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Houston, Tx

Radnor, Pa

In my role as Senior Vice President of Operations, I managed and was responsible for plant operations, logistics, supply chain, sales, and P&L management for Preferred's portfolio of five silica sand processing plants and our associated distribution network.

Radnor, Pa

In my role as VP of Product Strategy, my responsibilities include administration of a staff of two Product Directors and two inside sales associates, responsible for the growth and expansion of the business unit. In this role, I added new responsibility for creating and implementing a strategic business plan to expand into new markets and offer an expanded product and service offering to better align with the needs of new and existing customers. In this role, I have hired, developed, and manage a team responsible for continued P&L ownership of existing core business, as well as expansion into new markets and product offerings. In this role, my team has expanded market intelligence outside of core business, developed new customer relationships, developed and launch new products, increased sales month over month of new products, and continued to drive accountability to the business plan within all the groups required to support the new and existing business, including Sales, Operations, Logistics, Supply Chain, Customer Service, and Finance.

Radnor, Pa

Preferred Sands is one of the largest silica sand manufacturers and distributors in the U.S. and Canada. In my role as Product Director, my responsibilities included creating and implementing a strategic business plan to maximize profitability for the raw sand business unit servicing the oil and gas market. In this role, I owned and managed our P&L, driving support and accountability to the business plan within all the groups required to support my business, including Sales, Marketing, Operations, Logistics, Supply Chain, Customer Service, and Finance. Other responsibilities include senior level customer relationship management, customer contract negotiation, developing and maintaining market intelligence, understanding our production and logistics cost structure compared to our competitors and making decisions based on this information, and creating a customized sales strategy focused on maximizing competitive advantages to increase growth profitability.

Radnor, Pa

Preferred Sands is one the largest silica sand manufacturers and distributors in the U.S. and Canada. In my expanded role as Director of Supply Chain, I have assumed responsibility for our planning, logistics, inside sand sales, customer service, order entry, and rail fleet management teams. Key departmental tasks are managing our distribution network and sales strategy, business development, customer relationship management, pricing, rail fleet management, vendor relationship management, trucking and distribution logistics, and materials planning for our sand and resin plants. In this role, I manage a multi-level organizational structure, with a departmental headcount of 27 employees, as well as responsibility for our logistics teams at each of our four mines.

Radnor, Pa

Preferred Sands is one the largest silica sand manufacturers and distributors in the U.S. and Canada. I am the Order Fulfillment Manager, responsible for all activities of the logistics and planning team in the U.S. I currently manage a team of 8 employees responsible for terminal sales and management, customer order entry and management, supply chain planning, plant logistics, pricing, and sales/distribution strategy.

Preferred Sands is one the largest silica sand manufacturers and distributors in the U.S. and Canada. I am the Basin Manager in the Permian, Eagleford, and Midcon shale basins with daily responsibilities of inventory management, logistics, and customer/vendor relationship management. Responsible for all activities related to sand terminals in these regions including pricing, logistics, supply chain planning, and sales.

North Wales, Pa

Business responsibilities included administration for a staff of 12 and managing an average daily inventory of 125 million units of generic and branded pharmaceuticals, valued at approximately $1.8B. Specific responsibilities include: locking and unlocking inventories, developing and utilizing SQL queries for inventory management, overseeing the return to vendor process, managing cycle counts at all facilities, managing all inventory discrepancy issues, and writing and managing Incident Reports using Trackwise software.

Ambler, Pa

Residential General Contractor and Custom Home Builder.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration And Management, General

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