• Overall responsibility of continuous improvement initiatives implementing various KPI’s identifying areas of gap to reducing lead time and end to end expense.• Lead in provider and relationship management of third-party service providers and negotiations of various international and domestic transportation and distribution services globally• Proactively work with various suppliers of raw material, components, and finished goods to streamline and support the overall strategy of the business.

- supporting beverage, chemical, automotive, consumer goods, plastics, pharmaceutical and packaging industries- Provide recommendations and identify areas of improvement for international organizations in reducing cost while improving forecasting, overall inbound, and outbound operations.- Review inventory levels to minimize expenses (inventory carrying cost/warehouse cost) while working with the global procurement and production teams to manage production planning to meet delivery requirements.- Operational and systematic integration and setup from front end website to backend ERP/WMS- Work with 3PLs to negotiate rates and contracts while implementing various KPI and reporting to identify areas of improvement

Oversaw all aspects of global transportation network integrating the movement of freight by air, ocean, road, and rail services for global operations from a 980K sq ft DC. Manage transportation network planning, management, forecasting, and procurement activities for all carriers and 3PLs in addition to managing best in class global customs brokerage and compliance interacting with FDA, US Customs, and other customs organizations globally.

-Management of logistics operation from outbound to delivery, including white-glove service, customs, and final mile activities from a 300k sq ft manufacturing and distribution warehouse. -Identifying opportunities for improvements to implement resulting in cost savings and operation efficiency -Partner management including procurement and contract negotiations with 3PL and outsourced service providers.-maintain production planning to ensure customer delivery requirements

-Carrier Relationships-Manage freight and spend forecasting for APAC, EMEA, and the Americas region for approx $500m-Owner of RFI & RFQ Process-Capability Evaluation-Drive continuous improvement-Contract Agreement negotiations -Carrier Performance Review-Benchmarking/Market Assessment-Driving Carrier Innovation-Linkage Between Origin & Destination OpsB2B and B2C program support

-Overall management of international operation including service provider management/rate negotiations/strategic planning/project management/training/vendor management/freight payment-Enforcing continuous improvement initiatives YoY-B2B and B2C program support for big box retailers including eComm support-work with procurement and production team to ensure customer delivery requirements are met to multiple delivery locations

-End to End management of imports into LAC region of consumer goods direct to customers while managing a 250k sq ft DC in FL and 100k sq ft DC in Central America-managed production and spend forecasting for the LAC region