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Irvine, California, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Recruited by C-Suite to set operational structure and strategy, serving as global logistics and manufacturing SME. Established upstart project-management-office initiative—leading 6 initiatives that each spanned 90 days to 4 months. Completed projects on time and ahead of budget, accomplishing a big mission before position was eliminated due to organizational RIFs across all functions. First hire for global logistics team at this startup Amazon aggregator, building new ops team of 5 from scratch. Managed 20 distinct brands from over 100 suppliers delivering 7,500 to 10,000 SKUs into 15 different US 3PLs.• Reduced 3 segment teams of 18 aggregate resources by 3.75 FTEs, to equalize payroll yet scale fully to growth.• Reduced overall freight spend $600K in 5 months by designing and deploying inaugural fixed-rates pricing strategy/200K, streamlining port routings/100K, shopping air freight/200K, and disputing invoices/100K.• Realigned digital transportation network strategy in the US and Europe. Reduced tariffs and won best competitive rates, duties, and other customs costs by optimizing partnerships.• Doubled payment terms with freight forwarders, also leveraging growth projections and future volume to negotiate better pricing. • Initiated insourcing of claims, immediately increasing claim amounts by 15% & tripling coverage of claims—for >$200K in new reimbursements annually, proving the concept.• Customized module in NetSuite to successfully launch centralized SKU tracking for operations, finance, and procurement.

Flexport Inc. is an American multinational corporation that focuses on supply chain management and logistics, including freight forwarding and customs brokerage. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, has thousands of employees and has annual revenues of more than $3.3B.Led outbound sales for key accounts and grew Fortune 500 business 7% and overall business from $21M to $24M. • Recruited by executive leadership to leverage well-reputed relationship management skills to expand brokerage accounts, while overseeing integration of the new client CRM and leading its analysis and optimization initiative.• Performed overall account solution design to best fit needs of prospective import-export clients, from global account management to US detention and demurrage management, and to customs/compliance management.• Oversaw book of business consisting of 20 multinational accounts that tripled in monthly net revenue growth.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Liaised among ocean carrier operations team, the finance team, and the engineers, product designers, and stakeholders working on new product builds—attending meetings to develop an advanced date-based client tracking tool and another tool for streamlining such data into evidence and otherwise slashing dispute process time.• Contributed technical input, better reporting, and industry insights into working meetings with engineering and design during product development. Participated in roadmap design, milestones, testing, and the final launch. • Managed utilization of engineering and design resources in alignment with project schedules and prioritization. • Earned ever-greater autonomy and trust to witness innovation in action and to initiate projects to enhance it.

Greater Chicago Area

Selected by senior management to pilot new organizational structure alongside product managers and engineers, leading cost reduction analysis, improving transportation timelines, and managing associated streamlining projects. • Uncovered $50K in lost revenue and maximized other opportunities for a 16% total reduction in cost to serve.• Launched L&D committee to improve cross-functional collaboration and to better align organizational KPIs.• Attained perfect Net Promoter Score within book of business and grew one enterprise client by 33% in 2020.• Supported product platform overhaul that saved $1MM in 2020. Reset pricing structure to save $100K per year.

Greater Chicago Area

Provided consulting services to 12 importer clients and their counsel, supporting litigation and maximizing claims. Industrial clients ranged from oil and gas to construction, and from raw materials procurement to international risk. • Analyzed client project costs and schedules to create economic damage calculations for $multimillion suits. • Inspected <10,000 invoices, identified undue costs, and helped secure settlement 1.5X the target amount.

Notre Dame, Indiana

Directed a team of ten colleagues for NCAA men’s and women’s basketball and lacrosse home games.• Organized distribution of statistics and player-coach quotes, during-and-after games to 50 media outlets.

South Bend, Indiana Area

Led projects during the streamlining of supply chains between regional warehouses and 62 retail grocery stores.• Worked cross-functionally while mentoring under leaders who prepared stores for new product launches.

Greater New Orleans Area

Provided responsive service in dynamic 35-table hotspot. As one key member of a streamlined team of 20 staff, fulfilled all functions from back of the house to front of the house. • Attracted small following of locals and returning business and corporate diners.

Greater New Orleans Area

Conducted extensive competitive research and analysis to determine new product prices, leading to increased sales. • Assisted in the rebuilding of the e-commerce retail website, leading to a 25% uptick in sales in the first year of deployment.