While maintaining the responsibilities of my previous position as Transportation Analyst, my role expanded with a promotion to better encompass the wide range of work I do.● Implementing strategy to maintain a high performing transportation network, finding innovative shipping solutions such as pool point consolidation resulting in $500k in cost avoidance over 12 months● Leading cross-functional projects to find efficiency upstream from shipping, such as consolidating customer’s weekly ship days resulting in $250k of cost avoidance annually● Maintaining productivity and quality metrics for the distribution center, delivering actionable insights to warehouse leadership, enabling strategic and effective operational changes to exceed goal with an operations accuracy rate of 99.77%● Fostering relationships with 14 carriers to optimize shipping methods and find growth opportunities. Onboarded 4 new carriers in the last 12 months, which has reduced claims filed by $31k year over year

I facilitate a daily volume of over 400 pallets with the outbound transportation department team. I maintain our shipping methods to ensure least cost while providing high level service to our customers. I analyze warehouse accuracy metrics basedon discrepancies reported by customers to help improve operations. Other responsibilities include:● Interacting with customers to resolve shipping concerns, correct repeat issues and implement preventative measures for future shipments● Generate freight cost analyses to evaluate customer profitability to exceed goal and achieve 2.31% freight cost as percent of revenue● Monitor freight claims and carrier performance metrics including on time percentage and freight reclassing● Lead monthly quality review meeting with returns department and warehouse leadership to identify repeat shipping errors, customer with ongoing issues and opportunities for corrective warehouse actions

I mentored a group of six high school students from Elon Academy, a program from Elon University supporting low-income and/or first-generation college students to graduate high school and attend college.• This resulted in all six students being enrolled in college for Fall 2020, and all were offered scholarships.• I developed relationships with scholars to guide them through problems they faced, • I provided information about college application process specific for each scholars’ needs and goals.• I maintained efficient communication with program leaders about mentee development via scholar meeting reports and monthly face-to-face meetings.

I worked with a team of three analysts to prepare financial reports for the company. Projects included forecasting, customer and product analyses and more, including:• I created Top 100 customers analyses using VLookups and Pivot Tables, and converted a sector database from PDF documents into reusable Excel sheets.• I helped create board presentations by developing a narrative out of the numbers to portray a story to the executive board regarding sales and financial health of the company over the last quarter.

I identified the opportunity for a mobile car detailing service in local community and created a service to fill this need. I expanded customer base using social media marketing and networking techniques and maintained efficient service.

I worked directly under the CEO and Founder to observe the daily operations of high-level executives. Learned about supercritical biomass gasification and the renewable energy market in the Netherlands and the United States.• I developed report of the potential market for their technology in the United States including best markets and funding opportunities by location, projected highest adoption rates of renewable energy. • I presented findings in front of senior management and high-level engineers to inform future decision making.