Supply Chain Project Manager

Bert Collins

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Mableton, GA 30126 E-mail: *******@*******.***

Results oriented senior level logistician with extensive leadership

experience - hands on operations, project management, engineering design,

cost/pricing expertise in supporting sales, and implementations background.

I have the skills to design, implement, and operate logistics solutions.

EXPERIENCE

db schenker logistics, Atlanta, GA 2008-

Present

Sr. Manager Transportation

Recruited to correct struggling Transportation Management Operation for

leading industry accounts

. Corrected multiple operations and contracts by re-engineering all

processes from the ground up

. Saved the loss of the largest operating contract and successfully

renegotiated an extension

. Turned the operations around and made profitable

. Implemented Transportation Management System (TMS) and Control Tower

Operation

. Manage contracts & oversee operations for 150M+ transportation spend,

all modes, 1+ K carriers

. Mange team of 15 logisticians and clerical support personnel

. P&L Responsibility - for operating multiple companies transportation

departments

MCA Logistics, Little Rock, AR

2006 - 2008

Director, Engineering and Administration

Dedicated contract carriage division start-up - hands on start up of

operations

. Integral team member in winning and implementing five dedicated fleet

transportation contracts

. Led leadership team through the process of revamping strategic growth

plan

. Provided engineering design and pricing for all new business

opportunities

. Implemented Transportation Management System (TMS)

. Redesigned back office accounting process flows and responsibilities

. Staffed and realigned the Information Technology (IT) Department

. Designed and implement Customer Service Representative (CSR) sales

support organization

. Created cost and pricing method for transactional Truckload and

dedicated contract

. Implemented Customer Relationship Management (CRM) & engineering

optimization system

TNT Logistics, North America, Jacksonville, FL 1996 - 2006

Director, Logistics Solutions (2002 - 2006)

Oversaw a $3.5 million logistics department with a staff of fifty

industrial engineers and logisticians

. Led the development of the logistics solutions department, which

created $153 M in new business in FY 2005, and doubled revenues over

the previous four years

. Oversaw industrial engineers and logisticians in developing solutions

to complex logistics and supply chain problems for new business

development proposals and operating contracts

. Created new revenue channel by introducing logistics and supply chain

consulting

. Managed all human resources/personnel matters including: hiring,

salary administration, training, employee evaluation and development,

and resource allocation

. Grew staff of 20 engineers into a cohesive team of 50 logistics

professionals

. Standardized engineering design tools, methods and processes to

optimize network design, transportation, and warehousing solutions

Manager, Logistics Solutions (1998 - 2002)

. Secured contracts, growing the win rate in converting proposals to

operating contracts to 22.5%

. Developed a new cost model, designed to evaluate the financial value

for new business proposals

. Instituted innovative methods to increase expertise and proficiency of

engineers. Launched Logistics Design University, providing bi-annual

training seminars

. Introduced a competency-based employee evaluation and career

progression program

Senior Engineer, Logistics Solutions (1996 - 1998)

. Advised clients as a logistics & supply chain consultant, identifying

and implementing opportunities to improve existing operations

. Led the engineering solution design, costing, and pricing for three

new accounts valued at $36 M in annual revenue, thereby achieving the

highest success rate in converting bids into new operations

. Designed and implemented logistics and supply chain solutions for

customers, resulting in numerous transportation and/or warehousing

contracts

. Standardized process mapping material flow and information technology

to improve supply chain solutions

Control Module, Inc., Enfield, CT 1994 - 1996

Director, Transportation

Recruited to join sales team following the success of the automation

projects at Roadway Express

. Led project management and sales efforts of information systems and

bar code technology

. Developed systems and processes to provide real time transactional

information for cross-docks and consolidation centers

. Managed product development, contract negotiations and systems

implementations

Roadway Express, Inc., Akron, OH / Rochester, NY 1985 - 1994

Manager, Industrial Engineering, Akron, OH (1992 - 1994)

Direct reports included Industrial Engineers in the operations planning &

engineering department

. Managed the development and implementation of Roadway's Automated

Freight Handling System (AFHS), a $24 million project which leveraged

advanced conveyer and information system technologies to automate the

cross docking of freight

. Realigned resources and assigned tasks, to complete project ahead of

schedule and below budget

Project Manager, Akron, OH (1988 - 1992)

. Spearheaded an $8.5 million Automated Data Collection (ADC) bar code

project from design through implementation, resulting in the

elimination of redundant paperwork and a reduction of labor costs at

all 30 Roadway cross-docks

. Completed ADC project within budget and ahead of schedule for a 31%

ROI. Managed design administrative procedures and information system

process flows

Dock Supervisor, Rochester, NY (1985 - 1988)

. Responsible for a staff of 25 union drivers and dockworkers

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration

University of Miami, Miami, FL

Bachelor of Science

Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

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