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Stephen Michael

Houston

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Ops Manager/ Transportation Manager

TX IPM Logistics
Houston
06.2023 - Current
  • (load-planning/dispatching team) Manage Gulf coast port operations
  • Communicate with customers, leadership, drivers and stakeholders to prioritize loads, define routes, and set schedules
  • Hire, train, coach and terminate drivers as required
  • Monitor fleet productivity and equipment utilization
  • Create manage and upkeep fleet maintenance program
  • Quote customers, drayage, Trucking and trans-loading needs
  • Manage, flatbed, dry-van, straight-truck, drayage
  • Monitor containers to prevent demurrage, per diem and storage fee
  • Keep customers and warehouse to date on current inbound and outbound freight
  • Onboard/recruit new drivers and conduct driver orientation, create training plan to ensure drivers acclimate to company policies and procedures
  • Create department revenue goals
  • Track containers port ETA’s on and off the water
  • Manage/ Monitor fleet HOS through Geotab and ensure FMCSA compliance
  • Educate drivers on short haul exemption & proper use of 30min break
  • Perform inside sales calls/emails to generate new business
  • Conduct vehicle terminal inspections daily, weekly & monthly
  • Manage yard operations
  • Schedule drivers randoms & quarterly pool testing
  • Manage, and coordinate movement of hazardous goods

Operations Supervisor

IPM Logistics
Houston
02.2016 - 06.2023
  • Manage daily activities of operations and coordinate the activities of freight movement
  • Manage drayage operations, warehousing and distribution
  • Quote customers trucking services
  • Track steamship line operations and customs release status for import/export pick-ups and deliveries
  • Coordinate liquid bulk trucking, review last contained and approve loading or topload products based on compatibility
  • Manage carrier network and strategy
  • Create sales leads
  • Oversee freight billing
  • Arrange/Quote warehousing, drayage, transloading & trucking operations
  • Create specialized reports for department growth
  • Broker available freight
  • Analyze shipping data including, ISO tank shipments, Domestic tank and hazardous shipment data
  • Review, qualify and onboard hazmat carriers
  • RESPONSIBILITIES:

Logistics Brokerage Operations

EL Farmer
Houston
09.2013 - 02.2016
  • Strategically plan and manage logistics, warehouse, transportation and customer services
  • Direct, optimize and coordinate full supply chain cycle
  • Liaise and negotiate with suppliers and manufacturers
  • Keep track of quality, quantity, delivery times, transport costs and efficiency
  • Arrange trucking for available freight
  • Manage direct discharge of freight
  • Formulate & manage carrier network
  • Maintain customer on time delivery goals
  • Source carriers & customers to expand company resources
  • Create polices beneficial to brokerage operations
  • Assist dispatch on load boards Truckstop and Transcore
  • RESPONSIBILITIES:

Education

B.S. - Supply Chain Management

WGU University
07.2014

High school or equivalent -

Bach Homeschool
Baytown, TX
06.2009

Skills

  • MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Project); Work share; Adobe Suite; Access Point; TMW, Total mail, Omnitracs, Qualcomm, Internet truckstop, DAT Transcore, Meloud, OshaOffice, XRS, Teamviewer, DrDispatch, Microsoft Streets and trips, Emergency Response Management, Risk Management

Timeline

Ops Manager/ Transportation Manager

TX IPM Logistics
06.2023 - Current

Operations Supervisor

IPM Logistics
02.2016 - 06.2023

Logistics Brokerage Operations

EL Farmer
09.2013 - 02.2016

B.S. - Supply Chain Management

WGU University

High school or equivalent -

Bach Homeschool

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