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London, On, Ca

London, Ontario, Canada

• Locating prospective customers, generating them into leads, and converting them to customers• Meeting or exceeding weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales quotas• Using strong research skills and industry training to answer any questions about the transportation of the customers product either in full truck load or LTL• Preparing and submitting weekly sales or inventory reports to management• Keeping contact lists and following up with current customers to continue building… Show more • Locating prospective customers, generating them into leads, and converting them to customers• Meeting or exceeding weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales quotas• Using strong research skills and industry training to answer any questions about the transportation of the customers product either in full truck load or LTL• Preparing and submitting weekly sales or inventory reports to management• Keeping contact lists and following up with current customers to continue building relationships Show less

London, Ontario, Canada

• Planned route for optimal coverage using multi stop route planning and optimization tools• Drove delivery vehicle to various locations in southern Ontario in a safe and efficient manner, ensuring products were picked up on time• Loaded and unloaded products to central storage, ensuring proper handling to prevent damage• Inspected the delivery vehicle regularly to ensure it was in proper working order and reported any maintenance issues to management• Maintained detailed… Show more • Planned route for optimal coverage using multi stop route planning and optimization tools• Drove delivery vehicle to various locations in southern Ontario in a safe and efficient manner, ensuring products were picked up on time• Loaded and unloaded products to central storage, ensuring proper handling to prevent damage• Inspected the delivery vehicle regularly to ensure it was in proper working order and reported any maintenance issues to management• Maintained detailed records of fuel costs and mileage for reporting purposes• Collected payment or obtained signatures for proof of delivery Show less

Responsibilities included develop leads, schedule appointments, identify customer needs, and market appropriate products and services.Service including responding to inquiries regarding insurance availability, eligibility, coverages, policy changes, transfers, claim submissions, and billing clarification. Provide prompt, accurate, and friendly customer service.

London, Canada Area

Responsibilities included product costing, inventory management/reporting, financial analysis, monitoring and reporting, as well as process improvement for multiple international manufacturing facilities. • Designed and implemented cost avoidance program for excess and obsolete materials through selling, reworking or scrap reducing inventory and carrying costs by $30M annually • Managed and performed ongoing quarterly physical inventory of vendor-consigned locations in Canada, USA and… Show more Responsibilities included product costing, inventory management/reporting, financial analysis, monitoring and reporting, as well as process improvement for multiple international manufacturing facilities. • Designed and implemented cost avoidance program for excess and obsolete materials through selling, reworking or scrap reducing inventory and carrying costs by $30M annually • Managed and performed ongoing quarterly physical inventory of vendor-consigned locations in Canada, USA and abroad including $100M in inventory (approximately 25% travel with multiple indirect reports)15,000+ SKU’s• Audit contact for all Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) controls and external finance contacts for London• Managed adjustments review and authorization for all raw materials in $600M budget resulting in Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance and an overall 20% reduction in inventory losses• Implemented signoff process for indirect tools and supplies to eliminate over consumption and misappropriation resulting in a 40% annual savings on $11M annual budget• Acted as costing expert in cross-functional, SAP 4.7 implementation team developing testing methodology, documenting processes, creating procedures and training staff; completed $35M project on time within eighteen-month project deadline• Managed cycle count program to avoid annual physical inventory, including training and reporting – approximately $1M in annual cost savings on $250-300M in inventory; organized and coordinated multiple prior annual plant physical inventories Show less

London, Ontario

Responsible for maintaining, updating and review of corporate accounting data including calculating product costs, update of raw material and overhead rates and calculation of variances for operation in a mainframe, cost-accounting system, as well as inventory reporting for multiple business segments in an international environment.• Successful implementation of $10M divisional SAP 4.0 for GL in a team environment• Implemented a vendor-chargeback process generating a $1.2M annual… Show more Responsible for maintaining, updating and review of corporate accounting data including calculating product costs, update of raw material and overhead rates and calculation of variances for operation in a mainframe, cost-accounting system, as well as inventory reporting for multiple business segments in an international environment.• Successful implementation of $10M divisional SAP 4.0 for GL in a team environment• Implemented a vendor-chargeback process generating a $1.2M annual savings in lost inventory• Recommended and implemented an Access transaction database for historical inventory transactions resulting in $350K annual savings (Ideas for Excellence $20K Award)• Developed and enhanced Access database for reporting of $45M annual PPV for defense/LAV segment and $30M annual PPV for locomotive segment• Tracked and reported on $15M annual copper tolling budget for compliance• Assisted with the annual $1.8B budget preparation Show less

Chartered Insurance Professional Designation

Achieved Designation Ontario - Insurance Agent - Other Than Life (OTL) Licenced Life License Qualification Program (LLQP) Licensed.

Associate'S Degree, Business - Insurance

Activities and Societies: Gamma Iota Sigma - Treasurer The business insurance course is a two-year Ontario College Diploma program.

Associate'S Degree, Business Administration - Accounting

Activities and Societies: Student Representative Council - Speaker of the house - 1991-1992 The business administration accounting program.