Araba - Sales Executive (GTA)Araba is a dynamic and motivated sales professional with superior communication and interpersonal skills. She is goal oriented and continually strives to exceed customer expectations. She is a flexible individual who enjoys working in a team or as an individual contributor. Araba is committed to forming strong business relationships with clients through her proven ability to provide exceptional customer service. She was responsible for growing an assigned customer account base from 85% trading to 112% on one year which was approximately $3.5 million in sales. She also quickly became the top field sales rep in the GTA. Araba enjoys challenging herself in her role and thrives in a high demand work environment.
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Ben - GTA Senior Sales ProfessionalBen possesses 21 years of frontline experience in both Sales and Operations. He possesses extensive knowledge of ground, air and ocean transportation as well as warehousing and cross-dock operations, Ben has been involved in all aspects of budget planning, policy creation and implementation as well as hiring and training. A team leader who ensures his teams are provided with the tools necessary ensuring he maintains a positive work environment.
With business development experience within Canada, U.S. and Internationally, he is able to comfortably approach decision makers at any level of an organization. Ben is an innovative, dedicated and versatile business development professional that enjoys creating and implementing strategic plans that will directly increase bottom line revenue. He thrives in a challenging environment and is passionate about business development within the transportation industry.
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Brad - GTA Terminal ManagerBrad is a result orientated team player with proven leadership abilities that have been gained through 12+ years of LTL Transportation experience. He currently manages the largest service center for a large LTL carrier, supervising all departments including sales, dispatch, customer service, drivers and operational supervisors. He has conducted route analysis, developed core business strategies, and eliminated non-profitable business resulting in a 17% increase in employee productivity and 8% decrease in operating cost. He also implemented initiative programs that increased gross revenue by 26% in 2001 and improved the operating ration from 104% to 87%. Brad is a customer focused leader that has a comprehensive understanding of sales, administration, operations and employee management.
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Christiana - GTA Senior Distribution ProfessionalA highly skilled manager with extensive experience in global logistics, program management, supply chain management, inventory control and direct fulfillment. Christiana has proven leadership skills in strategic large-scale process developments resulting in reduced cycle times, reduced costs and increased efficiencies. She has most recently been responsible for overseeing management of a national 3PL distribution center including all inbound/outbound shipments, budgets, analysis, monthly reporting and 6 sigma projects. Christiana changed the shipping method resulting in a $55k annual savings and reduced overtime by 42% saving over $12k annually. She has superior verbal and written communication skills and has direct customer and 3rd party logistics management. Christiana has her BA from York University and has continued her education in the Supply Chain and Logistics industry; she is also the recipient of many achievement awards. Christiana is a distribution professional that is looking to join an organization that would benefit from her skills, knowledge and educational background.
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Corrine - Air Freight-GTACorrine is a successful Air Import and Export professional. She takes great pride in maintaining strong client relationships as well as bringing on new clients to increase company revenue. Corrine is proven successful at handling communications between agents and on behalf of clients. She has more than 7 years of direct experience in Air Import/Export. Her responsibilities include entering and sending the pre-alerts for all of the shipments arriving into and departing from Canada, tracing the shipments with the airlines, and arranging pick ups from airlines and clients, as well as arranging deliveries to the clients upon customs release.
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Dan - GTA National Operations ManagerDan was most recently responsible for the overall management of Canadian Distribution network serving over 5,000 customers via 3 Distribution Centres with annual sales exceeding $60M. His annual budget accountability was $7M with 5 direct reports and 70 indirect staff. He successfully directed the closer of the Windsor, Toronto and Montreal facilities including negotiating closeout agreements with the teamsters and CAW, managing the consolidation of company assets and $10M inventory into a new facility. Dan implemented KPI’s and best practices across the Canadian network achieving 20% increased productivity, 10% increase in order fulfillment rate and reduced expenditures by 8%. Hs energy and value driven team leadership style has enabled him to continuously improve operations and decrease costs through process implementation and management. Dan has an Honours BA in Economics from Laurentian University and a CHRM from Georgian College.
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David - GTA Driver RecruiterDavid is an accomplished, talented and professional Driver Recruiter with extensive experience in all aspects of screening, hiring, training and coaching Company Drivers and Owner Operators within the transportation industry. He has created and implemented new processes for recruiting and retaining drivers as well as a tracking program to ease the recruitment process. David directly managed 10 driver coaches and was responsible for training, coaching and mentoring new drivers. He created and implemented a driver orientation program based on his experience as a professional AZ driver Instructor where he consistently had a 95% pass rate with the MTO. David is a self motivated, keen and purposeful Recruiter; David would add immediate value to any Driver Recruitment team.
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Doug - GTA Senior Operations ProfessionalDoug is an analytical and innovative transportation professional specializing in all areas of warehousing, distribution, supply chain and project management. A team oriented leader with an open door policy, Doug is able to motive and direct his team to shared success. He possesses a successful track record of developing and implementing cost saving SOP’s and has extensive experience identifying, evaluating and improving distribution and warehousing work flow efficiencies. Creating and executing a program to track damages, resulted in a cost savings of over $1.3 million dollars. With the ability to direct a team of 40 employees in a fast-paced, continuously changing environment, Doug is passionate about the distribution and warehousing industry and truly enjoys overseeing a continuously growing organization.
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Earl - GTA VP of LogisticsEarl is an accomplished Logistics Professional with a record of progressive leadership in one of the top supply chains in Canada. Managing the daily operations and strategic planning for two distribution centers with a combined area of 2.5 million sq. ft. and over 1200 employees. Earl has an impressive record of accomplishments in the identification, development and implementation of innovative, cost effective, customer focused improvements. As a result of his continuous improvements in fulfillment, delivery and fraud prevention store satisfaction has improved 28% and lost time has decreased 54%. Earl has completed his Honours B.A in Economics at Queen’s University, PLog and continuous professional improvements in the supply chain industry.
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Jeffrey - Human Resource Manager (GTA)Jeffrey is people-oriented Human Resources Manager possessing over 15 years of diverse experience within both unionized and non-unionized organizations. An excellent communicator, Jeffrey has successfully created and implemented various employee standards and work place training programs. Passionate about his ability to create employee relationships, he has an open door policy will all levels of management. Jeffrey is creative and enjoys developing new programs and initiatives to ensure work place safety is maintained. An innovative, resourceful and dedicated Human Resources Professional, Jeffrey is passionate about creating a safe, comfortable work environment where every employee has the ability to be successful.
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Jim - GTA VP of TransportationJim is a seasoned logistics leader with proven successes at improving processes and procedures to increase organizational performance and efficiency. He is currently responsible for creating a scalable trucking infrastructure to extend door to door reach across North America. He is directly accountable for the non asset based truck brokerage division as well as the integration of asset based trucking, intermodal and non asset based brokerage to shippers providing a source ground transportation solution.
One of his most recent accomplishments was the assessment, creation and execution of a de-bottleneck program that converted a terminal to a cross dock operation forestalling an estimated $100M+ capital expenditure. He also negotiated and managed a $10M acquisition of a container yard resulting in $2M annual profit increase as a stand along profit center. Jim has completed his MBA at Queen’s University as well as ongoing professional development in the transportation industry.
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John - GTA Sales ManagerThis seasoned and successful business development professional has over 20 years of progressive experience in the international transportation industry. John resides in the Greater Toronto Area although is open to travelling.
He has successfully managed all aspects of account attainment, maintenance and retention for 1200 active customers with a team of ten sales executives. Through the creation and day to day management he successfully increased average weekly sales calls by 33% resulting in and increased customer base of 22% annually.
John began his education at Seneca and has continued to train in his industry to include SPIN selling, Selling Excellence, Account Development Strategies, Management Courses and Accounting.
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Josh - SW Ontario Service ManagerJosh is an experienced and accomplished Service Manager in the Transportation Service Industry. Josh is a licenced Truck and Coach Technician, currently responsible for overseeing all aspects of servicing a lease fleet of over 400 units with a team of 20 technicians. While managing human resources, budgeting and financial responsibilities for his department, Josh is committed to providing excellent customer service at all times. Responsible for scheduling all unit repairs for each shift and ensuring completion of all repairs in a timely fashion. Josh is detail oriented and understands the importance of accuracy and precision. His ability to focus in a fast paced high pressure environment and complete tasks thoroughly/efficiently would add immediate value to your organization.
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Mark - Newfoundland Terminal ManagerMark is an efficient and accomplished professional with over 24 years of experience in the transportation industry. He is focused on having a unified organization and believes that prioritization, strict cost control and accountability to employees has enabled him to consistently exceed company expectations. In 2005, he successfully managed a net gain of over $1,000,000 for his current employer who had lost money for the previous four years. He has also successfully managed all aspects of the entire Newfoundland distribution network for a prior employer of over fifty heavy fleet vehicles, utilizing detailed databases and spreadsheets. Mark believes in a proactive team approach to his management style and is avid about making sure that his employees not only pull their own weight, but fully understand their roles and responsibilities in order to reach maximum productivity. With his extensive experience in the Sales, Service, Operations and Administration departments, Mark is competent in a wide variety of skill sets. His determination, loyalty and analytical mindset enables him to be an asset to any management team.
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Mark - BC Terminal ManagerA result driven Terminal Manager with proven success at providing positive leadership in a unionized environment. He is currently managing all P&D, dock operations and dispatching for a leading LTL carrier in the Vancouver area with a team of 95. He has successfully managed a team of individuals to reduce the number of injuries in the workplace through the creation of a safety-minded workforce. Mark has implemented pre-shift management meetings to review targets and staffing requirements resulting in the reduction of part time employees.
As a direct result of his continuous improvement style, he has effectively implemented a weight inspection program resulting in a savings of over $20,000,000 in 2007. An approachable and accomplished manager that possesses a Diploma in Operations Management as well as continued training in Business Administration, Occupational Health and Safety and Labour Relations.
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Mathew - GTA 3PL Sales ExecutiveMathew is a customer focused, self motivated sales professional with over 14 years of extensive 3PL, warehousing and distribution experience focussing on operations and sales. He has a proven track record of building and maintaining strong business relationships to ensure long term client commitment. He is able to connect with potential clients on an operational level, allowing him to gain a true understanding of their organizational needs. He has most recently secures new client accounts that equals over $700,000 annually. Mathew has a Bachelor Degree fom York University, a certificate in Supply Chain Development and many other professional development certificates.
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Morris - Newfoundland Operations SpecialistMorris is an energetic, dedicated and qualified manager with over 20 years experience in the transportation industry. He is great self starter and is always eager to take on new challenges. He is committed to his employees and believes firmly in an open door policy. Morris has a successful record of promoting growth in company business and is committed to ensuring client satisfaction. He is very analytical and well organized which helps him to complete tasks not only on time but in a way that exceeds expectations. Morris’ eager personality and skills would add immediate value to operations team.
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Nancy - Director of Human ResourcesThis Director of Human Resources is currently responsible for overseeing HR management for a transportation company with over 1500 unionized contractors and 600 employees. Nancy is open to relocation across Canada.
Nancy is a resourceful and innovative generalist with outstanding educational credentials and proven accomplishments covering the full scope of Human Resources Management. She is currently completing her Masters at University of Toronto, has her BA from York University and training at Sheridan and Humber College.
Nancy has successfully spearheaded large-scale organizational change initiatives to institute best business practices including the development of job descriptions for 600 employees across Canada. She has recently developed a comprehensive curriculum and performed e-training sources covering coaching, mentoring and performance management for managers and franchisees. She is an approachable and articulate communicator and leader who delights in providing motivational support and mentoring to enable employees and teams to reach their full potential.
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Paul - GTA Liquid Bulk Sales ProfessionalPaul is a dynamic sales professional with extensive liquid bulk experience including lubricants, petroleum and other chemicals across North America. He was most recently responsible for implementing a product reduction plan for a hydraulic liquid, which increased profitability by $.95 a gallon. He has been successful at implementing programs and promotions to distributor representative and end users that directly increased company revenue. One of his most recent accomplishments has been his ability to increase the Canadian territory volume 20% to 1.5 million gallons in a single year. Paul would add value to any liquid bulk team with a need for a senior sales professional that can bring immediate value to their team.
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Peter - GTA Senior Sales and Operations ProfessionalA General Manager with extensive hands on experience in all aspects of sales, administration and operations. Peter’s unique management style truly allows him to build and develop a positive workplace ensuring increased efficiency and profitability. His experience has been focused in the LTL, TL and Intermodal modes of transportation.
Peter has experience leading team in both unionized and non-unionized environments. He was recently instrumental in the design and implementation of all new processes for a 110,000 sq. ft. warehousing facility as well as bringing on more than $1,000,000 worth of new warehousing business. His combined understanding of the operations and sales aspect of the transportation industry provides Peter with an advantage in the highly competitive transportation industry.
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Robert - Alberta Distribution ManagerRobert is an experienced, results oriented distribution professional with extensive knowledge and experience in the transportation, supply chain and distribution industries. He currently manages the daily activities of 350 staff within the facility including administration, operations and distribution personnel. His range of responsibility includes overseeing all inbound and outbound shipments for one of Canada’s leading retail organizations. He has created and implemented strategies to improve overall costs and streamlined standard processes, finding efficiencies and developing new standards of practice. In his previous employment he has managed the warehousing and logistical operations of a Calgary terminal with the annual volume of $85 million. Robert is a natural born leader with the demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong, successful teams.
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Ron - GTA Director of DistributionThis Sr. Distribution & Supply Chain Director is well educated with an MBA from York University as well as numerous industry related training programs. Ron is located in the Greater Toronto Area.
Ron is an entrepreneurial executive with a demonstrated ability to provide strategic and tactical leadership in the transportation and distribution industry. A results driven decision maker with a history of delivering operational improvements through analysis, creation and implementation of SOP’s and KPI’s as well as team culture development.
Ron is currently leading a unionized distribution team with 55 direct and 850 indirect reports in a 700,000 sq ft facility. He has been instrumental in attaining cost savings of $2.5 million in 2007 as well as educing employee turnover to 4% annually. He has lead diversity initiatives and improved overall facility productivity by 15% through the development of KPI’s down to the supervisor level and linking daily tasks to business goals for managers.
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Scott - Tri-City Sales ManagerScott is a driven and results oriented sales manager with exceptional leadership, communication and interpersonal skills. Due to his solid background in long term sales and marketing, Scott has the ability to increase revenue while also making a positive contribution to the profitability and future growth of any progressive organization. He prides himself in his reputation for being honest and dependable and he feels that these key attributes have greatly assisted him in managing large territories and providing exceptional levels of customer service in the past. Scott would be an immediate asset to any sales team.
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Sheldon - Operations Manager-GTASheldon is a results driven Operations Manager with more than 15 years experience within the courier and transportation industry. He is a team leader that motivates staff through his unique style of management including encouraging a positive work environment that stimulates a productive atmosphere. He is passionate about being able to utilize his abilities developed through experience and education to help increase company revenue and respect. His areas of responsibility include hiring, training and managing the performance of employees as per operational standards and indices. Sheldon has his Bachelor of Health Sciences at the University of Toronto, accompanied by a business diploma.
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Terry - Saskatchewan Terminal ManagerTerry has over ten years of terminal management experience including leading all aspects of sales, operations, administration and mechanical departments. He is currently responsible for managing a team of 100+ in a leading LTL carrier in the Saskatchewan region. He has been actively involved in growing and managing sales as well as operations and employees. Terry has completed his CITT and continually updates his transportation knowledge through ongoing courses. Terry is a dedicated professional with the drive and ability to coach and lead any LTL team successfully.
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