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Bellevue, Washington, Us

• Responsible for the development, submission, coordination, communication and tracking of projects for accounts identified as requiring special attention based on the complexity of their EDI message suites• Work with account managers, branch operations, customers, executive management, and EDI agile development teams to clearly define requirements for EDI projects to be submitted to the work queue• Initial contact to troubleshoot technical issues on over 100 EDI translations to determine the root cause and identify whether changes need to be made to the code

Bellevue, Washington, Us

• Planned and managed customer transitions from the award of business through the daily execution of branch operations• Defined business awarded, created scope of work and developed the transition timeline• Identified and documented final customer solution through process discussions with both customer and Expeditors technical & operations teams• Managed transition resources, scope, schedule and quality• Communicated project status to transition team, sponsors, and operations

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Led RMA Electronic Import Process team and defined parameters for IT group to develop an online portal to enhance the international customer return process and improve Customs compliance• Supported SAP-GTS implementation throughout Aerospace by writing procedures for Harmonized Tariff Schedule and Schedule B number maintenance• Redefined import roles within Aerospace Import R&O to centralize operations, increase productivity, and simplify communications

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Established import compliance operating system and improved site import compliance rating from 2.3 out of 5 (failing) to 4.2 out of 5 (compliant) in less than one year• Updated Customs classifications for 1500 Honeywell Tempe parts based on engineering drawings and descriptions to bring site into compliance and established new procedures to ensure consistency on future classifications• Led sub team of three people on the Corporate Customs Brokerage Bid Project Team that developed the quote review process which identified brokers that were statistical outliers and eliminated them from consideration• Identified and recovered $25,000 worth of incorrect billings from Customs broker during the first week of employment, issued corrective actions and updated the SOP to prevent future mistakes

London, Gb

• Compiled MRO spend over three US plants, identified and analyzed supplier mix, targeted areas of improvement, developed a category strategy• Measured total affected spend at $7M and projected 10% savings leading to $700,000 cost reduction• Chose beta test category of electrical components and invited four vendors to participate in a reverse auction using Ariba Enterprise Sourcing at the Plainfield plant. Savings of 20% realized• Presented findings to VP of Sourcing and MRO Sourcing Manager

Mba, Supply Chain Management

Bs, Ba, Business Admin, Chinese