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Cidade Da Beira, Sofala, Mozambique

https://www.cornelder.co.mz/port/container-terminal

Douala. Cameroun

• Manage the supply chain between customers, sourcing, operations, and port and vessel operations. Supervise maintenance and repair for land equipment, reach stackers, fork lift trucks, containers, plugs, and power.
• Managed the change of culture for transfer of fruit from dry trucks to containers. Designed new fast cool chain procedures that reduced how often fruits and other fresh produce are handled while transferred, which.
• Assumed control of land operations from main vendors. Implemented procedures for new land based equipment.
• Reduced costs by renegotiating vendor contracts.
• Improved throughput capacity and vessel loading yields.
• Advise and consult on projects to expand, modernise, and reorganise the port, including one funded by the EU.Port Operations and Logistics ConsultantCompagnie FruitièreApr 2015 – Dec 2015Marseille, France

Marseille, France

• Preserved the quality of fruit and other fresh produce by optimizing container use capacity and loading protocols.
• Redesigned and changed the supply chain for the handling and transfer of fruit and other fresh produce from trucking in dry containers with open tops to reefers.
• Conducted productivity analyses to review port operations and reduce costs.

San Jose, Costa Rica

• Reduced key figures by securing new suppliers and bids for port and land operations rates.
• Created and monitored metrics for ports in Central America, including yearly goals for intermodal shipping, maintenance and repair, operations, and equipment.
• Reduced M&R container costs by implement guidelines for to segregate fleet by commodity and special customer requirements.
• Created new vendor contracting procedures for depot services, maintenance and repair, and haulage suppliers for ports in Central America.
• Negotiated service level agreement revisions with depots, trucking companies, and maintenance and repair suppliers.
• Developed and supported customer service strategies and solutions, including attending to the special needs of and requests from high use VIP customers.

La Cruz Guanacaste, Costa Rica

• Administered purchasing, warehouse, and logistics KPI’s to facilitate and improve day to day operations. Prepared and reviewed logistics quotes to customers based on Incoterm rules.
• Prepared weekly estimates and forecasts for reefer and dry cargo to ensure that suppliers had the maritime spaces, equipment, and transportation services they needed for their goods to reach their final destinations.
• Reviewed and approved invoices from shipping lines, customs brokers, trucking companies, and local employment agencies.
• Modernized the supply chain to allow suppliers and customers to better share resources and equipment.
• Managed shipping rates and inland services with shipping companies and depots.
• Negotiated with ocean carriers and local trucking companies to establish maritime and land haulage procedures for export and import cargo.

Limón, Costa Rica

• Managed all activities related to the deployment, tracking, storing, and monitoring of different commodities in ocean containers according to supply chain requirements.
• Prepared weekly equipment projections based on forecasts using company and 3PL cargo requirements.
• Developed KPI’s to determine and measure terminal performance, including turn-around time, vessel feeding index, pilot station and vessel operations productivity, top picks per container, reefer days, and maximum.
• Successfully negotiated with unions to ensure continued operations, and prevent losses and strikes.
• Created and reviewed security protocols to prevent theft, including the loss of cargo or equipment. Complied with CTPAT and BASC requirements.
• Determined terminal layout and logistics for new maritime services.

Limón, Costa Rica

• Managed all activities related to the deployment, tracking, storing, and monitoring of different commodities in ocean containers according to supply chain requirements.
• Prepared weekly equipment projections based on forecasts using company and 3PL cargo requirements.
• Developed KPI’s to determine and measure terminal performance, including turn-around time, vessel feeding index, pilot station and vessel operations productivity, top picks per container, reefer days, and maximum.
• Successfully negotiated with unions to ensure continued operations, and prevent losses and strikes.
• Created and reviewed security protocols to prevent theft, including the loss of cargo or equipment. Complied with CTPAT and BASC requirements.
• Determined terminal layout and logistics for new maritime services.

Limón, Costa Rica

• Managed the deployment, tracking, storing, and monitoring of commodities in ocean containers according to supply chain requirements.
• Developed KPI’s to determine and measure terminal performance, in order to maintain high feeding ratios for vessels and customers.
• Determined terminal layout and logistics for new maritime services.

La Ceiba, Honduras

• Supervised the coordination between farms, vessels, and discharging ports to ensure compliance with volume, timing, and stowage requirements.
• Coordinated all vessel husbandry.
• Maintained and balanced harvesting profiles according to vessel schedules.
• Established and supervised stowage requirements in vessels.
• Established and maintained KPI’s for vessels and to improve logistics.

Costa Rica

• Production controller for coffee mills in the central region. Improved automated coffee milling procedures.
• Supervised the remodeling and building of new post harvesting facilities.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Ingenieria Industrial, Cum Laude Probatus

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Bachelor Of Science. Degree, Industrial Engineering

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