Alec Gibson

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the Indianapolis and Columbus location. Provide daily support to managers in ensuring quality and budget performance.
• Monitor operating metrics while diagnosing and improving processes, procedures, and performance.
• Execute necessary precautions to ensure safety and compliance with WM, OSHA, and other standards and regulations.
• Oversee personnel needs of the locations including selecting, coaching, disciplining, and training employees and evaluating employee performance. Provide input into termination, compensation, and promotion decisions.
• Participate in regular P&L reviews to ensure that budgets are met; develop and implement programs for optimal equipment utilization, equipment maintenance, and labor and material costs.
• Work with functional groups to resolve employee relations and labor relations issues
• Improved district operations efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing best practices.
• Reduced operational costs through effective budget management and resource allocation.
• Developed strategic plans for the district to achieve short-term and long-term goals.

• Provide on-site cost control and project management for over $60MM - $1.5 Billion in expenditures and 600–4500 on-site contractors for all work performed during each 3 - 9 months “turnaround” activity at major oil refineries.
• Identify potential problems, monitor, report all financial aspects and forecast final results.
• Provide all necessary budget analysis to support spend within scope of services by contract.
• Utilized cost estimation systems to document project information, create estimates and revise project costs to reflect current data.
• Calculated correct costs for project-specific goods and services by gathering information from team members, sub-contractors and vendors.
• Exceeded customer satisfaction by finding creative solutions to problems
• Performed site evaluations, customer surveys and team audits
• Created agendas and communication materials for team
  meetings
• Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish
  service goals
• Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to
  accomplish goals and address issues related to products and services

• Managed annual freight budget of $2.0 million.
• Onboarded, trained and supervised 50-person warehouse staff with strong record of meeting schedule and performance goals.
• Maintained receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.
• Managed warehouse cost control, budgeting and forecasting.
• Improved delivery plans with strong scheduling knowledge, organizational skills and route development expertise.
• Boosted warehouse operations efficiency by overseeing dispatching and setting optimal employee schedules.

• Responsible for managing, planning, coordinating, and overseeing warehouse operations with multiple supervisors, eight dock leads, and over 200+ receiving/shipping associates in 24/7 operation.
• Managed receiving docks of direct import containers and shipping docks of 53' dry vans for Wal-Mart International distribution center.
• Oversaw daily transportation meeting with operations management team to outline daily production goals.
• Supervised, trained, and maintained positive work environment for all employees.

• Managed three direct reports, performed annual reviews.
• Maintained delivery schedules and oversaw routing of departing loads resulting in the most effective mode of transportation.
• Reduced 10% of outbound loads by efficiently scheduling lanes and increasing cube per load for annual savings in excess of $400,000.
• Reviewed daily and weekly routing information to improve efficiency of routing matrix.
• Oversaw outbound deliveries and inbound freight/backhaul coordination.
• Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
• Responsible for annual transportation budgets and expenses; invoicing and claim processing and resolution.
• Worked closely with Operations Manager to report KPI's.

Transportation Supervisor

• Support transportation manager in supervising daily operations by monitoring on time backhauls/deliveries.
• Assessed in opportunities to improve routing of backhauls.
• Worked closely with account managers, customer service and inside sales to provide timely metrics.
• Developed cross-training schedule to improve transportation department efficiencies.
• Improved operations by working with team members and customers to find workable solutions.

• Negotiated freight lanes and rates throughout U.S. with outside carriers.
• Evaluated labor hours and expenses to maintain budget controls.
• Negotiated with 25 different freight companies and received annual contracts resulting in cost savings of 15%