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Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Lead team responsible for procurement and contracting of Direct Services. Key focus areas include leading teams that oversee the strategic sourcing and contracting of Engineering Construction projects, derailment response services, Mechanical Department services, Signal Department services, Environmental services, and facilities services, covering over $1B in spend.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Lead team responsible for the material management activities supporting BNSF's Engineering department and on-track equipment buying. Key focus areas include leading teams that operate the engineering material storehouses and fulfill orders for track and roadway material across the country. Additional responsibilities include capital budgeting, vehicle management, safety management, and training. Buying responsibilities include managing the BNSF Railway on-track equipment catalog of over $200M in contract spend.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Leading corporate initiative to standardize supplier governance around several different categories of key suppliers, each serving a different business unit. Led development of plans, pilots, and implementation for each category concurrently. Developed and executed strategy for generating buy-in from business unit stakeholders and leadership and garnering support to ensure program sustainability.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Managed Crew Transportation Suppliers for the Central and North operating regions, including handling service, safety and contract complianceLed cross-departmental process improvement initiatives at several locations working with transportation stakeholders, Travelliance, and transportation suppliers to reduce costs, improve service, and streamline crew transportation processesReceived a 2009 BNSF Achievement award and Employee of the Year award for improving crew transportation supplier controls.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Managed Maintenance, Repair and Operational (MRO) procurement for BNSF, including managing suppliers, contracts, request for proposals, and supplier negotiationsDeveloped and coordinated BNSF’s largest online auction at the time with nine suppliers participating and over 2,400 itemsWorked with coordinators to develop improved catalog loading processes eliminating unapproved products from our catalogs and improving the safety and consistency for stakeholders

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Led process improvement projects for various departments, including Marketing, Mechanical, and Transportation, ranging from intermodal hub operations to locomotive contracts.Responsible for leading groups of 3-4 implementation leaders to conduct VESA assessments of major intermodal terminals, including project planning, conducting audits of safety and productivity, and assessing opportunities for improvement for each facilityConducted assessment of locomotive availability that uncovered $700,000 worth of opportunity

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Led crews in repairing rail cars at the repair track building and 150-ton cranes and mobile repair trucksLed quality audit team at the mechanical facility, conducted monthly quality audits, implemented changes in the repair track facility, and assisted in coordinating changes in the train yardLed mechanical department yard derailment recovery response