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Saint Paul, MN, US

St. Cloud, MN, US

Little Rock, Arkansas, US

• Founded Managed Transportation mode which provided multi-modal single source service offering
• Led a team of four developers through the full design, backend development, & implementation of Contractual & Spot Bid functionalities within TMS decreasing workflow by 20% & optimizing headcount & eliminating $25,000.
• Crafted profitable & mutually beneficial pricing proposals maintaining target of 15% margin & achieving client 5% savings
• Generated on average 10 new business prospects per quarter via targeted trainings across multiple sales channels
• Owned the end-to-end lifecycle of Managed Transportation sales with pipeline of 35+ prospects exceeding $50M
• Organizational subject matter expert for Managed Transportation, ERP, & TMS related functionalities

Chicago, IL, US

• Directed ten member Operations Team that achieved 95% annual client retention with control of $20M+ in annual revenue
• Client liaison for IT with respect to API & EDI integrations (REST, SOAP, 214, 210, etc.) to streamline manual processes
• Identified & deployed continuous improvement initiatives & consulted with key stakeholders to achieve strategic supply chain initiatives while driving $2M+ (annualized) savings for three clients in Food and Beverage.
• Improved largest client On-Time Delivery from 87% to 96%, based on carrier optimization & metric driven relationships
• Gained increased market share by deploying lead time and transit study to drive LTL Best Value Carrier Compliance from 83% to 98% achieving an additional 12% in business in 2019
• Provided employees with continuous education, training, & maintained top five team retention rate within division

Chicago, IL, US

• On-site Subject Matter Expert for two ~750K SQFT facilities to fulfill orders within budget & on-time constraints by optimizing multi-modal tenders by route and requested due date in order to hit required On-Time.
• Designed same day truckload sourcing strategies which allocated carrier capacity by tender request submission time & resulted in a 40% increase in tenders versus baseline expectations prior to go-live
• Supervised & developed Freight Pay & Audit processes which delivered a 7% reduction in billing errors
• Audited & maintained Corrective Action & Preventative Actions (CAPA) plans to drive Carrier SLA to achieve 91% truckload bid adherence & 97% On-Time Delivery and summarized results in weekly and monthly scorecards

Chicago, IL, US

• Managed logistics for 41 clients & $3M+ annual spend by fostering multi-tiered relationships with key stakeholders
• Deployed best value cost & transit solutions which grew revenue 11% and shipment count by 8% on YOY basis
• Established communications procedures to improve client experience & satisfaction by reducing response rate to thirty minutes or less per request with daily average of 100+ inbound requests
• Instituted weekly Continuous Improvement calls to identify performance gaps & implement corrective action

Chicago, IL, US

• Founding member of operations team in the Dallas office
• Executed 1100+ monthly shipment transactions & referred potential clients to senior management
• Key contact for internal stakeholders on multi-phased FF&E project that refurbished 144+ locations for national hotel chain
• Standardized teams’ billing process & reduced avg. days to invoice by 11% with proactive outreach to client stakeholders

Chicago, IL, US

• Developed and identified strategies to increase client base to consistently exceed quota
• Devised multi-modal solutions for clients supply chain needs
• Enriched client relationships through proactive and attentive customer service
• Surveyed client base to craft specialized solutions for clients located in Automotive, CPG, and Food and Beverage verticals

• Initiated review of corporate records to maximize outreach to former and prospective customers
• Prepared competitive sales presentation to established point of contacts with prospective customers
• Coordinated with territory sales representatives to schedule in-person meetings with decision makers to expand the Southern Dock Products foot print in the DFW market.