Nate Fourman Email & Phone Number

• Update Item Master Catalogues for overseas partners
• Prepare Commercial Invoices for all international shipments using SalesForce and advanced excel macros
• Upload demand for future product orders and allocate inventory within SAP
• Allocate and process orders for Travel Retail markets
• Release financial invoices in SAP for Travel Retail Partners
• Ensure matching commercial and financial invoices for all outbound shipments

• Validate and update weekly sales and inventory data from overseas VSI locations for weekly reporting
• Collaborate with partners and VSI team to ensure information accuracy
• Research and correct any sales and inventory discrepancies for overseas partners if needed

• Track inbound shipments to third party export warehouses in New York and New Jersey
• Monitor weekly KPI’s for vendors, carriers, and third-party export warehouses
• Review weekly invoices for inbound and outbound shipments for export

• Analyze transportation data for decision making in contracts and operations
• Handle day to day operational issues that arise from suppliers and plants
• Ensure timely payment of freight invoices
• Track weekly expedites, cycle count losses, and container demurrage to reduce costs

Sydney, Australia

Beijing City, China

• Promote ASTL's Global Logistics Management program to Chinese universities
• Collaborate in organizing various events, including the inaugural Global Logistics Education Forum in Beijing and 2013 ASTL-China Annual Conference in Chicago
• Create the Certified Food Safety Professional (CFSP) Exam for use in Macao food industry
• Research Chicago's historical logistics development for the government of Wuhan

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

• Research Chinese company counterparts for Ontario trade mission to Chengdu
• Cold call potential partners and clients using Mandarin Chinese

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

• Design lesson plans based around students’ language abilities
• Work with colleagues to determine lesson materials that included articles from the BBC, Economist, Harvard Business Review, etc.
• Evaluate students’ progress
• Record English learning materials

The Ohio State University

• Began working as a stocker in charge of unloading product shipments and putting them into storage
• As the stocking supervisor was in charge of monitoring daily inventory and interacting with the delivery personnel
• As a Student Manager am responsible for up to 20 workers delegating and ensuring all tasks were completed in a timely manner
• Routinely interact with customers ensuring their satisfaction and handling any complaints

U.S. Consulate General-Shanghai

• Assist Commercial Officers and Specialists in planning and promoting U.S. Pavilion at Marintec China 2011 and Automechanika Shanghai 2011
• Contribute to the establishment of the American Cold Chain Working Group to assist U.S. companies in developing China's cold chain logistics industry
• Work with a local printing company to complete U.S. Commercial Service's Environmental Handbook which serves as a marketing tool for U.S. companies in the environmental technologies sector trying to enter the Chinese.
• Accompany Commercial Officers and Specialists in meeting clients from U.S. companies to market Commercial Service services
• Represent Commercial Officers and Specialists at conferences to meet potential clients
• Contact clients from U.S. companies regarding their inclusion in trade shows to help them market themselves and find Chinese buyers

• Interacted with clients to ensure satisfaction and resolved customer complaints
• Assessed proper method of performing the task based on the site conditions
• Collaborated with colleagues to complete jobs in a timely manner

Mandarin Chinese

B.S., Logistics Management; Minor, East Asian Studies

In addition to my Logistics Major, I minored in East Asian Studies. The courses focused on Chinese history and culture with an emphasis on.

Chinese

Activities and Societies: Sanda (kickboxing)The purpose of this time was to study Chinese intensively while getting to know the locals.

Highschool

No Degree, Spanish And Catalan