Financial • Manage the daily internal operations of accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, payroll• Manage forward capital requirements.• Assess customer credit risk.• Design a model for line of credit management that preserves security and enhances terms. • Prepare, analyze, and present the monthly and annual financial reports. • Implement and utilize electronic banking. Mitigate market and credit risks.• Minimize price risk by initiating a hedging program.• Manage and evaluate insurance coverage.Transportation• Target daily product and freight spreads for arbitrage opportunities. • Procure transportation and delivery of product from mill to customer.• Resolve all claims.• Experience in trucking and rail industries.• Negotiate freight costs to enhance competitiveness. Sales • Develop sales positions based upon perceived market conditions. • Utilize a reload center to take advantage of freight economies.• Manage inventory positions to balance the cost of carry with market risk and delivery disruptions.Improved internal controls by developing a custom enterprise software system that models every aspect of the business processes.

Developed new account relationships. Created a more competitive infrastructure by optimizing the supply chain dynamic and broadening product mix. Led the sales, procurement and transportation functions.

Assisted in rail car fleet maintenance. Developed an annual and five year coal and fuel oil fuel procurement plan for six generating plants that required balancing contractual quantity commitments, unique pricing formulas, inventory objectives, and forecasted spot market pricing conditions for the fuel and the associated transportation for a projected load.Forecasted monthly costs for each generation plant for dispatch purposes.