Robert Stone Email & Phone Number

League City, TX, US

Webster, Texas

I enjoy being close to my hobbies, fishing and the outdoors. This position gives me a taste of them on a regular basis. It is my first venture into the retail side of business and is an opportunity to learn and remain active. It also allows me to stay active in my consulting business.

Evaluate processes to determine solutions for improving efficiency, productivity, and cost controls. Provide strong negotiation and communication skills; develop lucrative contracts with suppliers and vendors while forming agreements with international firms to optimize fleet resources. Formidable team leader with a history of directing personnel across.

Houston, Texas Area

Managed corporate rail and barge activities; * fleet sizing and acquisitions and releases,* rate negotiations,* fleet maintenance, * regulatory compliance * customer complaints related to logistics.* Developed and implemented fleet strategy. * Managed $30M in annual logistics spending.

Houston, TX

• Execute overland moves for bulk liquid shipments via truck and rail to customers across North America for $25M annual land freight value. Document shipment assurance and accuracy with Oracle ERP system and trace.
• Developed and implemented processes and procedures across the transportation division to regulate fleet management and standardized practices.
• Established “Responsible Care” initiatives to ensure safe and environmentally friendly transportation of TPC products according to DOT standards; earned several safety recognition awards from state and federal.
• Composed strategy to track metrics for monitoring and improving performance, providing an in-depth assessment of delivery times, product, shipment costs, and more.

• Led team of 10 direct reports to execute inbound/outbound shipments and coordinate distribution centers across the U.S. and Canada using all major modes of transportation. Monitored annual supply chain expenses of $20M.
• Created and orchestrated replacement strategy for small fleet of owned barges to include an improved barge design to provide continuous competitive advantage of company-controlled refinery barge services.
• Designed scope of Supply Chain module within the $7M ERP System and rolled out Oracle processes to replace an outdated, home-developed system; provided end-to-end order processing for seamless transportation execution.
• Developed coding for comprehensive general ledger module to provide detailed accounting for supply chain spending.
• Customized Oracle processes to allow improved customer service, user-friendly rate quoting, price changes, invoices, and equipment tracking. Manager of Transportation and Logistics (2002–2006)Coordinated transactions.

• Directed team of 4 to coordinate logistics of 2500-rail car fleet in the U.S. to ship product, lease cars to other firms, and maintain cars as necessary. Tracked all cars in a rail tracking system interfacing with SAP.
• Cut the size of fleet by 6% based on an extensive evaluation of performance and necessary equipment, saving $825M each year.
• Launched a special task force to reach a 50% decrease in rail transportation leaks.
• Optimized fleet utilization by sharing fleet among Canadian, Mexican, and U.S. rail cars with a significant impact, reaching $612K savings per year.

Ms, Chemical Engineering

Bs, Chemical Engineering