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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Murrayville, Ga, Us

Alpharetta, Ga

 Drive cost savings by working interdepartmentally to identify unfavorable trends; provide insights and solutions. Provide financial analysis for proposed projects. Month end reporting and analytics for Cost of Sales; provide insights to drivers for variances in costs. Proactively build explanations for variances between actuals vs. forecasts, prior year, and budget. Track and perform analytics on commodities that are significant drivers in manufacturing costs.  Prepare global forecasts and budget with input from various departments and regions. Develop additional ad hoc reporting as needed.

Marietta, Ga

• Develop project cost forecasts.• Provide cost and operations analysis as needed.• Maintain created customer database.• Lead for marketing development and implementation.

• Work interdepartmentally to provide process improvement solutions.• Lead development and implementation of policy to establish and improve the recording of metrics.• Provide analytics and reporting as needed.• Align new and current business processes with the ERP system.• Perform searches and build views as needed in SQL.• Create reports via SQL and Enterprise Software.

Marietta, Ga

• Prepared bid packages, analyzed and evaluated proposals and made appropriate purchasing recommendations.• Served as lead procurement contact responsible for cultivating supplier relationships. • Reviewed supplier submitted drawings and documentation to confirm it met the internal customer’s needs.• Resolved supplier discrepancies while working with internal customers to ensure their satisfaction.• Provided weekly On-Track tower steel reporting and ad hoc departmental analysis.• Performed forecast analysis and provided the weekly reports to suppliers.• Provided weekly reporting for existing towers and supplier production forecasts to be used for inventory management.• Implemented a new should cost model for 90% of towers purchased which created efficiencies and cost reductions accounting for approximately $400,000.00 in annual savings.

Spring, Tx

• Managed 150 customer accounts valued at 11.5 million dollars in revenue. • Negotiated product pricing with new customers.• Negotiated customer contracts. Contracts included pricing, packaging, sourcing, product, payment terms and delivery.• Provided solutions for customer concerns related to delivery and product.• Worked with major universities for development of products in new uses and markets.• Provided price increases to customers in order to increase or maintain margins based on changing market conditions and corporate goals.• Worked with our logistics department to ensure most competitive inland freight, rail and ocean rates.• When feasible, positioned product pricing and sourcing to ensure competitive advantage.

Spring, Tx

• Performed cost analysis for domestic and international shipments as well as calculated total shipment cost and margin percentages.• Contacted packaging companies in order to schedule or expedite deliveries, as well as resolve missed or late deliveries and problems. • Purchased packaging materials required for shipment of product domestically and internationally.• Worked with freight forwarders and steamship lines for arrangement of international shipments.• Performed financial, demand and supply analysis for respective departments within the chemicals division. • Compiled and presented financial, demand, supply and management data for corresponding monthly S&OP meetings. • Facilitated monthly demand, supply, financial and management meetings.• Project lead for extensive manufacturing process establishment and registration with the EPA.• Project lead for import/export software evaluation and selection for chemicals division.• Project lead for manufacture of marketing materials for chlorides chemicals sales.• Worked with project lead in implementation of SharePoint software for chemicals division.• Attained and maintained necessary EPA and state registrations for hazardous and non-hazardous materials.

• Routed and shipped cargo worldwide.• Manifested billing information.• Utilized multiple software programs for shipping and tracking.• Negotiated price for services rendered.• Coordinated trucking, rail and overseas vessels for shipment of cargo.