Marketing services and advising company.

•Responsible for the annual budget spending and management of $51 million Freight to Terminal cost.•Responsible for the strategic planning and management of the Supply Plan from the 5 production plants to the Region’s 19 terminal locations.•Negotiated pricing and terms for freight rates from Barge, Rail and Truck providers, demurrage terms and property leases.•Management of the Transportation Department’s six employees.•Interfaced with the Sales and Marketing teams to develop and maintain the supply chain strategies.ACCOMPLISMENTS•Reduced Freight cost by $6 million for the 2007 budget.•Reduced Demurrage cost by $3 million for the 2007 budget.•Identified and executed a cross regional sale for $1.9 million.•Planned and developed a new transfer site that allowed Midwest plants access to new markets

•Responsible for the budget and management of $110 million dollar Freight cost.•Provided transportation costing for the strategic marketing planning.•Oversaw the transportation pipeline management of the 14 flour mills.•Negotiated pricing and from barge, rail, van truck, bulk truck and intermodal from third party providers.•Negotiated property, equipment and warehouse leases.•Management of 1100 owned railcar assets and 55 bulk trailers.•Developed and maintained 11-rail to truck transfer sites.•Resonsible for Freight payment, Contract terms and overpayment recovery ACCOMPLISMENTS•Developed and implemented 3-rail to truck transfer sites that increased sales by 900,000 lbs from 1999 - 2006.•Reduced wheat freight cost by 5% in 2006.•Reduced rail freight by 8% in 2003.•Developed intermodal container backhaul program reducing wheat flour freight cost by 30% in 2002.•Co-developed a 100 railcar program reduced inbound wheat freight by an average of 18% in 2001.