Supply chain expert with 15 years of experience creating, selling, implementing, and executing solutions focused on:1) Improving visibility and enabling a better customer experience through BI and actionable analytics.2) Cost reduction and controls through optimization, automation, and waste elimination via LEAN management.3) Establishing a collaborative continuous improvement culture and discipline.My philosophy is to take a customer-focused consultative approach to supply chain and transportation management. Discovery - Put simply, it is essential to LISTEN to the customer to gain a better understanding of their business, what success looks like to the customer, what specific outcomes are needed to achieve that success, what obstacles are in the way. Evaluating Opportunities - Once we align on a common purpose, we can then conduct data analysis and process mapping to identify potential improvement opportunities for the solution.Creating the Solution - Create a customized solution aimed at achieving the customer’s goals and objectives.Implementation and Execution - Collaboratively Implement and execute the solution together.Expertise:- Customer Relationship Management- Contract and Bid Negotiation (Customer and TSP - All Modes)- Truckload, LTL, Bulk, IM, Parcel management - Budget and Forecast Management- Continuous Improvement- Network Optimization- Consolidation- Mode Optimization - Routing Guide Optimization- High-Value Retail, Automotive, Energy Industry Verticals- Platform-enabled Visibility- TMS