Ben Brownlee Email & Phone Number

Utah, United States

• The team and I were able to leverage contracts, relationships, and creative solutions to save over $60 million in 2021 and 2022 when COVID drove freight rates to unprecedented levels.• In 2023 we reduced inbound costs by approximately $9 million.• Onboarded new drayage provider saving the company over $600K annually.• Collaborated with Accounts Payable team to implement freight invoice approval processes allowing us to avoid paying erroneous invoices. Auditing and disputing… Show more • The team and I were able to leverage contracts, relationships, and creative solutions to save over $60 million in 2021 and 2022 when COVID drove freight rates to unprecedented levels.• In 2023 we reduced inbound costs by approximately $9 million.• Onboarded new drayage provider saving the company over $600K annually.• Collaborated with Accounts Payable team to implement freight invoice approval processes allowing us to avoid paying erroneous invoices. Auditing and disputing invoices contributed to over $1.1 million in savings in 2023.• Improved efficiencies by leveraging NetSuite to automatically send out scheduled reports to drayage providers, distribution centers, and our customs broker with inbound volumes and other relevant information.• Managed project to implement container lifecycle management software platform allowing us to have better visibility into our freight, visibility into detention and demurrage, and better collaboration between our drayage providers, customs broker, freight forwarders, and distribution centers.• Owned the estimates and reporting of our landed costs, achieving variances of less than 1% to actuals. Show less

Utah, United States

Utah, United States

• Implemented NetSuite CSV uploads for updating the tracking milestones of our freight into our ERP system reducing processing time by over 50%. Also created CSV uploads for creating and updating transfer order records in NetSuite.• Worked with external partners to ensure on time deliveries and to drive down costs.• Developed new relationships with dray partners and negotiated rates.• Revised EOM accounting reconcile process in Excel cutting down the processing time… Show more • Implemented NetSuite CSV uploads for updating the tracking milestones of our freight into our ERP system reducing processing time by over 50%. Also created CSV uploads for creating and updating transfer order records in NetSuite.• Worked with external partners to ensure on time deliveries and to drive down costs.• Developed new relationships with dray partners and negotiated rates.• Revised EOM accounting reconcile process in Excel cutting down the processing time significantly.• Created and shared Netsuite saved searches for individuals across multiple departments.• Collaborated with BI team to provide logic needed for Domo cards to report on key metrics.• Analyzed inventory needs and created transfers within our network. Show less

Salt Lake City

• Effectively analyzed invoices for validity when compared to internal inventory, flagging erroneous charges.• Managed competing priorities received from multiple channels (email, tickets, IM, etc.).• Reconciled billed services and inventory in Excel with the use of pivot tables and lookup functions.

Rexburg, Idaho

• The first face that potential tenants see, offering exceptional customer service in managing the front desk, answering emails and phone calls, submitting maintenance requests, taking payments, and offering tours of the complex.• Managed Propertyware (property management software) to make charges and to receive and apply payments.• Quickly learned how to program door access control system and implemented mass updates for fobs.

Calgary, Canada Area

Rexburg Idaho