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Davenport, Iowa, United States

• Analyze and optimize freight orders to consolidate into a truckload. Developed a consolidation process generating a cost savings over $1.3 million in the 1st year.
• Assign loads to preferred carriers using Logiflow's transportation management systems
• Manage and coordinate the loading plans with the carrier and shipper.
• Communicate shipment delays and make carrier changes when necessary to meet on day delivery.
• Develop and maintain relationships with factories, carriers, and suppliers.
• Challenge the status quo to implement strategies to improve operations.

Davenport, Iowa Area

• Responsible for establishing an Intermodal Division for our John Deere client. The division rapidly grew from 10 to 65 drivers, slip seating 35 trucks, and operating 24 hours/5 days a week.
• Onboarded and configured the TMS software to suit the operation and the client's needs.
• Trained a dispatching team to efficiently use the software; trained drivers on how to use the app to complete dispatches daily.
• Implemented checks and balances to minimize delays at the intermodal yards & reducing delays and increasing production.
• Attended weekly meetings to provide insight into situations encountered that week and suggest solutions for improvements.
• Utilized Google SharePoint to collaborate between the dispatchers covering the 2nd/3rd shift and remote.

Maquoketa, Iowa

• Proposed and lead the development of many projects: Store Delivery Day Performance Project; Driver Related Delay Improvement Project; Driver Retention/Appreciation
• Collected data and communicated store delay trends to District and Regional Managers; Decreased store related delays by 1.7 % over the course of 24 months.
• Restructured and enhanced the Company’s Daily Inbound Report which reduced data entry by 5 hours a week.
• Daily communication with Distribution Center and Dedicated Carriers for operational needs. Provide feedback when necessary to improve load quality and service to the stores.
• Problem Solve store delivery situations as they arose.
• Team development –led team building activities to improve communication & listening skills

Maquoketa, Iowa

• Optimization of OTM and daily tasks which reduced workload hours by 40 per week for the DC and Transportation operations across the network.
• Simplified Grading process to drill down to the root cause of the delay.
• Received daily outbound schedule and assigned the routes to our dedicated carriers maximizing driver turns and utilization goals.
• Simplified Dedicated Carrier Invoice Auditing process which reduced workload 12 hours a week.

Continuing Education, Intermediate Excel

Microsoft Excel 2016 skills to the next level as you master charts, graphs, PivotTables, Slicers, Sparklines, AutoFilter, macros, and.

Associate'S Degree, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

I have completed my required math courses and an Intro to Logistic course.

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