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JENNIFER BAKER

Indianapolis,IN

Summary

Seasoned operations and logistics professional with over 30 years of experience, including 27 years in shipping and logistics management. Expertise in inventory control, order management, and freight coordination. Demonstrated ability to effectively coordinate stakeholders and manage time-sensitive priorities throughout the shipping process.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work History

OPERATIONS LEADER / AP & AR SPECIALIST

WD Bearings LLC
Indianapolis, IN
01.2023 - Current
  • Lead daily shipping, logistics, order fulfillment, inventory, freight, and customer-release activities; serve as primary operations and shipping contact for WDBC.
  • Manage the order-to-shipment process, including order entry, adjustments, inventory allocation, scheduling, shipping notices, packing lists, invoices, BOLs, ASNs, and master pack labels.
  • Monitored WIP, open orders, inventory, and customer delivery dates; proactively identified and resolved potential delays and shortages to ensure timely fulfillment.
  • Coordinated with sales, customers, WDBC, freight forwarders, warehouse personnel, carriers, and operations to resolve order, pricing, inventory, freight, and delivery issues.
  • Maintain live inventory and perform allocations, deallocations, stock adjustments, discrepancy research, and RF-scanner transactions.
  • Coordinate early shipments, backorders, date changes, customer releases, LTL pickups, and freight requirements.
  • Process ocean and air shipments and prepare receiving and shipping documentation using Sage, SAP, and Print Station.
  • Review tariffs, pricing, Section 232, and CMP requirements and coordinate adjustments with Sales to prevent shipment delays.
  • Serve as a key customer and Sales resource for orders, releases, inventory, pricing, quotes, freight, and shipment status.
  • Maintain customer profiles, process credit requests, run credit reports, and support customer onboarding in Sage.
  • Manage vendor setup, ACH information, CashPro templates, invoices, freight billing, credit memos, returns, and vendor documentation.
  • Resolved freight discrepancies by collaborating with LTL carriers on billing issues and negotiated improved shipping rates.
  • Manage ACH and check payments, Sage payment entries, CashPro transactions, customer statements, aged AR, collection follow-up, and ACH remittance information.
  • Researched and secured vendors for operational needs, including supplies, pallets, cleaning services, and equipment, emphasizing cost savings and efficiency.
  • Reconcile customer open-order reports with internal shipping plans and resolve discrepancies.
  • Coordinate customer-requested date changes by reviewing WIP and communicating achievable shipment dates.
  • Managed customer accounts by overseeing relationships and ensuring satisfaction.

Key Accounts:

  • Proseals USA
  • RotoMetrics
  • Weasler Engineering
  • Konecranes
  • Danfoss LLC
  • Haas Automation
  • Componex
  • Maxcess
  • Vantage Elevation

Service Assurance Agent | Dispatcher | Courier | Handler

FEDEX EXPRESS
Indianapolis Area
06.1995 - 01.2023
  • Built a 27+ year career in transportation and logistics within a highly structured, deadline-driven environment.
  • Gained extensive experience in transportation operations, shipment handling, customer service, dispatch, and time-sensitive coordination.
  • Balanced competing priorities while ensuring accuracy, safety, accountability, and customer satisfaction.
  • Resolved shipment and service concerns while collaborating with team members and management to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Adapted throughout a long-term career to evolving technology, procedures, processes, and customer requirements.
  • Multiple Locations

Education

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice, Psychology

INDIANA UNIVERSITY AT INDIANAPOLIS
Indiana

Skills

  • Order Management
  • Inventory Control
  • Operations: Shipping & Freight
  • Shipping management
  • Customer Releases
  • LTL
  • Ocean & Air Shipments
  • Delivery Coordination
  • Order Resolution
  • Expense Management
  • Pricing Strategy
  • Vendor Management
  • Digital Payments
  • Debt Management
  • Billing Processes
  • SAP
  • CashPro
  • Excel
  • Word
  • Operations management
  • Accounts management
  • Industry Leadership
  • 27 Years Transportation & Logistics
  • Excel
  • Word
  • Outlook
  • Customer Engagement
  • Operations management
  • Shipping management
  • Accounts management
  • Sales support
  • Strategic Solutions

Timeline

OPERATIONS LEADER / AP & AR SPECIALIST

WD Bearings LLC
01.2023 - Current

Service Assurance Agent | Dispatcher | Courier | Handler

FEDEX EXPRESS
06.1995 - 01.2023

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice, Psychology

INDIANA UNIVERSITY AT INDIANAPOLIS
JENNIFER BAKER