Stan Harmon Email & Phone Number

Bentonville, Ar

Pineville, Mo

• Proactive daily management and coordination of freight.• Negotiate freight rates and book loads with carriers.• Schedule pick-up and delivery appointment times • Track and Trace all loads.• Build, Maintain and Evaluate Carrier Relationships.• Work Closely with, and Support, Sales Team efforts.• Communicate with Carrier and Shippers to effectively deliver freight.• Maintain up-to-date data in TMS.• Screen carriers for proper authority, insurance, safety requirements – maintain proper paperwork.• The ability to stay in touch with carriers outside of office and normal office hours. • Multiple years of proven success in the broker/3pl industry.• Ability to effectively influence others• Current and transferable carrier relationships.• Strong Negotiation and Problems Solving skills.• Strong verbal and written communication skills• Professionalism, energy, motivation, and integrity• Excellent understanding of freight rates and load boards• Strong organization skills: Proven ability to multi-task and prosper in a fast paced an ever changing environment.

• Managed all communication to and from the customer on a daily basis. • Work as intermediary for communication between customer and their operations teams and the Crane Worldwide network.• Available to the customer for escalation 24 hours a day, seven days a week. • Worked with the Crane Worldwide operations teams to provide tracking information as requested by the customer. • Escalated all exceptions to the customer immediately upon discovery.• Completed and submit root cause and corrective action analysis for any exceptions.• Communicate/dispatch all pickups to the applicable Crane Worldwide origin teams.• Communicate/dispatch all brokerage and deliveries to the applicable Crane Worldwide destination teams.• Communicate/manage all quote requests received from the customer and assure they are returned to the customer in the time in which is stated by the customer it is needed or within 24 hours. i. Send quotes to the origin/destination teams as required assembling net rates. ii. Assure responses are received in a timely manner. iii. Complete the final quote and generate the sell rate/applicable margin. • Manage all customer requests and assure that the proper people within the Crane Worldwide network are involved and follow up until completed.• Work with operations teams to confirm shipment status with all Crane Worldwide locations assuring that all shipment milestones are being met within the amount of time required to make the stated transit commitment.

Bentonville, Ar

• Executed strategies for category adjacencies in stores by understanding merchant strategies; analyzing category space productivity; and considering limitations different store formats and sizes.• Contributes to the execution of store layout best practices (for example, business tools or processes) to improve department effectiveness• Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans• Develops merchandise space recommendations• Executes space allocation strategies• Executes space optimization projects• Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity• Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions

Responsible for managing major multiple accounts to achieve efficient and profitable sales of the company’s products to targeted levels. Includes supervising, leading, and assisting sales personnel in selling the product line to targeted markets as well as establishing and executing required sales plans. Formulated plans, goals, and objectives to optimize existing accounts and prospects. Create proposals, negotiate agreements, establishing pricing and maintain a strong overall relationship with customers. Interface with other departments as needed to support customer accounts and resolve any issues that may arise.

Bentonville, Ar

• Increased sales volume • Increased Profitability • Decreased Inventory• Reduced Sku’s • Responsible for exceeding departmental financial goals in terms of sales,• Successfully implemented and executed the approved merchandise plan • Meeting with all key vendors on a monthly basis to negotiate product• Preparing weekly sales and inventory analysis by subcategory• Evaluating future plans twelve months out, season by season,• Utilizing COE to determine category trends, adjusting flow revisions,• monitoring buy/cancel and markdown actions• Effectively managing SKU balance, product selection, package design and inventory flow to all clubs.