LaBrane West

• Lead team of 4 Transport supervisors, 2 Route dispatchers and team of 80 local OTR drivers, 2 sleeper drivers, utilized 42 Volvo tractors, and 450 trailers to deliver product to PepsiCo Inc distribution centers in safe, efficient, and productive manner
• Ownership of financial forecasting, audits, and analysis related to transportation cost center, and AOP with $30MM+ annual spend generating $17MM+ income lanes savings through backhaul lanes annually
• Daily operations leadership to ensure team are meeting goals of processing of income invoices per day
• Maintain favorable carrier perception and executed PepsiCo PMP for direct reports
• Review driver logs utilizing People-net to manage DOT requirements, company rules and regulations, and hours of service daily to ensure driver compliance.
• Coached safe and efficient driving techniques, ensuring safety, regulatory and DOT compliance
• Work with operations team to ensure minimal change requests and accurate LH rate information on Carrier lanes on daily shipments. Focused on customer escalation point – proactive resolution of carrier complaints and issues

• Coordinating receiving / shipping, Bay, Bulk, and Chilled picking operation of 5.4MM+ cases annually.
• Develop product movement and improve operations, support front-line staff and Production line staff
• Develops and motivates team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short-and long-term performance goals
• Reviews and prepares any action plans while ensuring productivity, quality control utilization of Food Safety Modernization Act, and customer service standards are met
• Leading continuous improvement projects as assigned and by analyzing process workflow, manning and space requirements, and equipment layout
• Increased Ship to Schedule to 85% vs prior year of 60% on time execution of trailer loading operation
• Responsibilities include cost efficiency, continuous improvement on processes, service, and safety across all shifts and developing teams of supervisors.
• Met environmentally temperature controlled cold storage warehouse operation to minimize breakage and product returns.
• Kept documentation and records accurate and up-to-date with latest data to prevent errors in processing or delivery.

• Lead team of 2 supervisors and 60 day cab transport drivers, and 4 OTR drivers to deliver Full goods / Raw materials to throughout PepsiCo's southeast locations
• Delivered transportation productivity agenda by focusing on asset utilization, improving fuel economy, payload efficiency of 50K lbs. per trailer delivery system, route optimization & utilizing detention charges to reduce wait time on deliveries
• Assume ownership for financial forecasts and analysis related to transportation cost on $16MM+ financial plan generating $4.5 MM+ in annual income to meet departments KPI goals
• Delivered transportation service target of 94% YTD, highest Ship to Schedule metric in Southeast region
• Negotiated with 3rd party carriers about capacity and rates, ensuring compliance to established route guides
• Provided forecasts and analysis related to transportation cost centers assumed ownership of all transport related cost and productivity targets for Tampa and Riviera Beach production plants
• Coached safe and efficient driving techniques, ensuring safety, regulatory and DOT compliance
• Established effective relationships with internal business partners (i.e., sales, logistics, plant, satellite warehouse, etc.)
• Worked with internal /external partners which generated over $300M in revenue in income back into company.

• Supervised teams of 40 transport drivers to deliver product to PBC distribution centers in safe, efficient, and productive manners
• Increased Ship to Schedule to 90.7% YTD from previous year of 82.5% in Columbia, S.C.
• Assume ownership for financial forecasts and analysis related to transportation cost on $5.5MM+ financial plans
• Help eliminate avoidable accidents and improve department's performance
• Instruct and train all company employees assigned to transport department in proper HSE safety procedures and regulations
• Provided support to Market Unit facilities on transportation matters
• Increased Ship to Schedule to 95.1% from previous year of 93% in Knoxville, TN

Ensure proper loading and unloading of Transportation trailers, D-Bay trucks, and Bulk trailers

• Lead team of approximately 25 hourly employees
• Replenish Inventory daily using Automated Storage and Retrieval system, and WMS systems
• Increased Employee Opinion Survey percentages by 10% every year in scored categories
• Improved Bulk productivity and accuracy by 5% over previous year
• Achieved 0% turnover in D-Bay loading department in 2008
• Decreased labor hours by 20% in Bulk loading dept. by creating flex work week schedule
• Initiated start of Layer Operation in Bulk loading, and Voice pick in D-Bay loading in warehouse dept.

• Direct accountability for shipping, receiving, inventory, production support, employee development, safety, and budgetary compliance
• Conferred with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or Union grievances
• Responsible for logistic operations within manufacturing environment with 7 production lines and annual volume of 52 million cases
• Prepare shipping documents and ASN labels to make sure that orders have been filled correctly
• Ensure efficient and accurate shipments of 250 loads per week.

• Daily activities included maintaining inventory levels, staffing, yard control, gate procedures, and sanitization
• Operated and directed activities in Warehouse operations representing supervision of 32+ Union employees, and 35K square feet of Warehouse space
• Worked with management and Union delegates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances
• Improved pallet repair budget by saving $42K+ in two years by changing pallet supplier
• Overseen completion of period-end closings
• Supervised salaried employees who were required to supply weekly reports regarding productivity numbers, expenses, overtime, and overall operation