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Leearna Whittle

Transport Manager - HGV International CPC
Castleford, UK
TRANSPORT MANAGER available for your Operator's Licence. HGV and PSV. Anywhere in the UK. FREE assistance with your O-licence (if you hire a TM). See our rates. Call 07833 684449 or contact us here.
BECOME AN OWNER-DRIVER, operate your own vehicle or fleet, increase your income and have a better lifestyle. Use our free guide and assistance to obtain your Operator's Licence (O-Licence) TransportForum.com/guide-olicence and set up in this business.

Leearna Whittle
Service Centre Manager
Castleford
07445855521

My abilities to work to tight deadlines could help your company achieve its goals.
Your existing and potential clients will be impressed by my attention to detail and professional manor.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Transport Assistant
Castleford – 2016-11 – Present
Planning routes for drivers. Compliance checks. Infringement reports. Administration duties. International group age.

Service Centre Manager
Wastecare – 2015-06 – 2016-08
• Managing a team of 20+ class 2 drivers, multiple collections
• Tool Box talks
• Compliance checks
• Driver liason
• Planning drivers collections to minimise milage and fuel consuption
• Sticking to tight deadlines for collections
• Liasing with Council sites regarding waste collections
• Tachomaster – making sure driver downloads were succesful and correct and keeping an eye on drive time
• CTrack – making sure drivers were in the corract places at the correct time and re-routing according to the road conditions or client request
• Holding driver meetings
• Driver training, ie. driver returns screen, health and Safety, Loading & Securing of Loads, Site rules and procedures etc.

Administration and Customer Service Manager
Longs of Leeds Transport – 2014-11 – 2015-06
• Managing a team of 7 in Administration and Customer service
• Running Reports on a weekly basis for uninvoiced sales, unpriced sales etc.
• Keeping the Transport costs up to date, dealing with the costing of transport for our customers.
• Planning new transport rates for new customers
• Finding ways to speed up the Administration processes within the company
• Finding ways to save the company money on running costs, PPE
• Processing invoices for customers with an average spend of £100k per year
• Running an office on a daily basis
• Liase with the MD’s regarding staffing and costs
• Liase with the drivers regarding Tacho downloads, working time directive.
• Organising and planning multi drops for the Pallex network
• Making sure we have the right staff for the right jobs
• Preparing and issuing all documentation for drivers and Admin staff to ensure their job runs smoothly and more efficiently.
• Working to tight deadlines for invoicing to ensure good cash flow
within the business
• Working with the IT department on ensuring the admin systems are used more efficiently and are easy to use for all staff on site.
• Liasing with customers on their requirements for transport.
• Ensuring the vehicles are correctly maintained and are of a good clean standard and are in good working order.
• Problem solving

Sales Ledger Clerk, BU Administrator, Planner
International Produce Limited – 2011-09 – 2014-11
• Sales Order Processing
• Report to the manager any ideas to speed up the process of invoicing etc. And pass on the information to the IT team.
• Preparation of the Debtors report for the Weekly Finance meeting
• Invoicing Asda on a daily basis
• Invoicing between £13-£20 million per week via Asda’s own bespoke system
• Downloading daily price files to check the price variations between our system and Asdas.
• Correcting price variances on our system and emailing BU’s and Asda reps with price information
• Downloading reports from Asda’s system to check shortages and price.
• Checking the short report for Asda on a daily basis against what products are on our system
• Raising credits for shortages delivered to Asda stores.
• Liaising with the BU managers and AMA’s regarding prices and shortages.
• Train new colleagues on how to use the system
• Download a file showing all the allocations that need doing and email the correct BU admins with all the relevant information and deadlines for allocations.
• Liaise with the Markets for any price queries they may have.
• Raise credits for the Market invoices
• Contra amounts between Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger for various accounts.
• Create a report for Asda on a Friday and a Monday to show the price variances and any new products which need coding
• Planning incoming stock for the week ahead
• Splitting stock in Stock and Sales
• Organising transport for different depots
• Sourcing stock from suppliers in the UK and internationally
• Leading a team of 3 Administrators
• Administration training

Accounts Assistant
Bedworld.net – 2011-02 – 2011-07
• My main duties are checking invoices are correct i.e. Products, amounts, dates, cost, VAT.
• Credit Control
• Submitting invoices onto Sage
• Using CMS to check the pricing of products
• Booking In
• Purchase Order Processing
• Sales Order Processing
• Checking Delivery Notes are correct

Finance Admin Clerk / Customer Services
DHL – Normanton – 2009-06 – 2011-02
• To work to deadlines efficiently and effectively for both the employer and the customer.
• To establish any ways of saving money both for the employer and customer.
• To maintain relationships with customers.
• My main duties for this role are –
• Checking Citibank reports to make sure the correct amounts are going to their correct prime codes
• Generating purchase order numbers and keeping a track on what is being spent on packaging, stationery, maintenance, staff wages.
• To submit payroll (calculate the overtime and sickness)
• To keep an up to date quicks and quicks analysis sheet
• To use journals to move any money from one contract to another and to accrue money for the following month.
• To submit timesheets to all agencies used
• To produce open PO reports and make sure that the PO’s are paid in a timely manor
• To check invoices for the correct amounts for the work supplied and to release for payment.
• To keep the contract managers up to date on the expenditure for the monthly budget.
• To raise invoices for any Closed book amounts for both contracts.
• To check my GL065 daily for any amounts which need to be journeyed or questioned.

Head Chef
Premier Inn – Whitwood, UK – 2006 – 2007
Whitwood. Although the role was not customer facing I took satisfaction in knowing that people had enjoyed their meals.
• To cook fresh food on a daily basis
• To order and control stock
• To make sure the kitchen was clean to Premier Inn standards and to make sure we passed the audit.
• To supervise other kitchen staff
• To maintain good working relationships within the F&B side of the business.

2005 – 2006
I had my own public house which was closed at the time of me taking it on.
I looked after all aspects of the pub from the bar to the kitchen.
I was the only chef and introduced a simple but very effective menu which drove sales from £250 per week to £2500 per week.
• To run the kitchen and employ friendly and helpful staff to benefit my business
• To organise rotas on a weekly basis
• To order stock and maintain cleanliness of the kitchen

EDUCATION

NVQ in Business Administration & Credits
Wakefield College – Bridlington
2014-09 – Present

5 Towns Resource Centre – Castleford
2008-09 – 2008-12

GCSE in Drama-C
Driffield Secondary School – Driffield

Transport manager CPC
Viamaster
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Key Skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Tachomaster
• C-Track


BECOME AN OWNER-DRIVER, operate your own vehicle or fleet, increase your income and have a better lifestyle. Use our free guide and assistance to obtain your Operator's Licence (O-Licence) TransportForum.com/guide-olicence and set up in this business.
TRANSPORT MANAGER available for your Operator's Licence. HGV and PSV. Anywhere in the UK. FREE assistance with your O-licence (if you hire a TM). See our rates. Call 07833 684449 or contact us here.
  • Updated 5 years ago

To contact this candidate email Leearna.Whittle@hirett.com or call 07445855521