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Portland, Oregon, United States

Responsible for supporting the company's sales efforts to effectively manage, sell and report on lumber and panel products with an emphasis on planning, replenishment and reporting. Position is focused on forecasting, demand planning, oversight of shipping schedules, order fulfillment and inventory control while also providing customer support as applicable.

Position was created specifically to assist with organizational gaps identified by Senior Management. Reporting directly to the President, primary responsibilities include process improvement, forecasting, analytics, problem identification / solution creation and general departmental support.

Woodland, Washington, United States

Managed a book of business worth $200M in revenue from point of conversion to final shipment ensuring contract terms were met and programs were completed on time and in budget. Role consisted of assigning and coordinating activities to ensure project completion, maintaining project reports for management and clients as well as resolving any issues throughout production.

Created, maintained and organized Master Project Schedules according to customer need and production capacity. Responsibilities incorporated gathering input from functional departments, analyzing material availability, communicating priorities as applicable and reporting status of work in progress to management as needed. Further functions included record maintenance of manufactured goods, identifying product and build flow improvements and ongoing analysis of production specifications and plant capacity data.

Vancouver, Wa

Responsible for building and maintaining a skilled workforce of multiple trades and various skill levels. Primary objective consisted of recruiting and hiring quality trade professionals to satisfy the labor demands of the clients. Further functions included coordinating with sales team to match individual's skill set with client's needs, preparing for and leading a daily operations call and managing tactical office duties.

Vancouver, Wa

Led the prospecting and development of new business opportunities in the Pacific Northwest region. Created strategic marketing plans to increase market share by leveraging existing relationships and developed an organically new market for rail. Also held responsibility for helping companies successfully integrate rail into their transportation portfolio.

Vancouver, Wa

Primary interface for 15+ clients in the Forest Product industry worth $83M in annual revenue. Developed and grew relationships to understand client’s needs and held responsibility for customer satisfaction, account servicing and rate negotiations. Additional functions included business development, cost take out strategies and process improvement.

Omaha, Ne

Position supported the Director of the Packaging market segment worth an average of $242M in annual revenue. Helped create the first market strategy, assisted in the analysis and negotiation of client rate RFP's in addition to having sole responsibility for responding to daily customer rate requests and annual document renewals.

Omaha, Ne

Acted in multi-dimensional role in marketing and sales department calling on small to medium sized clients. Responsible for account management, business development and various process improvement teams.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Psychology

Education record

Activities and Societies: Northwest Ambassador Residence Hall Association (RHA)