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Dallas, Texas, United States

Plano, Texas, United States

Acquires and negotiates new carrier relationships. Manages and grows key white glove accounts. • Leads various cost savings initiatives by identifying and negotiating rate discrepancies.• Saved over $5M in carrier rates in 2H 2021 through extensive opportunity analysis.• Increased key account lane volume by 50% in 2021.• Facilitates large account cohesion and negotiations through relationship building.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Lead the transportation team in the Central US. Our goal is to provide high on time delivery through closely managed negotiations of contracts and vendor guidance. Successfully managed one of the largest spends at Coca-Cola and ensured we meet our goal of refreshing the world!• Headed supplier negotiations of $180 Million for designated region for a successful set up of new year’s financial plan taking into consideration cost and service while implementing strategic long-term plan. • Decreased excess costs on long haul lanes through transportation mode optimization was able to decrease costs $1million+ YOY.• Lead dedicated conversion for 2021 from a 1-vendor model to a 2-vendor model. Resulting lane rate savings of $937K per year.• Reduced frozen loads by budgeting 30% refrigerated units as well as ensuring blankets stored at origins where the weather or distance justify. This resulted in $130K savings to the region as well as higher level of flexibility and protection during cold season.• Managed process improvement of a team of 8 individuals. Implemented cross training within the organization to help improve functionality of the team. Ensured all team was proficient on all systems resulting in fewer missed loads and customer complaints. • Drove higher asset to broker relationships within the Coca-Cola network leveraging stronger areas to gain traction in weaker markets. This resulted in improvement in carrier capacity and pre-loaded capacity in tough markets such as Dallas Texas. This improved outbound capacity by 5 loads per day in Dallas region. • Analyzed and implemented continuous moves between regions resulting in $65K in cost savings per year.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Manage and schedule transportation lanes with multiple originations in the South and Northeast regions of North America. Responsible for maintaining high on-time delivery performance, managing multiple lanes simultaneously. Collects daily shipping load requirements from multiple sources and locations. Partners with carriers on performance reports and on-time schedules. Manages fleet movements, communicates carrier arrival times for loading dock schedules and resolves open issues related to movement of product between locations. Create and maintain process improvement reports and projects, such as an on-time delivery report generated daily for the entire transportation team.Organizes weekly budget meeting to analyze past and projected trends and variances.

Dallas, Tx

Managed end-to-end operations in warehouse, including receiving, inventory control and shipping.Discover opportunities for continuous improvement, and develop solutions.Allocate and manage staff resources according to daily changing needs.Implement and maintain systems for measuring employee performance and individual objectives.Conduct demand planning and forecasting to maintain proper inventory levels, ensuring availability.Conduct vendor negotiation and selection. Manage vendor portfolio and relationships. Manage costs and report on departmental expenditures quarterly.Maintain metrics, reports, process documentation, customer service logs, training materials and safety records.

Farmers Branch Texas

Duties were to research, manage and implement projects for warehouse and shipping departments. Tracked and maintained product inventory, including forecasting and pulling stock for current and future orders. Oversaw and maintained warehouse efficiencies, and responded to process audits.Managed and oversaw shipping processes in coordination with UPS software, Label Plus, FedEx and other freight company requirements. Continuously tracked orders through SAP enterprise resource planning system. Managed vendor relationships and maintained a diversified portfolio of vendor-sourced materials. Maintained the integrity of documentation to remain in compliance with ISO standards. Oversaw Operations Support role and assist as necessary.

Farmers Branch Texas

My position was created to assist the operations team in ensuring attention to detail is maintained with regards to the product. I use Excel in accordance with SAP. Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of orders, which includes determining the availability of materials to build the product. Generate product orders and provide them to production to begin the manufacturing process. Inspect final product to ensure quality, as needed, for the quality control division. Install and final test products at client sites as needed.

My company provides critical services to data centers around the country. We clean, help maintain, and offer advice to keep Data Centers running at peak condition with no downtime.

Honorably discharged. Lead teams of Marines during wartime operations.