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Jerri Ayala

Anaheim Hills,CA

Summary

Logistics professional with over twenty years in distribution and operations experience. Exceptional collaboration and team-building skills resulting in successful management in a fast-paced, deadline driven manufacturing environment. Comprehensive knowledge of business operations as well as extensive experience in Domestic and International Freight.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Operations Manager

Greenfield Foods
01.2023 - Current
  • Plan, prioritize and direct the day-to-day operations in a fast-paced, deadline driven distribution environment
  • Monitor and manage all freight shipments; domestic and international
  • Manage freight movements from manufacturing sites to various warehouse facilities
  • Collaborate on-boarding processes and procedures with new carriers; define and communicate company service standards
  • Consistent Cost Reduction through Quarterly Rate Negotiation and review of carriers; monitoring carrier performance
  • Initiate and manage Procurement process
  • Audit and approval of all freight invoices
  • Oversee the achievement and maintenance of agreed company service levels and standards
  • Development, documentation, and execution of Standard Operating Procedures
  • ITrade Implementation and Daily Process Management; specifically for SYSCO

Logistics Manager

Sunrise Growers, Division of SunOpta
01.2013 - 01.2021
  • Plan, prioritize and direct the day-to-day operations in a fast-paced, deadline driven manufacturing/distribution environment
  • Monitor and manage all inbound/outbound shipments; domestic and international
  • Management of Inter-Company Refrigerated Fleets
  • Coordinate timely fresh produce retrieval and delivery from farm to production facility
  • Managed delivery of raw materials to various production sites
  • Initiated and planned finished goods transfers from production sites to various 3PL warehouses
  • Forecast Annual Freight Cost for Client Sales Bid
  • Monitoring of freight requests for product re-location outside of Forecasted demand
  • Support and administration of all daily activities within various 3PL warehousing facilities
  • Research, evaluate, implementation and staff training on TMS and ERP systems
  • Initiated employee cross-training to increase productivity
  • Cultivate and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues
  • Lead carrier meetings to review carrier score cards; missed pickups, on-time deliveries, and overall carrier performance
  • Continuous on-time LTL, TL and IMDL shipments to Warehouse Clubs, Grocery Chains, Food Distributors, Big Box Retailers
  • Work cross functionally with sales, demand planning, and product management

Transportation Manager

P2F Holdings
01.2005 - 01.2013
  • Monitor and manage all inbound/outbound shipments; domestic and international
  • International Freight Management – coordination of import containers from various countries to company warehouse
  • Secured freight forwarder, negotiated ocean rates
  • Prepared custom documents for apparel, luxury accessories, and hard goods
  • Knowledge of HTS Codes – identify and classify imported commodities
  • Domestic Transportation – collaborate on-boarding processes and procedures with new carriers; define and communicate company service standards
  • Consistent Cost Reduction through Quarterly Rate Negotiation and review of carriers; monitoring carrier performance
  • Creation and monitoring of Company Routing Guides
  • Audit and approval of all freight invoices
  • Oversee the achievement and maintenance of agreed company service levels and standards
  • Continuous on-time LTL, TL and IMDL shipments to Warehouse Clubs, Grocery Chains, Food Distributors, Big Box Retailers
  • Review, organize and coordinate daily, weekly, monthly fulfillment for timely shipment using Open Order Reporting
  • Successful Division Start-Up of new division PSML; includes product receipt, entering of orders, obtaining credit approvals, releasing of orders, follow-up for timely shipments and invoicing of product
  • Successful re-organization and streamline of Order Entry and Fulfillment of Sunglass Division
  • Monitored successful input, release, and shipping of all orders, resulting in increased efficiency and customer satisfaction
  • Unique experience in receipt, processing, and re-distribution of excess inventory of apparel and accessories
  • Cultivate and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues

Load Planner SE Regional Manager

K-Mart Corporation
01.1999 - 01.2005
  • Managed freight movements from supplier warehouses to various Kmart distribution centers
  • Implementation and training on new TMS system
  • Load optimization – improve routing efficiency, streamline delivery process, enhances customer service with faster delivery times
  • Managed multi-pick and multi-drop functionality to ensure efficient route planning and reducing Transportation costs
  • Monitored and communicated missed pickups with carrier base to ensure on-time deliveries are met
  • Support AD in-stock and inventory management initiatives
  • Managed carrier claims and vendor chargebacks within the Transportation Dept
  • Lead supplier/buyer meetings to review outstanding Transportation chargebacks for routing violations, educating routing guidelines
  • Cultivate and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues

Education

Associate of Arts - General Studies

Mid-Michigan Community College
Harrison, MI

Skills

  • Supply Chain Management
  • Third-Party Warehouse Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Customer Service
  • Team Leadership
  • Partnership Development
  • Multi-tasking
  • MAS 500
  • Microsoft Dynamics AX
  • Oracle
  • Microsoft Office
  • Various TMS systems
  • ITrade

Timeline

Operations Manager

Greenfield Foods
01.2023 - Current

Logistics Manager

Sunrise Growers, Division of SunOpta
01.2013 - 01.2021

Transportation Manager

P2F Holdings
01.2005 - 01.2013

Load Planner SE Regional Manager

K-Mart Corporation
01.1999 - 01.2005

Associate of Arts - General Studies

Mid-Michigan Community College

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