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Cleveland, Oh, Us

Hudson, Ohio, United States

• Manage inventory levels based on financial cash flow and service expectations across 7 different business units• Business lead on Supply Chain Planning software implementation within a nine month timeline.• Developed planning logic and process in lieu of planning software while improving established metrics• Responsible for maintaining all accurate reporting for Supply Chain to drive action and report to senior leadership. These measures include: o Inventory Turns o Overstock o Fill Rates o Expiration Risk o Backorder management o Operational Inventory Adjustments o Open Purchase Order tracking• Developed new Data Warehouse for business use to improve reporting visibility, accuracy and speed• Train new supply chain employees and mentor them on best practices• Create tools for process automation across different business units (Sales, Finance, Operations) to optimize the network in order to achieve objectives and goals.• Developed vendor scorecards for consistent reviews to highlight positive and negative results

Twinsburg, Oh

• Conduct analysis of small parcel expenses to support management in freight negotiations, metric creation and cost savings initiatives• Worked with cross functional teams, including IT, operations, and customer service, to implement regional small parcel carriers into the network. • Responsible for reporting of all applicable metrics and daily maintenance of freight databases.• Developed and maintained all small parcel performance metrics.• Worked as the system execution software owner to ensure accurate rating, operations and implementation of new carriers.• Work with FP&A to supply freight expense metrics and month end financial reporting on all transportation expense.• Work with accounting and freight payment and audit companies to ensure the accurate audit and payment of all transportation related invoices.• Worked to support all continuous improvement initiatives in Supply Chain and Operations as required.

Hudson, Oh

• Manage the daily routing of inbound shipments to Distribution Centers utilizing dedicated and contracted carrier bases, while managing to the annual transportation budget.• Managed time specific deliveries for over 300 New, Remodel, and special project stores per year utilizing small package, LTL, Truckload (brokers), and Pad Wrap/Special Handling Carriers.• Conducted Truckload and Intermodal RFP for inbound transportation.• Developed and implemented a routing matrix for consistent vendor shipments to minimize cost and time for each project.• Created and maintained department metrics with service reports for carriers and vendors in order to analyze the data and suggest and implement improvement measures• Managed the inbound transition of three new, dedicated carriers to maximize the efficiency and utilization of the fleet.• Lead testing implementation and training of new Transportation Management System• Responsible for auditing and approving all fixture related transportation invoices and freight claims. • Managed vendor compliance for all transportation related violations according to service level agreements.

Hudson, Oh

• Manage all facets of the analysis process and the GTS contract carrier administration process• As senior analyst, coordinated proposal/contract pricing workflow for department• Calculate cost and charge scenarios to determine acceptable gross margin levels by using prospect freight invoices to determine potential problems • Create various ad-hoc reports to support new contract pricing and ongoing customer margin analytics• Responsible for monitoring, adjusting and implementing changes in the weekly fuel surcharge calculations• Ensure that new contracts/customers are properly loaded into the GTS applications for timely and accurate billing• Created and maintain current documentation of logistics analysts processes and procedures