Cherise Harvey
McDonough
Summary
Dynamic logistics professional with extensive experience at The Home Depot, excelling in shipping management and transportation planning. Proven track record in enhancing vendor compliance and optimizing freight operations, ensuring on-time delivery. Skilled in Tableau and fostering strong vendor relationships, driving efficiency and service excellence in high-pressure environments.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Logistics Planner - SPOC Role
The Home Depot
2019 - Current
- Oversaw end‑to‑end truckload freight operations from SPOC vendors to RDCs, SDC's, DFC's and IFC's achieving reliable on‑time pickup and delivery through proactive scheduling, carrier communication, and issue resolution
Logistics Analyst - IFC Team
The Home Depot
2010 - 2019
- Managed LTL size freight from vendors, ensuring on‑time pickup and delivery to regional Inbound Freight Consolidation DC's
- Partnered with the assigned IFC to enforce vendor compliance with freight‑processing standards, including PO accuracy, documentation completeness, pallet labeling, and secure blocking and bracing. Proactively engaged vendors failing to meet requirements to protect flow‑through quality and ensure seamless delivery into RDCs
- Provided onboarding and training for new vendors, ensuring they understood all requirements and procedures for moving product through IFC locations efficiently and accurately.
Logistics Planner
The Home Depot
01.2008 - 2010
- Coordinated and managed regional truckload freight movements from vendor locations to distribution centers, consistently ensuring on‑time pickup, transit, and delivery performance
- Maintained full ownership of regional operations, including DC support, operational and financial reporting, performance analysis, and execution of load tendering strategies to improve service levels and cost efficiency
- Ensured vendors followed proper communication protocols with THD by enforcing frontline compliance with RTS requirements and reviewing accuracy and timeliness of submitted information in TMS
- Reviewed the daily Loads in Trouble report to identify delayed pickups or deliveries and troubleshoot issues through resolution
- Contributed to critical emergency operations (UHR)—including hurricane response and post‑storm recovery—by maintaining full availability during irregular hours, nights, and weekends to ensure uninterrupted logistics support
Education
No Degree - Business
Clayton State University
Morrow, GASkills
- Shipping management
- Transportation planning
- Logistics analysis
- Demand forecasting
- Vendor onboarding
- Customer service
- Proficient in Tableau
- Proficient in Excel, Powerpoint, Word
Timeline
Logistics Planner
The Home Depot
01.2008 - 2010
Logistics Planner - SPOC Role
The Home Depot
2019 - Current
Logistics Analyst - IFC Team
The Home Depot
2010 - 2019
No Degree - Business
Clayton State University