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Charlotte, Nc, Us

Harrells, North Carolina, United States

Establish and maintain strong business relationships with customers while partnering to better understand needs and business objectives. Lead all customer communications in order to exceed expectations, grow business and increase ROI for our partners. Develop CRM, internal pipeline and project management platform for reporting up and downstream. Penetrate and sell in to target vertical markets including all transportation lines of business.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Generate trusted partnerships with new and existing customers to expand business with customers based in the Carolinas and Virginias. Develop tailored strategies and business with key customers in my region. Drive and exceed all established metrics regarding sales calls, appointments, and discussions. Stay current on market conditions and pricing and appropriately adjust strategies. Assist with all lines of business sales, opportunities, and operations. Drive excellent service to my customer base and provide creative solutions to any needs.

Wilkesboro, Nc

Sales, Customer service, Corporate liaison. Strong relationship development focused. Designed and implemented the first true cross-company business delivering emergency freight for high profile customer. Took customer from 23rd largest to 5 largest for Swift in 2 years. Participation in daily planning and operational functions with heavy emphasis on developing strengths and direction in order to achieve alignment between customer and carrier. Using my expertise of customer service practices, I provide recommendations for best fit and applicable transportation solutions. I serve as a daily extension of sales to expand business revenue by exploring all dedicated, rail and logistics opportunity with customer. Conduct meetings and negotiations to expand all lines of business by listening to needs and directional ideas of my customer and developing and offering ever changing creative solutions.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

High profile project management utilizing kaizen and lean six sigma methods. Manage and develop fleet of drivers handling company special and quick reaction projects for the Western U.S. Recruit and retain best in class drivers who are highly adaptable and motivated to succeed. Lead peak season dedicated operations in Western United States for equipment delivery to include customer service, planning, dispatch, driver leadership. Employee development and goal setting. Tackle start-up customers from ordering equipment to final delivery. Ensure best use of company trailer assets by managing customer trailer pools. Meeting with customers and company sales department to reach goals set with customer on company equipment use. Seek out missed revenue opportunities and present them to customer and management. Analyze equipment use and reduce empty miles. Develop and Beta test new systems and procedures working with fleet and company upper management. Work closely with network engineering to increase revenue on equipment. Highly skilled in PC and Apple environments as well as multi-platform transportation management software. Process improvement specialist. Lead geo-fencing and geo-navigation team.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Freight brokerage and inside sales. Build team and network of carriers. Analyze market , freight bills, shipment planning, and payments. Build relationships with reliable freight carriers and establish myself as the go to person for all customers shipping and warehousing needs. Work with company sales to cover surge freight with 3rd party carriers.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Brought in as a new group who received extensive training and assisted in developing a new Team Planning program for the company. Plan and dispatch team trucks on expedited freight across the country. Assisted in recovering freight that was running behind or from broken down trucks across the country to meet on time service. Developed a recruiting plan with leadership to assist in growing team trucks and growing expedited freight with customers to get trucks more miles. Succeeded in growing team trucks from 3000 miles per week to well over 5000 miles per week. Created plan to improve service in my region for high profile customers by developing lanes that put trucks in the right areas in advance. Recognized by Hobby Lobby for improving service from 62 percent to 98 percent in 1 month.

Goodyear, Arizona

I enjoyed an excellent career in Law Enforcement where I was able to be involved in many specialty teams and special operations. Consistently going above and beyond the call of duty to provide my skills and knowledge anywhere I could. My goal is to tackle any task and take any assignment so I could gain as much knowledge and experience as possible and become the "Go to Guy". I was recognized by numerous staff and leadership for my situational awareness and ability to handle escalating situations with a calm and collective manner. Was appointed shift lead for the Complex Detention Unit, handling all the highest level and mental health inmates. Also worked the Complex Special Management Area handling maximum custody inmates. I was lead instructor for the fabrication shop where I handled training inmates as well as handling all the fabrication and special projects for the prison. In this position I was awarded Employee of the Quarter. During this tenure I was able to use my spare time to teach inmates in the Motorpool basic mechanical skills as well as help the Motorpool staff get needed transport and staff vehicles back on the road. Investigations and research expert, specializing geo-location and online investigations. Spent time across Arizona handling complex investigations and negotiations. Member of Tactical Response Team, Search and Rescue Certified, Firearms Instructor, Self Defense Instructor, Staff Instructor, Taser Instructor, ICE certified, FEMA certified.

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing, 3.96

Activities and Societies: Golden Key Honors Society, Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society, Deans List.Working on my Bachelors in Marketing

Associates Of Arts, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, 4.0

Software Engineering