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Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Direct responsibility and oversight for freight P&L including but not limited to meeting and exceeding savings targets, implementing and maintaining KPIs, and mitigating risks. Key Achievements include:• Create strategies for efficiently managing global Transportation including implementing a 4PL (outsourced) solution for specific modes and divisions.• Rightsized and repositioned internal assets including warehouses as well as fleet to achieve the move valuable outcome.• Lead international team in charge of Logistics and Warehousing through multiple value-add projects and track KPIs to maintain or exceed projected outcomes.• Implement a TMS in order to accurately track KPIs and to generate accurate financial reports including accruals and savings data.• Developed and implemented a qualified carrier/brokerage program in order to mitigate risk.• Directed various RFPs for different modes (TL/LTL/Ocean/DriveAway/etc)

Akron, Ohio, Us

Ensure Global Supply Chain compliance to global laws, regulations, and best practices in order to increase the profitability of the company while mitigating risk. This is accomplished by developing efficient and innovative processes to navigate the procurement lifecycle across multiple global business units and by developing strategies for effective sourcing. Specific Duties and Key Achievements:• Create strategies for efficiently managing Indirect Spend Categories and global Transportation.• Manage team in charge of Global Trade Compliance to identify and ensure compliance with import/export regulations and Corporate Social Responsibility laws.• Manage global team in charge of Supply Chain Analytics to identify synergies and cost saving opportunities utilizing the data stored within thirteen distinct ERP systems.• Lead direct material Category Managers through a Seven-Step Sourcing Process to ensure strategic suppliers and best practices are in place globally throughout Supply Chain to create value.

Akron, Ohio, Us

Responsible for leading a global team focused on increasing corporate value from transportation and logistics activities while mitigating risks in trade compliance activities.Specific Duties and Key Achievements:• Led the Global Transportation group through a Seven-Step Sourcing Process after receiving unanimous buy-in from all stakeholders which generated an annual savings of over 8% of total logistics spend in the first year.• Designed, developed, and implemented a custom tool which continues to enable the logistics coordinators to quickly determine the best value supplier, increases compliance to the strategy and drives savings.• Negotiated strategic agreements with suppliers.• Evaluated global transportation policies, functions and procedures in order to increase savings and minimize risk.

Akron, Ohio, Us

Responsible for collecting, analyzing, and creating value from Purchasing and AP data contained within many global ERP systems including various versions of Oracle, SAP, and legacy systems.Specific Duties and Key Achievements:• Enriched data, transforming it into reportable and actionable information for global procurement managers and their teams. In doing so I designed, developed, and implemented an automated system which normalizes supplier names and classifies over 85% of global spend into applicable UNSPSC commodity classifications despite language barriers and lack of any standardization across multiple systems• Project Manager of an Ariba E-Sourcing implementation system which modernized the RFP process in order to bring better control and oversight to the process.

La Canada, Ca, Us

Responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance and administration of internal information systems to support corporate operations, sales, and marketing activities.Specific Duties:• Design, develop, and implement in-house client software applications and reporting tools which increase the productivity and profitability of the company using Oracle APEX, SQL, VBA, and Microsoft Excel.• Critically evaluate user needs and requests using interviews, case studies, and workflow analysis to identify process requirements, and determine best business solutions.• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with Branch Managers, National Account Managers, project committees, and all internal/external customers. • Perform quarterly financial analysis and corporate presentations for senior management.• Manage the RFP (Request For Proposal) process for national accounts. Systems and processes I design and develop are used to improve bidding accuracy which directly improves revenue.• Host bimonthly online Microsoft Excel training sessions for employees. Topics include how to utilize pivot tables and macros in order to efficiently process data.• Assist management and operations staff in defining, measuring, monitoring, and analyzing data needed in order to make informed decisions that impact future results.• Supervise activities of the Project Coordinator Assistant.

La Canada, Ca, Us

Responsible for profitably fulfilling the transportation requirements of client shippers by providing and coordinating liaison services between shippers and carriers nationwide in the flatbed and specialized equipment division.