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Maple Grove, Mn, Us

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Support Cargill’s North America Air, LCL, and Full Container shipping across the world- Discovered opportunity to negotiate pricing with an incumbent air freight carrier hauling Cargill chilled beef, generating $700K of annual cost reduction- Traveled to Cargill sites to meet with select businesses and execution teams to understand the wants and needs when shipping freight internationally, returning cost effective reliable shipping with our high performing carriers- Created Power BI report to clean and consolidate container shipment data, plus visualize trends and performance levels from our largest vendors- Sought through integration of an automated Power Apps tool for Air and LCL quoting. Improving the review of rates, collection of data, and reduction of labor hours for all four global container teams- Centralized requests by constructing a new SharePoint page to include the Air, LCL, and Full Container quoting. Applying flowcharts from Bizagi Modeler to ensure all parties involved follow correct steps- Revamped the onboarding program for new employees joining the global container team by mapping workflows, sharing data and commodity descriptions, and PowerPoint bios for the global team to encourage team bonding across the globe

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Specialist for the Dry Package team under Cargill Procurement and Transportation. Responsible for the sourcing of $200 MM in freight spend with Dry Van, Flat Bed and Intermodal carriers to provide reliability for Cargill Businesses- Led Dry Van RFPs containing 200K annual shipments to roughly 80 carriers for bid, amounting to over $150 MM in freight spend- Big data analysis of annual historic shipments through use Excel, Power BI, and Coupa Sourcing Optimizer tools like factlookups and pivot tables- Utilized Coupa Sourcing Optimizer for carrier bids, scenario builds, and reporting tools to strategize a final network of awards in a cost-effective manner. Attained cost reduction of $1 MM as well as cost avoidance of $16 MM in FY22/23- Sourced new and diverse carrier relationships to support inclusion and innovation, and also improved incumbent carrier communication through restarting in-person QBRs and luncheons - Implemented drop trailer programs at multiple Cargill plants with asset based carriers, adding cost avoidance from the spot market of over $100,000- Streamlined the data gathering process for the Dry Package team by writing Power Query to combine data tables from our various shipment platforms. Reducing the timeline for the annual RFP, simplifying monthly actuals tracking, and creation of a single data set for performance tracking- Ran weekly DAT Freight and Analytics reports to present Dry Packages’ spot performance to market, effectively reducing the Cargill paid gap by 20%

Reading, Pennsylvania, Us

Routed all inbound raw materials and final outbound shipments as 3PL for Polaris Inc. Co-Lead the North Pole Star team in processing international freight between U.S. and Mexico using Transportation Manager Systems. - Implemented a new optimization of ‘Drop Dead Date’ planning, resulting in $200,000 of annual cost savings and cut nearly 100 routes run per year - Consulted with planners and supplier to gather part information for over 1,000 units to increase the shipment volume per truck by an additional 10% - Analyzed compliance metrics using SAP BI and Microsoft Excel logical/lookup/pivot tables to reinforce carriers to successfully run on time pickup and delivery, stemming a 15% increase - Conducted daily conference calls with 6 stakeholders to accurately facilitate international shipments - Consolidated loads crossing the border through adjustments in shipments, destinations, and due dates through Transportation Manager, Google Drive and ASN - Minimized number of routes by classifying the use TL, LTL and Intermodal methods of transportation - Consistently communicated with Carriers, Planners, and suppliers in Mexico and the U.S. - Quickly resolved mid-transit issues for shipments in English and Spanish communication to ensure on time arrival for priority material

St Paul, Minnesota, Us

Part time position focused on using 5S methodology on inventory of spare parts and documents to promote an efficient workspace- Managed inventory of raw material by recording past projects’ spare parts with Microsoft Access- Documents and Data reduction: manually removed 50% paper files to be scanned online - Undocumented material: registered all unused raw material to enable use in projects and panels- Material overflow: used 5S to systemize extra parts to be recycled for future use- Assisted in the wiring and assembly of control panels with the technicians

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Operation And Supply Chain Management

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