Ruth Richards Email and Phone Number

Manage loading department, truck maintenance and over the road drivers. In charge of the driver safety and training program, all vehicle registrations, driver logs, driver payroll, quarterly IFTA taxes, fuel programs, oversize permits, created freight program, and all aspects of transportation following the DOT guidelines. Proficient with Qualcomm/Omnitracs. Work with production to coordinate completion of boats for on time delivery. Coordinate bookings for all International shipments. Trained as a lean facilitator to guide lean meetings to reduce cost and improve flow of work. Trained employees on 5S, and implemented 5S to all areas in my charge. Key team member in the implementation of our new Epicor system. Created BAQ's and Crystal Reports for Production, Quality Control, and Transportation. Assisted others as needed.

Thorough knowledge of oversize load restrictions, permitting and laws. Served as liaison and helped implement transportation software for order tracking, driver dispatch and payroll, increasing backhaul revenue and reducing empty miles. Handled all training for the transportation software. Proven record of completing deliveries on schedule. Dispatch loads from various locations, finding and matching backhauls to loads. Dispatch approximately 145 drivers from four locations. Transport, configure and plan loads for shipment making efficient/economical sense of the company’s transport and arrange sub-contract transportas required. Organized shipments of boats, unloading and reloading of Genmar dealer meeting boats from 12 Genmar boat companies. Worked dual roles with Genmar Transportation and Wellcraft Marine for approximately five years.

Dispatch drivers and coordinate delivery to dealers. Supervise loading crew, configure loads for shipment. Created and maintained points system for configuring loads to trailers. Created production control tracking charges to access where product is on the line. Maintained all production control reports, prepared scheduling for lamination. Created and maintained orders. Invoicing and billing of product to customer. Bills of lading, shipping documents and NAFTA documents for delivery of boats to customers.

Worked in Construction Field Office handling correspondence and liaison between County and E.R.C. head office. Operate site office and prepare/maintain progress reports to head office management. Carry out all clerical office functions including time sheets, and maintaining records, and general office duties. Also responsible for the preparation of financial accounts, expense reports and petty cash.

Responsible for the validation and accuracy of end of day reports. Monitor all customer reservations in and out including tour groups and individual block reservations. Examine and authorize night auditor’s schedule.

Seconded from the Military to the Civil Service to establish and operate data base system for the monitoring and maintenance of all pay/expense documents. Arrange seminars to advise Military troops involved in Desert Strom operation of the pay entitlement and to process and maintain their pay during this period. Travel voucher examiner computing and processing travel claims for payment. Assisted in establishing a database system to maintain easy accessibility of documents to be processed.

Received training in the Military as a Food Service Specialist responsible for the preparation of menus, ordering and stocking of all perishable and packed /canned foods. To establish and maintain field sites ensuring the minimum stock levels and strategic location.