Ricky L. Thomas
Summary
Highly motivated and trained logistics professional with over 10 years of experience, with the proven ability to produce lean and supply chain methodologies, with business and technical knowledge.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Critical Shippers Trace Agent
Fedex Express
Indianapolis, IN
09.2021 - Current
- Responsible for following the progression of Critical Shipments in an assigned outbound building
- This involves physically going through non-con baggage carts and designated miss-flow areas in seeking out packages
- Once packages are located, they are hand delivered to the designated checker/load position of the outbound market, appropriately scanned, and loaded into the assigned container (ULD) for transport to the appropriate flight/truck
- Constant communication on the status of the package(s) is done with Service Assurance Agents who are tracking the movement of all critical shipments in and out of the Indy Hub
Material Handler
FedEx Express
02.2016 - 09.2021
- Consistently organizing containers of freight off airplanes to deliver to various location in the Fedex hub
- Keep close communication with aircraft tower for incoming and outgoing aircraft, to receive and ship packages in a timely manner
- Delivery 1000s of packages within a 4 hour sort time
Logistics Specialist
IU Health
Indianapolis, USA
01.2010 - 01.2016
- Managed 12 supply accounts that consist of +1000 items
- Control Inventory locations through Lawson software
- Cut inventory cost down by 40% by implementing a Kanban System and eliminating waste
- Execute various continuous improvement projects to eliminate waste and improve cost savings
- Receive product report updates from buyers
- Issue monthly inventory usage and budget reports to customer, to establish plan of eliminating non used material
- Work closely with buyers to ensure all products information is updated
Shipping Coordinator
Endress + Hauser
Greenwood, USA
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Consolidated sales orders for outbound shipments to United States, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and Chile
- Researched and define compliance requirements for new destination countries
- Audited files against freight forwarder invoicing for pricing accuracy and submitted to accounting
- Scheduled finished goods for shipping
- Updated shipping status with a transportation brokerages and third-party logistics, phone, fax and email
- Organized +100 Purchasing orders for shipping weekly
- Continuous communication with all department to assure shipment status (Production, Quality, Purchasing, Finance, Repair and Sales), (via phone, fax and email)
- Primary liaison between freight forwarder and Company
Inventory Control Specialist
Endress + Hauser
01.2008 - 01.2009
- Collaborated with each department (Production, Quality, Sales, and Repair), to ensure all purchasing orders were received and processed
- Constant communication with material buyer, to discover the delivery status of products
- Received and stocked up to +1000 parts weekly from Switzerland and India
- Reviewed Pre-Alert shipment manifest for accuracy
- Processed sales orders that were delivered to Canada, Mexico, and Chile
- Processed material requisitions to adjust cost of inventory for each department
- Utilized SAP database to ensure all inventory was accurate in all departments
- Transferred repairs to the shipping department, to ensure that customers receive their product before the shipping deadline
- Implemented a pull system for reordering slow moving inventory
Industrial Engineer
Ternes Packaging
Indianapolis, USA
01.2008 - 12.2008
- Collaborated with the logistics carrier and washing facility for returnable containers to ensure satisfaction for over 200 vendors on a daily basis
- Designed, test & maintain service parts packaging for 30,000+ part numbers
- Inventory check for updating packaging material
- Utilized SAP database to identify foreign parts, to eliminate shipping restrictions
- Worked with a team of industrial engineers to reformat floor layout to improve process flow
Education
Bachelors of Science - Supply Chain and Sales Engineering Technology
Purdue University
West Lafayette, INSkills
- Account Management
- Good Attendance
- Training
- Materials Inventory Management
- Process Improvement
- ERP Systems (SAP, Lawson)
- International Shipping
- Customer Service Oriented
- Continuous Improvement
- Six Sigma (Yellow Belt)
- Microsoft Office
- Customer relationship management
- Teamwork and collaboration
Certification
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Timeline
Critical Shippers Trace Agent
Fedex Express
09.2021 - Current
Material Handler
FedEx Express
02.2016 - 09.2021
Logistics Specialist
IU Health
01.2010 - 01.2016
Shipping Coordinator
Endress + Hauser
01.2009 - 01.2010
Inventory Control Specialist
Endress + Hauser
01.2008 - 01.2009
Industrial Engineer
Ternes Packaging
01.2008 - 12.2008
Bachelors of Science - Supply Chain and Sales Engineering Technology
Purdue University
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