Accomplished Sr Operations Manager with a robust history at JB Hunt Transportation, demonstrating expertise in operations management and strategic planning. Spearheaded initiatives that significantly enhanced productivity and operational efficiency. Renowned for exceptional leadership and the ability to drive performance improvements, achieving notable employee retention and customer satisfaction.
• Create and execute plan for forecasted freight volumes/customer volume needs, power/equipment needs, and adjust capacity needs as a result to ensure fleet/carrier and equipment coverage is seamless
• Train on and audit all processes and procedures needed to execute the day-to-day operations; Identify and implement system or procedure improvement areas
• Through strategic management, successfully promote, manage, and maintain a positive work environment and internal and external customer relationships to improve operational efficiency, employee and customer engagement, and driver retention
• Serves as the primary point of contact with their assigned customers/ramp and communicates with internal departments and team to provide exceptional service, provide trouble free account operation, and identify and resolve problems or issues with ramp, driver, customer, account, etc., throughout the day and, where required, when on call
• Responsible for complete P&L performance, including cost control decisions, expense management, and maximizing profitability, as well as identifying and maintaining key performance indicators. Includes design versus actual data analysis for each customer through mid-year business reviews, annual account assessments, and preparing and presenting final presentation, etc
• Oversee assigned team operations, including board coverage, customer service, safety, compliance, employee retention, and scorecard management and filling in for director when absent
• Facilitate and determine employee trainings and development including monitoring ongoing performance progress to promote, engage, and retain employees in positions of increasing responsibility by optimizing job performance through evaluations, individual development plans, and employee recognition programs
• Create the annual budget and train others to do so, audit current year performance of actual versus budgeted expenses and provide feedback to the Controller regarding required changes to the budget as a result of operational changes