• Manage and negotiate contracts with transportation vendors for largest Cardinal plant• Supervise daily operations and performance of five logistics coordinators.• Manage the $100M dynamic asset fleet for all of North America• Create and activate quarterly/annual KPIs, measuring progress with executive team monthly• Conduct quarterly business reviews with transportation vendors to determine future initiatives along with corrective actions for current opportunities• Developed and implemented weekly FIFO report using Power BI for regular use by the executive team• Launched new SOP to drastically reduce claims while improving securement • Lead weekly claims meetings to discuss claims, mitigate risks, and continually improve our glass loading SOP to reduce future claims • Conduct biannual transportation bid with 3PLs and regularly maintain transportation routing guide to ensure accuracy of outbound shipments• Conduct weekly analysis, leveraging internal data, to determine asset repositioning needs• Manage and implement pricing contracts for largest Cardinal plant• Manage and supervise a team of three EDI/invoice auditors to ensure invoicing accuracy• Conduct month-end financial closing for transportation department, and report financials to the executive team• Track and report inbound raw material inventories to leaders• Develop and track vendor performance reports to ensure on time delivery requirements are met• Train new employees on Cardinal’s ERP system (Oracle)

• Received the 2020 CEO Award for Boundaryless Collaboration• Introduced a new rack process reducing the year over year loss of steel racks drastically• Developed and disseminated a new reporting method to track AGC shipping assets (steel racks) to reduce the annual attrition rate• Supervise the daily operations and performance of a team of eight vendor contractors• Manage the AGC Rack team, reassigning work as needed to meet production needs• Develop and manage the annual budget for the Logistics department, outlining projected costs, shipment volume, and vendor dedicated capacity • Implement departmental monthly, quarterly, and annual KPIs to streamline processes and ensure continual improvement• Develop guides and processes for business units to ensure alignment to our KPIs.• Manage all international and domestic shipments for AGC Glass North America, including four glass plants and six glass warehouses• Execute month end financial process, in partnership with the Accounting department, to ensure the most accurate financial records• Create and maintain reports in Excel and Cognos to showcase monthly costs of doing business based on various scenarios• Track and report out on time delivery percentages to all customers to ensure AGC’s service proposition is maintained• Conduct month end audits of the Logistics department• Oversee the claims process and counsel plant personnel and carriers on best practices to reduce future claims• Audit, code, and approve freight invoices to ensure timely payment, coded to the correct accounting ledger and for the correct amount• Research, identify, and approve potential new vendors/carriers for AGC• Present monthly to the executive team providing updates on key departmental KPIs, important trends in the transportation industry, and the current status of steel rack assets

Helped manage day to day operations of the Logistics department to ensure all lead times for shipments were met.Used historical data to forecast trends in the industry.Used Cognos to run reports to provide company data for all necessary departments.Created RFQs for vendors to complete by submitting freight rates.Compared vendor RFQs to see which vendor provided competitive rates while offering exceptional service.Developed creative strategies for modes of transportation to help reduce freight costs.

Manage daily operations for a team of account managers and logistics specialistsTrain new employees on methods for negotiating prices, searching for capacity and tracking shipmentsUtilize Tableau to forecast future transportation costs using previous statistical dataManage numerous vendors and anticipate changes in vendor capacity to ensure the completion of work orders and customer satisfactionQuickly and efficiently negotiate and schedule freight shipments and work orders on behalf of clients

Identified and generated new clients via sales calls and created freight shipment cost estimates for all clientsManaged vendors and provided daily support to ensure completion of workConsistently exceeded monthly individual and team goals