Lead 3PL partners in the management of return centers

Responsible for the execution of overall transportation strategy, with a focus on management of logistics service levels, transportation costs, strategic projects, and carrier developmentOversight of transportation requirements for 19 facilities that include 7 forward DCs, 6 manufacturing, 5 co-packers, and raw materialCoordinate with Warehousing, Manufacturing, Planning, Sales, Customer service, Procurement and Finance to ensure that the Transportation department meets current and future BU goalsTMS System Admin providing support, improvement and maintenance of the system that manages over 140,000 shipments annually in various modes (TL/IM/LTL) Optimizing carrier routing selections and management of transportation KPIs Executed truckload RFP across 200 carriers to achieve $6.3M in projected annual savings; including identification of targeted carrier negotiations, lane analysis, carrier contracting and on-boarding Reverse Logistics: Managed Reverse Logistics including the development of structured cost decision methodology for return or destroy.

Planned and executed shipment schedules to maximize productivity, cut costs, log and monitor all shipping data Presented weekly analysis of costs carrier performance and provided recommendations on metrics to management teamManaged carrier performance and KPIs

Cost/service management through routing optimizationTransport operations execution, implementation of team’s track and trace process, freight pay and auditMaintained carrier commitment levels to ensure compliance to budget, focusing on seasonal and promotional peaksImplemented continuous improvement projects to increase team performance and efficiencyInterfaced directly with customer service and customer personnel for issue resolutionCoordinated schedules for shipping from all warehouses, plants and receiving docks

Utilized transportation management systems to communicate freight costs and delivery times while dispatching and coordinating 40 trucks per day and 24-hour regional shuttle operation encompassing revenue of $12 million annually Conducted rate negotiations with both customers and brokers Managed company-wide afterhours transportation system to maintain continuous truck operations