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• Successfully managed team of 83 union company truck drivers delivering to over 100 Pick n Save stores throughout the state of Wisconsin.• Appointed member of Behavior Risk Improvement (BRI) team focusing on providing employees with the skills to influence behaviors of others, measure the effects, and sustain improvements.• Implemented driver ride-a-long program to improve relationship between distribution center and stores.• Achieved transportation period budget goals for 14-month period.• Achieved 293-day period with no reportable driver accidents.• Routed and dispatched all outbound freight to Wisconsin and Chicago markets in the most cost-effectively while meeting on-time delivery.• Ensured load factor goals were met on daily basis using Manugistics.• Created and implemented all driver daily schedules, entered weekly driver payroll, and effectively addressed driver concerns and complaints.• Performed driver hiring interviews and managed all DOT yearly physicals.• Tracked driver location, on-time delivery, DOT breaks and available individual driver hours through PeopleNet.• Scheduled, assigned and tracked on-time delivery for third party carriers delivering product to Chicago Market.• Worked closely with warehouse supervisors and associates to ensure exceptional load quality.• Managed all incoming backhaul freight and cross-trained in all department job duties.

• Lead, managed, and trained 85-170 production employees on a daily basis.• Created and implemented daily engineering plan for workforce and production.• Responsible for building routes, maintaining sorter function, and building routing templates.• Successfully worked with Operations Management and carriers to ensure highest level of service provided to hub and its customers through load quality and load factor goals.• Performed daily parcel pallet audits to eliminate missorted packages and poor pallet quality.• Received Logistics Manager of the Year Award 2011 and Operations Manager of the Year Award 2009.• Three-time recipient of FedEx Purple Promise Award for exceeding customers’ expectations, for going beyond the call of duty, and setting an example for others to follow.• Selected as one of 4 managers to facilitate the training and startup of new FedEx SmartPost facilities in Atlanta GA, October 2009 and Detroit MI, December 2010.

• Identified profitable delivery opportunities in the small package delivery market through research and analysis.• Monitored reporting to evaluate and better manage transportation costs within hubs and regions.• Responsible for negotiating contracts with USPS and other carriers for pickup and delivery.• Managed hub relationships as well as carrier relationships: Detroit MI, Indianapolis IN, Grove City OH, and Martinsburg, WV.

• Managed transportation with company fleet and broker carriers; planning, scheduling, routing of materials, setting up appointments, tracking shipments, confirming deliveries, and providing information for billing department.• Responsible for meeting all external and internal customer deadlines while finding most cost-effective way to pick up and deliver all product.• Worked extensively with internal teams such as Sales, Corporate Purchasing, Corporate CSR’s and CRT (Ink Division).• Worked with many LTL carriers and breakbulk facilities including Yellow, Conway, FedEx, ABF, Atlantic and Freight Systems.• Appointed Lean Initiative Lead of Quad Transportation Department. Responsibilities included 6S Presentations; how to apply 6S to everyday business functions. Created Lean Bulletin Board to track waste management and shared best practices within company-inspired lean initiatives.