1. Danny Rourke
4699 Villeret Pierrefonds, PQ
(438) 321-8683 (Cell) (514) 626 1541 (Home)
Danny.rourke051@sympatico.ca
PROFILE
A seasoned management professional with more than 35 years of experience in the warehousing and
transportation industry. Strong productivity, cost & rate analysis ability with a proven track record of
working effectively with senior management on multi million dollar accounts. I am currently seeking a
challenging position where my diversified skill set will contribute to the future growth and development of
the organization I will represent.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Remco Group - 1999 to Present
Lachine, QC
Manager-Rates & Traffic
Establishing transport costs for both existing and potential customers, working closely with the senior
logistics and transport managers of major multi million dollar accounts.
Costing existing accounts to determine if they are profitable.
Maintaining the annual increase records and advise sales of the accounts which require an increase
in their transport rates.
Negotiating rate agreements with transport partners. Continuously searching for new partners to
expand our services.
Maintain and update the master tariff system.
Developed a secondary tariff and cost system to deal with commodities of specific nature and
requirements.
Implemented a proper productivity reporting system covering both volume and cost as they relate to
each other.
Implemented an audit system to track the revenue versus cost for our line-haul moves throughout the
country.
Implemented an audit system to track revenue and volumes for the major accounts.
Implemented an audit system for the billing department to help them better understand the customers
and their requirements for billing & invoicing.
Manage and train a staff of 5 people.
Manage the day to day operations of the rates and traffic departments in two different cities.
Review both Spot Quotes and Long Term Quotations to both existing and potential accounts.
Set-up and manage special shipments that will travel and be delivered outside of the normal service
schedules.
Brokerage work.
2. Cabano-Kingsway - 1997 to 1999
St. Laurent, PQ
Rate Analyst
Established transportation costs for both existing, and potential customers.
Worked directly with operations and sales, to establish a cost factor for these accounts.
Worked on accounts that had generated sales revenues in excess of $1,000,000.00 per year.
Assisted in the purchase of partner carrier by performing a study of their tariff and revenue structures.
Day & Ross 1980-1997
Various Positions
Started with this company as Warehouse Shift Foreman in Moncton, New Brunswick.
I started in July of 1981 in the Rate Department, working the evening shift, putting the proper
transportation rates on the individual shipments.
Over the next 8 years, through various promotions, I was made the Assistant Supervisor of the Rates
Department, in charge of the evening shift. I also was in charge of training all new staff coming into
the department.
In May of 1989, I was promoted to work in the Maritime Regional Office as the new Traffic Analyst. I
reported directly to the Regional Traffic Manager. This is where I obtained all my experience and
knowledge of budgets, costs and cost structures.
In October of 1992, in the restructuring of the company, I became the Pricing Officer in charge of the
Maritime Region. During the next 5 years, I had a hand in the development of most procedures, which
are still in use today, in the Pricing Department. The most significant development was, the cost
format structure that I had developed to speed up single and multiple lane costing.
EDUCATION
1979 – Kennebacasis Valley High School – Quispamsis, NB - receiving a High School Diploma
SKILLS
Computer knowledge – Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Lotus, Word Perfect, Quattro Pro,
D-Base, Truckmate, Citrix, and ASN400
C.I.T.T. – Level 1 ( thru a private tutor )
Cost & Rate Analysis
Pre & Post Audits - develop and run
Productivity Analysis - both P & D and facility
Project analysis
Budgets & Spreadsheets
