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Norwich, Connecticut, United States

Norwich, Connecticut, United States

Providence, Rhode Island Area

- Served as a key business liaison between multiple IT and business departments while supporting numerous Supply Chain applications- Analyzed inbound logistics data through the use of the SQL query language, and Microsoft Excel to find cost saving system upgrades through the Load Optimization project.- Spearheaded a 3 month gap analysis with several Business and IT teams while creating all required SDLC documentation on the TMS integration with the FRESH divisions as the Lead Business Analyst- As the Lead Business Analyst and Solution Designer on the TMS Freight Pricing Project; created all SDLC documentation around a manual Excel business freight pricing process, created the solution design to be developed within an internal TMS system, and managed multiple development and testing teams to ensure project was delivered on time.- Conducted thorough Development testing cycles before moving code bases to QA environments and continue to support the QA testing Cycle throughout the numerous projects.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

- Provide excellent oral and written communication between IT and the business- Facilitate meetings with key business stakeholders in order to gather requirements for new projects as well as enhancement requests- Create multiple forms of detailed documentation including the BRD, FRD, RRD totaling hundreds of pages.- Create flowcharts and documentation in regards to business processes- Provide training on new business processes for data maintenance - Key business analyst on the Consolidated Sales Project.o Gather requirements for taking data from UNFI divisions (Albert’s, Tony’s, and Haddon House) and consolidating them into one reporting environmento Creation of BRD for the projecto Creation of numerous RRDs to fulfill business needs

Providence, Rhode Island Area

- Serve as a single point of contact for carriers; track, monitor, expedite, and analyze truck loads, cross dock loads, back-haul lanes, and intermodal loads nationwide. - Responsible for scheduling up to 13 million pounds of inbound purchase orders from multiple U.S. regions destined for distribution centers per period while analyzing transportation data to control costs and logistic efficiencies. - Responsible for key performance indicators (transit time, vendor out of stocks, carrier delays, volume/capacity, freight cost and profitability), focusing on identifying opportunities for consolidating freight and compressing expense through an in-house Transportation Management System(TMS) and collaboration with other business units.- Compiled intermodal rate matrices and load volumes to obtain discrete pricing for lanes out of Romeoville, IL resulting in a regional expense reduction of .01 per pound.- Development of a national cross dock scorecard and metrics to understand the health of the cross dock network and identifying key improvement resolutions in multiple distribution centers.- Selected and completed multiple training programs (Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru, OneSource, Supervisor Development Training, and cross-functional department wide training).- Part of a team responsible for monitoring and forecasting tonnage, revenue, expense, and margin against budget.- Developer of a CO2e metrics and tracking document; as well as a crossdock service matrix user interface.- Collaborated with multiple business units to import a mass west region route code update to ultimately decrease expense and increase service level.- Work as part of the TMS development team to identify system enhancements as well as write test scripts for implementation of enhancements.- Partner with the Freight Pricing Team and Supplier Relationship Managers to convert Vendor Ship (VSP) suppliers to collect suppliers and increase revenue for Inbound Logistics.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

- Work with multiple business systems(TMS, WBS, UBS, MRS)- Communicate with carriers to ensure on-time performance and service level requirements- Analyze financial data- Build high level and daily reports- Schedule and build vendor pickup loads out of multiple regions- Coordinate, create, and manage cross-dock loads- Communicate with other team members to accomplish tasks- Assist with other tasks as needed

Providence, Rhode Island Area

-Build high level and daily reports-Enter carrier rates as needed-Update vendor files to reflect proper route codes-Load Reconciliation-Assist coordinators with multiple tasks, such as building loads or communicating with carriers and buyers.

Bs, Operations Management And Supervision

Associate'S Degree, General Studies