Transportation and Supply Chain Manager

• Manage Flow of all donated foods, including the movement and storage of raw materials, work in process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
•  Maintain all statistic information and records sufficient to maintain and/or improve production capacity.
•  Responsible for all human resource procedures within the department.
•  Directly manage all drivers, dock workers, leads, dispatchers, supervisors and the donation manager.
• Responsible for all departmental safety, security and loss prevention measures.
•  Sources leads and new vendors for after-market products, communicates terms, finance and ensure payment.
• Oversees and maintains compliance regarding DOT, OSHA, and the EPA.
• Conducts and oversees the life cycle analyses ti determine environmental impacts of products, processes and systems.
• Identify and implemented new recycled materials and vendors of materials to minimize waste and covert into revenue.

• Developed a lower cost final mile solution for white glove deliveries.
•  Implemented specific SOPS to meet customer requirements, such as customized transportation metrics
•  Assign work, set completion dates, review work, and manage performance in accordance with organizational policies, procedures, and performance management processes
•  Ensured staff met or exceeded expectations.
• Ensure proper staffing by department and shift. Oversee employees' attendance and time management.
•  Establish regular reporting and auditing of warehouse functions as well as 3pl warehouses established for overflow.
• Supervised drivers and couriers to ensure they meet customer demands.
• Communicate clear goals and objectives. Provides specific performance feedback to associates as required.
• Achieve safety goals for the department and the Company.
• Delivered effective change leadership, while encouraging existing staff of ongoing changes.
• Negotiated transportation rates and measured service performed based on cost per mile.

Brokerage and Operations Manager

• Lead the daily activities of 49 employees, focusing on meeting customer needs in 3 separate hubs (Miami, Chicago and Los Angeles)
• Ensured 3 days service for all three lanes, everyday of the week, preplanned brokered trucks, personnel, and customer follow through using historic patterns of shipping and developing weaker lanes to ensure utilization of trucks.
• Developed a separate market (Chicago) to bolster GP, and Revenue from a sagging South American economy.
• Improved GP overall by over 10% by enacting GRI's and cutting cost in brokered trucks.
• Redesigned the warehouse staff hours to ensure maximum benefit by looking at historic patterns of late freight, cut overall overtime in both Los Angeles and Miami.
• Maintained a safe, organized and productive work environment using lean principles.
• Responsible for resolving issues related to shipping and inventory discrepancies (Claims).
• Established & maintained relationships with transportation suppliers and key business partners.

Director of Operations

• Directly responsible for operations for the Domestic product in Southern California and Northern Mexico.
• Managed a staff of 12 direct reports (nonunion office), indirectly managed 98 union (Teamsters) employees
• Ensured we meet and exceeded KPI's.
• Produced process flowcharts for various customers, Direct sales with very large multi-faceted clients
• End to End operations (womb to tomb) to ensure service quality, investigate and resolve issues, communicate downline and implemented corrective action.


Federal Aviation Administration
Special Agent

• Enforced Federal Regulations on part 121, 135, and 109 air carriers
• Wrote summary evaluations on airport security
• Opened Federal cases against airlines, and individuals in breach of Federal Law.
• Responsible for both terminal 1 and terminal 2 in LAX, Palmdale and Inyokern Airports
• Helped ensure airlines and indirect air carriers met HAZMAT regulations by holding training sessions.

Area Domestic Manager

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