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Denver, Co, Us

Greater Denver Area

Denver, Co

Clearwater, Fl

Develop full-stack web applications in HTML/CSS/JavaScriptUtilize Javascript (ES6), React, Redux, Bootstrap, and node/express

Greater Tampa Area

Relocated to Plant City, FL after successfully serving as Operations Manager at the Athens, GA satellite office, and On-site Account Manager in Atlanta, GA.Responsibilities:Provide vision and direction in expanding statewide operations for a new division in Florida. Evaluate existing dispatch, planning and logistics functions, and implement strategies to eliminate inefficiencies, boost revenue, increase driver retention and enhance customer service. Manage and develop diverse team of drivers, driver managers, and customer service representatives. Explore opportunities for cross-division integration and synergies. Accomplishments:Create win-win scenarios for the driver and the shipper by integrating existing poultry relationships with current lanes to facilitate greater earnings per mile, and increased capacity. Increased customer satisfaction by personally managing high-priority customers and working diligently to build trust and restore loyalty in faltering accounts.

Gainesville, Ga

This was my first opportunity to experience the carrier side of the transportation/logistics industry. I enjoyed working in a small company, as it required specialization in several areas: driver management, strategic planning, customer service, and sales.Responsibilities:Pinpoint process improvements and cost-saving opportunities while managing logistics, customer interactions and maintenance procedures for truck fleet hauling refrigerated food products. Monitor and analyze performance, and propose strategies to optimize results. Oversee systems, policies and procedures required to enhance dispatch, loading, logistics planning and reporting functions.Accomplishments:Identified opportunities to drive profitability and reduce expenses by revamping the cost structure and developing programs to maximize financial impact. New programs/policies included introducing a maximum speed for trucks, and securing fuel discounts at strategic locations.

Gainesville, Ga

In this role I broadened my understanding of poultry processing. The beauty of a production environment is that nearly all of the processes are tangible. The experience of being able to physically view a cradle to grave process is invaluable. Responsibilities:Coordinate daily operations in high-volume processing environment. Trained and supervised 140 employees responsible for weighing, processing and labeling of 500,000 pounds of poultry products each shift. Tracked and reported on performance metrics; implemented solutions to improve safety, quality, speed and accountability. Prepared schedules and set priorities. Interacted with managers from all departments to solve immediate and long-standing issues and achieve ambitious goals.Accomplishments:Revamped policies and procedures related to inventory management, reporting and product re-labeling. Also created a new shift change process to mitigate lost time due to change over and introduced a new protocol that maximized cross-department synergy.

Athens, Georgia And Greeley, Co

Initially hired as a Logistics Coordinator at the Greeley, CO corporate office, and quickly advanced to supervisor and regional manager to increase transportation performance. Both logistics/transportation and poultry production are heavily process driven, and I was able to refine my skills as I progressed in these positions.Responsibilities:Oversaw the transport of 60 million pounds of goods from 15 plants each week. Controlled $50 million in yearly freight costs. Managed planning group responsible for the outbound transportation of fresh poultry from 10 production plants. Hired and trained team members. Developed and sustained relationships with managers and staff of cross-functional departments to expedite logistics.Accomplishments:Reduced costs by 30% by increasing efficiency of short-haul fleets by lane analysis and optimization. Developed new standard operating procedures (SOP) format for multiple facilities, and created transportation SOPs for several processing plants and third-party cold storage sites. Resolved transportation and logistical issues by building open lines of communication (24-hour availability) with customers, vendors, buyers, plant managers, production planners, shipping managers and sales leaders.