Kim King

Seeking a challenging position at a company and or for an individual which will allow me to further utilize my existing skills

Import Transportation Clerk - Tony Express

(2024-01 - 2026-09)

• Receive and review daily import reports, including Store Door Delivery (SDD) reports when applicable.
• Monitor incoming shipments and verify container numbers, vessel information, terminal locations, and delivery destinations.
• Check container availability, customs clearance, freight release, and terminal availability before arranging transportation and creating and processing transportation orders (TOs) in the transportation management system.
• Coordinate and dispatch container pickups from marine terminals and rail yards and dispatch trucking companies and arrange deliveries to warehouses, distribution centers, and customer facilities.
• Track container movements and follow up on delays, holds, demurrage, and detention issue and update shipment statuses and maintain accurate import records.
• Coordinate the movement of export containers from warehouses or customer facilities to port terminals.
• Verify vessel schedules, shipping deadlines, terminal receiving windows, and container cutoff dates.
• Coordinate with trucking companies to ensure containers arrive at the correct terminal on time.
• Monitor export bookings and confirm container gate-in status when applicable.
• Communicate with shipping lines, freight forwarders, and customers regarding shipment schedules and documentation discrepancies.
• Prepare, review, and maintain bills of lading, delivery orders, shipping manifests, interchange records, and other transportation documents as assigned.
• Enter shipment details, transportation charges, delivery instructions, and status updates into company systems and verify container numbers, booking numbers, shipment references, and delivery information.
• Maintain organized electronic and paper files.
• Prepare daily activity reports and assist with transportation billing and invoice verification.
• Respond to inquiries regarding shipment status, pickup appointments, delivery schedules, and documentation.
• Investigate discrepancies and escalate unresolved transportation issues to supervisors and provide timely updates concerning delays, container availability, and delivery completion.

Logistics Clerk - Maersk

(2023-05 - 2023-12)

• Receive the daily report listing import shipments that require transportation and sort the shipments by destination, terminal, carrier, or delivery requirements.
• Review and submit arrival notices to the customers to ensure customs is cleared and all fees are paid.
• Check shipment status to determine whether cargo is released and ready for transportation and create transport orders (TOs) in the company's computer system.
• Create invoice and submit via CAAs and or manual.
• Dispatch container pickup and delivery.
• Enter and maintain accurate information regarding cargo shipments, vessel schedules, container movements, and transportation transactions.
• Assist with coordinating incoming and outgoing cargo, container deliveries, vessel arrivals and departures, and terminal operations.
• Communicate with vessel operators, truck drivers, warehouse personnel, freight forwarders, dispatchers, and other departments to resolve scheduling or documentation issues.
• Follow applicable collective bargaining agreements, established work rules, seniority provisions, and union workplace procedures.
• Maintain files, prepare reports, answer telephone calls, respond to inquiries, and distribute operational information.
• Follow port security requirements, company policies, maritime regulations, and applicable safety procedures.
• Identify discrepancies in shipping paperwork, cargo records, schedules, or delivery information and refer issues to the appropriate supervisor.
• Use transportation management systems, shipping software, spreadsheets, email, and other office applications to track shipments and update records.

Operations Manager - LS, LLC.

(2020-12 - 2022-04)

• Monitor of all labor making sure labor is properly identified on all payroll records, authorize any necessary overtime and verify payroll for accuracy.
• Manage personnel performance which includes determining and coordinating hiring, ordering, scheduling and the discipline.
• Investigate accidents and incidents and document them according to Federal Regulations.
• Determine necessary terminal equipment requirements and coordinate with other terminal operations departments as well as resolving operational issues.
• Continuously monitor to ensure compliance with company policy, state, federal, CHP and DOT safety codes/regulations.
• Source and procure trucks, chassis and carriers as necessary.
• Identify and thoroughly investigate accidents, incidents, damages and injuries; respond to unsafe operations or emergency situations and generate timely and accurately.
• Effectively train personnel and establish performance goals of subordinates.
• Implement necessary warehouse and transportation policy and procedures to effectively control operations.
• Approve and allocate workload to the staff.
• Inspect all assets when purchase or leased brand new to ensure they are compliant and all inspections required by the federal government are up to date.
• Work closely with our customs broker to ensure ISF filings are processed in a timely manner.
• Improve customer service experience, create engaged customers/staff and facilitate organic growth.
• Establishes and promotes effective relationships with team members that fosters compassion, authenticity, integrity, respect and dignity.
• Effectively allocate resources and provide appropriate support to enable teams to deliver on operational goals in a safe manner.
• Manage all aspects of port services.
• Manage inbound and outbound inventory, transfers, outgates from the port, and container pickups.
• Manage empty inventory and terminations.
• Source out independent carriers and negotiate their contract rates and ensure that they have all the required paperwork such as their own authorities, DOT Number, MC number and their CA number.
• Perform random asset inspections on all equipment.
• Work closely with our vendors.
• Negotiate pricing and contracts with vendors.
• Negotiate and communicate contract addendums and initial information to our owner-operators.

Operations Supervisor/Safety and Compliance Coordinator - Pasha (Sea Logix)

(2018-02 - 2020-11)

• Manage, discipline, train and recruit union and non-union staff and ensure they are compliant with the union standards and company policies.
• Ensure all safety and compliance has been being followed, trained, educated and implemented according to all federal agencies and Company policies.
• Work with the port for container issues, TMF, custom homes, trouble windows, etc.
• Track and Trace customers import and export containers etc.
• Enter and audit customer's orders and confirm the containers and the bookings.
• Work with the port and accounting for billing and price matters.
• Manage all aspects of operations dealing with production, shipping, customer service, etc.
• Coordinate fulfillment, shipping, receiving, returns, overages shortages and damages, and cross docking.
• Negotiate rates with independent carriers and or broker loads and manage vendor relations and work with our vendors and schedule them per the need as well as approve or dispute their invoices.
• Audit the daily workload and determine if additional Manpower is needed and communicate that to our staffing vendor.
• Ensures that company policies, standards and procedures are met, followed and maintained in accordance with established company policy (e.g. OSHA and safety compliance, FMCSA, EPA, DOT compliance, CHP, Federal/State/Local Laws).
• Responsible for carrier assignment to customers for all prepaid freight customers.
• Oversee the processing of freight claims and specific delivery issues on a timely basis.
• Schedule carriers to pick up our vehicles from the port.
• Schedule repair maintenance on incoming and outbound vehicles and update the system accordingly.
• Apart of the team to coordinate customer appreciation events, staff events and trade shows.
• Inspect all incoming vehicles and write a report accordingly.
• And sure we have all receiving documentation to compare against the customers purchase order for invoice approval.
• Manage all equipment to ensure all safety, repairs, maintenance and compliance are followed.
• Manage all aspects, including inbound receiving, inventory control, order picking and packing, and outbound transportation.
• Investigate and writeup accidents and incidents and get to the root cause to avoid further issues.
• Track and Trace incoming vehicles coming from overseas using the port portals.
• Confirm containers are available for pickup from the port and schedule the carriers for pickup.
• Submit account orders för routing and book the delivery appointments to the customers.
• Audit production vendor purchase orders for product and source out the most cost-efficient transportation.
• Review product allocation and availability and submit reports accordingly for selection of product to allocate to customers.

Supervisor - California Logistics

(2003-01 - 2017-12)

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