Kenneth Ratliff
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Adaptable professional with 8.5+ years of experience and a proven knowledge of in-store promotions, merchandising, and buyer awareness and truck driving Aiming to leverage my skills to successfully fill the Truck driver role at your company.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Bus Operator
ABM aviation JFK
Jamaica, NY
03.2025 - Current
- Operated buses efficiently throughout JFK airport, ensuring timely passenger transport.
- Adhered to safety regulations and protocols during all driving operations.
- Assisted passengers with boarding and disembarking for optimal service.
- Conducted pre-trip inspections to ensure vehicle safety and compliance with regulations.
- Maintained communication with dispatch using two-way radio for real-time updates.
TRACK CHUFFER/TRUCK DRIVER
MTA/NYCT
Brooklyn, NY
09.2018 - 06.2024
- Check vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order.
- Maneuver trucks into loading or unloading positions, following signals from loading crew and checking that vehicle and loading equipment are properly positioned.
- Collect delivery instructions from appropriate sources, verifying instructions and routes.
- Maintain logs of working hours or of vehicle service or repair status, following applicable state and federal regulations.
- Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, or damage to the vehicles.
- Secure cargo for transport, using ropes, blocks, chain, binders, or covers.
- Operate equipment, such as truck cab computers, CB radios, and telephones, to exchange necessary information with bases, supervisors, or other drivers.
- Perform basic vehicle maintenance tasks, such as adding oil, fuel, or radiator fluid or performing minor repairs.
- Check all load-related documentation to ensure that it is complete and accurate.
- Read and interpret maps to determine vehicle routes.
- Load and unload trucks, or help others with loading and unloading, operating any special loading-related equipment on vehicles and using other equipment as necessary.
- Follow appropriate safety procedures for transporting dangerous goods.
- Climb ladders to inspect loads, ensuring that cargo is secure.
- Obey traffic laws and follow established traffic and transportation procedures.
- Inspect and maintain vehicle supplies and equipment, such as gas, oil, water, tires, lights, or brakes, to ensure that vehicles are in proper working condition.
- Report any mechanical problems encountered with vehicles.
- Load and unload trucks, vans, or automobiles.
- Read maps and follow written or verbal geographic directions.
- Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations to bases or other vehicles, using telephones or mobile two-way radios.
- Perform emergency repairs, such as changing tires or installing light bulbs, fuses, tire chains, or spark plugs.
- Clean up work areas and remove debris after extraction activities are complete.
- Organize materials in order to prepare for use.
- Unload materials, devices and machine parts, using hand tools.
TRACKWORKER
MTA/NYCT
Brooklyn, NY
11.2017 - 08.2018
- Signal locomotive engineers to start or stop trains when coupling or uncoupling cars, using hand signals, lanterns, or radio communication.
- Pull or push track switches to reroute cars.
- Observe signals from other crewmembers so that work activities can be coordinated.
- Inspect couplings, air hoses, journal boxes, and handbrakes to ensure that they are securely fastened and functioning properly.
- Raise levers to couple and uncouple cars for makeup and breakup of trains.
- Receive oral or written instructions from yardmasters or yard conductors indicating track assignments and cars to be switched.
- Climb ladders to tops of cars to set brakes.
- Set flares, flags, lanterns, or torpedoes in front and at rear of trains during emergency stops in order to warn oncoming trains.
- Inspect tracks, cars, and engines for defects and to determine service needs, sending engines and cars for repairs as necessary.
- Make minor repairs to couplings, air hoses, and journal boxes, using hand tools.
- Connect air hoses to cars, using wrenches.
- Watch for and relay traffic signals to start and stop cars during shunting.
- Monitor oil, air, and steam pressure gauges, and make sure water levels are adequate.
- Adjust controls to regulate air-conditioning, heating, and lighting on trains for comfort of passengers.
- Record numbers of cars available, numbers of cars sent to repair stations, and types of service needed.
- Provide passengers with assistance entering and exiting trains.
- Answer questions from passengers concerning train rules, stations, and timetable information.
Reset Merchandiser
Home Depot USA
Brooklyn, New York
03.2016 - 06.2017
RESET MERCHANDISE
Set and service resources
New York, NY
02.2011 - 02.2016
- Use computers to organize and locate inventory, and operate spreadsheet and word processing software.
- Negotiate prices, discount terms and transportation arrangements for merchandise.
- Manage the department for which they buy.
- Confer with sales and purchasing personnel to obtain information about customer needs and preferences.
- Examine, select, order, and purchase at the most favorable price merchandise consistent with quality, quantity, specification requirements and other factors.
- Monitor and analyze sales records, trends, or economic conditions to anticipate consumer buying patterns and determine what the company will sell and how much inventory is needed.
- Set or recommend mark-up rates, mark-down rates, and selling prices for merchandise.
- Authorize payment of invoices or return of merchandise.
- Interview and work closely with vendors to obtain and develop desired products.
- Conduct staff meetings with sales personnel to introduce new merchandise.
- Inspect merchandise or products to determine value or yield.
- Monitor competitors' sales activities by following their advertisements in newspapers or other media.
- Train or supervise sales or clerical staff.
- Consult with store or merchandise managers about budgets or goods to be purchased.
- Provide clerks with information to print on price tags, such as price, mark-ups or mark-downs, manufacturer number, season code, or style number.
- Determine which products should be featured in advertising, the advertising medium to be used, or when the ads should be run.
- Analyze environmental aspects of competing merchandise when making buying decisions.
- Compare transportation options to determine the most energy efficient options.
- Develop strategies to advertise green products or merchandise to consumers.
- Identify opportunities to buy green commodities, such as alternative energy, water, or carbon-neutral products for resale to consumers.
- Monitor consumer preferences or environmental trends to determine the best way to introduce new green products.
- Demonstrate or explain products, methods, or services to persuade customers to purchase products or use services.
- Provide product samples, coupons, informational brochures, or other incentives to persuade people to buy products.
- Keep areas neat while working and return items to correct locations following demonstrations.
- Record and report demonstration-related information, such as the number of questions asked by the audience or the number of coupons distributed.
- Sell products being promoted and keep records of sales.
- Set up and arrange displays or demonstration areas to attract the attention of prospective customers.
- Suggest specific product purchases to meet customers' needs.
- Transport, assemble, and disassemble materials used in presentations.
- Identify interested and qualified customers to provide them with additional information.
- Practice demonstrations to ensure that they will run smoothly.
- Prepare or alter presentation contents to target specific audiences.
- Learn about competitors' products or consumers' interests or concerns to answer questions or provide more complete information.
- Work as part of a team of demonstrators to accommodate large crowds.
- Visit trade shows, stores, community organizations, or other venues to demonstrate products or services or to answer questions from potential customers.
- Train demonstrators to present a company's products or services.
- Instruct customers in alteration of products.
- Research or investigate products to be presented to prepare for demonstrations.
- Recommend product or service improvements to employers.
- Provide product information, using lectures, films, charts, or slide shows.
- Contact businesses or civic establishments to arrange to exhibit and sell merchandise.
- Wear costumes or sign boards and walk in public to promote merchandise, services, or events.
- Stock shelves with products.
- Develop lists of prospective clients from sources such as newspaper items, company records, local merchants, or customers.
- Write articles or pamphlets about products.
- Listen to and resolve customers' complaints regarding products or services.
- Inform regular customers of new products or services and price changes.
- Write customer orders and sales contracts according to company guidelines.
- Drive trucks to deliver such items as food, medical supplies, or newspapers.
- Call on prospective customers to explain company services or to solicit new business.
- Record sales or delivery information on daily sales or delivery record.
- Review lists of dealers, customers, or station drops and load trucks.
- Arrange merchandise and sales promotion displays or issue sales promotion materials to customers.
- Maintain trucks and food-dispensing equipment and clean inside of machines that dispense food or beverages.
Education
High School Diploma -
NORVIEW
Norfolk, VASkills
- Very good communication
- Ability to solve issues
- Very goal driven
- Efficient in all latest computer programs and software
Certification
- CDL class B with tanker and passenger endorsements
- Residential wiring
References
References available upon request
Timeline
Bus Operator
ABM aviation JFK
03.2025 - Current
TRACK CHUFFER/TRUCK DRIVER
MTA/NYCT
09.2018 - 06.2024
TRACKWORKER
MTA/NYCT
11.2017 - 08.2018
Reset Merchandiser
Home Depot USA
03.2016 - 06.2017
RESET MERCHANDISE
Set and service resources
02.2011 - 02.2016
High School Diploma -
NORVIEW