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Ridgeville, South Carolina, United States

Ridgeville, Sc

Self-trained on PowerBI and began using for reporting. Obtained certification from Coursera in Excel Essentials for Data Analysis.Created new templates and reports from scratch for use in reporting metrics.• SRICA (Suppler Change Location Requests): Template created in Excel with forecasted production numbers and changes in transportation costs per car.• Domestic TTT (Transportation Timetable) Analysis: created with Access Database, Excel, and PowerBI for final presentation. Goal was to find TTT’s that needed adjustments for days in transit to set up the plant and IBL for success.• Premium Freight Reporting: pulled data from Excel files and created PowerBI reporting for clear explanations of costs and root causes.Analyzed SRICA requests from suppliers and presented the impacts to IBL transportation budges.Worked together with Procurement to make decisions on Supplier Change Requests based upon my cost analysis. Attended project meetings and presented findings to stakeholders.• Currently working on a Project with PPM to study the effects of balanced production changes on supplier’s call-off requests. Using excel to measure potential impacts to IBL’s budgetForecasted production numbers to assist in determining future transportation costs for the remainder of 2022 and into 2023.Assisted Transport Control team in transitions from one carrier to another. Managed transportation until accepted time for hand-off.Researched and presented a potential new carrier to IDP that would provide immediate cost savings and reduce transit times for current lanes out of the Yucatan, Mexico. Used Excel for rate analysis and transport time changes.Created one-pagers and lessons learned for each project completed.

Ridgeville, South Carolina

Sole contact for Gestamp SC packaging and logistics services.Took Gestamp from a point where they were missing over 100 racks to being able to account for all racks in each loop daily.Worked along with the SCC and Gestamp team to ensure that they had racks to accomplish their production goals and also meet our plant’s needs.Created daily process for Gestamp rack flow checks and summaries. Trained the Packaging team on INET and created work instructions for tracking and tracing in the system.Created processes for handing off tracking and tracing to After Hours employees daily.Worked on Black Belt improvement projects for three of Gestamp’s rack flows alongside the Planning and Packaging teams. Identified gaps in the flow and process and pushed for and implemented improvements.Pushing for internal communication improvements between our Volvo systems. Uncovered previously unknown information about how PLUS, INET, and CHIMAS do not communicate.

Ridgeville, South Carolina

Responsible for Exceptions Handling including NAFTA, International, and AD/HOC.Benchmarked and adapted a standard process for charge-backs and money recovery from suppliers and carriers.Initiated BMS instructions for the Exceptions Handling team’s processes and work flow.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Planned and executed weekly production for 50% of the company’s volume over three value streams while maximizing efficiencies and profits.Advised stakeholders on production numbers and interruptions to standard flow.Managed employees who picked parts for each order and pushed them to the production floor according to schedule.

Gray Court, Sc

Coordinated material needs with suppliers in order to meet the production schedule.Analyzed any deviation from the shipping plan and performed corrective actions to prevent impacts to production.Continuously improved the supplier’s delivery reliability by maintaining daily contact. Also stabilized processes and procedures.

Bmw Plant - Greer, Sc

Tracked and traced shipments, and communicated ETAs and any issues that may have caused delays.Used decision-making and reasoning skills in an effort to prevent mistakes or delays that would hamper production at the plant.Worked with Benore management and BMW key decision makers to continuously improve processes for expedited freight.

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Managed and developed customer relationships to facilitate shipping brokerage.Negotiated rates with customers and carriers to meet and exceed profit margin requirements and sales goals.Researched sales opportunities and made sales calls to initiate new business relationships.

Masters, Business Analytics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority

Bachelors Of Science, Marketing