Julie Ricks

Background

About Julie Ricks

Personal Style • Factual Accuracy: Values clarity and straightforwardness. • Work Ethic: Strong work ethic, accepts responsibility for tasks. • Neat and Tidy: Absorbs a large amount of information. • High Standards: Prefers doing things the right way, sensitive to errors. • Stabilizing Presence: Offers stability and accepts roles and responsibilities. • Precise and Conscientious: Cautious, disciplined, and conscientious in work. Interacting with Others • Gentle and Supportive: Sympathetic and supportive of friends and colleagues. • Clear Expectations: Prefers clear expectations and clear direction • Close Relationships: Builds close, low-key relationships and has strong family ties. • Honesty: Values honesty and is wary of manipulation. Decision Making • Practical and Realistic: Relies on evidence and past experiences. • React to issues: Skilled in managing urgent freight operations with a calm and decisive approach, ensuring timely and efficient delivery • Thorough Analysis: Gathers all essential information before making informed decisions. • Consistent: Decisions are consistent and practical. Key Strengths • Trustworthy: Affectionate, self-effacing, and accommodating. • Principled: Strong and consistent principles. • Planner: Steady day-to-day planner. • High Standards: Sets high personal standards of performance. • Realistic: Realistic and cautious. Value to the Team • Dedicated: Honest and sincere, dedicated supporter of the team. • Stabilising Influence: Brings a mature and stabilizing influence. • Trust: Helps generate trust and ensures consistency in team output. • Loyal: Supports others with loyalty and diplomacy. Key Achievements • Quantifiable Results: Implemented the roll out of a new freight tracking system within Sky and set up bespoke reporting and tableau options for key stakeholders. • Quantifiable Results: Working closely with finance to minimise month-end variables in the P&L. Chasing overdue payments, unpicking errors and clearing invoices for payment, while keeping suppliers and AP updated regularly. • Technical Skills: Currently using several partner freight dashboards for bookings and tracking. Proficient in Excel, Powerpoint, MS Office, Ariba, Ontrack, IFS, Anaplan and SAP. Previously worked with Epicor, AG12 and EDI.