Preston Charles, Mba, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

Content generator and contributing writer on issues regarding business acumen and personal development

Greater Atlanta Area

• Provide professional training services for project management and software utilization to individuals and organizations • Develop marketing strategies to revitalize market share, sales and profits of organizations• Execute, monitor, and close out multiple standardized educational assessment projects

• Managed and drove logistics strategy initiatives across multiple teams and geographies in support of Dell America’s Fulfillment & Logistics• Reduced internal network costs by 66% to improve sales of monitors into Latin America• Conducted strategic supply chain analyses to identify and recommend opportunities for improving efficiency, effectiveness and capabilities of the supply chain • Designed retail network strategies to reduce landed costs by $20 per imported system• Initiated the logistics sustainability strategy and acquired and developed an international team• Led the long-term initiative to baseline and reduce Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions• Developed and maintained relationship with U.S. EPA to ensure compliance with Smartway guidelines

• Planned supply chain strategies to reduce total landed costs for systems into Latin America • Collaborated with country managers to solve problems related to tariffs and trade • Executed and closed projects to leverage trade agreements within the Mercosur trading block to reduce costs• Employed data gathering and representation techniques to inform management of key opportunities• Conducted Lean value stream mapping kaizen event to drive cycle time improvements in emerging markets • Instructed sales staff to increase emerging country revenue by properly leveraging the supply chain

• Planned and executed diversity based activities and projects for the MBA program• Benchmarked internal recruitment strategies for competitive analyses of rival MBA programs• Standardized office management procedures• Communicated with alumni in support of critical fundraising programs • Produced and edited topical content for MBA alumni publication

• Invented new procedures to detect additional $1M of excess inventory• Developed rationale to convert the existing process from make-to stock to make-to order• Presented findings and solution to Johnson & Johnson Sales & Logistics leadership

• Established an intermodal logistics program resulting in roughly $1M annual savings• Reduced annual freight expense by detecting and installing new lanes for dedicated runs• Trained logistics department in industry best practices

• Managed strategic and daily operations of $34M annual material freight budget • Standardized processes for inbound flow of outsourced materials• Developed and enforced internet based supplier routing guide reducing inbound freight by 5 percent• Planned and executed curtain side trailer program resulting in $30,000 monthly savings• Maximized financial and delivery performance of Werner and JB Hunt dedicated fleets• Simplified carrier freight payment process to supported internal accounting teams• Received 2004 President’s Leadership Award for revamping laminate delivery process

• Monitored and controlled supply chain costs for multiple DuPont purchasing departments• Improved load acceptance and on-time delivery performance of over 100 motor carriers• Implemented conversion to i2 software as cross-functional team representative• Oversaw each order and booked 5,000 vendor orders per year with i2 freight optimization software• Reduced risks of hazardous waste disposal from key facilities • Taught peers basics of supply chain management concepts in formal presentation

• Managed daily import and export operations for world’s seventh largest ocean carrier

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Supply Chain Management/Strategic Leadership

Activities and Societies: Bunton-Waller Fellows Program, Vice President of Student Affairs – Penn State Supply Chain Management Association

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration: Marketing

Activities and Societies: NASA Ronald E. McNair/Project S.P.A.C.E Scholars Program, Morehouse Honors Program Club, Morehouse Business.