Xavier Collins

About Xavier Collins

Passionate health nut that has grown an interest for real, nutrient dense food and sustainable food systems over the years. Right now, expanding my knowledge across the tech space with the desire of breaking into the software engineering field and contribute towards improving the food system locally and putting nutrients at the forefront for the betterment and health of our people, environment, communities, economy.Hobbies & interests: Cooking, tech, health/food systems, regenerative Ag, pastured meat loverPlease don\'t hesitate at all to reach out to me about any of these things. I\'m really open and would love to connect with people in these areas and start great conversations.

Experience

1. Logistics Analyst

   Kroger

   May 2022 — Present

   Route and plan store delivery orders using route and fleet management software and warehouse management systems to maximize trucks and save miles while efficiently meeting delivery times- Perform process improvements to look for opportunities to reduce transportation costs reviewing site transportation metrics in Tableau and looking at past dated planned deliveries through JDA fleet management software- Train new hires in a two-month training period helping get acclimated with routing software and email outlook showing various ways to achieve results by routing efficiently in a timely manner, following rules, and fulfilling requests from warehouses

Education

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communication and Media Studies

  2018 — 2021

• Motlow State Community College

  Associates in Mass Communications, Mass Communication/Media Studies

  2016 — 2018