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Framingham, Ma, Us

Framingham, Ma, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Chesapeake, Virginia, Us

Store-Centric supply chain executive leveraging expertise in supply chain strategy with operations experience to produce world-class results in cost reduction, service improvement, and quality management. Employed continuous process improvement on all international & domestic transportation services, supporting nine distribution centers, serving over 7,200 retail stores with a $400MM annual expenditure. Driving new Culture Initiative, Women’s Affinity group, and Mentoring program. Built a COE team designed to leverage analytics and network optimization to deliver value across the supply chain. Responsible for CTPAT certification in 2009, and development of the ISA (Importer Self Assessment) status, a voluntary approach to Trade compliance. Worked with Manhattan on the development of their "Total Cost To Serve" product, providing insight on customer needs within this space.

Goodlettsville, Tn, Us

Strategic leader for all domestic transportation services. Supported eight distribution centers and served 8,000+ retail locations. Established mission for the Operations business unit and directed activities for a $225MM annual expenditure. Conducted domestic transportation contract negotiations, and managed operations of a fleet of over 1,000 dedicated trucks and 5,000 + trailers. Created Dollar General Women’s Network, presenter for New Employee Orientations, participated in Community Service initiatives.Supported turnaround focus in transportation, developing a team of transportation professionals, building a core carrier program, implementing new TMS technology for Inbound & Outbound segments of the business, while driving costs out, and increasing service. Developed new delivery method which required liftgate manufacturer to build a new design. I helped create & design , as well as implemented this new Liftgate, never utilized in the industry. In addition, a new delivery cage was procured, to support the change to increase the velocity of the delivery model, changing the way we did business across the Supply Chain.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Consulted on all aspects of domestic transportation operations, brought in to increase revenue base, develop customer strategy for logistics opportunities, while improving customer relationship. Worked on-site with customer to drive logistics value through network optimization, inbound capacity coverage, & logistics programs.Ultimately managed customer's transportation staff, bringing about change and improvement in both cost & service to the customer's business.

Managed Terminal in Los Angeles & Ontario, CA focused on Inbound Logistics programs designed to support the Hi-Tech industry, for customers including IBM, Compaq, Hewlitt-Packard, Dell, & Gateway. Supported all modes of transportation, from air, truck, rail, and ocean, providing on-time service, tracking compliance, reverse logistics, and imports.

General Manager for trucking company catering to international airlines, transloading containers into rollerized trailers for transport across the US between international airports. Focused on import cargo, hi-tech products, and oversized cargo moves for a wide variety of segments, ensuring on-time delivery meeting all Airline cut-offs daily.