DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION
Career Path – Strong front line management experience gained working in the transportation and supply chain industry at various levels of the business leading to Director level.
Business Operations – Offers outstanding business, technical, and people management skills. Well-versed in all documentation and procedures specific to logistics and freight forwarding.
Performance Management – Solid financial acumen and ability to develop procedures to track, measure business performance and to develop best-in-class practices to drive improvements.
KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE
* Organizational & operational efficiency
* Staff training & development
* Safety management
* Budget planning & implementation
* Best practices & process improvement
* Key performance indicators
* Regulatory compliance
* Sales management / vendor relations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Transportation Company of Township, US 2002 – Present
DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION
- Provide outstanding leadership to ensure the efficient flow of trucking operations through fleet management of 45 trucks and leadership of a transportation team of 18 transportation coordinators, inspectors, loaders, freight forwarders, and drivers.
- Slash annual freight costs through judicious management of operations.
- Institute best practices and cost-containment initiatives designed to increase labor productivity and reduce incidents of employee injuries and cargo damage.
- Implement key performance indicators to stimulate financial performance.
- Improve service delivery working with cross-functional supply chain operators.
- Work collaboratively with sales force to ensure account acquisition and growth.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on market trends to identify business risks.
- Compile monthly reports to track carrier performance and labor expenses.
- Hold weekly review meetings to discuss financial performance.
- Develop action plans to identify root cause of issues and develop immediate and long-term solutions and repeatable practices to prevent recurring problems.
- Build relationships with vendors such as carriers, shippers, and FF agents.
- Implements the use of a performance scorecard to track business operations.
EDUCATION
University of The Township
Bachelors Degree in Logistics
COMPUTER SKILLS
MRP and ERP Systems ; MS Word and Excel