passing the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Pesticide Registered Technician Test.Promoted to Crew Leader due to advanced understanding of the position and strong work ethic.Crew Leader: Managed teams of 1 to 11 people, ensured that projects were completed correctly and efficiently, oversaw crew safety, completed weekly expense reports, reviewed spray reports, and served as each team’s designated liaison with the public. Sprayer: Applied herbicide to undesirable woody brush underneath power line right-of-ways to prevent foliage from interfering with lines, learned and applied selective spraying techniques, drove a commercial vehicle, applied chemical knowledge and safety practices, performed weekly truck inspections and light truck maintenance, and completed light shop work such as repairing backpack sprayers and chemical tanks.

Broadcast Journalism

Activities and Societies: Student Government Association, Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

General Diploma, General Studies, 3.4

Activities and Societies: FFA, Varsity Club, Soccer.