Mike Bain
National Freight & Logistics Manager at Fraserway RV- Claim this Profile
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Paul Thibeault
Mike is a dedicated manager who welcomes challenges where he can find unique ways of overcoming them. A good people person, his wealth of experience provides a strong foundation on which to build a successful career with your organisation.
Paul Thibeault
Mike is a dedicated manager who welcomes challenges where he can find unique ways of overcoming them. A good people person, his wealth of experience provides a strong foundation on which to build a successful career with your organisation.
Paul Thibeault
Mike is a dedicated manager who welcomes challenges where he can find unique ways of overcoming them. A good people person, his wealth of experience provides a strong foundation on which to build a successful career with your organisation.
Paul Thibeault
Mike is a dedicated manager who welcomes challenges where he can find unique ways of overcoming them. A good people person, his wealth of experience provides a strong foundation on which to build a successful career with your organisation.
Experience
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Fraserway RV
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Canada
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Leisure, Travel & Tourism
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100 - 200 Employee
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National Freight & Logistics Manager
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Mar 2022 - Present
Lead a team of drivers to pick up and deliver motor homes , trailers from across the country to the dealerships. Prepare trucks to be sold. Create SOPs for the department. Ensure all the safety regulations are followed for Canada nad the US. Negotiate carrier contracts. Increased revenue for the department. Lead a team of drivers to pick up and deliver motor homes , trailers from across the country to the dealerships. Prepare trucks to be sold. Create SOPs for the department. Ensure all the safety regulations are followed for Canada nad the US. Negotiate carrier contracts. Increased revenue for the department.
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Monark Media Venture
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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Director Of Operations
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Mar 2021 - Jan 2022
-Lead three warehouse teams in three different countries, UK, USA and Canada - Reduced operating costs and increasing the productivity. - Set up the warehouse to become more Lean efficient. -Lead three warehouse teams in three different countries, UK, USA and Canada - Reduced operating costs and increasing the productivity. - Set up the warehouse to become more Lean efficient.
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Mills Office
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Canada
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Retail Office Equipment
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager
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May 2020 - Dec 2020
Warehouse set-up, inventory control, logistics are a few of the projects that were lead by myself. Assisted the Operations manager in creating the pick paths for the seasonal inventory. Creating locations in the bulk side of the warehouse for more effective picking and to reduce time and space waste. Create locations for product returns as well as a receiving SOP to assist the company policies. With the company sales data, created to new routes for more effective delivery times and reduce the amount of overtime. Sourced out new fleet information to replace the current fleet being used. Set up a PM for all trucks and equipment at a 25% cost savings. Show less
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TST Overland Express
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Canada
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Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
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200 - 300 Employee
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Terminal Manager
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Jan 2019 - May 2020
• Maintain a 95%service rate for both US and domestic freight movement. • Lead a staff of 4 supervisors • Coach a team of 16 tractor drivers • Oversee a fleet of 18 trucks, maintenance • Build a new management team • Increase productivity through KPI’s • Work with the sales reps for BC region • HR duties for the BC region • Sales calls to new and existing customers • One sales team member reporting directly to me • Review and speak to the sales reports for the branch Show less
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Pet Valu
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Canada
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Distribution Facility Manager BC Region
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Jun 2015 - Jan 2019
Lead a team of 55 employees during the regular season. Create a yearly budget. Oversee all the logistics within BC Audit all routes when new stores open to ensure we are delivering on time to our customers. Coach my team to be successful Lead a team of 55 employees during the regular season. Create a yearly budget. Oversee all the logistics within BC Audit all routes when new stores open to ensure we are delivering on time to our customers. Coach my team to be successful
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Pacific Coast Express Limited
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Canada
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Truck Transportation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Operations Manager
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Jun 2014 - Mar 2015
Upon my arrival I Create SOP for warehouse operations in written form. Began to coach team in up coming changes to the freight flow, and reporting procedures. Increased productivity by leading by example. Holding people accountable and empowering the team to assist in moving and treating freight as if it belonged to them. Created documents to track the PPH against the daily hours, to show are progress. Sourced out new maintenance and created a PM system for all equipment in our fleet. Worked the city dispatch desk as well as the north and southbound dispatch desks. Report on revenue +/- for the operations team. Show less
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Day & Ross
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Canada
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Truck Transportation
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700 & Above Employee
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Outbound Manager
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May 2011 - Jun 2014
Supervising a staff of 10 dock workers and three office personal. Ensure freight is crossed docked into outbound trailers to make service in 12 different locations across the country.Maintain and train all Afternoon employees on company policies, forklift training. • Ship avg of 350,000lbs of freight to 12 different destinations each night. •Ensure all inbound trailers are stripped. •Ship out an average of 15-20 trailers each night. •Successfully reduced man hours. •Increase productivity with the outbound team, strip an avg 9500lbs per hr Show less
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Helly Hansen
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Retail Apparel and Fashion
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700 & Above Employee
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Distribution Manager
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Aug 2009 - Sep 2010
• Processed 35,000 Plus units weekly while managing 12,000 SKU’s to supply appropriate product to over 500 plus locations as well as single customers. • Developed operating budget for Distribution center based on detailed forecasts and managed Distribution center to operate effectively within the operating budget. • Designed an employee productivity improvement program that resulted in a 35% increase in productivity. • Redesigned the warehouse floor plan to better the flow of the operations. • Created documentation for the SOP. Show less
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DHL
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Germany
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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700 & Above Employee
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Gateway Manager
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Aug 1999 - Apr 2009
• Successfully managed 2 facilities, one air operations and the other ground operations with 80 plus employees and 3 supervisors. • Researched and planning the most appropriate route for a shipment taking account of the cost, transit time and security. • Ensuring appropriate packing for shipments travelling through the network, delivery and warehousing of goods at their final destination upon clearance from CBSA. • Arranged all the, training, supplies, outfitting the warehouse for import / export operations, created SOP’s for the building operations as well as the bond cage. • Built a strong professional relationship with Canada Customs, RCMP, Transport Canada, Homeland security by following their guidelines as well as assisting them whenever they need our help. • Negotiated contracts, transportation and handling costs. • Arranged charters for large volume, out-of-gauge or project movements by air and ground. Show less
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