Diana Diaz
Tracy,CA
Summary
Experienced leader with a strong background in guiding teams, managing complex projects, and achieving strategic objectives. Excels in developing efficient processes, ensuring high standards, and aligning efforts with organizational goals. Known for collaborative approach and commitment to excellence in all endeavors.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Transportation Assistant, DDXX
Defense Logistics Agency
Tracy, CA
01.2024 - Current
- Civilian Expeditionary Workforce (CEW) and Emergency Essential (EE) position.
- In February 2024, stationed in Corpus Christi, Texas.
- Conducted 45-day strategic training exercise in Germersheim, Germany.
- Project training at San Diego Naval Base concluded in June 2024.
- Enhanced productivity levels during October 2024 in Anniston, Alabama.
- Assembled components with minimal supervision, exceeding expected project milestones.
- Led interactive workshops focused on warehouse management systems.
- Worked flexible hours across night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Initiate freight releases and generate vehicle load orders across multiple transportation modes to achieve economical rates and meet delivery deadlines.
- Evaluate shipment urgency, carrier availability, and transportation speed for route selection and release.
- Ensured outgoing shipments had accurate documentation and traceability.
Transportation Assistant
Defense Logistics Agency
Tracy, CA
05.2020 - 01.2024
- Perform freight shipment and transportation support functions on a global scale.
- Initiate freight releases, creating vehicle load orders for a variety of modes, recommending changes in routing or mode of transportation for more economical rates to meet required delivery dates. I review automated documentation for a variety of materials designated for depots, posts, camps and stations within military units and Forward Operating Bases throughout the world.
- Research queries on multiple computer systems to find possible shipping or receiving transactions such as; Global tracking Network (GTN), DSS (Distribution Standard System), FACTS ( Financial and Air Clearance Transportation System), GFM (Global Freight Management), IRRIS (Intelligent Road Rail Information Service) and (ETA) Electronic Transportation Acquisition system linked to the Integrated Booking System Container Management Module Using established procedures and standing route orders to arrange for shipments.
- Research open and late line shipments to identify reasons for any discrepancies, then adjust to correct the discrepancies.
- Use established procedures and standing route orders to arrange for shipment of or general freight for Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Transportation Contracts (air and surface), Domestic Freight Routing Request Orders, and Export Release freight.
- I consider the urgency of shipments, availability, and speed of carriers prior to making route/release decisions. I review automated documentation for all types of shipments taking appropriate action to correct any invalid, void, or missing information. Review Transportation Control and Movement Document and Manifest, to ensure correctness and validity of paperwork.
- Prepare related documents for shipments having technical requirements. I assign RFid tag jAMS (Java Automated Manifest System) to provide material traceability for outgoing shipments.
- Plan all shipments for loading and prepared requests for domestic and export release orders.
- Use different modes of shipment that include, but are not limited to truckload, less-than-truckload, flat bed, flat racks, pickup, etc. Ship containers to destinations that include other military activities.
- Coordinate with commercial carriers efficiently.
- Order necessary equipment and update any change to containers when required. Also, I review shipping papers such as Transportation Movement Request and Logistical Movement Request along with Commercial documents according to the carriers to ensure accuracy and that there are no discrepancies and container control to assure that the containers are loaded and dispatched within the specified time frame allowed by the container agreements to prevent detention charges against the government.
- Maintain personal, email and telephone liaison with commercial carrier representatives, depots and military traffic management agency on problems concerning late shipments, services to be provided, documentation. I generate shipping manifest and Bill of Lading for international shipment. I generate Bill of Ladings accordingly to materials being shipped.
- Conduct daily inventory searches for accountability on all containers.
- Provided status reports, resolved problems, and traced shipments upon request.
Distribution Process Worker Supervisor, CCP
Defense Logistics Agency
Tracy, CA
07.2018 - 10.2018
- Assigned employee tasks, set job performance expectations, and provided necessary training.
- Facilitates morning briefing sessions.
- Preserved operational integrity during CCP redesign transition of inventory, equipment and material.
- Monitored and confirmed compliance with established protocols and safety evaluations.
- Allocate employee assignments based on strategic assessment of current workload demands.
- Maintained accurate attendance logs and prepared essential daily shift summaries.
- Assist management with data collection and reporting of safety mishaps into Enterprise Safety Application Management System (ESAMS).
- Utilize OSHA standards when providing safety and health recommendations to prevent workplace incidents and during safety investigations to provide effective solutions.
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing. Routine brief management verbally in one on one or group setting, communicate with customers and outside organizations in person, by phone, teleconference or by email.
- Provide on the job training to new employees and assist management in the development of Job Hazardous Analysis Sheets for workplace safety and Job Breakdown Sheets for Audit Readiness.
- Division Safety Representative
- Conducted inspections to evaluate organization's adherence to safety standards.
Distribution Process Worker Leader, CCP
Defense Logistics Agency
Tracy, CA
05.2018 - 07.2018
- Managed and prioritized workload under supervisor's guidance, leveraging workload reports for updates.
- Collaborated with diverse organizational units, such as union, VPP, motor pool, and shipment planning, to drive team synergy.
- Responsible for leading team and passing instructions from supervisor to employees while ensuring employees have necessary equipment, tools, and supplies to perform their functions.
- Provide on the job training to new hires to ensure all workplace policies, standard operating procedures, job breakdown sheets, job hazard analysis and safety objectives are understood.
- Responsible for making sure sea vans, flat racks and other modes of transportation are correctly ordered, loaded, and shipped on time to meet sail date and metric.
Distribution Process Worker, CCP
Defense Logistics Agency
Tracy, CA
02.2009 - 05.2018
- Performed receiving, handling, storing, unloading, loading material within all areas of the Consolidation and Containerization Point (CCP) to include but not limited to Track 10, ALOC, Frustrated/Research, and Transportation.
- Wood Preservation/Protection Program Certified to ensure all material is WPM compliant upon arrival and prior to departure.
- Skilled in reading and interpreting MSDS.
- Gained knowledge of Department of Transportation Hazardous Regulations.
- Safely loaded and unloaded trucks using appropriate forklift attachments, reducing the risk of accidents or injuries.
- Kept warehouse clean and organized by removing debris and returning unused pallets to designated areas.
- Improved warehouse efficiency by skillfully operating forklifts to move, locate, and stack materials.
- Wrapped pallets in plastic wrap and attached merchandise tags to prepare for shipping.
- Coordinated with supervisors to prioritize tasks, ensuring the most urgent shipments were processed first.
Laborer, UGR
Defense Logistics Agency
Tracy, CA
04.2008 - 02.2009
- Transform palletized goods into individual components and re-palletize.
- Organized materials in designated assembly area.
- Managed product flow on assembly line.
- Constructed modules efficiently for production requirements.
- Adopted effective lifting strategies to ensure safe handling of materials and equipment.
- Accomplished management-assigned duties with precision and adherence to safety standards before the target due date.
Education
High School Diploma -
Tracy High School
Tracy, CA01.1992
Skills
- Mission-Oriented
- Shipment Planning
- Customer Service Excellence
- Division Safety Representative
- Audit Readiness Compliant
- Warehouse operations
- Hazardous materials handling
Timeline
Transportation Assistant, DDXX
Defense Logistics Agency
01.2024 - Current
Transportation Assistant
Defense Logistics Agency
05.2020 - 01.2024
Distribution Process Worker Supervisor, CCP
Defense Logistics Agency
07.2018 - 10.2018
Distribution Process Worker Leader, CCP
Defense Logistics Agency
05.2018 - 07.2018
Distribution Process Worker, CCP
Defense Logistics Agency
02.2009 - 05.2018
Laborer, UGR
Defense Logistics Agency
04.2008 - 02.2009
High School Diploma -
Tracy High School