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Canton, MI, US

Canton, Michigan, United States

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Sparrows Point, Maryland, United States And South Chicago, Illinois

• I direct manufacturing at two plants – one in Baltimore, the other in Chicago – for the world's premier building materials and solutions organization, which employs 75K people in 80 countries. The plants I oversee.
• Successfully oversee manufacturing from procurement through production while managing costs, maintenance, quality, and customer service.
• Mastered new skills by accepting a lateral challenge from Logistics to this senior operations management role.
• Continue to direct 800K tons of production while stewarding a $50M budget and coaching 25 staff at Plant One.
• Excel in leading 15 direct reports while managing 500K tons production and $20M in spending at Plant Two.
• Navigated dozens of priorities and challenges to streamline operations and slash costs at both plants by $0.25 per ton.

Dundee, Michigan

• The biggest challenge in this role was facilitating the Holcim and Lafarge merger, which created LafargeHolcim: a company with a market value exceeding $50 billion between April 7th 2014 and July 2015. (This was the.
• Lowered headcount while integrating marine and road groups into a highly effective team.
• Saved a projected $35M in rate costs over six years, while negotiating contract extensions. Subsequently lowered $40+M post-merger spending by negotiating optimal terms, identifying supply patterns, and designing.
• Designed a highly innovative strategic vision to enhance safety in marine and road transport.
• Slashed loss time injury frequency from 18.4 to 8.6 within two years by rolling out specialized In-vehicle monitoring and vendor safety compliance training.
• Cut fixed costs from 82% to 13% within two years – $24M in year one – by changing methodology for aggregate shipping on waterways.

United States

• I pursued 100% customer satisfaction while coaching 38 employees and managing the logistics organization. My responsibilities included directing a $350M spend while transporting 10M tons across the U.S. Additional.
• Built a brand new logistics organization for the new entity as a key contributor the successful merger.
• As a logistics expert played a key part in adhering to FTC requirements for contracts and moving construction materials.
• Demonstrated versatility and leadership prowess by adapting to rapidly changing responsibilities when merger of two global companies was announced.
• Teamed up with decision-makers in Sales to enhance customer service

United States

• It was my job to manage a 200+ carrier portfolio, move 8+M tons of freight coast-to-coast, and coach 25 staff. I also stewarded a $200M budget while standardizing Requests for Proposal processes and contract.
• Revamped organizational structure by putting all transportation functions into one group.
• Defined a one of a kind matrix to streamline contract approvals and document award decision-making.
• Generated $1M savings annually by implementing a Transportation Management System.
• Transitioned the organization to a state of the art third party safety management system.

United States

• In this capacity, I managed all business and contract operations for the company’s marine division. I took charge of he entire process of writing contracts and introduced novel methods at all stages of contract.
• Excelled as a change manager by achieving ~$54 million savings while lowering demurrage fees by $7.5+M per year.
• Successfully created a new industry standard by proactively specifying terms for demurrage in company contracts rather than following the previously unchallenged practice of accepting agreements offered by the service.
• Shortened timelines by building Towworks central barge database with internal and external communication tools.

Leadership Program

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Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Quantitative Applications For Managers, Managing Behavioral Change, Managing In A Global Economy Mar

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Club Hockey, SGA