Generating leads and attracting new prospects, and developing a sales pipeline.Identifying and selecting reputable and safe carriers for freight services.Negotiating rates with clients and customers to maximise profit. Providing customers with shipping quotes.Booking orders with carriers.Assisting to prepare carriers for loads.Tracking status of loads.Collaborating with shippers, carriers and dispatchers to manage scheduled collections and drop-offs.Keeping… Show more Generating leads and attracting new prospects, and developing a sales pipeline.Identifying and selecting reputable and safe carriers for freight services.Negotiating rates with clients and customers to maximise profit. Providing customers with shipping quotes.Booking orders with carriers.Assisting to prepare carriers for loads.Tracking status of loads.Collaborating with shippers, carriers and dispatchers to manage scheduled collections and drop-offs.Keeping accurate records of relevant activities.Updating customers on the status of shipments, and assisting with other inquiries.Maintaining current knowledge of market trends in transportation marketplace. Show less

Responsible for managing the execution, direction and coordination of all transportation matters within the organisation. This includes organising schedules and routes and ensuring that vehicles have routine checks to ensure they meet legal requirements. I was also responsible for the drivers, ensuring they are aware of their duties along with dealing directly with the customers, taking bookings and chasing old and current payments. An important part to my role was the purchasing… Show more Responsible for managing the execution, direction and coordination of all transportation matters within the organisation. This includes organising schedules and routes and ensuring that vehicles have routine checks to ensure they meet legal requirements. I was also responsible for the drivers, ensuring they are aware of their duties along with dealing directly with the customers, taking bookings and chasing old and current payments. An important part to my role was the purchasing materials for our concrete drivers and ensuring stock is always available for them if required at short notice, along with arranging disposal of different waste with different companies, to ensure cost was kept at a minimum and that our yard is constantly being cleared of different wastes in a cost effective manner. Show less

Plan and establish work schedules and assignments for all maintenance technicians to ensure each job has been completed. Increased the profitability by 40% on the daily rounds by changing each of the 320 rounds by cutting down travel time between each call. Manage the needs of 23 staff on a daily basis, such as amending rounds where needs be and providing them with everything they need for the following day. Work closely with the customers to meet their requirements and arrange… Show more Plan and establish work schedules and assignments for all maintenance technicians to ensure each job has been completed. Increased the profitability by 40% on the daily rounds by changing each of the 320 rounds by cutting down travel time between each call. Manage the needs of 23 staff on a daily basis, such as amending rounds where needs be and providing them with everything they need for the following day. Work closely with the customers to meet their requirements and arrange booking times etc. By having strong Microsoft skills, I built a new Task Planner so that this can be used across numerous departments and can be updated by different people, which as a result has saved the business approximately 15 hours of work per week. Show less

Effective order processing, identifying abnormal demands with forecasters, such as trends in order volumes. Key reason to do this is to ensure stock is made as close as possible to order to prevent stock at risk.Distributing stock where forecasted and allocating any remaining store accordingly to prevent stock waste.Daily awareness of transport PRS schedule, and FTA updates. Ensure pallet loads are communicated to transport to ensure trailer allocation is sufficient to fulfil… Show more Effective order processing, identifying abnormal demands with forecasters, such as trends in order volumes. Key reason to do this is to ensure stock is made as close as possible to order to prevent stock at risk.Distributing stock where forecasted and allocating any remaining store accordingly to prevent stock waste.Daily awareness of transport PRS schedule, and FTA updates. Ensure pallet loads are communicated to transport to ensure trailer allocation is sufficient to fulfil delivery.Working hand in hand with the warehouse team on load times to prioritise trailer tipping to reduce short deliveries to customers.Ensure effective EPD changeovers by providing clear, timely communication.Pro-actively notify customers/commercial / CSCM’s on all product availability issues affecting customer service level.Attend required daily/weekly conference calls /contribute to daily team service review/ monthly team meetings /integrated operations projects Show less

Maintaining and increasing sales of our company's productsReaching the targets and goals set for the south areaEstablishing, maintaining and expanding our customer baseServicing the needs of our existing customersDeveloping sales strategies and setting targetsCollecting customer feedback and market researchKeeping up to date with products and competitorsDevelops specific plans to ensure revenue growth in all company’s products.