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Jersey City, Nj, Us

Responsible for all modes of transportation for finished goods and bulk liquid for the US, Mexico, and Europe. Increased carrier base by 400% to offer the company more options and competition. Created scorecards to track carrier pick up performance, data used to improve performance by 20%Increased carrier participation across the network, the added competition resulting in saving of $5M Named Employee of the Year in 2023Led the implementation of a TMS. With that the group was able to reduce headcount by 1 FTE The TMS has led to improvements in Carrier on Time from 90% to 95%Increased weight on customer loads, going from 55% of loads above 37,000 pounds to 90% of loads above 37,000 pounds using data from the TMS that provided data about customer ordering patterns.

North Royalton, Ohio, Us

Manage Non Performing Inventory for outside customers• Provided the insight in creating a system for a customer to track Non Performing SKU’s and the process of eliminating those SKU’s from their count.• Working with the customer’s systems, reduced the number of discontinued SKU’s by 87%.• Created work process in Rail Management systems to govern everyday work, creating a $1.5 million cost savings

Miami, Fl, Us

• Manage 3 locations that deliver parts and engines, manage 10 professionals and 80 drivers.• Created communication process that were not previously in place to reduce delivery misses, resulting in a 10% reduction in delivery misses and production changes.• Created new routes for customer, resulting in 15% reduction in cost and added additional stops without added freight cost.

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Lead all aspects of transportation, both inbound and outbound,•Created process for carriers bringing in inventory into the warehouse and manage carriers shipping customer orders.•Created a cross dock situation so that 75% of all products coming into the warehouse are shipped within 12 hours.•All processes will be used as the company expands into two additional warehouses.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Create and maintain packaging supply chain for liquid laundry and single unit dose products.• Avoided $1M in capital costs by envisioning and implementing a plan to move business between cap suppliers instead of investing in new molding tools.• Introduced process with Purchasing to identify supply chain requirements before start of bidding process.--- Recognized as best-in-class and adopted enterprise-wide.• Tap into foundational experience in Purchasing to negotiate effective solutions that adhere to policy and system constraints.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Led Inbound Distribution activities for all Fabric Care manufacturing locations. Managed 3 professionals.• Established performance metrics and scorecard summary with rail carriers and Central Material Supply Team to hold both organizations accountable to shared goals and outcomes.• Valued as subject matter expert by manufacturing professionals for advice on best practices to optimize their relationships with transportation providers as well as to talk more confidently with their suppliers.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Managed all aspects of chemical transportation into the largest Laundry producing plant in North America.• Reduced transit time by 50% on largest volume lane by re-routing it with a different company reducing overall cost of freight by $3M.--- Reduced inventory investment by $350K based on reduced transit time.--- Negotiated mutually beneficial change in freight transit strategy with railroad that expedited shipments and freed capacity for rail carrier to add more business.• Ensured continuity of materials supply after plant explosion by shifting resources regionally with no interruption to manufacturing.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Managed customer inventory: ordering, safety stock settings, and on-time deliveries for several divisions of Safeway.• Helped increase sales $100K annually by creating new processes that allowed customers to receive deliveries more efficiently during promotions enabling the addition of new promotions. • Selected by managers to work on 2 separate initiatives, both of which helped save Safeway $500K in inventory costs while increasing their service level to the stores from 95% to 98% in six months.

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As, Financial Management