Michael Tran Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Route Planning & Allocation Cost ManagementQuality Performance Monitoring Network Optimization & DesignVendor Relations & Negotiations KPI MeasurementsAir Cargo Compliance & Regulations Financial Planning & Profit AnalysisData Modeling and Cost SimulationsTransportation Strategy

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Created a routing optimization tool to select optimal and efficient route among multiple vendors for 250+ countries across 4 different products.
• Run multi-dimensional cost scenarios and what if analysis to determine areas where cost savings and service improvements can be realized.
• Work closely with cross functional teams including senior lane managers, outsourced local delivery agent managers, customer service, finance, marketing and quality management to insure customer satisfaction and.
• Maintains 2nd level performance analytics for end to end supply chain stake holders.
• Deliver weekly XB delivery performance report to multiple C level executives including Sales, Finance and Operations
• Built real-time quality monitoring system that is broadcasted on 2 50” displays in the office.

• Maintain/own routing and distribution master data in multi-dimension data warehouse for cross border e-commerce operations.
• Project manager of cross border profitability model with a milestone gross margin improvement from this model.
• Forecast and calculate monthly vendor estimates of ~$3.5mil with a variance between estimates and actual of $50k based off of data in proprietary tracking software.
• Cross functional liaison between IT (Business Analytics) and Business providing support to both teams for QC and Distribution Network Optimization.
• Work on site with terminal managers and field engineers to optimize productivity and efficiency.
• Develop, present, introduce and manage scalable SOPs form North American processing centers to support B2C small parcel (up to 66 lbs.) throughput of over 150,000 parcels per day.

• Audit and review over $7 million per month direct cross border trade costs and present analysis to cross functional Business, Auditing and Finance teams including CFO, COO and Director of Accounting for America’s.
• Create rate validation tools and optimize audit processes resulting in a reduction of 20% variance between estimate to actual cost reporting)
• Create the direct cost report using figures and adjustments in SAP.
• Encourage and promote honest and direct communications between external and inter-company vendors to improve billing accuracy.
• Prepare and analyze monthly vendor accrual for cross functional team presentation and review.
• Analyze daily reporting to identify trends, unusual transactions and proactively request explanation and review from Business and Product teams prior to reporting period maturity and close out.

San Diego, CA

• Manage daily warehouse issues by working closely with 3PLs to keep operations efficient.
• Prepare presentations, management reports and KPI calculations on a weekly basis.
• Work closely with freight carriers to discuss issues, pricing negotiations, operations, etc…
• Ensure inventory accuracy by coordinating WMS with distribution centers and monitoring of EDI as well as other manual inventory and adjustment processes.
• Come up with operational solutions to increase productivity and lead times.
• Analyzing shipping invoice data to verify correct charges.

Education record

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), International Business

Activities and Societies: Japanese Student Association Asian-Pacific Student Association International Business MajorsStudied abroad in.