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Select: Search Jobs | Search Resumes | Post Job | Post Resume | Edit Resume | About JobMatch Resume Posting: Available 10/23/13: Location: Nashville, TN Seeking: Transportation coordinator KENT E. FALKNER 4580 HWY 4 WEST HOLLY SPRINGS, MS. 38635 (662)-209-3783 kentefalkner@gmail.com PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE A challenging, growth-oriented position in TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • A high-energy, self-motivated, self-starter with the ability to develop and establish an efficient, highly productive workforce. • Expertise in staffing, training, motivation, and evaluation of personnel to assure adherence to quality customer service, customer satisfaction with on-time safe customer service as well as product specifications when handling with professional care. • Sound knowledge of the transportation industry whether its intermodal & port authority drayage, truckload & less than truckload services or providing dedicated transportation services for Fortune 500 customers and standardized procedures designed for stable operations and bottom-line profit margins. • Strong initiative in decision-making and assumption of responsibilities. • Excellent and direct communication and organization skills with my customers. • Effective time management. CAREER HISTORY 2011 to present: K.F.T.,inc. Intermodal, Holly Springs ,MS (Memphis,TN) Domestic Intermodal / Drayage & Port/ Sea board operations director, 2011 – Present • Handles established and all new domestic intermodal customers and setup potential new rail logistic business with new calls/sales for domestic drayage freight in the southeast, Midwest and eastern seaboard imports and exports. • Worked with purchasing agents; expedited last minute customer service needs. • Scheduled all shipments, ensuring on-time delivery and customer satisfaction. • Provided advanced notices to the various customers of equipment availability for pre-planning days ahead of schedule for flexibility and to meet their needs. • Logistics Coordinator for dedicated rail business as an direct in-house carrier for New Page Paper mill in Southwestern Kentucky utilizing domestic intermodal equipment for product shipment from the plants there in Southwest Kentucky to the West Coast via BNSF railway as well as Union Pacific railway. • Negotiated directly and acquired potential direct intermodal & drayage business from domestic intermodal customers such as APLL Logistics, Pacer Transportation, J.B. Hunt Intermodal, Swift Transportation Intermodal, Union Pacific Streamline and Norfolk Southern Thoroughbred services serving as a direct in-house drayage carrier. • Direct rerouting and management of a thirty truck private owned fleet being conventionals and day-cab tractor units. 2008 to 2011: K.F.T., inc. Truckload & K.F.T.,inc. Dedicated cartage services., Memphis,TN. Logistics Coordinator & Regional Freight Director. • Handle all special freight requirements from Full-truckload to less than truckload services. • Worked with both inbound and outbound operations with our dedicated carrier services division in pre-planning orders days in advance to provide fleet support 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week/ 365 days a year. • In the year 2010, K.F.T.,inc. TL. Became a direct in-house truckload carrier for UPS Freight,inc. providing dedicated carrier services from the Memphis,TN terminal hub to hubs in the South Holland,IL , Columbus,OH and El Paso/Laredo,TX. • Coordinated procurement and delivery of automotive parts via milk runs for a major automotive supplier in Northwestern Mississippi providing line haul services 7 days a week for this particular customer. • Served as a main contact for Swift Transportation as an outsource carrier providing power-only TOFC (Trailer on flat car) services utilizing via Union Pacific rail services in Marion,AR. • Worked effortlessly for nearly three years developing customer relationships with automotive manufacturers Nissan and Toyota based in Northern Mississippi to provide truckload transportation as a Minority transportation and logistics provider under the Arkansas Mississippi Minority Supplier development council. EDUCATION Northwest Mississippi Community College, Senatobia , MS A.A., Welding Engineering, 2008 Honors: Dean’s List Cumulative Average: 3.35GPA LICENSE T.W.I.C. Card. ( TRANSPORTATION WORKERS IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL), The State of Tennessee PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION I.A.C. ( INTERMODAL ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO), 2010 – Present. Traffic Club of Memphis. Traffic Club of Greater Chicago REFERENCES Excellent references available upon request. Experience: 5-9 years Salary: negotiable Kent Falkner, Jr. Please Log In to view their contact info   edit resume