Experience

Corrugated Supplies Company

• United States
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Shipping Manager

  • Sep 2019 - Present



Freedom Corrugated

• Hazleton, PA

• Logistics Mgr

  • Feb 2014 - Sep 2019

  • Direct shipping and receiving department as we average 80 loads per day • Manage in-bound roll stock to ensure accurate inventory levels and maintain needed stock • Work with customer service and scheduler to guarantee on time deliveries. • Increased on-time deliveries by five percent from 95% to over 99%. • Improved trailer utilization from 140 msf to an average of 175 msf. • Enhanced the flow of work to enable us to increase shipments from 180,000 msf to over 200,000 msf per month. • Decreased Roll Stock Inventory from $10 million/month to $9 million per month. • Assisted with decreasing waste by .5. • Conducted research to address shipping errors and packaging mistakes. • Reviewed established business practices and improved processes to increase efficiencies and reduce expense without compromising customer service levels. • Built continuous improvement culture that attracted and retained high-performing employees while reducing costs. Show less



Rock-Tenn Company

• Hazleton, PA 18201

• Logisitics/Customer Serivce Mgr

  • Aug 2011 - Feb 2014

  • Manage daily transportation activities, shipping department and all customer service issues. • Lead production planning team to achieve performance excellence. • Direct shipping/receiving personnel in executing inbound and outbound freight deliveries and shipments on 3 shifts including general supervision, scheduling, and performance evaluations. • Inventory Management - complete cycle counting and full inventory on finished goods. • Customer Service - manage customer service representative to ensure constant communication with customers, brokers and sales staff for orders, deliveries and invoicing to ensure positive interaction. • Generate production schedule for 3 shifts to ensure customer demands are sustained. • Manage and schedule all transportation carriers and freight forwarders including all document preparation and delivery appointments. • Plan shipping loads with make to order inventory. • Lead the Production Planning Pillar, or team, to main stream the process flow from production to delivery to the customer while eliminating waste. • Order raw materials using tools developed to provide min/max and PFEP. • Assist in teaching and evaluating "sister" plants the performance excellence procedures. Show less



Johns Manville

• Hazle Township, PA

• Transportation Supervisor

  • Aug 2000 - Aug 2011

  • Supervise eight (8) drivers and one (1) inventory analyst, establish and coordinate daily transportation activities, investigate inventory questions. • Correct, adjust and confirm advanced ship notices. • Ensure DOT regulations and policies are complied with and enforced. • Monitor and approve tractor and trailer repairs and preventive maintenance. • Oversee cycle counts and inventory adjustment. • SAP Super user who assisted in training "sister" plants. • Monitored and maintained high level of on-time delivery reliability service and performance • Managed all aspects of daily delivery, including routing, driver supervision and DOT compliance. • Attained compliance with DOT regulations by maintaining driver qualifications files. permits and equipment files. • Applied interpersonal and customer service skills in serving as point of contact for customers and staff on subjects such as delivery appointments and utilization of trailer Show less