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Davidson, Nc, Us

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

Irving, Texas, Us

• Establishing freight forecasting and managing annual variable freight spend of about $10M across 2 facilities• Generating over $2.0M in freight cost reduction through project leadership and collaboration• Engaging in a resourcing strategy from an end-to-end freight cost, total transit time, and packaging perspective• Discovering new project opportunities that can generate cost reductions and improve operational efficiencies• Developing reporting processes that involve suppliers’ and customers’ orders to transform team operations• Collaborating with procurement to ensure customers’ needs are met for each transportation mode

Irving, Texas, Us

• Piloted a new shipment creation tool that allows for creation of 100s of container drayage movements at once• Implemented a dispatching process that saved over $1.6M in costs and reduced workload by about 60%• Managed a team of 7 individuals to ensure accurate and timely issuance of delivery orders through metrics• Increased the velocity of containers through the new dispatching tool by an average of 15 days on all lanes• Developed and successfully implemented a new process and procedure for container priority requests • Automated 6 reports based on ongoing operational needs to reduce manual workload by about 350 man-hours

Irving, Texas, Us

• Developed a global supply network map from 4 regions to understand the current and future state • Created a plan to implement enterprise control points to standardize and enhance the global supply process• Analyzed data to discover 3-week lead time improvements and about $150k in cost savings for LCL and AIR• Assembled international, domestic, and merged network summaries for 6 facilities in the U.S. • Assisted with the development and testing of a project for assessing the number of containers in a yard • Reported on air import and export volumes, rolled bookings, and the disrupt management program

Irving, Texas, Us

• Conducted an end-to-end port optimization study spanning over 40 dealers and 8 ports• Enhanced an insurance claims tool to offer insights into trends and aid in standards for timeliness• Assisted in the analysis of ‘frost law’ costs to drive improvements in quoting accuracy• Collaborated with transportation and supply chain professionals located within 6 different countries• Incurred a total cost savings of around $1.1M through a port optimization strategy• Measured a positive sustainability impact via 1000 tons of CO2 reduction per year

• Arrange corporate partnerships with parties who are technological innovators in supply chain• Plan and organize weekly meetings for member engagement, growth, and development • Manage projects to deliver optimum value and ensure corporate partner expectations are met

• Rehearse and perform 18+ hours a week to prepare for pregame and halftime performances • Provide coaching and mentoring to 50+ trumpet players within a 300+ member marching band • Communicate and team with other band members to successfully execute a new show every week

Knoxville, Tn, Us

• Manage setup crews arranging the student union’s 12,000 square foot ballroom and 33 other conference/meeting rooms for our campus organizations, donors, and others • Executed tasks in an efficient manner to ensure an average of 20+ successful events a day• Refined existing policies, procedures, and standards while working remotely

Knoxville, Tn, Us

• Oversaw dock and receiving operations serving a 395,000 square foot student union • Coordinated pre-arrival logistics and delivery windows with drivers • Directed drivers with on-site instructions and signed for/processed deliveries • Conducted dock checks to validate areas were clear of both unauthorized vehicles and personnel