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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Provided major support for supply chain, distribution center and transportation systems, while working on UNIX, Windows and IBM mainframe platforms. Utilized skills in systems analysis, support and design to derive innovative cost saving solutions to complex issues. Served as primary support individual for key systems. Often called upon in the role of a business analyst. Competent in communicating with customers, vendors and other systems professionalsMajor Accomplishments• Prevented lapse in PowerBuilder support and avoided downtime to dozens of systems by converting PowerBuilder 12.5 applications over to PowerBuilder 2017. • Reduced expenses by defining new cost-saving strategies for seasonal product order filling at distribution centers.• Eliminated costly delays by implementing new faster order filling functionality for warehouse orders.• Avoided fines by designing and implementing customer mandated DHL/FedEx routing of overseas military orders.• Eliminated costly distribution center shipping mistakes by installing new edits into shipping systems. • Expedited SAP interfacing of order filling, billing and transportation systems to reduce conversion costs. • Avoided costly customer fines by timely installation of EDI ASN and invoice changes. • Eliminated costly SBT (scan-based trading) related issues by coding enhancements.• Bolstered negotiating stance with UPS by implementing dimensional weight calculations for carton billing. • Reduced shipping cost by implementing system changes for order distribution from California cross dock. • Avoided Canadian export penalties by splitting the data of subsidiary orders, on the same trailer, to separate Canadek reports. • Reduced costs and risks associated with developing or purchasing new features and products by performing assessments.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Business Administration And Management, General

Computer Science