BRIAN H. ELAM

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SPRINGFIELD, TN 37172

615-***-****

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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, ATTRIBUTES & BACKGROUND

- Dependable, Reliable and Dedicated Employee- My top priority at each of the 4 places I have been employed during my 19-year professional career has been to be a team player. At each place of employment, I have picked up many additional duties and roles in other areas outside my initial job duties and requirements. I am a positive and pro-active employee and manager who looks to complete tasks without being asked. and who seeks to develop innovations in the workplace to increase productivity and to decrease inefficiencies.

- My Experience:

- Inventory Controls: Supply Chain Management / Cycle Counting / PO Reconciliation with Accounting

- Warehouse Inventory Management (between multiple facilities)

- International and Domestic Logistics (8 Years Experience)

- Import/Export Compliance / (4 Years Experience/ Over 38 Countries)

- Tariff HTS Code Compliance

- Safety - Certified fork truck trainer, co-chair of the company safety committee, performed new hire Hazcom presentations, and safety walkthroughs.

- Extremely proficient with multiple logistical and accounting applications software including Oracle, JD Edwerds, JDA Arthur, AS400, McLeod, PC Miler, most Warehouse Inventory Networks.

- Microsoft Office, Power-Point, Excel (Spreadsheet and assorted functions),Word

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) August 15, 2007

With a concentration in Management

Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

US Smokeless Tobacco (Lancesoft Contractor) May 2023-Current

223 Rosa L. Parks Blvd

Nashville, TN 37203

Inventory Control Associate

Perform Daily Cycle Counts and make necessary adjustments to WMS and SAP System as needed.

Perform Daily Cycle Counts

Do Loose Can Reconciliation and make necessary SAP/JDA Blue Yonder Adjustments

Keep up with scrap log.

Submit cycle counts through Microsoft Teams for approval and make necessary adjustments

Monitor Inventory levels of heavy/light volume SKUs and work with Supply Chain team to get necessary items delivered early/delayed for later.

Report Loose Can TTB movement Bi-Monthly.

The Dean Law Firm December 2022-April 2023

2403 Memorial Blvd

Springfield TN 37172

Paralegal

Assist in Attorney/Client document preparation and execution, scheduling and other matters in legal practice.

Document Management.

Marketing Management.

Preparation of Invoices Attorney Fee Statements

Preparation of payroll and tax documents and processing.

Des Case Corporation

(Hydraulic Filtration/Contamination Control Production Facility/ $38 million sales)

Goodlettsville, TN 37072

Inventory Control Supervisor June 2015-December 2022

Supervise a team of three receiving clerks, four material handlers, and a delivery driver between a production facility and a separate warehouse facility at a company that produced oil contamination and filtration products (38 million in production revenue).

Make sure all inbound freight and small package deliveries are received and put away in their dedicated homes or scheduled for offsite storage.

Help engineering fix incorrect Bill of Material lists as material handlers find errors while pulling oil filtration assemblies for production teams to build each day.

Coordinate delivery and pickup of raw goods to and finished product from powder coating sources.

Maintain scheduled daily checks between production material handlers and warehousing material handlers to ensure JIT inventory controls.

Maintain weekly Kanban spreadsheet schedules for consignment pressure fittings and maintain daily/weekly min/max levels of all fittings and breather production items.

Trained and certified all fork truck drivers in warehouse. Video and operation training.

Co-Chair company safety committee.

CPR/First Aid certified.

International Shipping Coordinator (Des Case Corp.) January 2012-May 2015

Created all international documents and performed tariff code checks for inbound and outbound shipments to and from over 38 countries around the world.

Created Commercial invoice, Shipper’s letter of instruction, Certificate of Origin for international shipments.

Schedule Pickup and Delivery with LTL carriers, company/customer freight forwarders.

Provide and confirm proper weight, tariff codes as well as check for sanctions against importing countries and apply for licensed entry if necessary. Tariff/HTS Code compliance.

Daily shipment of over 300 small packages a day and 15-20 plus pallet shipments daily; Domestic and International.

Kroger Company

Nashville, TN

Logistical Route Specialist-Southeast/Great Lakes/Midwest/ April 2008-December 2011

Responsible for processing store orders, and building over two hundred dry run, and multi-temp routes per day on a least miles possible basis, as well as pinpointing potential process improvements, and building spreadsheets based on daily analytics to propose cost saving initiatives.

Build all outbound store delivery routes for assigned DC’s, cross-dock centers, and manufacturing plants in the region, including Perishable, Frozen, Dry Grocery, Peyton, Floral, Milk and Bread plants.

Maintain routing data from daily routing sessions and report results as requested. Interpret results, suggest and implement steps to achieve improvements.

(Kroger Company - Continued)

Plan, schedule, and route vendor pickups as DSD backhaul returns.

Update and maintain TR routing environment.

Perform “what if" routing analysis and continually strive to find more efficient ways to route and reduce transportation costs.

Educate and cross-train fellow associates.

Work with limited supervision.

Work effectively in a fast-paced environment and meet timelines.

Ability to memorize / retain geographic locations and addresses.

Dean Oil Company

Springfield, TN

Operations Supervisor January 2004-March 2008

I was responsible for day-to-day operations at Gallatin Branch of Dean Oil Company and communicating back with home office in Springfield, TN to make sure that cohesion is kept throughout entire company.

Maintained commercial and agricultural fuel accounts.

Coordinated tanker assignments and customer’s freight requirements with regard to bulk fuel distribution (both diesel and gasoline).

Organized load distribution efficiently with special attention to time-sensitive loads.

Managed accounts receivable and accounts payable for Gallatin branch. Total gallons sold from Gallatin branch averaged in excess of 125,000 gallons a month, in excess of 8 million dollars in yearly gross sales.

Assisted Senior Management in supervising 10-12 employees.

Responsible for communication with all line haul drivers and fuel placement on tankers, fuel purchases, and load quantity estimates and assessments.

References

Ben Dean Chancery Court Judge

500 S Main St 615-***-****

Springfield TN 37172

Tony Espinosa Vice President of HR/Director of Operations

Dec Case Corporation 615-***-****

Jason Edwards Routing Supervisor

Kroger Company 931-***-****

David Dean Vice President

Dean Oil Company 615-***-****

Springfield, TN 37032

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