transportation/terminal manager

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PHONE 252-***-**** OR 252-***-**** • E MAIL ************@*****.***

WILLIAM ROBERT ALSTON

WORK EXPERIENCE

November 2011 – January 2013 G&P Trucking Company Gaston, SC

G&P Trucking Company’s core competency is truckload freight. Additional services include intermodal

shipping, expedited delivery, dedicated routes, warehousing, third party logistics and brokerage. In the 75

years in business the company has grown to a payroll of about 700 drivers, maintenance workers and

administrative support. In 2012, revenues topped $116 million.

On Site Manager / Dedicated Operations; Lowes Regional Distribution Center

Solely responsible for overseeing daily operations and deliveries to 62 Lowes Stores assigned to

Dedicated Operations throughout the North Atlantic Region. A $4 million annual revenue account for

G&P Trucking.

Responsible for coordinating with Lowes Regional DC staff to insure on time DC to store deliveries and

maximum use of out bound / inbound resources through RDC related vendor backhauls to affect

maximum loaded to empty outbound / inbound to DC miles.

Responsible for overseeing the daily activities of a subordinate Driver Supervisor, On site Mechanic and

30 CDL Class A Drivers.

Responsible for the maintenance and up keep of 16 Day Cab Tractors 9 Sleeper Units and 300 Trailers

assigned to the Lowes account.

SUCCESSES

Responsible for re structuring the Lowes Dedicated program, insuring the re newel of a three year contract

for G&P at the Regional Distribution Facility and maintaining a 99.87 on time delivery rate to assigned

Dedicated stores.

July 2010 – August 2011 Nestle Direct Store Delivery Oakland, CA

Nestle Direct Store Delivery is the newly formed Direct Store Delivery (DSD) Division for Nestle USA

based in Oakland, California. One of the top four largest frozen distribution companies in the United States;

this division manages direct store delivery operations for the following Nestle USA businesses: Nestle's

newly acquired frozen pizza brands – DIGIORNO®, CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN®, TOMBSTONE®

and JACK'S® – and brands manufactured in the US by Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream – DREYER'S/EDY'S®,

HAAGEN DAZS®, THE SKINNY COW™ and NESTLE® DRUMSTICK®. Nestle is Named one of "The

World's Most Admired Food Companies" in Fortune magazine for thirteen consecutive years, Nestle USA,

with 2009 sales of $10.4 billion, is part of Nestle S.A. in Vevey, Switzerland the world's largest food

company.

Route Analyst / Go To Market Strategy Team

Performed fact based, data driven analysis and modeling on extensive data received from all distribution

and planning systems.

Analyzed historical and forecasted service and sales data with labor headcount models and developed

recommendations for improved labor demand/capacity management.

Analyzed distribution systems and presented findings and recommendations to Executive, Human

Resources, Operations, Sales and Supply Chain staff to promote an understanding of related costs and

opportunities for cost reduction.

Responsible for planning and implementing changes in sales, delivery, and merchandising structure of

targeted local markets and anticipating effects of seasonal fluctuations, new product lines and

acquisitions.

SUCCESSES

Responsible for planning, engineering and successfully implementing changes in sales, delivery, and

merchandising structure of two of Nestle DSD’s largest American markets, Central Ohio and the New York

Metropolitan Area with project go live synergies reflecting a 10% reduction in annual operating costs and

saving in excess of one million dollars annually.

March 2009 July 2010 Alston Consulting Services Henderson, N.C.

Private Logistics and Loss Prevention Consultant

June 2004–March 2009 UPS Logistics Technologies Baltimore, MD

Roadnet Technologies (Formerly, UPS Logistics Technologies) is the industry leader in fleet management

solutions, helping distribution and service companies gain greater results in service, productivity and

profitability. Founded in 1983 as Roadnet Systems Corporation, Roadnet Technologies is headquartered in

Baltimore, MD, with an active presence in 55 plus countries in the Americas and Caribbean, Asia Pacific

and EMEA. Currently, Roadnet Technologies products are in daily use at more than 3,400 locations

worldwide, optimizing the management of over 200,000 vehicles and field resources.

Logistics Software Consultant

Responsible for managing implementations of routing and logistics software platforms (Transportation

Suite, which includes Roadnet, Territory Planner, FleetLoader, MobileCast) for assigned end user

customers.

Interacted directly with customers from multiple industries to develop and execute implementation plans

within timetable and resource constraints.

Installed routing software within varied network environments (stand alone, direct network access, Citrix

access configuration) and database environments (Access, SQL Server, Oracle)

Developed and executed end user and management level training programs, providing guidance on

various methodologies and procedures to ensure productive usage of software platforms

Assisted assigned clients in development of overall business goals relating to software implementations,

Position required 80 100% travel, with each new implementation. Implementations consisted of multiple

site training visits over a 2 3 month period.

Managed multiple implementations concurrently.

SUCCESSES

While a Consultant with UPS Logistics I quickly became one of the top revenue producing consultants and

implementers. My successful operational evaluations and development of specialized implementation and

training strategies allowed me to develop a trusted advisor role with key clients such a Sysco Foods, Dade

Paper and Iron Mountain. I was also one of only two consultants available and marketed too clients as

qualified to perform Routing and Operational effectiveness Analysis and Review (ROAR) visits throughout

the United States

November 2001 – June 2004

M.R.Williams Inc Henderson, N.C.

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MR Williams Inc. is a privately owned company that operates a fleet of trucks and serves more than 1,000

customers throughout the Carolinas and surrounding states. They offer a comprehensive set of Convenience

Store products and are one of the fastest growing convenient stores suppliers on the east coast. They

currently service over 1,000 retailers with over 10,000 items, growing to become one of the top 50

distributors in the country and Arthur Anderson ranked top 100 privately owned company.

Director of Loss Prevention, Shipping Manager

Responsible for managing, monitoring and auditing all plant operations and departmental staff including

70 employees and 12 subordinate supervisors.

Responsible for Increased production, inventory control, credit control and non saleable recovery.

Planned, implemented and monitored; all plant security, fire and CCTV systems.

Chaired the plant safety and grievance committees and oversaw all hiring and termination practices.

Managed and monitored all order selection, loading, and general plant shipping operations.

SUCCESSES

During my tenure as Shipping Manager, my major accomplishments included; dramatically reducing picker

error rates while increasing production and quality awareness. I also substantially reduced commodity loss

by instituting rigorous quality control and order tracking programs. I developed a warehouse slotting plan

that increased overall shipping productivity by sequencing pick location visits based on SKU movement.

This dramatically reduced order selector travel time during a picking tour and increased overall picking

productivity.

1993 – 2001

Southern Wine and Spirits of S.C

. Columbia, S.C.

Southern Wine and Spirits of America, Inc. (Southern), is a nationally recognized wine and spirits

distributor known for its historic commitment to delivering the highest standards of customer service and

creative marketing programs and partnerships. The Company is also known for its best in industry

professional and well trained sales, operational and support staff, its ongoing investments in and

contributions to hospitality and beverage education for its staff, its customers and to many national

educational institutions. Today, Southern operates in 35 states, including its original Florida market, where

its corporate headquarters is located in Miami.

Routing, Transport and Coastal Delivery Supervisor

Oversaw the maintenance and operation of UPS Logistics routing and planning software (Roadnet /

Territory Planner).

Trained and instructed the Roadnet Operator.

Responsible for 6 depot shuttle drivers, they’re assigned vehicles, and maintaining D.O.T. driver files on

those drivers.

Managed and monitored the operation of 3 coastal depot sites (Myrtle Beach, Charleston & Hilton Head)

all coastal operations staff, including 6 delivery/warehouse supervisors, 23 delivery drivers and their

assigned vehicles.

Established and maintained Sales to Operations departmental communications in all assigned territories

and acted as liaison between Branch Sales Managers and Corporate Executive Staff.

SUCCESSES

While tasked with managing all delivery and operations staff of three coastal depot sites, I was responsible

for dramatically reducing preventable accidents, increasing employee awareness with regard to quality,

streamlining delivery operations, thus expediting customer deliveries and improving customer satisfaction. I

assisted in developing and instituting an expeditious driver check in program that effectively eliminated

commodity and monetary loss. I also served on the Charleston Revitalization Committees “Truck Delivery

Task Force” which played an integral role in developing an action plan that reduced delivery truck traffic in

the Battery historic area and increased commercial delivery productivity to local business.

SKILLS

Advanced User Skills in

Microsoft Windows XP, Vista Operating Systems

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Power Point

Microsoft Access Database software

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft SQL 2000 and 2005 database software

UPS Logistics Roadnet Software

UPS Logistics Territory Planner Software

AS 400 Based E.R.P. host Software

AS 400 Based M.R.P. Software

ACHIEVEMENTS

Member, Charleston, SC. Truck Delivery Task Force

Completed, Occupational Safety & Health 10 hour training course in General Industry Safety & Health

Completed, HIPPA Privacy for Employers 16 hour training course

Instructor, Roadnet University, Territory Planner Advanced Users Training

Instructor, Roadnet University, Roadnet Advanced Users Workshop

President, Henderson Jaycees 2002 2003

EDUCATION

Fishburne Military School

1985 1989 Waynesboro VA.

Graduate

Army JROTC 4 Years

Governor of Virginia’s Honor Guard 1987

General’s Award (Honor Cadet with Distinction)

1 of 14 cadets chosen from 650 attending based off of Leadership Reaction Scores.

JROTC Summer Camp Fort Bragg, N.C. 1988

1989 – 1990 North Carolina Wesleyan College Rocky Mount N.C.

1990 1992 Vance Granville Community College Henderson N.C.

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