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Hartsville, SC, US

 Continually meet strategic and operational goals through effective sourcing, negotiating, contracting and category management of a $120M truckload carrier.  Identify and prevent possible TL market losses and create extensive carrier metrics on research of the current market that curbs said losses.  Actively drove productivity to $7.3M from 2015 to.

Hartsville, SC, US

 Directed and supported a team of nine Transportation Planners, and one TMS Administrator, all which were responsible for routing $120M of freight spend.  Played a key role in departmental decision and cost saving strategies by developing processes and weekly metrics. Directly collaborated with multiple business units to align goals and manage.

Hartsville, SC, US

 Successfully directed the integration of $14M in logistics spending for the Tegrant acquisition. Developed and executed a transition plan by working with various groups including Sonoco Corporate, and Tegrant Corporate and their 30 manufacturing facilities.  Cut spending by $2.56M through the effective leveraging of Sonoco’s carrier base and contracts..

Hartsville, South Carolina, US

 Managed non-virgin resin raw materials including post consumer polyethylene scrap, calcium carbonate, color concentrates, and post-industrial reclaim.  Supervised all domestic and international logistics activities including 3PL management, by utilizing both domestic and international sourcing strategies. Built and fostered tolling relationships across.

Saint Louis, Missouri, US

 Designed and directed the North American logistics activates for all of Hilex Poly’s supply chain needs, including the creation, budgeting, and implementation of logistics and supply chain measures that guaranteed responsive and consistent solutions to customers.  Effectively managed a $21M freight budget with monthly KPI and budget responsibilities. .

Hartsville, South Carolina, US

Developed and executed strategic sourcing efforts for a start-up processing facility. Focused on establishing a supply base that met annual quality, delivery and cost targets. Devised tracking and reporting metrics from the ground up for multiple raw material streams across several different processing lines. Managed 52 million pounds of raw materials a.

Winchester, Virginia, US

Supervised inbound flow of polyethylene required for daily production needs. Supported corporate purchasing strategies and established appropriate reports and controls to balance warehousing/storage limitations. Negotiated rates with interstate and intrastate truck carriers, rail service providers, and shipping lines required for the effective and.

Scheduled loading/unloading of all outbound and inbound deliveries at the Mobil Oil Plant in Paulsboro, NJ. Prepared schedule of deliveries based on need analysis. Coordinated activity between production and transportation departments using a master production schedule. Managed yard, trailer pool, and monitored condition and appearance of carrier.

Bs, Logistics

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