Ben Orchard
Collections Manager – Associated Waste Management
Halifax
07585773814

CPC Qualified Logistics professional with over 10 years’ experience overseeing operations, transportation, distribution and logistics. Highly effective planner, motivated, results driven logistics professional who has the aptitude to succeed and progress.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Collections Manager
Associated Waste Management
2017-04 – Present
Morley LS27
• Responsible for the fleet in respect of legal compliance and profitability.
• Driving a fleet of 104 vehicles with an annual turnover circa 60 million.
• Accountable for all costs attributed to the efficient routing of the fleet. (fuel, overtime, empty mileage etc.)
• O-License responsible
• Review traffic operations and implement new strategies to improve performance.
• Responsible for all HR for the driving fleet. This will encompass everything from wages through to counselling and disciplinary.
• Assist in developing new procedures throughout the company to ensure safe working practices / increased revenue / increased profitability etc.

Senior Transport Planner
Associated Waste Management
2016-08 – 2017-04
Morley LS27
• Covering each traffic planner for absence and holidays. This involves routing, planning and managing fleets of up to 20 vehicles at a time.
• Supervising 7 staff members within the traffic team.
• Translated business needs and priorities into actionable logistics strategies.
• Took corrective action in the case of accidents, day to day vehicle issues, driver issues and delays to minimise delays and extra expenses.
• Presented carrier performance and monthly cost reports to my line manager to ensure the fleet is running within budget.
• Recommended investments in technology. Implemented a new vehicle routing system that has reduced fleet costs and increased daily productivity across the fleet.

Traffic Team Leader
Expect Distribution
2014-06 – 2016-08
Bradford BD6
• Dealing with driver compliance, Infringements, missing miles, driving without a tacho car etc. This would include counselling drivers and also dealing with issues through to disciplinary.
• Holding weekly appraisals for the whole traffic team. Outlining training needs and ensuring this was followed to conclusion.
• Chairing the weekly team leader meetings to collaborate with other staff members to raise and resolve issues within the traffic office. This would then be fed up to senior management and the board of directors.
• Overseeing the route planning for 75 vehicles, ensuring cost reduction, load fill, driver efficiency and managing profit margins in line with the company budget for transport.

Fleet collections co-ordinator
Expect Distribution
2012-01 – 2014-06
Bradford BD6
• Routing the collections fleet of up to around 60 vehicles to complete customer collection off up to 2100 pallets. Taking into account driver availability, vehicle capacity, customer requirements and timed deadlines.
• Being directly involved in the utilisation of the whole fleet. Ensuring a balance between deliveries and collection to ensure each vehicle was profitable on a daily basis.
• Ensuring a calm environment to allow the other traffic planners and clerks to work comfortably.
• Implemented a driver’s issues log to allow the management to deal with the driver appropriately and get to the root cause of certain issues to be able to eradicate them from the fleet.
• Implemented collections KPI to allow the management to accurately measure how the collections fleet were running in terms of timed collections, vehicle utilisation and profitability.

EDUCATION

A-level
Leeds Metropolitan University
2006-09 – 2010-05

GCSE
Ryburn Valley High School
2000-09 – 2007-05

SKILLS

Expense control, Fast learner, mentor, Natural, training

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Skills
• Training and development
• Natural mentor
• Road Transportation
• Excellent time management
• Good knowledge of National Geography
• Fast learner
• Expense control
• Proactive