DOMINIC URECHE
Valencia
Summary
Dynamic Transportation Consultant / Transport Manager with over 26 years of comprehensive experience in logistics operations and transport management, driving efficiency and customer satisfaction across North America. My expertise includes vendor management, negotiation, and pricing strategies, to enhance operational processes and deliver exceptional service. Committed to continuous improvement and strategic development within the transportation sector, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and client expectations.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Transportation Consultant
Freelance Transport Consultant
Valencia
05.2023 - Current
- Work closely with freight forwarders
- Provide vendor suggestions for specific lanes
Operations / Dispatch Lead
Boscus Canada
Montreal
03.2022 - 04.2023
- Verify truck capacity / availability / enter data in system for sales & upper management
- Secure trucks to move freight across Canada & U.S
- Negotiate and provide pricing to the sales team
- Update vendor sheets with current fuel surcharge and new pricing
- Review vendor insurance certificates to ensure up to date
- Carrier maintenance / review active vendor list to make sure pricing up to date, revise if required
- Review weekly vendor performance, report and input for management
Transborder Development Manager
Agility Logistics
Montreal
01.2019 - 10.2020
- Ensure staff are adequately trained for their job activities
- Evaluate staff performance on a regular basis
- Responsible for team quality and productivity
- Support the development of the department
- Identify key operational issues and implement effective solutions
- Oversee the coordination and supervision of the operational functions of transporting cargo via truck, rail throughout Canada, United States and Mexico.
- Work directly with clients and vendors to provide the highest level of service
- Responsible for customer satisfaction and retention
- Ensure continuous improvement of service processes in quality and productivity
- Provide FTL, LTL pricing to customers
- Vendor rate negotiation for the branch
- Support staff in order entry, customer service, track & trace as well as other administrative duties including billing and payables
Ground department Supervisor
Hitek Logistic
Montreal
07.2016 - 01.2019
- Analyze the number of files of the department staff to ensure throughput is quick
- Review the volume of the department
- Organize weekly meetings with team to discuss workload of the previous week, if any challenges, questions
- Discuss file count, quotes won, lost from previous week
- Evaluate the department KPI's
- Run monthly report for department - file count, revenue, profit per operator, exception report, billing
- Analyze client margins for the month, by verifying if margins increased or decreased from the previous month
- Review and provide feedback on variance reports to upper management
- Review and improve operational, statistical & invoicing processes in place
- Vendor management (e.g. Negotiating tariffs with carriers)
- Occasionally providing operational support
- Coordinating transport by drybox, flatbed, step deck for customers
- Handling transportation for customers by road, intermodal across Canada, U.S. and Mexico
- Provide FTL, LTL pricing to customers
Road Pricing Supervisor
DSV Air & Sea
Montreal
11.2012 - 03.2016
- Providing FTL, LTL & project pricing to customers
- Negotiating tariffs with carriers
- Coordinating transport for special projects (wind technology, aerospace)
- Handling transportation for customers by road, intermodal across Canada, U.S. and Mexico
Transborder Logistics Coordinator
DB Schenker
Montreal
03.2007 - 11.2012
- Providing rate quotes to clients (RFQ’S)
- Answer customer inquiries
- Daily contact with customers and carriers to ensure quality customer service
- Coordinating orders with reliable carriers at competitive rates
- LTL, FTL, Intermodal across Canada, U.S. Mexico
Business Development
Transforce
Montreal
10.2005 - 06.2006
- Handling special projects for mining, hydroelectricity
- Negotiating tariffs with transport companies
- Pricing, selling transport services to the clients
- Coordinating transportation for clients
- Business Development
Transborder Sales & Development Manager
David Kirsch Forwarders
Montreal
11.2004 - 08.2005
- Development of Transborder Department
- Sales United States and domestic traffic
- Negotiating rates with various carriers
- Involvement in operational issues
Transborder Specialist
Panalpina Inc
Montreal
11.1998 - 11.2004
- Managing own administration and accounting
- Trucking Import Export and Domestic
- North American and International Airfreight
- Sales and Marketing
- Organizing Clients Transportation Needs
Office Clerk
Ali-Prêt
Montreal
03.1997 - 12.1997
- Managing Data Entry for drivers for distribution of goods across Quebec
- Warehouse Inventory
- Handling office accounting
Tennis Instructor
Tennis Quebec (volunteer)
Montreal
07.1995 - 08.1995
- Coaching groups of adult’s basics of tennis
- Help organize tournaments across Quebec
Education
Professional Diploma - Transportation and Logistics
Concordia University
05.2005
International Commerce -
John Abbott College
01.1997
Skills
- Logistics operations management
- Negotiation and vendor management
- Insurance and liability assessment
- Road safety analysis
- Vendor account setup
- Transportation oversight
- Business process optimization
- Leadership and team development
- Customer account management
- Sales strategy execution
- Service quality assurance
- PC Miler proficiency
- Load Link expertise
- SAP software knowledge
- AS400 system familiarity
- Cargowise application experience
Accomplishments
- Nominated for Athlete of the Year in 1995 in Tennis
- Winner of the Quebec Games in Montreal for the Lac St. Louis region
- Finalist of the Provincial Quebec Games
Languages
- English, Native
- French, Native
- Spanish, B2
- Italian, A2
N I E
Z0076422K
Visa
Highly Qualified Professional
Websites
Timeline
Transportation Consultant
Freelance Transport Consultant
05.2023 - Current
Operations / Dispatch Lead
Boscus Canada
03.2022 - 04.2023
Transborder Development Manager
Agility Logistics
01.2019 - 10.2020
Ground department Supervisor
Hitek Logistic
07.2016 - 01.2019
Road Pricing Supervisor
DSV Air & Sea
11.2012 - 03.2016
Transborder Logistics Coordinator
DB Schenker
03.2007 - 11.2012
Business Development
Transforce
10.2005 - 06.2006
Transborder Sales & Development Manager
David Kirsch Forwarders
11.2004 - 08.2005
Transborder Specialist
Panalpina Inc
11.1998 - 11.2004
Office Clerk
Ali-Prêt
03.1997 - 12.1997
Tennis Instructor
Tennis Quebec (volunteer)
07.1995 - 08.1995
Professional Diploma - Transportation and Logistics
Concordia University
International Commerce -
John Abbott College
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