Karl Brian Wright

About Karl Brian Wright

Manage payroll for over 900 independent trucking contractors to assure driver retention and lower accident costs ensuring provisions are met by both parties while protecting the company’s interest and ensuring maximum profitability for Swift Transportation.Provided independent contractors with financial support to maintain their operations resulting in in loans that were paid back over a ten week period, maintaining productivity, as well as consistent and efficient operations for Swift Transportation.Participate in Advisory Board consisting of three Regional Directors, Corporate Director, Vice-President of Owner Operators and 16 independent contractors to address issues with contractors regarding pay, safety, and operations to design and update strategic plans for approval by the Board of Directors for Swift Transportation.Lowered accident costs by.56 per million miles increasing the number of experienced owner operators and providing consistent information on weather conditions, safety tips, as well as increasing accountability of driver managers for Swift Transportation.Nominated for Customer Focus Award for JIT shipments for Consolidated Cargo Carriers.Specialties: I have over 10 years experience in the transportation industry.Six years of dispatching experience. Three with flatbed and three with dry vans.Three years of outbound freight planning.Six years of owner operator payroll and contract experience.

Experience

1. Operations Analyst

   Green Mountain

   Mar 2019 — Present · Memphis, TN, US

   Work with the IT and Operations teams to ensuring new customer and carrier implementations are successful. My priorities include troubleshooting client issues, determining system needs and testing business support processes.

Education

• University of Memphis

  BBA, Marketing/Logistics

  1991 — 1994

Skills

• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Sourcing
• Accounting
• Crm
• Negotiation
• Contract Negotiation
• Software Documentation
• System Administration
• Budgets
• Finance
• Shipping
• Account Management
• Change Management
• Employee Benefits
• Marketing
• Sales Operations
• Customer Service
• Training
• Logistics
• New Business Development
• Transportation
• Process Improvement
• Operations Management
• Recruiting
• Payroll
• Analysis
• Team Building
• Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Itil Certified
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Leadership
• Business Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Forecasting
• Strategy
• Time Management