Brian Harper Email & Phone Number

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Provide analysis to support the development of effective business plans for Armada’s transportation business (all modes) to insure accomplishment of annual goals.
• Provide analysis (all modes) of day-to-day operations/procurement business activity including:- Procurement for core carrier programs - Updates of pricing, transit and shipment visibility information systems- Analysis.
• Provide analytical support for activities related to developing and/or implementing new business including:- Proposal development support relative to Armada bid events- Development of formal presentations and support.
• Provide analysis of carrier performance scorecards to assure desired capacity, service, cost and e-commerce objectives are met for all modes.
• Carrier on-boarding and contract maintenance
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Manage the region’s suppliers and facilitate/direct resolution to supplier issues by proactively auditing to confirm that requirements are being met.
• Mediate carrier and supplier interaction to support issue resolution, insuring delivery requirements can be legally met.
• Directing supplier activity to insure they are meeting their scheduled departure times for legal on time delivery. Proactively follow up as required and direct appropriate actions to insure desired service results are.
• Identify out of stock situations and communicate in a timely manner to the DCs; this communication also includes an explanation of the stock out as well as available date for the product; this requires an assessment of.
• Coordinate with Supply Planning, DCs, and HUBs to successfully manage inventory processes.
• Identify areas of opportunity through key performance metrics that facilitate network optimization through suppliers and carriers.

Ambridge

• Manage staffing and inventory
• Place orders to ensure fulfillment of stock
• Maintain financial records and vendor deliveries
• Serve drinks to clientele and maintain customer relationships

• Operated machinery such as cold steel saw and forklift
• Performed quality checks of all orders to ensure customer satisfaction
• Organized and prepared all orders for delivery to clients

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Acting Manager of Distribution Operations May 2006—January 2007
• Distributed daily assignments throughout designated section
• Maintained timely mail flow to downstream operations
• Responsible for giving front line supervisors assignments, guidance, and support
• Communicated nightly turnover reports
• Mediated labor disputes and grievances