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Tucson, Arizona, United States

• Support new front-end team by developing high performers and increasing productivity through a positive, relationship driven management approach • Increased overall dock flow through effective utilization of available resources• Maintain a safe operating environment through new safety program• Support other shifts operationally and administratively

Seal Beach, Ca

•Produce fiscal operating budget for U.S. west coast and Hawaii stevedoring division •Prepare divisional weekly, monthly, quarterly financial reporting for executive leadership•Develop vendor and subcontractor score cards to monitor service level agreement performance in areas of profitability, productivity, quality and operational performance across multiple west coast and Hawaiian terminal operating locations•Facilitate A/P, A/R, ledger activities and month-end close process for division•Design analytical data to assist rate negotiations for sales team•Implement long-range forecasting models for volumes, revenues, costs and marginal analysis to facilitate management of internal operations staff and subcontractors•Divisional administrative lead for proprietary systems development and business intelligence reporting

National City, Ca

•Created forecasting model for roll-on/roll-off ocean carrier volumes, terminal and stevedoring operating costs •Facilitated terminal and gate operations for receiving and delivery of cargo with operations managers and union labor•Developed systems, operations and documentation processes for military unit deployments based on Surface Deployment Distribution Command (SDDC) contractual requirements including cargo tracking, in-transit visibility and reconciliation of cargo intake to generate manifests•Engineered business intelligence reports to monitor the utilization and efficiency of space within marine terminals and space utilization of roll-on/roll-off cargo vessels.•ISO 9001-2000 quality management administrator for division

National City, Ca

•Managed military vehicle processing center operations that served as a drop-off and pick-up location for military service members on permanent change of duty station orders•Met with local military personal property shipping offices to provide counseling and requirements of SDDC Global POV Contract for efficient processing of military vehicle shipments•Coordinated movement of vehicles with trucking companies and global ocean carriers based on government required delivery dates•Analyzed and negotiated transportation claims with overall cost per claim reduction