Virginia Johns

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Houston, TX *7063

832-***-****

acuumk@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To be an active employee who contributes to the Mission, Vision, and Values of the company, and to interact, on a professional level with other employees. To give excellent performance, and to translate my experience, knowledge, skills and abilities into value for the organization.

Profile

Multi-Talented U.S. Military Veteran with Domestic Freight; Inventory Control; Supply Technician; Shipping and Receiving experience seeking a position in which my knowledge, skills, and abilities can be utilized toward meeting company goals and expectations.

Flexible and versatile – Poised and competent with demonstrated ability to easily transcend cultural differences. Thrive in deadline-driven environments. Excellent team-building skills.

Skills Summary

Domestic Freight/ Transportation

Shipping and Receiving

Inventory Control

Customs Inspector

Customer Service

Fluent in English and Spanish

Great organizational skills

Microsoft Office

Professional Experience

Domestic Freight Coordinator

•Negotiate Domestic freight rates to find the best cost effective mode of transportation.

•Schedule and coordinate all domestic shipping and receiving freight using various mode of transportation such as LTL, FTL, Intermodal, FedEx, UPS and many more.

•Follow-up with tracking & tracing of Domestic shipments to final destinations.

•Work closely with warehouse staff, shipping companies and clients to follow up on freight with all freight transactions.

•Maintain reports such as Packing List, Commercial Invoices, and Bill of lading.

•Conduct on-site audits and inspections on various trucks to ensure compliance.

Shipping Coordinator

•Scheduled and coordinated outbound and inbound shipments.

•Daily meeting and communications within the Shipping/Sales/Production, Operations and Purchasing Departments to assure on time ship and on time delivery.

•Prepared shipping information in AX as well as completes shipping transaction in systems.

•Coordinated Returned Material Authorization (RMA) process with Customers.

•Reviewed open customer orders, create pick list worksheets to efficiently meet the customer shipping

•Coordinated the shipping of freight by contacting appropriate freight carriers.

•Provided freight rates quotes for Sales/Purchasing.

•Participated in production meeting, carrier meetings and new customer meetings.

Freight Coordinator

•Prepared bill of ladings, invoices, packing lists and certificates of origin.

•Scheduled, coordinate and arrange freight and materials movement.

•Monitored and expedited pickups and deliveries.

•Obtained and provided customers freight quotations for shipments in an expedient and effective manner.

•Coordinated special transportation for over-sized shipments.

•Researched various trucking companies to insure the most cost effective carrier for each specific shipment.

Military Customs Inspector

•Performed pre-clearance inspections on cargo including vehicles, major components, and various miscellaneous items requiring compliance with United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

•Conducted inspection on cargo, containers, equipment and vehicles to eliminate the flow of restricted or prohibited articles entering into the United States.

•Confirmed all equipment entering the U.S. met all applicable U.S. Department of Agriculture and Customs Border Agent requirements.

•Seized illegal narcotics and agricultural products found during search.

Supply Technician

•Received, stored, and issued equipment, material, supplies, merchandise, food items, or tools.

•Counted and sorted incoming articles to verify receipt of items as listed on requisitions or invoices.

•Searched catalogs, records, or other data sources to obtain or correct stock numbers or to find authorized substitutes for stock items.

•Contacted customers, supply organizations, transportation units, and others to obtain material status information, follow up on urgently required items, and/or expedite delivery of material to work sites.

•Issued material to shop or work center personnel for job completion.

•Maintained local stock records and reorder when stocks are low or at a specified reorder point.

Employment History

GAC Energy & Marine Services – Houston, TX

Domestic Freight Coordinator, 2015 to present

New Process Steel – Houston, TX

Shipping Coordinator, 2014 to 2015

Cap Barbell – Houston, TX

Freight Coordinator, 2013 to 2014

United States Navy – APO, AE

Military Customs Inspector, 2012 to 2013

Unites States Navy–APO, AE

Supply Technician, 2009-2010

Education

Colorado Technical University – Colorado Springs, CO

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, 2009

GPA: 3.11

Military Skills

Served 4 years of Honorable active duty service as an Electrician Apprentice focusing on electrical systems troubleshooting, repairing distribution circuits, running wiring for lights and other equipment; maintaining operating efficiency of distribution panels, switches, switchboards, controllers, voltage regulators, current transformers and voltage transformers. Also served 9 years in the Navy Reserve component working as a Supply Technician providing exceptional customer service in a fast paced environment, ordering, stocking and issuing repair parts, clothing and general supplies utilizing the Navy Supply System and maintaining inventory databases for material stocked in based warehouses. Other duties included paying attention to detail, safety and security awareness, team skills and team building concepts, and multi-tasking and management skills while supporting operations associated with one of the largest teams in the world.

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