• Build and develop strong relationships with strategic transportation and warehousing partners for operational excellence• Level II escalation point for all modes of transit for NAR Market and Demo shipments• Regional NAR Market Project and EDI Lead for TMS implementation with Nashville Team, 3PL Warehouse and Transportation providers• Manage transportation requirements and routing optimization to find balance between transit time, carrier performance, cost, reliability and customer service for NAR Market and Demo to ensure an agile supply chain• Establish KPIs for Last Mile Provider (LMP) and White Glove Delivery Suppliers to manage performance • Review and clean-up of data and forecasts for global transportation tenders• Facilitate and manage two warehouse moves from transportation planning aspect to ensure cargo arrives to correct warehouse during transition period, new rates are secured, and booking templates are updated properly

• Build and develop strong relationships with strategic partners for operational excellence• Level II escalation point for tactical operations of imports into and exports out of the Americas Region• Cross-functional collaboration to establish and implement preventative measures for operational execution issues• Review ocean routes and rates for efficiency and supply chain excellence• Compile transport requirements for specialty cargo in open-top containers for Magnetic Resonance Business Group for Global FCL Tender/RFQ• Cross-functional collaboration with product and project managers for UNO to understand needs, develop and execute a transportation plan to ship approximately 400 pallets via ocean to international 3rd party manufacturer• Support and manage cross-border transport operations (domestic NA shipments and exports) from contract manufacturer in Mexico• Key player in driving TMS Tracking Capabilities Project (Macropoint) to enhance visibility to customs information and intermodal rail tracking• Continuously pursue ways to improve overall operational efficiencies in the end-to-end customer supply chain, including transportation related spend

• Lead and manage the upstream supply chain performance and daily management meetings• Drive problem solving and corrective action to the support the CC+IGTD factories and distribution centers• Support cross-border operations (domestic NA shipments and exports) from contract manufacturer in Mexico

Direct responsibility for 3PL warehouse and transportation functions supporting inventory procurement and global distribution of products for own onboard cruise retail stores and wholesale distribution customers.• Establish strong relationships and service agreements with transportation vendors and port agents for seamless, compliant, on-time deliveries• Oversee warehouse fulfillment and distribution to 40+ mobile international ship addresses• Lead and motivate team of 4 performing inventory analyses, inbound receiving, outbound order management, logistics planning and execution of domestic and international shipments (bonded and duty paid goods) utilizing Ocean, Air, Ground and Courier services• Logistics Operations Lead for planning and execution of new business launches• Manage inventory of warehouse with over 10,000 SKUs• Optimize transportation network to reduce cost by 3%• Escalation point for all logistics, transportation, and warehouse matters• Drive departmental KPI’s to targeted levels including: Service/On-Time Shipment and Inventory Accuracy• Create and maintain SOPs for Logistics and Operations area

Lead operations department for a $20MM company with over 100 customers that includes forecasting, inventory, logistics and supply chain management. Part of leadership team reporting directly to CEO.• Directly responsible for managing department of two Customer Service, Operations and Logistics employees.• Successfully managed warehouse transition that delivered over $200k in savings and increased shipping efficiencies.• Responsible for creating and validating monthly demand plan for two external production plants.• Effectively managed inventory of 50+ SKUs across 4 third-party warehouses to ensure FIFO, reduce and minimize waste.• Improved customer scorecards from Publix and Sam’s Club by over 20% for on-time deliveries in-full.• Reduced annual Less than Truckload (LTL) and Full Truckload (FTL) freight expenditures $150k by analyzing rates and working with multiple brokers.

Managed warehouse and logistics operations in an international distribution environment of household goods, consumer food and medical products for an organization with $60MM in annual sales in an FDA and US customs regulated setting. • Managed warehouse operations and equipment for 130,000sqft on-site warehouse.• Directly responsible for managing Warehouse Manager, 5 full time and 4 part time warehouse employees.• Negotiated annual container freight and related service rates for over 25 trade lanes.• Coordinated container bookings and scheduled pick up appointments with ocean carriers and freight forwarders for over 125 orders per month.

Managed and supported daily equipment availability for 350 to 1,000 monthly containerized export loads of fructose and corn syrup, bulk liquids in flexi-tanks and drummed. Regularly forecasted equipment needs to ocean carriers and truckers.• Flexi-tank experience including, but not limited to, quality specs of containers, trucking to rail ramps and ports of loading.• Conducted operational troubleshooting for select Cargill warehouses, plants and terminals; including product availability issues, missing rail cuts, emergency shipments requiring immediate loading and trucking to load ports.• Managed and negotiated container and ISO tank freight and related service rates for multiple business units that included at least 75 different trade lanes, seven different commodities (including frozen and chilled) as well as hazardous materials• Consistently resourceful in finding creative solutions to shipment/logistical obstacles to ensure minimal impact to business units and their customer (both financial and product availability).• Improved process to expedite rate requests by creating a template that captured required information to obtain quote from carriers and service providers, which minimized follow up correspondence, and provided complete shipment information at a glance to all involved.

Managed transportation logistics for Cargill’s Corn Milling plant in Memphis, raw material transfers to plant, including a fleet of approximately 350 company cars, and 150 leased Canadian National (CN) Railroad owned cars.• Worked closely with CN railroad teams, Memphis plant logistics staff, and Memphis merchants to ensure adequate number of rail cars were available to meet the plant grind needs.• Established and maintained positive relations with major class I railroads and short lines to ensure adequate service of grain elevators / plants and superior customer service.• Assisted in negotiation of freight rates when non-standard shipment situations arose (i.e. protecting rates when train is short and diverting part of a train).• Worked with Reserve Terminal personnel, merchants, internal/external customers and railroads staff to maximize productivity, including managing rail pipeline availability and collaborating with vessel loading schedulers to minimize or avoid vessel demurrage.

Selected by management for this short-term assignment to provide Business Unit knowledge and share expertise on the design of order management processes; participated in this project while concurrently serving as Trade Execution Coordinator.• Collaborated with Procure to Pay team to refine Level 3 & Level 4 ARIS flow models.• Assisted Procure to Pay team in creating BP315 for Contract Application, which combined purchase and sale applications.• Attended knowledge transfer training sessions, and gained additional knowledge in the scope of commodity handling.

Managed detailed operational execution of rail shipments from U.S. to Mexico from start to finish, resulting in $250K savings for on-time documentation.• Proactively communicated with Class I Railroads to negotiate additional free time over weekends and/or holidays.• Obtained payment/acceptance prior to shipment crossing, obtained clean letters of credit, and ensured document negotiation against letters of credit; tracked payments for cash and risk management.• Updated and renewed Power of Attorneys for Freight Forwarders annually, in line with corporate and other regulatory guidelines.• Entrusted with the additional responsibility of the Mexico Vessel Trade Execution Coordinator for over 5 months, while the position was vacant.

Worked at SuperValu Foods thru Adecco as an Annual Benefit Enrollment Call Center Rep. Answered phone calls and emails in both English and Spanish from SuperValu's employees nationwide with questions about their benefits during the annual enrollment period.This was a temporary position.

Managed and maintained 75+ accounts for customers throughout Latin America and South America. Active role in the Office Safety Team.• Analyzed and completed NAFTA certificates accurately and timely for customers in Mexico.• Managed and resolved import and export issues for international customers, and escalated issues as applicable.• Created and implemented templates in Spanish for the Accounting Department, which facilitated communications with the Hispanic client-base.