CHRIS W. DELOATCH

*** ** **** ***** **** Saint Lucie, Florida 34984

704-***-**** adfqkh@r.postjobfree.com / adfqkh@r.postjobfree.com

linkedin.com/in/chris-deloatch-15645212/

Transportation Management Supply Chain Leadership Project Management

Experience & Qualifications Snapshot

Business Savvy, Results-Oriented Professional with proven success in data analysis and project management. Extremely effective in building relationships and effectively communicating with all levels of the organization.

Driven Team Player who offers in-depth understanding of transportation management and commitment to delivering high quality and cost- effective results.

Experienced Project Manager who can quickly understand complex concepts, identify problems and implement strategies to optimize productivity, decrease cost, and increase the bottom line.

Key Areas of Expertise

Transportation Management- Transportation Planning – Supply Chain Liaison

Vendor Management – Project Management – Relationship Management-Customer Service

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC

Stanley Black & Decker is a Fortune 500 world-leading American manufacturer of industrial tools and storage, commercial electronic security and engineered fastening systems.

FREIGHT PAY ANALYST, Kannapolis, NC. 2014-2019

Accountable for the NA Transportation freight pay function. Responible for developing and strategizing the ongoing management of the NA Transportation shared freight budget, financial forecast which identify, quantify, and influence critical operating initiatives and drives value within the integrated supply chain. This includes a 5% to 10% year to year cost savings initiatives while also contributing towards the effective management of over $300M NA Transportation spend and the process of over 9 million invoices for over 350 contracted carriers (all modes of transportation); Less Truck Load ( LTL), Full Truck Load (FTL), Parcel, Intermodal, International - Air Ocean and International frieght carriers.

Initiated and lead numerous freight projects which resulted in on-boarding new lower cost carriers and the implementation of Electronic Data Interchange [1](EDI) to reduce processing cost, expedited and shorten payment terms and real-time updates which resulted in implementing 92% of contracted carrier base and annually cost savings over $3M.

Effectively communicated and collaborated with the Transportation team, Finance, Accounting, Upper management teams to review and measure the freight accruals, freight budget and annual transportation spend alignment and compliances. This included reviewing the alignment of key performance indicators (KPI's)l and business goals.

Additionally, prepared daily/weekly/monthly financial reports as required to review with finance, sourcing, operations, and management teams[2]. This data identified the need to review contracua lane rates and non compliances for potential cost savings, bid negotiations and productivity projects.

CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL

Chiquita Brands is a Swiss producer and distributor of bananas and other produce.

TRANSPORTATION PLANNER, Charlotte, NC. 2012-2014

Assure seamless execution of planning, dispatching and routing both inbound and outbound produce shipments; banana, pineapple, salad, and commercial cargo daily utilizing Transportation Management System (TMS) to optimize Chiquita day to day operations and assure cost effectiveness and timely movement of goods.

Manage carrier relationships to ensure loads are delivered in accordance to customer requirements and contractual agreements. Additionally, monitored carrier performance and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to ensure KPI’s and company guidelines are met as requested. Provide execution support to achieve and exceed delivery goals and Quality Cold Chain performance goals.

Proactively support the Sales team and multiple levels of the organization to address any customer issues and promote increase product sales and services.

Manage internal and external escalated issues, implement corrective action plans, change to Key performance indictors (KPI’s) to correct and exceed company goals .

Led process improvement initiatives to address bottle necks and drive process improvements and customer satisfaction.

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS)

United Parcel Service is an American multinational package delivery and supply chain management company.

AIR TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR, Charlotte, NC 2005 – 2012

Direct management of 30 package handler employees in a fast-paced global supply chain/logistics air operation. Responsibilities included production management, performance and attendance tracking, and safety.

Create an environment that reinforced quality, best yield and throughput capacities while focusing on customer service, on-time delivery, and damage-free freight and package handling.

Gained special clearance to work in Air Operations restricted area.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong computer Skills and working Knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, MS PowerPoint, Excel, Access, and AS400.

Highly knowledgeable of Structured Query Language (SQL), System Application Products (SAP) and Enterprise Resource Planning ERP systems.

Business Objects

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Transportation Management Systems (TMS:): JDA, Oracle, Lean Logistics, Kuebix, Manhattan

Project management

SAP: Soleman

EAP: WMS

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, Business Administration, University of Phoenix, Charlotte, NC

Contact this candidate