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Responsible for managing a team of Load Planners that plan and assign loads to HGT trucks and make rail route selections within an assigned geographical territory.Other duties included:*Market Planning and Optimization—including effective use of trucks and other equipment.*Meeting customer service requirements*Minimizing cost and maximizing efficiencies*Local implementation of OTM software and training of LPMs at other terminals

Managing local and regional planning and dray operations until the operation grew to the need for a separate local and regional planner. Now primarily regional planner and dray manager.*Allocate dray work based on service, price and capacity.*Drive out cost with dray carriers by improving efficiencies and increasing negotiations.*Solve service issues with dray carriers and shippers/receivers.*Evaluate area and maximize profitability through touring.*Maximize equipment utilization.*Communicate service issues/failures; and customer.*Work with Fleet Manager's on meeting driver needs, i.e.: safety training, maintenance, time off.*Helped set up driver schedule with Regional Ops Manager to balance the capacity with the freight and lower dray cost.

Responsible for the direct management and supervision of 35-45 drivers including:DOT compliance, company compliance, payroll, driver retention, safety and delivery of freight safely and legally.*Assigned and monitored loads to ensure safe and on-time service.*Maintained the Company's safety culture sending daily messages, conducting safety training, and quarterly safety classes.*Responsible for scheduling, routing, payroll, driver counseling, accident reviews, scheduling of equipment maintenance. *Adding and maintaining relationships with dray partners.

Managed payroll, scheduling, accounts payable/receivable, and inventory for the Memphis terminal.

Oversaw all operations of the Memphis Weyerhauser Dedicated flatbed account on site.*Managed 12 drivers including: weekly payroll, safety, securement training *Ensured smooth operations and customer service with load planning, truck routing and communications between our customer and their direct customers. *Negotiated and secured specialized dray partners to meet customer's extra needs.*Completed timely and accurate customer billing.*Performed monthly forecasting.

Responsible for the direct management and supervision of 35-45 drivers including:DOT compliance, company compliance, payroll, driver retention, safety and delivery of freight safely and legally.*Assigned and monitored loads to ensure safe and on-time service.*Maintained the Company's safety culture sending daily messages, conducting safety training, and quarterly safety classes.*Responsible for scheduling, routing, payroll, driver counseling, accident reviews, scheduling of equipment maintenance.

Responsible for 40-50 drivers. Including all aspects of safety management, DOT and Company compliance, performance improvement, work comp, payroll, claims, and customer service.*Was responsible for scheduling 40-50 drivers slip seating 35 to 40 trucks. *Monitored freight movement to ensure safe, on-time service and meeting customer requirements.* Responsible for scheduling, routing, payroll, driver counseling, accident reviews, scheduling of equipment maintenance.

Primary responsibility in this role was asset utilization as Tractor Manager for the West Memphis Operating Center, which included managing 10 fuel desk attendants and 8 driver instructors, scheduling, payroll, performance appraisals/improvement, fuel and company store inventory, customer service, and the scheduling of all safety training.

Managed workflow of scheduled, non-scheduled, preventative, and emergency maintenance for 20 mechanics.*Scheduled B service slots*Managed payroll and accounts payable/receivable.*Managed supply inventory and ordering.

Responsible for entering all work orders descriptions, parts used and time for each job that came thru the West Memphis Shop. Including mechanic time cards.