Carole Gerges Email & Phone Number

Brossard, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, QC And Vancouver, BC

Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"We believe there's a better way to complete room builds and renovations. Our vision is to amaze hoteliers by innovating the design and furniture procurement process, at scale, by providing a human touch, exceptional experiences, daring to be different, and our determination to deliver."I work closely with internal and external contacts to seamlessly.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Manage national and international transportation of cargo, set accounts and build relationships with freight forwarders and customs brokers for start-up companies. Create shipment logs to track orders, shipment status.
• Build strong relationships with freight forwarders and customs brokers.
• Analyze logistics needs and deliver best efficient options.
• Create shipment logs tracking shipments status, cost, exceptions and contacts details.Key Achievements:
• Set up start-up companies logistics department; building strong relationships with suppliers, put in place policies, create tracking sheets to better analyse data over time, create shipping documents templates.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Managed logistics department for one of the company's major clients specializing in beverages serving North America. Identified and solved operational issues with the accounts by implementing continuous improvements to.
• Liaise and build strong relationships with suppliers and vendors.
• Analyze warehousing needs, logistics and freight information to identify areas for cost savings and improvements in operational efficiencies.
• Work with Product Team to ensure a smooth hand off of all inbound cargo from factory to freight forwarder
• Deliver solutions to logistics problems while maintaining high levels of quality and service within budgetary requirements.
• Monitor quality, quantity, delivery times, and transport costs.Key Achievements:

• Organized, managed and overseen over $25 million in equipment and parts shipped worldwide from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, South Asia to support a wide range of projects in the Wind Energy sector..
• Plan, manage and evaluate logistics operations liaising with internal stakeholders, suppliers, logistics providers, transportation companies and customers.
• Create and implement best practice logistics principles, policies and processes across the organization to improve operational and financial performance.
• Select carriers; monitor service against performance criteria and negotiate rates and contracts with transportation and logistics providers.
• Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports or customer issues.
• Ensure compliance with import/export regulations/customs regulations and legal and health and safetyrequirements.

• Organized, managed and overseen over $25 million in equipment and parts shipped worldwide from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, South Asia to support a wide range of projects in the Wind Energy sector..
• Plan, manage and evaluate logistics operations liaising with internal stakeholders, suppliers, logistics providers, transportation companies and customers.
• Create and implement best practice logistics principles, policies and processes across the organization toimprove operational and financial performance.
• Select carriers; monitor service against performance criteria and negotiate rates and contracts with transportation and logistics providers.
• Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports or customer issues.
• Ensure compliance with import/export regulations/customs regulations and legal and health and safetyrequirements.

• Organized, managed and overseen over $15 million in raw material shipped worldwide in the Rubber sector. Reviewed and approved every shipment’s documents to ensure company follows each letter of credit requirements.
• Liaise with agents on shipment requirements and ensuring shipments are handled on a timely basis to meet customer delivery requirements.
• Coordinate and maintain excellent relations with customers, business partners and the sales force to ensure operation efficiency.
• Schedule movement of shipments with ocean forwarders to destination points; follow up to ensure shipment is not delayed.
• Ensuring all paperwork is completed accurately and efficiently as per the letter of credit requirements.
• Training new employees in the logistics department.Key Achievements: