David Soukup

About David Soukup

I am a very motivated and hard-working team leader who enjoys expanding his experience and knowledge as well as that of my team through various opportunities. A great way to summarize my personality is through my top five strengths according to Gallup\'s StrengthsQuest survey: Achiever - goal-oriented, setting targets for myself and my team members to progressively enhance skills and knowledgeCommunication - actively listens, keying on specific details which are important to the team member or customer and following up with action items as necessaryCompetition - gauges progress and success of team, focusing on learning or developing something new to help attain team goalsFuturistic - forward-thinking and ensures adequate preparedness, proactively pursues new ideas and innovations that will assist with team efficiency and output.Relator - understands and develops common grounds with team members and customers, building trust and integrityThese five strengths I focus on amplifying to lend for the betterment of myself, other employees, and the organization. Specialties- Tableau proficiency- UP Way Certified- Microsoft Office: proficiency in CoPilot, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, and Access- Spanish: proficiency in written and oral language skills- Oracle Business and Transportation Software: integrated knowledge of TMS and business intelligence programs- Salesforce: proficient namely in report and its subscriptions, group creation and management, communication and collaboration amongst various teams for rates and discussion items- TCS/NetControl: proficient knowledge to utilize functions, such as trace, car inquiry, track inquiry, train consists, train schedules, spotting instructions, etc. Also the ability to build repetitive inquiries for employees and customers to view their pipeline- iClear/Dimensional Clearance Application: proficient knowledge in usage and processing clearances in this in-house application.

Experience

1. Senior Manager Wholesale Operations

   Loup Logistics

   Aug 2023 — Present · Omaha, NE, US

   Manages a team of 15 individuals that provide customer service and intermodal logistics solutions to some of the top customers and new customers for Loup Logistics in their Wholesale (or FAK) division. Current book of business exceeds $50M in annual revenue for several IMC’s and brokers that ship products in intermodal containers throughout North America (U.S, Canada, and Mexico).

Education

• University of Nebraska at Omaha

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo

  None, Business Administration and Spanish

  2009 — 2009

• University of Nebraska at Omaha

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

  2013 — 2014

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Bachelor of Science, Business Administration; International Business; Spanish

  2006 — 2010