Christopher Butts Email & Phone Number

• Procurement resource to all NA plants for carrier selection, implementation and corrective action• Carrier vetting through bid process and contract negotiation• Transportation process enhancement through KPI reporting and TMS implementation/usage• Network bid and implementation in Spring 2020 of 2.6M in NA savings

Plymouth, Michigan, Us

• Maintain and create onboarding & monitoring procedures for car hauling carriers• Manage department of six employees addressing driver mobile app calls, carrier issues/corrective action and carrier registration• Analyze and test carrier onboarding software for future process enhancement & implementation

Seattle, Wa, Us

 Manage overnight sort team of 90 associates and morning pick & stage team of 20 associates Dispatch & monitor progress of 100+ delivery routes & drivers daily Increased shipments per route by 50%; Increased route picking efficiency by 12% Manage station DNR concessions through analysis and development of effective action plans Decreased DPMO by 15% since inception of measuring concession data

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

 Maintain TMS project timeline that includes various departments and drive critical action items from flawless execution to completion Train customer facilities on use of MercuryGate TMS in classroom and online sessions Manage multiple accounts and grow business through identified service offerings with pricing Bid and implement various truckload and engineered milkrun cost savings opportunities Manage one logistics analyst who performs daily support tasks for client accounts

Miami, Fl, Us

 Increased margin by 5% through gainshare initiative- customer budget rates vs. rate negotiation Implement strategic assignment of carrier capacity to prime/alternate status Boosted prime tender acceptance by 12% through weekly carrier scorecard management Negotiate carrier rates and contracts while measuring network savings and performance Work with shipping facilities to establish shipping requirements and expectations

Miami, Fl, Us

 Lead implementation of two key accounts in Q1/Q2 of 2008 Established launch timeline, discovery areas with key contributors, and milestones through effective project management Gained a margin of 9% by negotiating rates/capacity with carriers and setting transportation prices through a buy/sell brokerage agreement Increased FUM $4.5 million for three customer accounts in the first year Manage customer KPI reporting, continuous improvement items, carrier performance, EDI requests and implementation, P&L reporting, and weekly invoicing Collaborate with various departments including procurement, contract administration, freight bill and audit, dedicated contract carriage, multi-client engineering, and IT

Miami, Fl, Us

 On-site 3PL rep at Delphi Saginaw Steering Headquarters managing implementation of the LeanLogistics Network at Steering, E&C, T&I plants Maintain operations responsibility for 24 facilities Coordinate implementation of truckload/milkrun design between engineering team, Delphi plants and procured carriers Perform system review and physical truckload audits to ensure optimization of LLN Increased cost avoidance by 20% based on proposed vs. actual shipping patterns

Miami, Fl, Us

 LLP for DaimlerChrysler Windsor Assembly Plant. Monitored and designed day to dayinbound/outbound material flow. Prepare density studies and cost analysis for future models at Windsor, St. Louis, Newark and Graz Assembly Plants Implement carriers for all new truckloads and design changes

 RILC lead for returnable container operations Manage three shifts of employees; 3-6 truck loaders per shift Increased container loading accuracy by 30% through process enhancements Assist in the supervision for crossdock operations freight from 300 suppliers to 30+ DaimlerChrysler plants

 Supervise sequencing/subassembly for delivery to GM in a union environment Monitor JIT broadcasts by GM in multiple production locations Prepare contracts for ISO 9002 audits Create trend analysis for quality nonconformance identification and resolution Implement databases to track performance data with Microsoft Office Work with projections using General Motors A/R and A/P Develop training programs for employees through work instruction reviews