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Houston

Manage a fleet of 300 rail cars delivering within the United States; oversee trucking fleet of 80 hopper trailers. Manage dry van shipments. Conduct Requests for Proposals for shipping. Oversee the truck and rail car fleet programs. Track mileage utilization of tax purposes. Create process improvements; skilled in conducting analyses.

Houston

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas, United States

Established solid foundation for success by supporting multi-divisions in proposals, Transaction Processing Management System, contract negotiations, and logistic execution within a fast-paced, high-profile environment. Supported 14 domestic plants and suppliers with trucking for oversized, super-load, and barge movement. Oversaw $12M in domestic freight spend.Assisted project managers set up executions plans with a focus on maintaining compliance standards; highly skilled in supporting Process Systems, Custom Process, and Wellhead systems. Sourced out major projects. Facilitated logistics costs reduction from 18% to 12%; negotiated rate reductions from Asia Pacific to Unites States lanes.

Southern Iraq

Oversaw department activities to ensure contractual requirements compliance while managing over 150 Expatriate team with an additional 500+ foreign sub-contract employees. Defined direction that catalyzed coordination while overseeing operations across six United States Military bases; supported extensive growth through a relentless focus on continuous process improvement. Facilitated interdepartmental cooperation; managed vendor relationships. Delivered key contributions toward success by negotiating contracts; evaluated performance. Exercised detailed analysis and judgment while monitoring transportation costs and on-time delivery.Created, launched, and managed corporate and department-level policies, Standard Operation Procedures, processes, and reports. Skilled in using business metrics and intelligence tools to track trends, identify opportunities, eliminate non-value-added processes, and resolve issues; able to integrate information from all departments into one unified, networked system. Generated stability by facilitating a substantial increase in customer satisfaction.Maintained Authorized Stockage List for over 8K lines of repair parts in the Southern Iraq theater; operated and managed logistics information system used to requisition repair parts; identified equipment assets and initiated purchase request for acquisition of repair parts / equipment. Maintained government and United States Department of Defense accountability and associated record-keeping policies and procedures including transportation modes, packing / shipping standards, and quality assurance practices.

Master'S Certificate, Applied Project Management

Associates, Video Production