GARY SKLIFAS
**** ***** ******* ***. ** BROOKLYN, NY 11235
TEL. 718-***-****
EMAIL: ****.*******@*****.***
Logistics Coordinator
Dedicated professional offering a unique combination of cross-functional management skills including 3 years of logistics experience and ocean import combined with 2 years of customer service; Creative and enthusiastic with proven success in building and managing relationships with peers and customers; Delivering significant contributions to management, dispatch, coordination, arrangement of pickup and deliveries; Committed to personal and professional growth and opportunity.
Filing / Research / Documentation / Team Building & Leadership / Oral & Written Communications /Office Administration / Business Strategy Planning
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aramex International Courier, Jamaica, NY
10/11- 01/12
Warehouse Supervisor
• Overlooked a dozen person staff
• Specialized in inventory control
• Managed incoming and outgoing 53’ Trailers, 40’ and 20’ containers
• Arranged schedules for pickups and deliveries
• Performed as an operational analyst
• Signed for packages
• Accepted responsibility for all of the merchandise received
• Took on initiative to deliver freight via Freight-liner
• Utilized forklift
Cargo Partner Network, Rosedale, NY
09/08 – 10/11
Logistics Coordinator/ Ocean Import
• Administered competitive trucking rates
• Scanned and faxed documents
• Entered invoices
• Coordinated FTL / LTL trucks
• Managed stocking in and stocking out of imported containers
• Inventory control
• VWMS (Virtual Warehouse Management System)
• Data Entry
• Tracked cargo in route
• Answered over 200 Emails daily
• Created bill of ladings
• Managed accounts payable for logistics department
• Generated labels using AS400 Mainframe
• Followed TSA regulations
• Assisted ocean import / export
• Resolved complex problems and demonstrated exceptional customer service skills
Aramex International Courier, Jamaica, NY
07/06-09/08
Customer Service Representative/ Indirect Air Courier Representative
• Specialized in international shipping of parcels, commodities, mail etc.
• Applied various shipping carriers such as UPS, DHL, ECC and IBC
• Performed address corrections and rerouting of RMAs
• Called and collected payments from consignees for shipments sent collect
• Filled out damage claim reports
• Acquired aggressive problem solving technique and advance tracking skills
• Showed proactive determination and loyalty to customers in need
• Provided excellent customer service, oral and written skills
• Maintained a strict order of the inventory
• Scanned and organized incoming parcels using bar-coded system and MS Excel
Capital Wireless, Brooklyn, NY
4/04-04/06
Sales Associate/Customer Service Representative
• Implemented recommendations regarding activation or cancellation of service as well as change of services and equipment
• Acted as Tech Support specialist which entailed programming, troubleshooting and repairing wireless devices and equipment for activation and distribution to customers
• Sold one year contracts for such services as T-mobile, AT&T/Cingular and Nextel
SKILLS
Computer: Proficient in Windows XP, Word, Excel, and Power Point Exposure to Microsoft Access
Comfortable working with Microsoft, Linux and Apple
Language: Fluency in Russian (written and spoken)
EDUCATION
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Bachelors of Science degree with a double major in Business Management Finance and Marketing
Anticipated date of Graduation: May 2012
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
Associates or Arts degree in Business Administration
Received: June 2009
CERTIFICATION
• Certified to work in a Certified Cargo Screening Facility
• TSA Training Certified