Operations Manager, Shipping, Transportation Resume St Petersburg, FL - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Seasoned Operations Professional wif extensive Warehouse & Transportation management experience in fast - paced, deadline-driven operations.
Track record of increasing productivity & customer satisfaction wif cost reduction, safety, and meticulous record keeping.
Well respected leader who leads by example wif a keen attention to detail and a “can do” attitude. Team player wif excellent communication and interpersonal leadership skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, St Petersburg, FL

Operations Manager, Shipping, Transportation

Responsibilities:

Managing a diverse operations team consisting of order processing, pallet building, shipping, truck loading, and product delivery to a specified customer base
Managing 46 total employees. Duties include, but are not limited to; assigning employee schedules, tracking & correcting timekeeping hours, and hiring and training new employees
Training & teaching employees on new safety seminars, as well as conducting annual safety trainings and developing safety manuals
Enforcing safety Standard Operating Procedures
Ensuring 100% DOT/OSHA compliance
Completing daily reports and preparing spreadsheets to manage data
Inherited 18% overtime pay; envisioned and implemented a plan which reduced overtime to a single digit percentage and kept it there for 11 months.
Established a Shipping department which greatly reduced the overtime hours in the Customer Service Center as well as the overall daily pallet building and truck loading procedures.
Lowered delivery cost per case from $2.63 to $2.46 (6.5%) and has held it there for over 4 months.

Confidential, Lakeland, FL

Senior Router

Responsibilities:

Integral part of a four person routing team
Processed daily orders using company platform and assigned orders and drivers to specific routes
Ensured DOT compliance
Reported driver times
Completed daily reports and prepared spreadsheets to manage data
Enforced safety Standard Operating Procedures
Trainer for newly assigned personnel to Routing / Logistics Department.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Operations/Driver Supervisor

Responsibilities:

Processed & Scheduled daily orders to be assigned to specific customer routes utilizing company platform
Managed 34 employees. Duties included, but were not limited to; assigning employee schedules, enforcing safety SOPs, and ensuring DOT compliance
Reconciled inventory returns, reviewed and corrected all documents
Reported timekeeping hours
Completed daily reports and prepared spreadsheets to manage data

Confidential, Savage, MD

Operations Manager, Scheduling, Routing, Complianc

Responsibilities:

Managed comprehensive operations team
Lead a team of subordinate warehouse/transportation supervisors
Performed route audits
Enforced safety SOPs
Scheduled on time warehouse productivity, delivery statistics, & scheduled routes
Hired and trained Employees
Conducted observations & reports
Inspected MHE equipment/vehicles
Ensured DOT/OSHA compliance

Confidential, Dover, FL

Route Analyst / Transportation Supervisor

Responsibilities:

Initially a route analyst responsible for planning & scheduling routes, pickups, deliveries, and tracking personnel hours
Coordinated three major reroutes
Promoted to supervisor over the transportation department
Oversaw all daily shipping and receiving, routing, DOT compliance, and equipment & fleet maintenance
US Air Force 21 years- aircraft armament systems craftsman
managing maintenance
critical weapons systems
tracking equipment and personnel
coordinating armament system reconfigurations
supervising 20+ personnel
Received Commendation Medal for Outstanding Achievement.