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Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

• As a Transportation Analyst, I evaluated and resolved invoice exceptions from LTL and carriers daily. During this tenure, I maintained accuracy and completeness while processing weekly invoices from UPS for payment..
• Chaired meetings with carrier broker partners, evaluating overall performance using monthly scorecards in order to meet Continental Mills metrics.
• Resolved issues related to shipment in collaboration with carriers, TMC or Continental Mills internal partners.
• Established a better understanding related to new carrier onboarding by recently completing training.
• Gained knowledge, skills, and experience related to different modes, sourcing, rate negotiation techniques, expediated shipments, and payments management.

Tukwila, WA, US

• As a Transportation Analyst, I evaluated and resolved invoice exceptions from LTL and carriers daily. During this tenure, I maintained accuracy and completeness while processing weekly invoices from UPS for payment..
• Chaired meetings with carrier broker partners, evaluating overall performance using monthly scorecards in order to meet Continental Mills metrics.
• Resolved issues related to shipment in collaboration with carriers, TMC or Continental Mills internal partners.
• Established a better understanding related to new carrier onboarding by recently completing training.
• Gained knowledge, skills, and experience related to different modes, sourcing, rate negotiation techniques, expediated shipments, and payments management.

Tukwila, WA, US

• At Continental Mills, I headed a team to plan, devise, and implement an event management protocol and tracking system aiming to track special events and reduce transportation costs. Utilizing my key expertise, I.
• Enhanced settings in Wal-Mart's GRS system and eliminated obstacles in liaison with internal Continental Mills partners, resulting in improved Sam's Club OTIF program metric from 72% to 88%.
• Headed order and logistics management functions of the Club Channel with a focus on increasing customer satisfaction. Played a key role in growing Sam's Club business from $15M to $30M annually and facilitated.
• Generated commercial invoices of Costco International for export and liaised with international shipping providers to expedite orders. Examined Sam's Club Mexican business that grew from zero to $10M in revenue in one.
• Acted as a core member of the integration team for newly purchased Wild Roots business as well as developed processes to roll out new brand and assure seamless integration.
• Defined processes to meet customer and CM's metrics, coordinated with various client contacts (quality, replenishment, distribution center, and transportation) to help customer build their business.

Tukwila, WA, US

• As a Customer Logistics Specialist, I developed plans and simplified processes to manage orders for the food processing division. During this employment period, I led overall logistics operations of approx. $80M of.
• Acknowledged by strategic key accounts (Simplot, Tyson) and expressed a high level of satisfaction with customer service skills, resulting in creating new sales opportunities.
• Saved more than $200K in the first year by liaising and working closely with teammates.
• Initiated a customer service revenue recovery project that tracked revenue saved by direct CLS intervention both as a team and independently.
• Set up new customers on the company intranet.
• Saved more than $200K in the first year by liaising and working closely with teammates. distribution channels.

Mentor, OH, US

Altrincham, Cheshire, GB