Linda Reed
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402-***-**** or 402-***-**** / *********@***.***
Work History
Meyer Natural Angus, Transportation Manager - 07-08 to 05-11
Coordinate long haul refer trucking for delivery to customer locations and
shipping lines; TL, LTL. Arranging 150 loads weekly to various
destinations. Detail orientated and ethical values. Reduced shipping costs
year over year. Analyzed LTL, truckload and multi drop lanes to optimize
routing and expense. Liaison between distribution warehouse and production
facilities to ensure product available. Strong working relationships with
carriers. Logistics Management. Freight consolidation. Carrier Management.
Negotiate pricing. Weekly warehouse inventory.
FSI Nutrition, Purchasing - 10-07 to 06-08
Purchase over 450 ingredients, packaging, labels, containers, closures from
over 50 vendors. Coordinate long haul trucking (LTL) to ensure just in
time receiving for production. Negotiate pricing. Tracking costs and
recommendations on cost savings. Monthly warehouse inventory.
BHJUSA, Logistics Coordinator - 6-06 to 10-07
Coordinate long haul refer trucking for delivery to customer locations and
shipping lines. Prepare documents for USDA for overseas of raw material,
Coordination of Import with Customs Brokers, shipping lines, forwarders,
suppliers and customers. Negotiate pricing. Imports and exports. Tracking
costs and recommendations on cost savings. Shipping schedules internal and
external.
ZIMMER/DAVIS, Administration Assistant -12-05 to 6-06
Office coordinating between sales and warehouse, Inventory control,
ordering, shipping and receiving of medical supplies. Phone customer
service calls, billing, pricing per volume discount.
CORPORATE EXPRESS, Delivery Supervisor - 9-03 to 12-05
Supervision of 5 delivery drivers, reviews, warehouse inventory, ordering,
updating spreadsheets, manage for profit per delivery, communications with
sales personnel on furniture and supply orders. Efficient in Microsoft
Excel and Word, specialty in report evaluation.
APPLIED UNDERWRITERS, Facilities/Office Manager - 10-00 to 5-03
Maintain office for 250 employees including 5 direct reports, vehicle
maintenance, purchasing of all office supplies, computers and printed
material, negotiating contracts, vending machines, hiring, training and
security access. Maintain inventory of 2 offsite storage facilities,
subleased office space and 4 corporate apartments. Time management in a
face paced office environment.
FEDEX, Operations Manager - 2-90 to 8-00
Efficiency Manager. Manager of the Quarter 8 times. Safety Coordinator.
Route design. Direct supervision of 25 employees to include reviews,
performance ratings and D.O.T. records. Scheduling of all (130) employees,
utilizing and updating Functional Operational Plan. Knowledge of both
inbound and outbound freight, ensuring a 99.75% scan compliance.
Interviewing, hire and train new employees. Analyze data for daily, weekly,
monthly and trend reports. Straight Truck Class 'B' CDL. Forklift
Qualified. Train new hires. Voted by peers for Spirit Award.
Education- 1984 to 1987
Iowa Western Community College; Associates Degree in Business
Administration