David Kelly
Bentonville,AR
Summary
Professional Transportation Manager competent in fleet operations and project management. Highly talented in efficiency planning, cost reduction and budget control. Outstanding problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Serves as point-of-contact for all transportation-related inquiries and issues.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
FLEET MANAGER
GATIK AI
08.2023 - Current
- Driver Selection and Onboarding: Recruit, screen, and hire qualified drivers
- Conduct driver orientation, training, and ongoing performance management
- Driver Management: Conduct ride-along trips with drivers to evaluate performance, train and analyze behaviors aligned to safety, quality, and customer service support
- Safety and Compliance: Champion a safety-first culture
- Enforce safety protocols, conduct regular inspections, and ensure adherence to all FMCSA, DOT and company regulations
- Fleet Readiness and Maintenance: Collaborate with the maintenance team to schedule and oversee timely preventative maintenance and repairs for assigned fleet to minimize downtime
- Maintain accurate maintenance records
- Assist with registering and licensing of all trucks
- Customer Satisfaction: Maintain positive, constructive relationships with assigned customers, proactively delivering on key performance indicators, addressing service issues, and pursuing contract growth opportunities
- Route Scheduling: Manage daily route planning and driver scheduling to ensure on-time deliveries while maximizing fleet efficiency and managing labor costs
- Problem Solving: Address driver concerns, resolve route issues, troubleshoot delays, and handle unexpected logistical challenges
- Performance Monitoring: Analyze driver performance metrics and fleet data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement
- Evaluate current operational performance and KPIs in assigned territory and develop an operational plan for improvements.
ACCOUNT MANAGER
BUCHANAN HAULING AND RIGGING
08.2022 - 06.2023
- Responsible for the full sales process including prospecting, lead generation, pricing and closing
- Complete oversight of RFP submissions for all assigned customer accounts
- Maximize revenue/gross profit opportunities with each customer account
- Maintain account integrity and work with credit to resolve any payment issues
- Manage team of brokers to ensure best cost/service options are being utilized on all shipments
- Weekly reporting to leadership on all assigned customer accounts to ensure adequate growth.
LOGISTICS MANAGER
BAY CITIES CONTAINER
08.2021 - 07.2022
- Responsible for development and implementation of standard procedures for logistics operations
- Strategic contract carrier procurement designed to improve performance while reducing costs
- Develop and utilize meaningful metrics on carrier performance for reporting to leadership
- Drive successful customer partnership, offering real-time visibility of shipments
- Analyze market data to identify cost saving opportunities
- Perform ad-hoc reporting as needed
- Identify patterns with shipper/receiver/carrier performance and recommend actions for improvement
- Manage team of brokers to ensure best cost/service options are being utilized as well as accuracy in all required documentation to mitigate OS&D claims.
LTL CONSOLIDATION MANAGER
TRANSPLACE
04.2020 - 08.2021
- Primary liaison between customer and carrier interactions
- Leverage freight network to optimize consolidation options that reduce transportation spend
- Increased savings to the customer by over 12% YOY through strategic carrier procurement
- Manage crossdock scheduling for regional LTL carriers servicing all major markets
- Strategic management of carriers to ensure available capacity below market average.
INTERMODAL COORDINATOR
TRANSPLACE
10.2018 - 04.2020
- Account Management of Intermodal shipments, door to door, encompassing all aspects of the shipment cycle: Managing contracted capacity providers, Spot-rating multiple freight sources, procurement of shipments, building orders, booking, tracking and billing
- Financial Procedures and Operating Metrics: Detention management, research/resolving invoice discrepancies, benchmark rate achievement, automation objectives.
DEDICATED FLEET MANAGER
TRANSPLACE
03.2015 - 10.2018
- Management of long-term projects generating >$1M Net Revenue annually
- Short-term projects generating >$100k Net Revenue monthly
- Ad hoc projects as needed
- Oversight of financial procedures and operating metrics for Dedicated Fleet service providers (Invoice reconciliation, discrepancy resolution, OS&D claims, etc.)
- Research and implementation of new lane opportunities within network to fully utilize available capacity across multiple carrier fleets
- Coordination of Fleet assets through proactive planning to ensure maximum productivity of each fleet while ensuring strict compliance with all applicable DOT regulations
- Work closely with carrier operations to mitigate potential service disruptions, optimize driver output, improve on-time metrics, and facilitate automation objectives.
transportation Coordinator II
BNSF Logistics
05.2011 - 10.2013
- Coordinated with shippers, carriers, and dispatchers to manage daily freight schedules
- Managed service provider KPI analysis/reporting to ensure service requirements were met while continually developing core carrier database
- Negotiated contract and spot-price agreements with carriers to ensure adequate capacity for timely pickup and delivery of all freight
- Identified and contracted qualified carriers for dedicated freight services.
Education
AS Business Management -
NWACC / Walton College of Business
Skills
- 3PL and truckload carrier operations
- Supply Chain Management software
- Operations and logistics
- Regulatory Compliance
- Customer Relationship Management
- Fleet Optimization
- Fleet Management
- Account Management
Timeline
FLEET MANAGER
GATIK AI
08.2023 - Current
ACCOUNT MANAGER
BUCHANAN HAULING AND RIGGING
08.2022 - 06.2023
LOGISTICS MANAGER
BAY CITIES CONTAINER
08.2021 - 07.2022
LTL CONSOLIDATION MANAGER
TRANSPLACE
04.2020 - 08.2021
INTERMODAL COORDINATOR
TRANSPLACE
10.2018 - 04.2020
DEDICATED FLEET MANAGER
TRANSPLACE
03.2015 - 10.2018
transportation Coordinator II
BNSF Logistics
05.2011 - 10.2013
AS Business Management -
NWACC / Walton College of Business
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