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Glen Hayes Hollis

Glen Hayes Hollis

Anderson,South Carolina

Summary

Seasoned Transportation and Logistics Manager experienced in formulating strategies for minimizing logistical supply chain costs. Documented success identifying measures to reduce transport time and save on transportation costs. Astute in shipping laws and FMCSA regulations, assessing financial impacts of regulatory changes.

Work History

Transportation Manager

TTI Ryobi Distribution Center
Anderson, SC
10.2021 - Current
  • Observed staff to review compliance and safety to minimize losses due to violations or damage.
  • Manage a team of 4 Supervisors, 5 Transportation Analyst and 36 Drivers by reviewing performance to promote timely and efficient results.
  • Directed activities of staff performing repairs and maintenance to equipment, vehicles, and facilities.
  • Monitored and reported on transportation costs to EVP and the VP of Finance.
  • Formed strategic partnerships, established metrics and participated in negotiations with 3PL's, Carriers and brokerages.
  • Managed annual freight budget of $10.5 million.
  • Developed SLA's for carriers and logistics providers, meeting defined requirements through daily management and process improvements.
  • Monitored and complied with strict budgets by negotiating freight in alignment with needs and specifications.
  • Implemented KPI's that improve processes to increase efficiencies and reduce expenses and increase productivity.
  • Delivered substantial cost savings by securing discounts from services providers.
  • Worked with financial analyst to monitor freight cost and applying them to the correct business unit and general ledger accounts.

Operations Manager

Anderson Transportation & Logistics, LLC
Anderson, SC
02.2016 - 08.2021
  • Responsible for a privately held truckload and logistics company with annual revenue of 38.5 million
  • Manage (5) supervisors and (46) employees
  • Responsible for all administrative staff, drivers and supply chain management company wide
  • Direct day to day outbound and inbound operations for asset side of the company
  • Work with safety department to ensure that all drivers have the proper hours of service to operate safely each day
  • Direct all quarterly safety meetings with all company drivers, owner operators and support staff
  • Advise operations of any changes to Department of Transportation rules and regulations, and ensure that they are properly implemented
  • Work to promote a team environment in a fast-paced office setting to achieve company goals
  • Responsible for all Department of Transportation yearly audits
  • Schedule all manpower and equipment with supervisors daily to ensure on time delivery to customers
  • Direct face to face negotiations with customers and suppliers
  • Responsible for driver development and orientation
  • Work with maintenance and outside shops to ensure timely repairs of all power units and trailers are completed to meet DOT standards at the same time managing cost
  • Handle customer complaints, service failures and corrective actions
  • Responsible for working with company safety director to investigate all accidents and workers compensation claims
  • Direct sales staff to ensure optimization of all equipment to ensure profitability
  • Work to make sure drivers schedules do not exceed the weekly hours of service rule
  • Schedule all company manpower based on weekly forecast created by the sales department
  • Responsible for all communication to the company president
  • Coordinate inbound and outbound freight, analyzed tariffs and carrier discounts for cost reduction programs
  • Work in conjunction with the safety director to implement all company regulations and Department of Transportation updates
  • Provide continuous education on all FMSCA standards for all supervisors and employees in regards to safety.
  • Worked in matrix management environment with oversight of division level managers, operations, sales, finance, human resources, safety and compliance.

Operations and Sales Manager

BFS Logistics, LLC
, South Carolina
02.2009 - 02.2016
  • Responsible for a privately held truckload and logistics company with an annual revenue of 8.5 million
  • Managed (3) supervisors and 39 employees
  • Responsible for all administrative staff and drivers
  • Managed and supervised all sales accounts company wide
  • Responsible for acquiring all new accounts and managing them to ensure that we maintain a good working relationship with all customers
  • Directed all business team activities, face to face negotiations, communications with all customers and vendors
  • Responsible for working with all employees to ensure that they understand and follow all US Department of Transportation rules and regulations
  • Responsible for being the lead person for (2) Department of Transportation audits with all resulting in a satisfactory rating
  • Conducted all quarterly safety meetings with administrative staff and drivers
  • Responsible for all new driver orientation and hiring
  • Including background checks, past employment verification and all related HR paperwork
  • Worked with recruiting to form an owner operator program
  • Worked with operations supervisors to increase revenue by optimizing equipment, staff and fuel economy on all company vehicles
  • Scheduled and facilitated the brokerage department to cover all supply chain needs for all customers such as expedited freight, truckload freight, Exports and LTL
  • Responsible for all outside sales for new customers for both the truckload and Logistics side of the company
  • Responsible for cost saving programs for major company clients
  • Worked with all driver supervisors to ensure that daily routes are completed timely and safely
  • Responsible for investigation of all driver accidents and workers compensation claims
  • Worked closely with the safety department to ensure that all drivers DOT physicals, Medical requirements and MVR’s were up to date and filed with the FMCSA as required by law
  • Managed all driver drug and alcohol screening to meet all quarterly requirements and documented all required forms to the department of Transportation
  • Worked with ownership on changing driver logs from manual logging to electronic logs to eliminate logging errors
  • As a result, the company Safe-Stat score was increase 35 points.

Operations & Sales Manager

Deeco Transportation Services
, South Carolina
07.2007 - 02.2009
  • Responsible for a privately held truckload transportation & logistics company with over 16 million in annual sales
  • Supervised and Managed – 4 Supervisors and 125+ employees
  • Responsible for the organization of the Deeco terminal in Anderson, South Carolina from conception
  • Responsible for hiring all staff members and drivers
  • Supervised and Managed the Deeco Transportation Fleet and in-house brokerage
  • Acquired and managed all accounts at the Anderson, S.C
  • Terminal
  • Built the revenue for the Anderson terminal to over 8 million annually through sales
  • Directed face to face negotiations with customers to set pricing and fuel surcharge management, which included customer / carrier contracts
  • Responsible for acquiring a customer base that included Draexelmaier North America, Flexible Technologies, Michelin Tire Corporation, Shaw Industries and others
  • Organized our staff to meet the needs of our customer base to ensure customer satisfaction
  • Designed and formatted customer service report for customer review of month end traffic totals
  • Coordinated with my operations and safety staff to ensure that all units were DOT compliant and met all FMCSA regulations
  • Conducted bi-annual mandatory safety meetings to meet U.S
  • DOT regulations
  • Directed business team activities, negotiations, communications with internal and external customers, team building and motivational incentives with hourly and management associates
  • Worked with the corporate office to increase profitability at the Lansing, MI terminal by increasing revenue through sales and field calls with our company president
  • Responsible for corporate deployed policies
  • Worked with recruiting department in implementing an owner operating work force
  • Responsible for implementing a new 3PL with two major customers for our corporate office accounts
  • Worked with the safety department and corporate office to ensure that all drivers meet or exceeded Department of Transportation guidelines before and after they were hired
  • Responsible for carrier compliance with all hours of service rules to meet Department of Transportation requirements
  • This increased driver retention and raised the company Safe-Stat score
  • Responsible for all reporting to the company President in regards to facility management, commercial vehicle usage and revenue profit and loss
  • Responsible for implementing directives from the corporate office in Lansing, MI.

Operation Manager

Am-Can Transport
, South Carolina
01.1995 - 07.2007
  • For a privately held Truckload and LTL Transportation Service with over 70 million in annual sales
  • Responsibilities include directing and monitoring all traffic coordinates inbound and outbound in 40 states and 2 Canadian Provinces
  • Supervised and managed – 3 Managers, 8 supervisors and 190 employees
  • Served on site at Robert Bosch Corporation as Third-Party Logistics Manager
  • Handled all traffic Domestic and International for Bosch, Anderson
  • Responsibilities including managing all LTL, Rail, Truckload and Intermodal transportation
  • Worked with Robert Bosch Planners, Purchasing and shipping to insure proper movement of freight
  • Worked with Custom Brokers to expedite on-time delivers internationally
  • Coordinated cost savings programs for customers such as Robert Bosch, BMW, and Plastic Omnium
  • Responsible for tariffs and rating of all freight inbound and outbound
  • Responsible for set-up of new customer base with Sales Representatives and Vice President of company
  • Day to day coordination with vendors and suppliers for on-time deliveries
  • Scheduled and facilitated brokering of freight for expedited deliveries of high priority
  • Responsible for directing and implementing all safety procedures to meet State and Federal requirements including Haz-Mat training
  • Designed and formatted customer service report for customer review of month end traffic totals
  • Responsible for working with outside shops such to ensure that all equipment is maintained and repaired in a timely manner
  • Work with the safety department on implementing safety regulations to create a safe working environment for OTR drivers and local delivery drivers
  • Worked with driver supervisors to schedule and plan routing of all outbound and inbound freight domestic and internationally
  • Responsible for driver hiring, yearly review, corrective action and termination
  • Worked extensively with sales and operations to find common ground on sensitive issues with the customer base
  • Managed specialized fleet which included flatbed’s, over dimensional loads, Hazmat loads and expedited freight
  • Excellent professional networking and negotiating skills
  • Worked with recruiting to help sell the company to potential drivers.

Director of Distribution

Saddleman, Inc
, South Carolina
01.1989 - 01.1995
  • Responsible for production control and material distribution for three facilities and a Distribution Center
  • Responsible for monitoring and directing all inventory management activities at two facilities, three Distribution Centers and Import Programs
  • This encompasses material planning and purchasing through finished product stocking level
  • Managed 5 salaried employees and 55 associates
  • Coordinated shop floor control to ensure timely work order completion
  • Supervised 50+ employees and managed five supervisors
  • Maintained accurate inventories in receiving, packaging and shipping departments
  • Maintained packaging production efficiencies under tight budget restraints, and assisted plant engineering setting piece rate standards in shop floor setting
  • Coordinated inbound and outbound freight, analyzed tariffs and carrier discounts for cost reduction programs
  • Reorganized departmental responsibilities that resulted in an increase in productivity and quality while reducing labor by 20%
  • Managed and implemented control procedures for the WIP inventories
  • These improvements resulted in significant cost savings through increase operating efficiencies and inventory accuracy
  • Controlled the production and long-range capacity planning for facilities, both domestic and Canadian
  • Planned and coordinated the production activity changed at the Anderson facility which optimized the product mix and target inventory levels required to meet the market demand
  • This allowed the division to increase sales by 4% while reducing inventory, still meeting the needs and expectations of customers
  • Assisted Master Scheduler in forecasting and scheduling all production activities
  • Developed a tracking system for purchased materials that solved critical problems with manual controls.

Education

Business Administration And Management

Anderson University
Anderson, SC
1989

Skills

  • Utilization of mainframe software in generating and analyzing reports
  • Windows XP, Word Perfect, Lotus for Windows, Excel, SAP, PC Miler
  • UPS, YRC tracking software, FedEx tracking, Key Point software
  • JIT certificate from the American Production and Inventory Control Society
  • QualCom
  • Tranflo
  • Macropoint
  • PCS Software
  • TMS / Transplace Software
  • YMS / Yard Management Software
  • Safety Regulations Implementation

Timeline

Transportation Manager

TTI Ryobi Distribution Center
10.2021 - Current

Operations Manager

Anderson Transportation & Logistics, LLC
02.2016 - 08.2021

Operations and Sales Manager

BFS Logistics, LLC
02.2009 - 02.2016

Operations & Sales Manager

Deeco Transportation Services
07.2007 - 02.2009

Operation Manager

Am-Can Transport
01.1995 - 07.2007

Director of Distribution

Saddleman, Inc
01.1989 - 01.1995

Business Administration And Management

Anderson University

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