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Customer Service Management

Location:
Cape Girardeau, MO, 63703
Posted:
July 23, 2010

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Resume:

Michael J. Lewis (***) ***-

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St. Albans, MO 63073

abjil9@r.postjobfree.com

Industry expert in Transportation, Logistics and Operations who is

passionate about leading organizations to new levels of achievement in

customer satisfaction and employee participation

Key Competencies

Administration Leadership

Planning & Organization

Operations Management Logistics Supply

Chain Management

Market Analysis Project Management

Team Building Risk Management & Problem

Solving Customer Service Recruiting/Staffing

Cost Analysis for rates & tariff DIS LPS Modeling

Oral Presentations

Skill Summary

Negotiation of union/management environment

. Policy development to change local policy and procedure related to the

National Master Freight Agreement

Department of Transportation Procedures

. Expert knowledge of Department of Transportation policy & procedure

governing movement of freight and personal effects

Contractual service arrangements with commercial goods carriers

. Utilize customer specific guidelines to expedite shipments and achieve

higher customer satisfaction

Use of line-haul planning systems to expedite freight movement

. Expert knowledge and use of system to expedite shipments and improve

customer satisfaction

Operations Analysis

. Performed in-depth review and analysis of carrier performance and

system operations to improve customer support nationwide

Resolution of transportation program deficiencies

. Implemented new initiatives and recommended revisions to quality

assurance programs to enhance company performance

Subject matter expert for conducting staff training

. Conducted training requiring coordination over 400 terminals including

driver training

Michael Lewis Page 2

Professional Experience

and Selected Achievements

ABF Freight Systems, Inc. St. Louis, MO 1974 - Present

www.abfs.com

Leading national and regional transporter of commodities freight

Transportation Operations and Line-haul Manager

Responsible for traffic management, policy formulation, programs planning

and performance evaluation of transportation services in the Line-Haul

Division.

. Increased profitability of dock operations from a $500,000 loss to a

$500,000 profit in four years

. Reduced expenses in line-haul department by $180,000 per year

. Increased line-haul dispatches per week from 5 per week to 6 per week

. Reduced City Operations costs by $100,000 per year while increasing

customer satisfaction

. Reduced operating costs by $5,000 per week

. Reduced damage expenses by $25,000 per year and improved customer

satisfaction

. Reduced double time hours saving $7,500 per year.

Education

MBA, with emphasis in Finance Webster University

BA, Political Science University of Missouri, St.

Louis

Certificate, Human Resource & Public Speaking Dale Carnegie Institute

Microsoft Office Tools, XP Power Point, Excel, COGNOS tools for Risk

Analysis for spreadsheets, DIS LPS Modeling & Analysis, Financial skills in

cost analysis for rates & tariffs

Certificates

Operations Management Training I

Operations Management Training II

Operations Management Training III

Technical Transportation of Hazardous Materials



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