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Taylor Brown

Yorktown,Virginia

Summary

Impactful logistics professional with expertise in supply chain optimization and hands-on experience managing long-haul schedules, utilizing analytics, and ensuring compliance. Graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Maritime and Supply Chain Management from Old Dominion University in May, I am ready to bring my blend of academic knowledge and hands-on experience to enhance operational excellence.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Logistics Coordinator

NFI Industries
04.2022 - Current
  • Created and managed sixty weekly long-haul schedules for Anheuser Busch, overseeing inbound supply material, third-party logistics freight, and product deliveries.
  • Utilized advanced analytics through Power BI to effectively track production metrics, enabling data-driven decision-making in proactively ordering products for upcoming weeks' schedules
  • Scheduled appointments with suppliers and maintained effective communication with drivers, providing status updates and ETAs
  • Monitored driver compliance with DOT guidelines and utilized camera systems for performance evaluation
  • Offered coaching to improve efficiency and ensure safety
  • Proficiently handled customer orders, updating payroll records for detention time, deadhead miles, and BOLs
  • Collaborated in managing the dedicated lane, assisting with dispatching, and tracking equipment
  • Delivered timely updates to wholesalers, addressing delivery progress, equipment recovery, and coordinating returns of dunnage material and products.

Logistics Specialist

STG Logistics
10.2020 - 03.2022
  • Partnered with the Field Dispatcher for the assigned region when scheduling appointments
  • Identifies the preferred appointment to meet customer service goals, port cut-off, and maximize our network of capacity
  • Scheduled pickup and delivery appointments with shippers and consignees in an area to fulfill customer needs and match dray capacity to eliminate empty miles and enhance efficiency
  • Examined available capacity within the shipping zone, including vacant equipment on the street, and pickup appointments in accordance with predetermined parameters
  • Monitored the timely pick up to in gate at the port
  • Triage roadblocks include a lack of gate reservations, bad orders, billing issues, etc.
  • Reduced transportation costs through strategic route planning and carrier negotiations.

Customer Service Dispatcher

Copart
12.2017 - 10.2020
  • Responded to over sixty daily caller requests with information about assistance and timeframes
  • Evaluated and adjusted over thirty routes based on daily needs, available workers, traffic hazards and weather conditions
  • Closely monitored dispatch board to triage and prioritize over sixty daily calls
  • Implemented schedule and policy changes and collaborated with management to formulate new policies, procedures, and goals.
  • Streamlined communication between field technicians and customers, ensuring timely resolution of issues.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Maritime and Supply Chain Management

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA
05.2024

Associate of Science - Business Administration

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA
08.2022

Skills

  • Material Handling
  • Distribution Management
  • Order Processing
  • Equipment Tracking (TMS, EMS)
  • Power BI Analytics
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • DOT Compliance Monitoring
  • Route Evaluation & Adjustment (TMS)
  • Performance Coaching

Timeline

Logistics Coordinator

NFI Industries
04.2022 - Current

Logistics Specialist

STG Logistics
10.2020 - 03.2022

Customer Service Dispatcher

Copart
12.2017 - 10.2020

Bachelor of Science - Maritime and Supply Chain Management

Old Dominion University

Associate of Science - Business Administration

Tidewater Community College

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