Douglas B. Email & Phone Number

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Until corporate restructure with shutdown of Nashville freight forwarding office, responsible for regional management and operations of all transportation services including: warehouse management, domestic transportation brokerage, ocean and airfreight, international freight forwarding, transportation procurement, staffing and regional profit and loss.

United States

Recent Assignments: Location, New York, N.Y. November 2014 - February 2015Firm: “Innosquared” (A Large European based International consulting firm) Chosen to advise as an expert for selling and purchasing logistic services in North America. My input included methodologies, legal issues, and KPI identification for 2015 negotiations on air, railroad, ocean, and warehousing contracts. Key marketing input included regional coverage requirements, market penetration and associated costing models for sales budgeting.January 2013:Interim V.P., North America - 6 month contract - Assumed regional management and procurement roles for a global 3PL / Iso Tank Carrier during its global reorganization. June 2014 - Dec 2014Duty Drawback Specialist, - Open assignment - Bain and Company - Houston, Texas, 77010, 75202. Subject matter expert for U.S. Duty Drawback programs. Advise on the specific drawback programs required, quantification of market value, and identification of drawback customs brokers providing drawback services in the Oil and Gas, Chemical, and Petrochemical derivative sectors.

Greater New York City Area

Directly responsible for: • National Sales and Marketing - Chemicals and Energy• N.A. Subject Matter Expert - Chemical Logistics • New Business contracting - Retail and Industrial (Chemicals)• Procurement, Supplier+Product Development - Chemicals logistics (Domestic, International)

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Directly responsible for: • Logistic and Transportation Procurement (Ocean freight specialist)• Performing supply chain analysis, and overall operations • Regulatory compliance• Regional marketing

Nashville Tn,

New office startup: overall management, full fiduciary responsibility, corporate governance. Managed & negotiated $100M annual logistics procurement spend ( International freight FCL, LCL, Domestic LCL. Air freight. Iso tanks, Bulk Liquid, Bulk Gas, warehouse, and US Rail)Chief Negotiator, Contract author, and Signatory for all logistics procurement.

Bridgewater Nj

Spearheaded start-up of ICI Logistics Subsidiary; centralized logistics of 30+ entities into 1 corporate logistics identity. - Achieved 6% annual savings- Managed and negotiated the procurement of all logistics requirements with over $55M annual freight spend in North America Created, Marketed and sold supply chain optimization and procurements services. My sales efforts increased shipment volume by 24%

New Jersey

Responsible for all logistics procurement, domestic and international regulatory compliance, Duty Drawback, and management of all logistics providers in NOrth America.

Singapore

Instrumental in licensing and setup of new Singapore office

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration And Marketing

Activities and Societies: Student Government.

Six Sigma Green Belt