Chris Rivait

Current

• Business Analyst at Trimac Transportation

Past

• Load Planner at Trimac Transportation
• Business Analyst at Trimac Transportation

Education

• Brock University
• Brock University

Connections

20 connections

Industry

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Chris Rivait’s Experience

• Business Analyst

  Trimac Transportation

  (Public Company; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

  - Super User for Aspen Retail to ensure continuous database integrity and investigate problems caused by data and configuration issues.
  - Perform problem tracing and root cause analysis.
  - Develop key performance measurement tools for senior management.
  - Prepare customer reports and coordinate supply disruptions.
  - Assisted in the development, testing and implementation of new Inventory Management software.

• Load Planner

  Trimac Transportation

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  June 2003 — September 2006 (3 years 4 months)

  - Oversaw all international and inter-regional freight, which represents $30 million in annual revenue.
  - Coordinated with business units throughout North America to ensure customer satisfaction, and government and safety regulations were observed, while surpassing critical success factors.
  - Collaborated with sales department to verify that customer proposals reflect current market conditions, and offered suggestions to increase profitability and customer approval.
  - Analyzed current traffic patterns and reported recommendations to senior management for improvement of revenue and costs.

• Business Analyst

  Trimac Transportation

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  April 2002 — June 2003 (1 year 3 months)

  - Worked with senior management in the development of the company’s business plan and analyzed budget variances.
  - Designed management reports for cost control and profit analysis.
  - Examined new business opportunities, making recommendations to management.
  - Prepared customer presentations including the analysis of multi-million dollar projects and written proposals.
  - Analyzed customer and financial data to assess business units and prepared recommendations for improvement.
  - Developed spreadsheet for generating customer tariffs that reduced response time by more than half.
  - Created and maintained website to introduce new subsidiary company to potential customers.

Chris Rivait’s Education

• Brock University

  Bachelor of Arts , Popular Culture , 2001 — 2002

  Courses included but not limited to: Mass Media, Communication Research, Communication Theory, Film Studies, Television Studies, Popular Music

• Brock University

  Bachelor of Business Administration , Marketing , 1996 — 2001

  Courses included but not limited to: Marketing Management, Advertising, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Research, Marketing Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy

  Activities and Societies:

  Don - Residence Life Staff (1999 - 2001)
  Executive Treasurer of the Residence Action Council (1998 - 1999)
  General Member of the Residence Action Council (1997 - 1998)

Additional Information

Chris Rivait’s Groups:

•    Brock University Alumni
•    Brock University

Chris Rivait’s Contact Settings

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