Scott Wills
Aurora
Summary
Experienced with driver management, route optimization, and team leadership. Utilizes strategic planning to enhance efficiency and ensure timely deliveries. Track record of effective communication and problem-solving in dynamic environments.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Driver Manager
Knight Transportation
10.2024 - Current
- Oversaw 25 to 30 drivers on an OTR board.
- Coordinated daily dispatch operations to ensure timely delivery schedules.
- Monitored driver performance and compliance with safety regulations. Coached out any issues with drivers.
- Facilitated communication between drivers, account managers, and planners for seamless operations.
- Ran local PCA fleet in Denver. Planning freight, managing drivers, and working with customer to service all needs.
Planner
Hirschbach Motor Lines Inc.
06.2022 - 05.2024
- Plan and optimize transportation routes for trucks, ensuring efficient and timely delivery of goods.
- Coordinate and schedule shipments of temperature-sensitive products.
- Maintain open and professional communication with operators, suppliers, and clients, providing updates on shipment status, delays, or issues.
- Quickly address any transportation challenges, i.e., delays, route changes, and equipment malfunctions, and generate solutions to minimize disruptions.
- Coordinated with freight brokers to ensure the continuous operations of available trucks.
- Collaborate with Driver Managers to ensure operators are working proficiently, resolve challenges, and support maintenance scheduling.
Driver Manager
Hirschbach Motor Lines Inc.
04.2021 - 06.2022
- Maintained consistent communication with operators to reduce and eliminate hold times.
- Sent pre-plans to operators, and secured load commitments.
- Tracked the operator's performance from dispatch to delivery to ensure timely services.
- Managed operator availability and updated their projected time of availability as needed.
- Optimized the performance of assigned operators by monitoring on-time pick-up and delivery performance, hours of service compliance, driver availability, and scheduling preferences.
- Coached operators in identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Collaborated with the safety department to ensure that operators followed policies and company standards.
- Anticipated operator compensation challenges by coordinating with Driver Payroll.
- Managed operator availability to maximize productivity.
- of fleet.
Education
No Degree - Project Management
CSU
Fort Collins, COHigh School Diploma -
Yuma High School
Yuma, CO05-2011
Skills
- Customer service
- Effective communication
- Fleet management expertise
- Safety procedures
- Logistics coordination experience
- Driver scheduling
- Delivery scheduling
- Route management
- Analytical thinking
- Detail-oriented
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Organizational skills
- Multitasking
- Problem-solving abilities
- Driver training
- Driver coordination
Timeline
Driver Manager
Knight Transportation
10.2024 - Current
Planner
Hirschbach Motor Lines Inc.
06.2022 - 05.2024
Driver Manager
Hirschbach Motor Lines Inc.
04.2021 - 06.2022
No Degree - Project Management
CSU
High School Diploma -
Yuma High School