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Brian Blankenship

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Summary

Strong transportation and warehouse knowledge. Looking to expand my current knowledge and provide my expertise.

Experienced with logistics coordination, fleet management, and optimizing transportation routes. Utilizes strategic planning to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Knowledge of regulatory compliance and safety standards, ensuring smooth and secure operations.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Transportation Manager

United Salad Co.
01.2025 - Current
  • Oversee 35+ drivers
  • Fleet management
  • DOT compliance
  • Scheduling
  • Routing
  • Dispatching daily deliveries
  • Training
  • Hiring new drivers
  • 10 months
  • Fleet maintenance

Transportation Supervisor

United Salad Co.
07.2024 - 01.2025
  • Supervised team of 35 plus drivers
  • Fleet maintenance
  • Dispatching daily routes
  • Routing
  • DOT Compliance of all fleet
  • Working closely with warehouse management for timely dispatching
  • Hiring of driver personnel
  • 7 months

Dispatcher

Ace Relocation Systems
08.2023 - 06.2024
  • Dispatching work crew
  • Creating daily work tickets
  • Creating shipping files for customers
  • Working closely with customer service to provide time changes and shipment issues
  • Create material pull sheets for dispatching crews
  • 11 months

Transportation Supervisor

McLane Company, Inc.
06.2022 - 08.2023
  • Supervise a team of 30+ drivers, 6 driver assistants and 4 office personnel.
  • Use of Direct route to set up deliveries for drivers.
  • Scheduling of drivers for business needs.
  • Budget management.
  • Point person for fleet management.
  • 1 year 3 months

Transportation Coordinator

McLane Company, Inc.
03.2022 - 06.2022
  • Use of Direct Route to create route guides for drivers.
  • Keep customers up to date on delivery schedule.
  • Keep track of drivers hours of service to help prevent DOT violations.
  • Creating on time spreadsheets to coach drivers on managing times to customers.
  • Help set up backhauls when needed.
  • Inputting route information into AS400 to help setup payroll for drivers.
  • Keeping delivery schedule up to date using teams spreadsheets.
  • 4 months

Logistics Coordinator

Starbucks
06.2019 - 03.2022
  • Tea Distribution Duties:
  • In my current role I am the point of contact for inbound and outbound deliveries.
  • I create batch transfers, facilitating tea production, troubleshooting to find inventory discrepancies.
  • Inventory reconciliation.
  • Lead teams to complete daily tasks.
  • Supporting scheduled production throughout.
  • PIT trainer.
  • I provide all the training courses and driving training for all tea distribution center (TDC) partners.
  • 2 years 10 months

Logistic Specialist

Starbucks
01.2015 - 06.2019
  • I work in the Tea Distribution Center (TDC) which gives support to the Kent Roasting plant for Tea.
  • In my current role, I oversee the work that is being done on second shift.
  • I also oversee distributing the work to the other partners on second shift.
  • I'm also in charge of making sure all paperwork is inputted into TMC for next day deliveries to the roasting plant.
  • My normal day may consist of creating the tea transfer paperwork which includes which items need to be pulled and the quantity that needs to be pulled to cover the specific blend.
  • Once created I would designate which partner(s) would be pulling and loading the tea transfers and which partner(s) would be putting away new product that was received that day.
  • Inventory management
  • Inventory adjustments
  • 4 years 6 months

Education

High School Diploma -

Tyee Senior High School
SeaTac, WA
06-2001

Skills

  • DOT Compliance
  • Dispatch operations
  • Schedule control
  • Relationship building
  • Warehouse logistics
  • Forklift operation
  • Teamwork
  • Multitasking
  • Warehouse safety
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Decision-making
  • Daily operations management
  • Distribution and warehousing
  • Fleet Management
  • Transportation regulations
  • Route planning
  • Route optimization
  • Staff recruitment

Certification

  • Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health
  • Introduction to OSHA

Timeline

Transportation Manager

United Salad Co.
01.2025 - Current

Transportation Supervisor

United Salad Co.
07.2024 - 01.2025

Dispatcher

Ace Relocation Systems
08.2023 - 06.2024

Transportation Supervisor

McLane Company, Inc.
06.2022 - 08.2023

Transportation Coordinator

McLane Company, Inc.
03.2022 - 06.2022

Logistics Coordinator

Starbucks
06.2019 - 03.2022

Logistic Specialist

Starbucks
01.2015 - 06.2019

High School Diploma -

Tyee Senior High School

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