Brian Avis

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Torrance Ca. *0505

Cell: 310-***-****

Email: ad2w8v@r.postjobfree.com

Experienced 3PL Manager both operationally and sales oriented with P&L and budget experience as a Branch Manager. Covering Air and Ocean Import & Export with International management experience with both large and small organizations. With customer implementation, team leadership skills, and a supportive process to provide growth and improvement to a dynamic organization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Cargo-Partner- Los Angeles (2020- October – Present)

LAX Branch Manager-

Strategically incorporate key products with Management team, Air Freight Forwarding, Ocean Freight Forwarding, and Customs House Brokerage, into a day-to-day branch process

Implement process and guidelines on the administration of company policies, handbook, budgets and development for short/long term goals and objectives.

Oversee and address management on the reports based on analyses of activities, costs, operations, qualities, and pipeline data looking for target goal to be reached.

Direct handling of local P&L and Branch KPIs inclusive of mid budget planning for next year’s growth, goals, and pipeline.

Direct meetings with teams to create the structure that will support employees, and managers with a “Door open” policy that will build a strong platform for managers and employee's confidence in leadership.

Handling of the management and staffing reviews, KPI’s and performance evaluations. Inner twinned with promotions, and yearly increases, including performance review, and termination of employee.

Working with Sales VP. Driving pipeline projections and looking for organic growth with customer base in house and growth of new cliental.

Branch Manager -Teambuilding and Process

Head of office and staffing of 17

Oversee P & L (19.8 million) 2022 revenue 2.3 million.

2020-ROP 13.74 – 2022- ROP- 23.75%

Accounting AR/AP

Office functions (Rent, all building requirements, Utilities, water, trash)

I.T. – implementation of Cargo wise 1

Sales Team (2) Local and Western Region

Ocean and Air – Import and Export – Ocean Export start up.

LAX Customs brokerage – Start up.

Company Compliance (Air, Veroot, FMC, Handbook)

Customer retention and visits face to face, Zoom, with SOP’s & entertainment.

Carrier negotiations (Air and Ocean) Co-loaders, Steamship lines, Airlines, Trucking vendors

Month end closing (billing, accruals, closing vendor statements)

Transgroup- Los Angeles (2014- June -2019- September)

Air Import & Export Manager-LAX

Head of Air (Imports and exports) product with staff of 8 members

Processing 315 hawb/ mawb monthly

Restructure over all Air product process and operations

Head for Security (TSA)

Export Compliance administrator

AVP increase from 80. Usd to 325 usd

Review and adjustments of all carrier and vendor contracts

New Account hand off with Sales

P&L / Rolling forecast reports.

Transit Air Cargo (2012-2014)

Chief of international operations USA

Managed a complete realignment of the department inclusive of staffing, process, and overall daily operational flow and productions for Air and Ocean Imports and Exports.

Implemented and aligned overseas agent in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe with P/S tariff established between offices/agents that was then used for route development.

Increase file count and tonnage for the USA with a YTD percentage 3.8%

Focus on Exhibition lists and US leads that will attend the shows pass the leads to the sales team for pipeline review.

Kuehne- Nagel (2010-2012)

Air and Ocean Manager- Imports and Exports

Managed 5 Air Product Departments with a personal head count of 48 staff members – Air Imports, Air export, Gateway, Aviation and Warehouse

Global and local implementation for Air product development (Abbott Labs, American Apparel, Bio-Rad

Overview of 8 P&L’s and rolling forecast budget negotiations Q1-Q4

Head of Security for Los Angeles – Local FSC / TSA / & CCSF / Compliance and audits

Airline carrier rate negotiations, allocations, BSA/CPA’s and quarterly business performance review

Implementation of pharma- Cool Zone Chain for Los Angeles (Bayer, Beckman, Abbott AVD)

Gateway startup 2010: Monthly ULD figures of 300 units (M/D- L/D)

Monthly Air Products tonnage 800,000 kilos

WMS installation in 20, 000ft warehouse 80,000 pieces monthly cross-dock

Panalpina (2005-2009)

Air Export Manager / Air Export Sales

Lead the Air Export Department with 12 export agents.

Processed 8k hawb annually inclusive of billing

Oversight of cargo sales report CSR, A/R and Foreign payables

Head of all Government Regulation (TSA / STA) Warehouse Security/Cargo Screening

Export Compliance administrator

Weekly sales calls to top 25 accounts – Herbalife, Philips, Celestica, Molex

Total GP listed at 300k per month with a 28% increase of business.

Cost reduction of 20,000 a month by negotiating with local vendors and air carrier contracts

UTI, USA INC (1996-2004)

Air Export Manger- Gateway & Warehouse

Hired as Air Export Supervisor and was promoted to Air Export - Gateway & Warehouse Manager after six months.

Brought an increase of profit margin of 33 % on top of the monthly budget profit/loss reports.

Pioneered and implemented a plan for maintaining proper freight mix, achieved a 30% inventory growth, and a reduction of 18% in errors.

Spearheaded development of confirmed on board system, enhancing on time performance from 79% to 98.3 %

MSAS (1992-1996)

Air Export / Gateway Agent

Burlington Air Express (1989-1992)

Gateway Agent

Circle Airfreight (1986-1989)

Customer service agent export

References upon request

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