Nancy Herman Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Owings Mills, Maryland, United States

Managed projects, projects, schedule and communications for the Vice President of Lineage Rail Solutions. Created both internal and external financial and railroad transportation reports. Handled office events and communications. Delivered technical support and training on MS Office and enterprise system applications.Projects:- Report automation- Ad hoc large data set analysis- KPI development and reportingSystem management:- Quote request process- Rate management processTeam management:- Leadership team meetings and collaboration- Customer Service team report developmentACCOMPLISHMENTS:- Managed VP time commitments to free up his schedule by 15%.- Facilitated monthly data analysis call for largest fleet customer Gallo ($5,500,000 annual revenue).- Compiled rail speed report resulting in reduction of state tax liability by $100,000 per year.- Designed rail rate request process enabling 95% of submissions quoted within standard time frame.- Delivered IT support on MS Office, contributing to increase in staff productivity by 10%.- Consulted with IT developers to achieve 100% automation of Sustainability reports saving 60 hrs per year.- Established KPI's for all departments for quarterly reporting.- Evaluated and communicated bi-annual rate renewals for over 250 lanes to permit minimum 1 week negotiation window.- Developed charts from temperature data sets to enable quick analysis of insulation performance.

Owings Mills, Maryland, United States

Prepared proposals, led projects and provided executive calendar and travel support to the CEO and other executives. Developed pricing analysis for sales proposals and transportation network studies. Projects:- McDonald's Fleet Management Proposal- Scorecard design for Gallo- Kraft Heinz annual rail fleet invoice reconciliationSystems Management:- Repair and maintenance document management- Contract pricing and negotiation- Travel request process and expense trackingTeam Management:- Monthly/annual customer reviews- Monthly railroad conference callsACCOMPLISHMENTS:- Secured McDonald's contract ($4,000,000 revenue/yr) by collecting and updating pricing and volume data for french fry transportation network.- Demonstrated billing accuracy each year through Kraft Heinz rail invoice reconciliation.- Collaborated with Gallo ($3,700,000 revenue/yr) to design a metrics report format used to report metrics for over 5 years.- Reduced year-over-year travel expenses by $9,000 by monitoring pilots' hotel selections.- Established filing process for fuel invoices which enabled timely retrieval of historical pricing data.- Analyzed contract pricing renewals to enable negotiation of average $200,000 total annual savings.- Maintained trusting relationships with all stakeholders by regular contact and networking with customers and resources.

Hunt Valley, Maryland

Resolved exception shipments for US inter-company, industrial and commercial food product. Planned daily expedited truck, airfreight and parcel shipments from five US distribution centers. Managed inter-company export shipments from US to Canada, including transportation planning, documentation and Customs inquiries. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:- Contributed $118,000 estimated annual cost avoidance and $6,000 in savings by negotiating demand lead time and re-routing airfreight to better value options. - Reduced number of missed order pickups to zero by adding daily carrier communication to Frito Lay order fulfillment SOPs .- Established and documented SOPs for Expeditor role

Hunt Valley, Maryland

Drove improved purchases-to-payment results in support of sourcing buyers for ~$500MM spend pool; implemented procurement solutions and identified sourcing opportunities through analysis of purchasing activity; maintained purchasing system data, preferred vendor list, internal catalogs and vendor master data; analyzed pricing for vendor-managed consumables project (~15,000 parts for 13 plants) in North America.ACCOMPLISHMENTS: - Increased strategic spend compliance 42% within assigned commodities through data enhancement of online tools; simplified data management and order processing by consolidating vendor base 27%.- Provided project manager with leverage in price negotiations for $13MM vendor-managed inventory (VMI) project by comparing pricing proposals for over 15,000 materials against historical spend.- Solved chronic payment problems with corporate office supply vendor ($7MM annual spend) through resolution of SAP coding errors in supplier’s payment data.- Advised how to improve payment-related scorecard measures by training analyst team on method to perform root cause analysis and submit dashboard-style reports to leadership.

Hunt Valley, Maryland

Negotiated and managed firm pricing and lead time data for 1000+ contracts in SAP for supplies and services for 7 manufacturing plants; worked with suppliers to consistently meet required service level; participated in regular meetings with plant customers to promote process improvement, compliance and issue resolution.ACCOMPLISHMENTS:- Helped to win approval for the North American VMI project to begin at the Hunt Valley Cover Girl plant by documenting an additional $40,000 annual cost savings.- Automated mass contract pricing updates by introducing use of SAP scripting tool to department analysts.- Maintained over 90% on-time delivery of materials for the largest U.S. manufacturing plant.- Coordinated integration of Clairol storeroom into SAP purchasing systems.