ANTHONY LAWSON
**** * **** ***, *** Carlisle, OH 45344, USA New Carlisle, OH, 45344 614-***-**** *******.***@*****.***
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Motivated business professional with an intense desire to learn, improve and accomplish all tasks before me. I lead, thrive on organizing individuals, grabbing the reigns and pushing us to success. Being attuned to others’ needs, positioning them most effectively and exceeding metrics are the biggest reward in my career. Superiors know my capabilities and their interests are well placed. I am a well-versed professional with 7+ years of experience and a proven knowledge of efficiency improvement, labor efficiency and logistics management. Every day I am permitted the autonomy to command my subordinates in a manner I see fit. Remaining adaptable in our local and global market I strive to develop and provide meaningful operational insight. Freedoms invested in me through superiors help me to lead a more proactive, meaningful and fulfilling existence.
WORK EXPERIENCE
ABF FREIGHT- ARCBEST, DAYTON, OH
Operations Manager, Mar 2019
Measure productivity, raw load average (RLA), goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement
Collaborate with other managers or staff members to formulate and implement policies, procedures, goals, or objectives
Train, monitor and provide concise thorough feedback for subordinate supervisors and staff
Manage staff in excess of 60 personnel, assign specific duties, maintain and improve load metrics
Strategic monitoring and enforcement (per month): 10+ million miles, increase average load volume to 28,700 (highest system wide), monitor OS&D, customer satisfaction with on time service 97.2%
As part of a management team I personally maintained the highest impact score +0.0124444 (RLA/outbound loads), whilst decreasing labor hours with the next closest manager only attaining a +0.0096563
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC, COLUMBUS, OH
Operations Manager, Dec 2014 – Nov 2018
Review financial statements, sales and activity reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement
Collaborate with other managers or staff members to formulate and implement policies, procedures, goals, or objectives
Train, monitor and provide concise thorough feedback for subordinate supervisors and staff
Manage staff in excess of 150 personnel, prepare work schedules and assign specific duties, increased labor to revenue by 2% during tenure
Strategic monitoring and enforcement: 3 million pounds daily, increase average load volume 3%, monitor OS&D, customer satisfaction on time service 99.8%
As part of a management team I assisted in an increase volume of 8 million pounds, 4,200 shipments, whilst only increasing operational hours by 150; or 9%, 6%, .007% respectively (fiscal years 2016/2017)
UNITED STATES ARMY, COLUMBUS, OH
Quartermaster SGT E5, Jun 2006 – Mar 2015
Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation
Implement procedures, such as distribution or inventory management, to maintain 100+ vehicles, 300,000 gallons of fuel with maximum efficiency
Plan, supervise and execute movement operations in and out of theater, AFG
Supervise operational risk management strategies, squad leadership, mission execution equipment extraction
Serve as chief operations liaison for 37th ICBT NATO forces, Camp John Pratt, AFG
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON
DAYTON, OH
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MARKETING FOCUS (May 2021)
Relevant Course: Marketing Management, Organizational Behavior, and Operational Effectiveness
Honors: Cumulative GPA 3.88
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
COLUMBUS, OH
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Anthropology (May 2014)
Relevant Course: Economics, Psychology, Sociology and Human Behavior
Awards and Honors: First OSU undergraduate invited to an iPR presentation, Graduate with research and publication distinction
Extracurricular Activity: Mount Carmel West emergency department volunteer, Undergraduate anthropology mentoring program
COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COLUMBUS, OH
A.S. Science (May 2014)
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Lean Six Sigma
4DX
Trained in both group work and principles of successful leadership
Strong interpersonal skills
Well versed in Microsoft Office products and data mining
Expert AS400 operator/ SAP
Manifest and inventory origination
Spanish intermediate
CREDENTIALS AND LICENSES
Composite risk management
Situational leadership I/II
Basic Leaders Course
REFERENCES
References available upon request