Audrey H. Email & Phone Number

Kirbyville, TX, US

• Work closely with executive leadership and the operations technical team in supporting and overseeing procurement from a management perspective to ensure required supplies of packaging and paper commodities and.
• Manage the entire process of paper and packaging procurement activities, inventory control, and analyzing market intelligence ensuring effectively functioning processes to avoid costly delays and lost opportunities.
• Ensure effective lines of communication to create timely and consistent delivery of commodities using the most appropriate procurement procedures.
• Build, develop, and cultivate partnerships with internal personnel that provide an objective lens on the business.
• Responsible for introducing process improvements in the value chain and identifying new vendors/suppliers without jeopardizing quality and service delivery while ensuring full compliance with procurement rules and.
• Influence internal stakeholders in setting the direction for their functional areas by linking sourcing and business strategies in order to optimize business results.

Remote

• Contracted to assist Reynolds Consumer Products during a transitional period within the Freight Payment department.
• Member of cross functional conflict resolution/team created to resolve/improve/build streamlined processes/communication.
• Primary approver for international shipments which involved ocean freight, intermodal (rail), and drayage.
• Spearheaded Data Entry Improvement project, reducing 3rd party data entry invoice processing errors to 2%.
• Identify/troubleshoot invoicing errors and discrepancies which involved root cause analysis and process improvement.
• Trained new team members.

Specialized in out of gauge and overweight shipments.

La Porte, Texas, United States

• Increased efficiency resulting in $1M additional profit without adding additional volume for 2019.
• Decreased transit time and increased account efficiency (reduced cost), resulting in projected volume increasing by double for 2020.
• Reduced daily per diem charges by decreasing transit time which increased volume by 2X by assessing systems and processes and executing a leaner delivery and transit timeline.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Provided critical operations support to maintain the integrity of the equipment events for the entire US region.
• Reviewed, analyzed, and adjusted thousands of equipment event errors weekly, involving both manual and EDI errors.
• Reengineered and streamlined weekly excel reports for simplicity and speed in completion resulting in considerable time savings and capacity to facilitate joining of COSCO and China shipping more than doubling our.
• Analyzed failures for cause, determined solution, and coordinated with appropriate department (i.e. import, export, equipment, or EDI) for resolution.

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

• Managed transportation lanes with reliable and cost-efficient carriers, increasing capacity, and producing creative solutions for transportation needs.
• Facilitated carrier relations for clients securing transportation needs.
• Reduced transportation costs by 8% through negotiation with carriers, and expanding capacity provided to reduce vendor pool.
• Spearheaded customer rate-reduction request securing carrier rate reductions from 5-10% resulting in ability to pass on cost savings of several million dollars.
• Trained new operations employees and cross-trained employees from other departments within the company.

Houston, Texas Area

• Utilized Mediterranean Shipping Company’s proprietary software to arrange door moves from customer’s facility to the port, which involved rail and over the road transportation methods.
• Reconciled vessels to assure that all shipments were received by the port.
• Provided customer service updates on shipments as needed.
• High email volume (30 + emails per hour).

Houston, Texas Area

• Created daily reports on equipment levels and activity to corporate office in Geneva, which involved consolidating reports provided by Mediterranean Shipping Company’s proprietary software, MSC Link with reports.
• Weekly, monthly and yearly reports performed to assure inventory and activity accuracy.
• Forecast, release, and reposition special equipment (i.e. reefers, flat racks and open tops) as needed to satisfy customer demand.
• Reconciled vessels for quality assurance purposes.
• High level of customer service which involved regular updates on special equipment availability (forecasting, repositioning, releasing), as well as providing customers alternative equipment options.
• High level of analytical thinking required to interpret all data and input into one excel spreadsheet as well as ability to work well under pressure in order to submit the reports by each deadline.

Houston, Texas Area

• Reception
• Job cost accounting
• Dictation
• Customer service

Bachelor In Business Administration, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management, 3.60

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Art/Art Studies, General