David Christon
Frederick,MD
Summary
I have over 30 years of experience in the transportation industry with the majority of time in the transfer of household goods. My qualifications include, but are not limited to, the management, hiring and training of personnel. I facilitated training of personnel to operate warehouse equipment, driving class B and C trucks, proper packing and furniture handling. I am forklift certified,hold a current DOT card with a class B CDL drivers license free of any violations.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operations Manager
Ramar Moving Systems
Frederick, Md.
04.2022 - 11.2023
- Responsible for the seamless coordination between sales staff, warehouse,dispatch and fleet maintenance , to properly facilitate execution of day to day activities.
- Hiring and training new personal to provide a seamless transition into our current workforce. Also, training, disciplining and removal of problem employees.
- I conducted monthly safety meeting, topics which included, reinforcing company policies, plans to improve efficiency, DOT compliancy regulations, and issues that needed addressed from the previous month.
- I did a walk around several times daily to make sure the departments under my supervision were operating to the standard define by the company guidelines.
- All efforts were made, to ensure every department under my supervision were operating to maximizing profitability with little interruption to daily activities.
Operations Manager
Platinum Services
Baltimore, MD
05.2021 - 04.2022
- Operations manager for a company, solely responsible for relocating military service members, locally, domestically, and internationally.
- I oversaw the scheduling of inbound and outbound shipments of service members.
- Ensuring inbound shipments were inventoried in and all belongings were accounted for upon arrival at warehouse and delivery at local destination.
- Ensuring all outbound shipments are documented into local warehouse and prepared appropriately for pick up and delivery to destination.
- I was responsible for, replenishing packing material, scheduling any facility maintenance, scheduling necessary truck services, manage warehouse staff, drivers and helpers.
- Hiring, training,disciplined and terminations.
Branch Manager
Beltway Movers & Storage
Rockville, Md.
11.2009 - 05.2021
- I was branch manager for Beltway Movers Rockville Md. My responsibilities overseeing cohesiveness between sales, dispatch, warehouse and fleet maintenance.
- Responsible for the hiring, training, discipline and separation of moving staff. I have a strong belief of rewarding exception performance, and trying to correct bad.
- I tried to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction. When feasible, do job visits, if not call during job. Also, post move calls and address any issues that may have occurred.
- Settling claims fair and amicably within the confines of the agreed contract.
- Actively monitor funds due to the company. Making sure all storage accounts were up to date. Make sure, all funds are collected as described in he BOL.
- My duties also included assisting HR and accounting with payroll, hiring docs, payment disputes, claim settlements.
Owner Operator
Christon Moving
Frederick, MD
01.1988 - 11.2009
- Owner of a local, long distance and storage company.
- Responsible for all aspects of owning a small business.
Skills
- Maintaining Health and Safety Compliance
- Performance Monitoring
- Customer service and Retention
- Logistics Oversight
- Workforce Training
- Operations Management
- Warehouse Operations
- Delegation
- Building and Facility Management
- Budgeting and Cost Control
- Troubleshooting and Problem Solving
Certification
Class B CDL w/air
Forklift certified
Timeline
Operations Manager
Ramar Moving Systems
04.2022 - 11.2023
Operations Manager
Platinum Services
05.2021 - 04.2022
Branch Manager
Beltway Movers & Storage
11.2009 - 05.2021
Owner Operator
Christon Moving
01.1988 - 11.2009