David Williamson Email & Phone Number

Garner, North Carolina

• Work with customers in the Food Industry to ensure the safety of their product to be picked up/delivered and maintained at the proper temperature throughout transit.
• Negotiate rates, establish service expectations with carriers for brokerage services, and verify carrier qualifications in regards to insurance, operating authority and credit, effectively source truckload capacity
• Negotiate fair market prices to carrier companies and customers in order to gain margin.
• Prepared quotes using forecasting tools based on industry trends.
• Schedule all pickup and delivery appointments to ensure a customer needs are met, optimization plan is followed so carrier can meet expectations for both pickup and delivery
• Build carrier bases on an account specific basis based on lane preference, back-haul opportunities, etc.

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Area

• Coordinate the movement of freight to customers via carrier/truck network.
• Perform day to day dispatch functions. Communicate operational needs to ensure all freight is picked up and delivered in a timely manner.
• Enter and dispatch all assigned loads timely and correctly as well as noting in the operating system any extra charges and fees associated with certain loads as needed.
• Work with the buyers and planners on date changes to ensure the carriers know as well to minimize TONU cost.
• Work with carriers to ensure the best rates and service to make sure spot loads are picked up and delivered on time.

Morrisville, NC

• I'm empowered to make decisions to satisfy customer expectations regarding pickup and delivery of product.
• Customer services: problem resolution, sales and pricing
• I form relationships with carriers and also set up new carriers for development
• Inside Sales
• I resolve rate discrepancies with carriers and respond to returned pre-notes in a timely manner.
• Equipment management, including customer equipment pools, to control absorbed per diem & storage costs.

• Assist inside sales and operations in quality assurance (load/shipment tracking and tracing)
• Responsible for tracking all freight through the delivery process and entering data into TMS to manage reporting.
• Schedule all Pickup and Delivery Appointments to ensure a customer needs are met, optimization plan is followed and carrier can meet expectations for both Pick Up and Delivery.
• Negotiate rates, establish service expectations with carriers for brokerage services, and verify carrier qualifications in regards to insurance, operating authority and credit, effectively source truckload capacity.
• Build carrier bases on an account specific basis based on lane preference, backhaul opportunities, etc.
• Dispatch, rate confirmations, load building and posting, customer service, load status updates, truckload requests from new and existing customers

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Distribution And Logistics

Activities and Societies: Professional Association of Industrial Distribution, SME: Sales and Marketing Executives

High School Dipolma, College Prep

Education record