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Devante Clayton

Dallas,TX

Cover Letter

I am a highly motivated and results-driven professional with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, specializing in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Boasting over five years of progressive experience in leadership and management roles across three organizations, I have honed the expertise necessary to drive operational excellence, foster team collaboration, and implement strategic improvements. My career is distinguished by a proven ability to enhance organizational culture, optimize performance, ensure safety compliance, and champion continuous improvement initiatives. I believe that I am an asset as a leader considering my values and standards for success. These values consist of team building, communication & collaboration, as well as conducting business with honesty & integrity. The skills that I have grown through my experience, which are listed in my resume, have proven to aid me in being an impactful & effective contributor as well as leader in my professional career. Thank you for your time and any consideration I may receive to fill a need for your organization in a role of leadership and management.

Summary

Seasoned Operations Supervisor adept in supply chain operations and team building. Flexible & able to adapt to meet goals. Experienced in enhancing customer satisfaction and reducing costs by implementing strategic process improvements. Skilled in Microsoft Office and comfortable with modern technology. Able to foster a culture of accountability, and positive team building to optimize efficiency as well as employee morale.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Skills

  • Resourceful and efficient thinker
  • Problem-solving Oriented
  • Training & Onboarding
  • Ability to Communicate & Collaborate
  • Coaching & Correction
  • Culture of Accountability
  • Teamwork & Team Building
  • Safety
  • Downtime Minimization
  • Computing skills (Microsoft Office)
  • WMS (Warehouse Management Software)
  • Time Management
  • Comprehensive knowledge of supply chain operations
  • Adaptability

Extracurriculars

Awarded to National Honors Society in 2017 & 2018

Over 30 hours of community service through local organizations

Affiliations

  • Member of ASCM (Association for Supply Chain Management)
  • Currently studying for CSCP Certification

Work History

Operations Supervisor

Universal Logistics
Grand Prairie, TX
08.2023 - Current
  • Management of inventory and material flow
  • Inbound Trailer Logs & Documentation
  • Submission of Damaged Claims
  • Directing employees as needed to meet daily operational objectives
  • Process Improvement & Implementation
  • Quality and safety compliance management
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • KPI Reporting & Communication
  • Goal-oriented planning
  • Ensure daily Staffing needs are met for operation
  • Cost Elimination such as fines & penalties due to untimely actions, inaccuracies, damages, & lost inventory

Warehouse Manager

American Freight
Amarillo, TX
04.2022 - 07.2023
  • Receive and maintain proper documentation for all incoming and outgoing inventory and trucks
  • Ensure all inventory is received at no loss & without error
  • Ensure inventory is entered into system & stored appropriately in warehouse
  • Responsible for managing all inventory and ensuring accurate counts in system
  • Correct issues such as incorrect tagging & pricing of inventory as well as managing through system errors
  • Responsible for removing and transferring defective products out of inventory
  • Management of all items needed for reverse flow/reverse logistics (returns/damages/receiving wrong items)
  • Loading & fulfillment of customer orders
  • Overseeing & management of delivery drivers & route times

Operations Administrator II

FedEx (Promotion Within Company)
Sherman, TX
10.2021 - 04.2022
  • Recordkeeping for DOT compliance
  • Responsible for assisting in post-delivery issues impacting service performance metrics (such as misdeliveries & damaged deliveries)
  • Primary handler for disputed deliveries, misdeliveries, and other delivery issues
  • Assist in line-haul operations requiring trucks to be dispatched from one facility to another to meet needs of customers & business partners daily
  • Responsible for assigning unassigned pickups to the correct route to ensure accurate deliveries
  • Distribute compliance paperwork & other needed documentation to contractors daily
  • Maintain and submit necessary information to reduce number of missing packages & resolve claims
  • (Promotion within company)

Quality Assurance Administrator

FedEx
Sherman, TX
01.2020 - 10.2021
  • Leadership role responsible for training all new hires in department
  • Process time sensitive packages and communicate with drivers to avoid unnecessary delays in deliveries and negative impacts on service metrics
  • Process changes in customer orders such as intercepts, holds, address corrections, etc
  • Manage daily duties of updating appropriate scans for holding packages in
  • Process Hazmats and international packages according to compliance guidelines
  • Maintain all documentation for Hazmat and international packages
  • Proactive Problem Solving (such as measures taken in advance to resolve issues for incoming products through system before arrival to station)

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

Colorado Technical University
Colorado Springs, CO
09.2022

Associate of Applied Science - Business Administration

Grayson College
Denison, TX
12.2019

Work Availability

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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

4-day work weekPaid sick leavePaid time offWork-life balanceCareer advancementHealthcare benefitsTeam Building / Company RetreatsCompany Culture

Interests

Supply Chain

Global Supply Chain/Economics

Timeline

Operations Supervisor

Universal Logistics
08.2023 - Current

Warehouse Manager

American Freight
04.2022 - 07.2023

Operations Administrator II

FedEx (Promotion Within Company)
10.2021 - 04.2022

Quality Assurance Administrator

FedEx
01.2020 - 10.2021

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

Colorado Technical University

Associate of Applied Science - Business Administration

Grayson College
Devante Clayton