Garrett Gant
Chattanooga,TN
Summary
Professional warehouse management expert with extensive experience in overseeing daily operations, inventory control, and logistics. Strong focus on fostering team collaboration and ensuring efficient workflows to achieve optimal results. Skilled in problem-solving, staff training, and adapting to changing needs, ensuring reliable performance and operational excellence. Known for effective communication, leadership, and results-driven approach.
Outside sales specialist with strength in negotiations, e-commerce and customer service. Excellent interpersonal and time management skills.
Experienced with overseeing kitchen operations to ensure seamless and efficient food preparation and service. Utilizes leadership and organizational skills to maintain high standards of cleanliness and safety. Track record of team collaboration and problem-solving to achieve optimal kitchen performance.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Carrier Sales Representative
Trident Transport
Chattanooga
06.2025 - Current
- Negotiated freight rates, ensuring competitive pricing and reliable service.
- Utilized transportation management systems to track shipments and optimize routing.
- Cultivated a positive work environment that fostered teamwork, collaboration, and productivity among colleagues.
- Conducted regular performance evaluations of carriers to ensure adherence to quality standards and contractual obligations.
- Effectively managed high volume of inbound and outbound calls, ensuring timely responses to customer inquiries.
- Negotiated rates with carriers for cost-effective solutions, resulting in improved profitability.
- Collaborated with team members to develop innovative strategies for expanding the company's carrier network.
- Made 100+ phone calls daily sourcing carriers and booking freight
- Developed and maintained relationships with carriers to enhance service offerings.
- Gained and maintained carrier ownership of multiple carriers within the company's network
Territory Sales Representative
TruGreen
Chattanooga, TN
02.2025 - 06.2025
- Enhanced product knowledge among customers by conducting informative presentations and demonstrations.
- Optimized route planning for account visits, reducing travel time and allowing for increased face-to-face interactions with clients.
- Established trust with clients through consistent follow-ups, leading to long-term partnerships and repeat business.
- Boosted sales in assigned territory by developing and maintaining strong relationships with key clients.
- Improved customer satisfaction levels by addressing concerns promptly and providing tailored solutions.
- Streamlined territory management process, resulting in more efficient time allocation for account visits.
- Maintained relationships with established accounts and prospected new retailers by calling on customers and engaging prospects in person.
- Negotiated favorable contract terms for both parties involved, resulting in mutually beneficial agreements with clients.
- Delivered exceptional post-sales support by ensuring client inquiries were addressed quickly while maintaining regular communication.
- Knocked on a minimum of 150 doors a day in order to expand brand awareness as well as promote further service to existing customers
Chef
Oddstory Brewing Co.
Chattanooga, TN
09.2022 - 06.2024
- I helped open this kitchen when the new building opened for this company. I was responsible for maintaining all food safety standards within the kitchen. I was a team lead for the kitchen and had to order produce and other products for the next day. I wrote prep lists for the next day's service in accordance with the kitchens needs. I was responsible for maintaining a good attitude and helping others do the same for the sake of the team. I was responsible for leading the team during opening and closing shifts. I had to be able to cook all of the menus items and prep all ingredients for them as well as give input for future menu items. I had to wash the dishes, sweep and mop floors, deep clean the hood vents, machinery, and the rest of the kitchen in its' entirety. Check dates on labels and replace prepped items as needed. I had to communicate clearly, calmly, and effectively at all times during every shift.
Pizza Maker
Goodfellas Pizzeria
Chattanooga, TN
08.2021 - 08.2022
- I was responsible for making the dough, prepping the ingredients as well as the products to sell on shelves. I had to run the register and everything that comes with it. Stock products neatly. General restaurant cleaning duties as well; dishes, sweeping, mopping, deep clean, etc. I had to pour beers for customers. Made the pizzas, cooked/baked the pizzas, sliced the pizzas, and boxed them. Often had to serve customers and act as a server during peak hours.
Front Line Supervisor
UPS
Nashville, TN
11.2017 - 05.2020
- Part time supervision in multiple departments within the hub operations. As an outbound supervisor I was expected to manage a work area with six bay doors, supervise five employees, ensure they maintained a steady work pace, worked safely, reported injuries when they got them, helped each other and worked as a team, document any shortcomings or improvements in work performance, document at-risk behaviors that were outside of ups regulated procedures, document and input employees time cards, use a radio to clearly and effectively communicate accurate and time sensitive information to other supervision, mediate and assist in resolving conflict, and assist other supervisors in their work area. As the building grew and became an automated hub over the peak season of 2018, I became a 3rd supervisor over the newly automated system and select few employees in the area. My responsibilities then became; monitoring quickly moving belts, shutting them off to climb on them and break jams in order to allow the packages to continue moving in the hub, running to and from parts of the building as directed/needed in order to keep the automation in working condition and running, providing detailed information about the root cause of problems and constructing innovative solutions with a team to maintain building rate of production. After that, I moved on to the retention/training department, and my responsibilities became; demonstrating an understanding of all the UPS safe work methods and regulations every month, training anywhere from 1-4 new employees every week, documenting everything relevant in regard to the employees' progress or lack thereof, acquiring signatures from employees and management, clearly and effectively communicating with employees about their results and how they can better their work habits, providing a tour and understanding of the hub, giving pre work communications meetings about current events within the building, & going to a three week training course on UPS frontline supervision.
Assistant Store Manager
Little Caesars
Bellevue, TN
04.2014 - 06.2017
- General store maintenance duties, work a register, deposit funds into a safe, instruct employees, make pizzas, lock the doors, arm a security system, provide customer service, use an oven, take inventory, order product, stock product
Education
Some college - Business
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN10.2017
High school diploma -
Harpeth High School
Kingston Springs, TN05.2015
Skills
- Conflict Management
- Store Management Experience
- Delivery Driver Experience
- Warehouse management system
- Warehouse Experience
- Driving
- Warehouse management
- Supervising Experience
- Shipping & Receiving
- Maintenance
- Packaging
- Logistics
- Product knowledge
- Lead generation
- Account servicing
- Contract negotiation
- Point of sale operation
- Processing payments
- Cash handling
- Teamwork
- Time management
- Problem-solving
- Multitasking
- Reliability
- Excellent communication
- Customer satisfaction
- Active listening
- Effective communication
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Decision-making
- Customer engagement
- Relationship building
- Team building
- Client acquisition
- Sales training
- Customer retention
Timeline
Carrier Sales Representative
Trident Transport
06.2025 - Current
Territory Sales Representative
TruGreen
02.2025 - 06.2025
Chef
Oddstory Brewing Co.
09.2022 - 06.2024
Pizza Maker
Goodfellas Pizzeria
08.2021 - 08.2022
Front Line Supervisor
UPS
11.2017 - 05.2020
Assistant Store Manager
Little Caesars
04.2014 - 06.2017
Some college - Business
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
High school diploma -
Harpeth High School