David A. Turnquist Jr.
Ooltewah,TN
Summary
Customer-oriented transportation team member with proven safety skills and impeccable driving history. Log daily activities, coordinate customer documentation and collect payments. Skillfully plan efficient daily routes to meet customer needs and maximize delivery schedules. Punctual and efficient Driver known for reliability. Motivated to provide prompt, friendly and professional service at all times. To seek and maintain a full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Delivery Driver
Tri-Star Beverage/Hand Family Companies
Soddy Daisy, TN
03.2021 - Current
- Completed on-time deliveries by choosing the best and most efficient routes.
- Updated dispatchers frequently to convey changes such as route issues or weather delays potentially impacting delivery schedules.
- Communicated customer complaints, requests, and feedback to company management for a swift resolution.
- Fostered positive working relationships with regular customers.
- Maintained organized, clean, and professional vehicle to protect company reputation with customers.
- Reviewed routes and expected delivery time frames to determine the order of deliveries.
- Managed efficient unloading of freight, inspected the merchandise and documented customer concerns for supervisor.
- Minimized company liability and risks to loads by obeying traffic laws.
- Coordinated efficient routes for optimal delivery scheduling and maximum daily performance.
Route Delivery/Warehouse Specialist
Anheuser-Busch
Medford, MA
11.2007 - 10.2020
- Operated with safety and skill to avoid accidents and delays.
- Contacted dispatch to report delivery incidents and determine best methods for resolution.
- Operated equipment such as hand pallet jacks and forklifts to efficiently load and unload vehicles, consistently maintaining tight timetables.
- Maintained safe driving record by observing road rules, remaining cautious and alert in unfamiliar areas and keeping control of vehicle.
- Optimized routes to maximize efficiency and scheduled service stops.
- Offered every customer outstanding service, promoting high satisfaction and cementing loyalty.
- Developed and nurtured lasting customer relationships by projecting professional corporate image and responding quickly to logistical and scheduling issues.
- Built pallets and loads for partial and mixed pallets, wrapped finished pallets, and staged pallets and loads into truck when ready for shipment.
- Drove carts, dollies, hand trucks, mobile power-propelled trucks and other moving equipment to move large quantities of merchandise.
- Enforced organizational standards to maintain safe and healthy work environment.
- Stocked warehouse efficiently by comparing item numbers with storage locations.
Education
High School Diploma -
Minuteman Technical School
Lexington, MA06.1995
Skills
- Valid CDL A Driver's License
- Problem-solving
- Route Planning
- Efficiency and Time Management
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Stocking and Replenishing
- Forklift Operation
- Warehouse Operations
- Dependability and Honesty
- Yard Jockey
- Familiarity with DOT regulations
Certification
CDL A License
Forklift Certified
OSHA Certification
Timeline
Delivery Driver
Tri-Star Beverage/Hand Family Companies
03.2021 - Current
Route Delivery/Warehouse Specialist
Anheuser-Busch
11.2007 - 10.2020
High School Diploma -
Minuteman Technical School
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