Kim Ramsey Email and Phone Number

Ocean Freight Procurement• Point of contact for daily Ocean Freight matters and procurement strategies.• Work with transportation and 3PL to procure and negotiate strategic and cost-effective rates. • Authorize contract acceptance of additional lanes and services. Freight Exceptions Management• Single point of contact for 50+ transportation vendors to; resolve freight payment exceptions, monitor contractual agreements, and implement corrective actions.• Develop reports for use in strategic business decisions such as; daily wire transfers of up to $3M spend, carrier accruals, carrier spend, and exception management.

Rotational Program: Gained end-to-end supply chain experience by rotating through various departments in operational and project based roles. • Order Management: Managed key customer accounts and worked to achieve end-to-end supply chain excellence. Ensured timely delivery to customers by entering and changing orders in SAP to meet demand. • Warehousing Operations: Responsible for a set of warehouses and bulk terminals to oversee inventory met customer demand. Completed monthly inventory reconciliations to maintain accuracy at each site. • E-business: Used CRM platforms to setup customers on electronic ordering systems. Supported No Touch Order (NTO) to Cash. Communicated NTO goals to business to bridge the gap between the Supply Chain and Product Management. Recommended strategies to sustain and increase NTO % and reduce business costs. • Center of Experts: Acted as liaison between the Supply Chain and business through a Railcar Optimization project. Recommended optimal solutions to determine the number of new railcars that needed to be added to the future fleet. • Risk Management: Expanded knowledge of international supply chain and compliance regulations. Worked on an import/export automation project to decrease manual time spent on audits in support of lean processes.

• Created daily invoice reports for management to review carrier spending, timely payment, and exceptions.• Used LogicNet software to learn the network optimization process. Worked on a Water Bottle Logistics project. Optimized solution saved over $180K by changing shipping method/quantities of imported water bottle material.

• Reviewed supply/demand, resolved master data exceptions, monitored daily inventory alerts, and planned cost effective shipments.• Supported hurricane build by moving 4.5M KGs of material through stock transfer orders out of danger zone, while still meeting customer demands.