Mitchell Swihart Email & Phone Number

Marysville, Ohio, Us

MRO BUYER FOR INDIRECT PURCHASING TEAM

Marysville, Ohio, Us

PURCHASING SPECIALIST FOR INDIRECT PURCHASING TEAM• Re hired as specialist on indirect procurement team, assisting with multiple projects.

Shawnee, Ks, Us

INDEPENDENT FREIGHT BROKER FOR TALLGRASS FREIGHT

Marysville, Ohio, Us

PURCHASING SPECIALIST FOR INDIRECT PURCHASING TEAM• Managed rolling stock category ($100 million in equipment cost), consisting of forklifts, loaders, dozers, yard tractors, scissor lifts, and grinders. 1200+ unit category of leased equipment across 50+ Growing Media, LGOR, and Hawthorne sites. • Collaborated with plant managers to ensure equipment specifications were accurate, and ordered equipment from vendors.• Tracked lead times from vendors to ensure they achieved their targeted lead times, and created purchase orders in SAP.

ACCOUNT SPECIALIST FOR CUSTOMER TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS • Managed freight shipments, managed customer uploads, tracked metrics, and provided analytics to monitor carrier performance.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

FREIGHT BROKER FOR CORPORATE SALES TEAM▪ Achieved $300K in new business revenue throughout tenure with company; accomplished this by aggressively prospecting new business and offering additional solutions to existing customers.▪ Qualified customer accounts through researching and cold calling, gaining knowledge of their business concluding if their needs would be compatible with company services.▪ Created book of business through penetrating customer accounts, becoming the single point of contact for all customer freight needs.▪ Negotiated spot market rates with thousands of carriers based on spot market data across the country. Consulted and negotiated contracted rates with customers based on projected spot market rates for the upcoming year.

Marysville, Ohio, Us

INTERNAL CONSULTANT for the corporate strategy team, supporting executive leadership.▪ Delivered three-year capital and network optimization plan to increase supply chain efficiency and reduce capital cost of up to $10M. ▪ Conducted competitive marketplace analysis of Growing Media product, exploring sales data to formulate supply-and-demand analysis for coming season. Forecasted the effects of regional weather patterns for upcoming season, providing recommendations on inventory adjustments. ▪ Developed an early-alert dashboard in Tableau software for quality control team to monitor strengths and weaknesses of newly launched products.

Marysville, Ohio, Us

PROVIDED MARKETING ASSISTANCE for initiatives in events, research, advertising, and branding.Provided marketing assistance for initiatives in events, research, advertising, and branding.▪ Planned advertising and promotion strategy for Tournament of Roses parade.▪ Collaborated with brand managers to reach new, younger consumer demographic while maintaining current customer relationships, exploring both traditional and social media approaches.