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Collaborate with business and technology leaders to develop to-be business processes and the next generation enterprise applications that support daily operations within the Less Than Truckload (LTL) Transportation Division.

Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, United States

Stiles, Oconto County, Wisconsin

PROCESS EXCELLENCE•Process Analysis:oLead strategic process improvement initiatives and facilitate collaboration across all company functions.oCreate & analyze business process maps using BPMN.oCompose and present business cases and/or process analysis summaries to leadership to provide findings, recommendations, and supporting artifacts.•Leadership & Strategic Project Management:oEstablish standards for project scoping, charters, planning, status reporting, and artifact deliverables.oBuild and manage project plans to track and prioritize action items based on process dependencies.oMentor Junior Lean Six Sigma Process Analysts.oManage all team-led projects/initiatives –---Launched No-Code Citizen Developer Program using UiPath Studio X.---Organize cross-functional training workshops on a variety of topics.---Create Process Excellence (PEX) Playbook to capture best practices of applying Lean Six Sigma methodologies at Avenue One.---Build a Process Maturity Strategy to take Avenue One from Startup Phase through to the establishment of Process Center of Excellence (CoE) and a continuous improvement program leveraging Process Mining and a user-friendly Process Library.

•Define and develop to-be business processes and the underlying enterprise applications that enable them•Liaison translator between Business stakeholders and Information Technology Management Team

Green Bay - Glory Road Building

•Design & evaluate alternative process and/or technical solutions to meet the customers’ ever-changing needs, while assessing dependencies/impacts across end-end process to determine the best solution for the organization overall. oOnce approved, complete process/tech gap analysis, create plan to execute, and manage implementation.•Audit process compliance, identify root causes of divergences, and provide process and/or technical solutions.•Ensure all workflows and work instructions are accurately documented and rolled out to applicable teams.

Green Bay - Glory Road Building

•Role realigned and refactored to better match the business needs, resulting into an expansion into more advanced technical development and programming utilizing Access, SQL, VBA, Evolv, OBIEE, and Python.•Retained all Rates Team Coordinator Responsibilities

Green Bay - Glory Road Building

•Provide second-tier problem resolution and technical support for Rates Team associates. •Manage accounts’ rates clean-up, conversions, and/or implementations of new solutions.•Develop new and redesign existing processes as solutions are generated/revised by Quality Business Design (QBD) Team, defects found, and/or opportunities arise. •Subject Matter Expert and member of Solutioning Team (cross-functional team for QBD solutioning escalation).

Green Bay - Glory Road Building

Led a team of 15 associates, including 5 Account Testing Team Leads, to complete the Business Testing tasks required to transition SCM into the Oracle Transportation Management System (OTM).

Green Bay - Glory Road Building

•Develop and sustain relationships with carrier base and other SLI teams to effectively perform root cause analysis to resolve payment defects. •Special Projects: Metrics and Reporting - Updated account freight pay metrics and the monthly Customer reporting. Took ownership of collecting, analyzing, and presenting the customer during monthly meeting.•Special Project: ROI Project - Initiated and developed reengineering of Payment Improvement ROI tracking and reporting. Worked with QBD to create Sharepoint site for data entry and warehousing. Building linked Access Database to generate all of the teams’ reporting for ROI and customer specific requirements.•Special Project: Toyota Baltimore Crossdock startup (Sept/Oct 2013) - Took ownership of daily Service Reporting and other Account Support Management responsibilities as needed. Stabilized the office and turned around the negative perception of Schneider from both the customer and the dealers. Sustained day to day operations while simultaneously completing preparatory office organization in order to ensure smooth final transition to permanent staffing.

Green Bay - Glory Road Building

•Responsible for processing multiple carriers’ weekly invoices through the Shell Payment pre-audit process: reviewing and correcting errors, performing GPS Audits, submitting approved invoices for payment, and generating carrier reports.•Special Project: Collaborate with Quality Business Design to perform a 100% GPS Audit of the carrier Allison’s loads invoiced prior to payment services being transferred to Schneider Logistics.

Green Bay - Driver Training Center

•Administer and create Driver Recruiting Reporting utilizing Taleo Business Objects Reporting Tool, Oracle/EBS Dashboards, MapPoint, SharePoint, and Microsoft Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.•Department Technology Subject Matter Expert.•Special Project: Reporting Process Improvement – within weeks of assignment, started generating time saving of 3 hours/week by rewriting reports and minimizing manual data/formatting manipulation. Projected estimated time savings of 20 hours/week yet to be realized.•Special Project: Construct Access databases, reports, and applicable processes for reporting not currently able to be generated through existing tools.

Mba, Business Administration

Bachelors, Business Administration - Mgmt

Bachelors, Philosophy

Activities and Societies: President of Student Philosophy Forum