I run international courier operations, currently coordinating 6 European hubs
that move about 41,000 parcels a day. Over 9 years I moved from night-shift
sorting supervisor to network lead, and I still keep a customs incoterms
cheat sheet taped inside my notebook. I write short letters and shorter delay reports.
Route of employment
Operations Lead, International Network · VoltaExpressPorto · 2021–present
Coordinate 6 hubs (Porto, Madrid, Lyon, Cologne, Rotterdam, Milan) handling 41,000 parcels daily with a 97.4% on-time rate.
Rebuilt the customs pre-clearance flow after Brexit rule changes, cutting UK-bound dwell time from 31 to 9 hours.
Ran the 2024 peak-season plan: 210 temporary staff onboarded across 3 countries with zero missed linehaul departures.
Hub Manager · Atlântico ParcelPorto · 2018–2021
Managed a 74-person sorting hub processing 12,500 parcels per shift; mis-sort rate fell from 1.8% to 0.6% in 2 years.
Introduced staggered inbound truck slots, reducing dock queue time by 38 minutes on average.
Sorting Supervisor, night shift · Atlântico ParcelPorto · 2016–2018
Led a crew of 18 across 2 sort belts; held scan compliance above 99% for 21 consecutive months.
Customs declaration · skills
Linehaul planningCustoms & incotermsIATA DG basicsSLA reportingWMS / TMS (CargoWise-type)Excel & SQLPeak staffingPT · EN · ES · FR (basic)
Education
B.Sc. Logistics Management
Instituto Norte de Gestão, Porto
2012–2016
Certified Customs Practitioner
Iberian Trade Institute
2020
Also of note
Delay post-mortems, monthlyWrote 40+ one-page incident letters read by 3 country directors.
Volunteer, Porto bike courier co-opRoute planning for last-mile trials, 2022–2024.
With thanks for your time, and a promise of prompt delivery, Sam Wilson