JEFFREY P. MORRIS
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Twenty-five years of management experience within a Fortune 500 international distribution and sales cooperation within a competitive, fast paced, multidisciplinary, customer oriented organization. Familiar with aspects of daily business operations including: logistics, inventory control, strategic planning, invoicing, payroll, product management, employee scheduling, manifesting, EPA and DOT regulation, OSHA and Federal Hazmat compliance, employee merit evaluations, business networking, and numerous other administrative functions.
Core Professional Strengths
Problem Solving Conflict Resolution Staff Training & Dev. Policies & Procedures
Group Facilitating Adaptability Program Development Statistical Analysis
Team Building Effective Listener Analytical Thinking Critical Thinking
Professional Experience
Michigan City, IN, Gypsum Express
Driver Manager March 15, 2016 – August 19, 2016
Responsible for order entry and scheduling appointments for product delivery.
Dispatched fleet drivers and directed numerous aspects of fleet operations while developing relationships to aid in driver retention as well as coordinating team resources with employees and customers.
Coordinated shipments with planners and customer service team.
Assisted driver managers with weekly payroll audits as well as preparing and conducting driver reviews.
Dolton, IN, Safety-Kleen Systems
Operations Supervisor, November 1994 – February 2016
Worked directly with over 162 sales branches organization wide on all aspects of daily operation to evaluate and anticipate product needs and ensure professionalism and customer service.
Coordinating daily work orders for different order picking crews; including organizing and reviewing requisitions from sales branches and monitoring weekly inventory levels for 53 Midwest and Canadian sales branches.
Completed employee annual merit reviews as well as organized and implemented new employee training. Designed and conducted monthly safety meetings for employees
Reviewed, approved, and submitted employee payroll for all hourly employees. Reviewed all driver’s DOT regulation logs to ensure compliance.
Responsible for scheduling and dispatching distribution trucks for deliveries and pick-up in their assigned Midwest region to ensure meeting EPA regulation compliance.
Accumulations Center Manager, September 1990 – November 1994
Responsible for four different sales branches coordination of product delivery and removal of hazardous waste recycling within the region. Completed shipping hazardous waste manifest documents to ensure proper government regulations were met.
Route Sales and Service Representative, May 1990-September 1990
Provided all sales and service routes within the Industrial division.
Kankakee, IL, Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Joliet
Superintendent, 1975 – 1989
Designed, developed, and managed a monument sales business for several different cemeteries within the Catholic Cemeteries of the Dioceses.
Worked with funeral directors on pre and at need burial arrangements
Prepared as well as supervised grave site locations for burial: locating site, equipment preparation, grave side and Mausoleum internment, and grave enclosement.
Completed all grounds and equipment maintenance including: pruning, trimming, landscaping, turf care, servicing all cemetery equipment, etc.
Education
Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, IL
Attended and completed courses in: welding, small engine repair, 1977
Westview High School, Kankakee, IL
High School Diploma, 1975
Professional Training & Skills
OSHA Training Hazardous Waste Training DOT Training
EPA Training CPR & First Aid Homeland Security Compliance
References and Supporting Documentation Furnished upon Request