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Houston, Texas, United States

• Manages LSPI's fleet of Railcars. This includes strategic planning to improve overall supply chain efficiency.• Utilize data, analytics, and metrics to track overall efficiency performance.• Leads and works to remove or improve bottlenecks in the supply chain system.• Collaborates with Supply and Demand Planning team on warehouse replenishment planning.• Responsible for balancing the finished product railcar use throughout the entire supply chain network.• Monitors equipment lead times and lease vs buy terms, to fulfill on/off hire decisions that best support overall supply chain and commercial plans.• Plans, budgets, and manages costs for the rail fleet.• Embraces role of SME relative to rail for the organization, and offers logistical guidance to support awareness and specific projects.• Maintain, expand, and create new relationships with rail equipment, transportation, transloading, and warehousing vendors.• Leads, coordinates, and communicates across functionally on all contracts and rate renewals relative to rail equipment or services.• Tracks and analyzes vendor performance inclusive of capturing Work Orders in LSPI's internal tracking system.• Ensures all major maintenance, compliance, inspections, and regulatory needs are adhered to for the fleet of assets.• Responsible for ensuring the adherence to ISO Quality processes.• Accountable for maintaining required Internal Control compliant records. activities. and reports.• Keeps abreast of industry related issues, trends, and major events; and develops proper communication and guidance for the business.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Manages LSPI’s fleet of finished product Railcars. This includes strategic scheduling to improvesupply chain efficiency, tracking in LSPI’s internal asset tracking system, scheduling maintenanceand cleaning as needed, etc• Monitors finished product inventories at off-site warehouses in North America• Collaborates with Logistics Coordinators on warehouse replenishment planning• Responsible for balancing the finished product railcar loading between manufacturing plants• Interacts with Manufacturing to plan delivery/pick up of finished product railcars• Responsible for routing and billing out railcars for shipments to warehouses and transloadingfacilities• Coordinates with railcar transloading facilities on scheduling of railcar deliveries, shipments, andtransloading activities.• Verify and report month end inventory levels to Inventory Analyst• Reconcile transloading facility and SAP inventory• Offers logistical guidance to support sales and special projects• Maintains / Develops relationships with railcar vendors• Coordinates with Procurement on contracts related to rail fleet as needed• Create stock transport orders, verify inventory transactions, verify vendor invoices, and createservice entries in SAP.• Track vendor performance by capturing Work Orders in LSPI’s internal tracking system• Responsible for ensuring the adherence to ISO Quality processes• Accountable for maintaining required Internal Control compliant records, activities, and reports• Complete other duties as directed by supervisor

Houston

• Manage appropriate levels of finished product inventories at off-site warehouses in the US & in Canada.• Verify & Report month end inventory levels to Inventory Analyst. • Process monthly warehousing inventory reconciliation.• Coordinate logistics for finished product deliveries to off-site warehousing facilities.• Offer logistics guidance pertaining to warehousing requirements supporting Sales and Special Projects.• Collaborate with Logistics, Manufacturing and Sales and provide delivery requirements in regards to forecasted product delivery requests/orders.• Interact with Manufacturing to plan and schedule delivery/pick up of finished product.• Liaison between Eastern Hemisphere sales office and plant manufacturing.• Managed all export activities from US to Eastern Hemisphere.• Planner and scheduler for inland logistics from plant to port or warehouse for all exports.• Prepare shipping instructions for export reporting and documentation• Maintain processes in accordance with the Export Compliance Guidelines• Manage all order fulfillment processes from order placement to invoice through SAP Sales & Distribution module.• Verify and approve invoices for export activities globally• Responsible for ensuring the adherence to ISO Quality processes.• Accountable for maintaining required SOX compliant records, activities, and reports.

Houston, Texas Area

• Manage appropriate levels of finished product inventories at off-site warehouses in the US.• Verify & Report month end inventory levels to Inventory Analyst. • Process monthly warehousing inventory reconciliation.• Coordinate logistics for finished product deliveries to off-site warehousing facilities.• Offer logistics guidance pertaining to warehousing requirements supporting Sales and Special Projects.• Collaborate with Logistics, Manufacturing and Sales and provide delivery requirements in regards to forecasted product delivery requests/orders.• Interact with Manufacturing to plan and schedule delivery/pick up of finished product.• Liaison between Eastern Hemisphere sales office and plant manufacturing.• Manage all export activities from US to Eastern Hemisphere.• Responsible for all export shipments for South America and other international Distributors.• Planner and scheduler for inland logistics from plant to port or warehouse for all exports.• Prepare shipping instructions for export reporting and documentation• Maintain processes in accordance with the Export Compliance Guidelines• Manage all order fulfillment processes from order placement to invoice through SAP Sales & Distribution module.• Verify and approve invoices for export activities globally• Responsible for ensuring the adherence to ISO Quality processes.• Accountable for maintaining required SOX compliant records, activities, and reports.

Houston

• Manage all order fulfillment processes from order placement to invoice through SAP Sales & Distribution module. • Assist in management of product inventories through observation of customer order patterns & use of inventory balance sheet. • Coordinate shipment of products through all forms of logistics via package, truck, rail, or barge.• Collaborate daily with all areas of supply chain from credit & inventory management to logistics. Resolves daily issues that include credit and logistical issues.• Utilize effective communications with Customer Service Team members, Supervisor, Sales, Product Management, Terminals, Carriers, Inspectors, Laboratories and other support services to improve customer support.• Document all required SOX reports & records.• Manage customer & product pricing as pricing coordinator through use of BPS pricing system.• Schedule all railcar shipments from Excel Paralubes plant.• Manage the KCS Railroad railcar storage costs through improved demurrage tool process resulting in annual 30% P66 cost savings.• Serves as backup to Export coordinator desk and train new account specialists to support vacations and backup coverage.

· Maintained Shell Data and user access. · Initiated and track individual customer data maintenance requests through SAP workflow while ensuring data quality is maintained. · Maintained physical & electronic storage of customer related documents (MRD- Master Records Data).· Ensured compliance to record management & legal requirements through creation of records in SAP.· Administered support to manage information within customer account portals.

· Communicated, reported, and coordinated forecasting information to sales and production teams to develop sales and production planning.· Reported and presented market intelligence to sales/internal management that assisted in gaining market share.· Managed customer consignment inventories to maintain required sales and product inventory control.· Established/maintained existing and new customer masters in SAP to build and maintenance customer profiles. · Entered orders, modified existing orders as appropriate including appropriate customer/sales representative contact to facilitate accurate sales orders. · Monitored work process related reports including appropriate actions to facilitate timely and accurate handling of orders.· Resolved customer credit, logistics, and inventory issues through communications with internal and external customers that ensured full customer satisfaction.

The Woodlands, Tx

Customer Service Accomplishments• Administered over 400 Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. products.• Managed customer orders, from placement through receipt of product by customer through SAP• Maintained existing customer masters in SAP.• Established new customer masters in SAP.• Facilitated order entry, modified existing orders as required including appropriate customer/sales representative contact.• Owned/organized complete and accurate transaction files for easy access and review as appropriate.• Monitored work process related reports including appropriate actions to facilitate timely and accurate handling of orders.Distribution Accomplishments• Coordinated shipping of products to customer orders.• Assigned shipment dates in accordance with commitment policies and available inventories, production and sales plans.• Updated scheduled shipment dates and communicate with internal/external customers as appropriate.• Assisted in coordinating transportation arrangements with internal partners.• Management of transportation with carriers including tracking and expediting shipments, communication with carriers, identifying opportunities for alternate supply logistics to meet customer requirements. • Supervised product inventories in accordance with established inventory strategies utilizing appropriate supply chain tools. • Contributed to Logistic Teams (return products/returnable package containers) that identified $250K in cost savings.• Scheduled shipments based on production and sales demand.• Executed stock transfers. • Maintained accurate and reconciled inventories.

· Provided administrative support to the Corporation Law Department's attorneys and legal support staff.· Requisitioned and maintained office supplies for the Houston Law Function. Received Recognition and Award for supply cost reduction.· Coordinated all departmental document copying requests.· Arranged and coordinated the relocation of employees on floors occupied by the Law Department. Collaborated with various vendors on supply orders and service requests.· Kept time for the Houston Trial Unit/Legal Services Unit.· Developed and established Recognition and Awards program that improved employee moral and motivated more work productivity.· Arranged and managed the consolidation of employee office spaces. Received Recognition and Award for cost savings and coordination. · Reduced department budget from $40K to $24K in office requisition savings while increasing internal customer satisfaction.

Ba, Business

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