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Duluth, Ga

Responsible for over $300 million in annual rail freight spend and services

Performing contract logistics for one large domestic petrochemical and one international building materials company. • Provided network redesign for private fleet to include terminal locations, regional warehousing and created new O/D pair routing guide. Final result yielded 6% reduction in overall fleet operating cost.• Reengineered large building materials logistic organization from a decentralized to centralized transportation management operation. First year SG&A and freight savings estimated to be >8%.• Provided discovery assistance for new transportation management system.• Negotiated new TMS contract to include affirmed fee structure, maintenance, training, system customization, scheduled system reviews and software supplier productivity goals.• Created new core carrier program to provide committed carrier equipment capacity, rate competition and carrier performance metrics.

Sandy Springs, Ga

>>> Increased first year-over-year truck mode conversions by 40% via intermodal and rail services. Decreased corporate warehouse footprint by 37% by developing regional distribution network. Worked directly with five major business units to provide logistics strategies to meet forecast demand. >>> Championed logistical SOX compliance processes and practices in first year. Project champion for multiple lean manufacturing and Six Sigma projects. Internalized corporate carrier RFP process and established defined lane bids core carrier group. Created asset based core carrier pool to provide 100% coverage for all inbound/outbound shipments. >>> Introduced appropriate incoterms (freight terms) to protect P&L from market inflation pressure. Improved motor carrier on time delivery performance by 5.1% in first year - average 95% OTD. Manage $70 million in rail and stack train services, plus over $30 million in intermodal services.

Charleston, Sc

>>> Responsible for Client development for web based freight optimization network program. Establishment of multi-shipper trading partner consortium. Partnerships include over 35 U.S. and Canadian based shippers. Primary and secondary sponsors control over 5% of the U.S. truckload for-hire market.>>> Clients include Alcoa, General Cable, Compass Minerals, Johns Manville, Louisiana Pacific, etc. Key objective – systematically reduce year-over-year freight cost and improve equipment availability. Final result – affordable closed loop connected van and flatbed capacity.

Denver, Co

(A member of the Berkshire Hathaway group of companies). >>> Re-structured logistics organization to ensure alignment with key functional leaders across corporate supply chain. Reduced corporate overhead expense by $510K by creating regional load control centers, and eliminating plant dispatch functions. Developed processes and implemented procedures which increased customer on-time delivery performance from 93.2% to 98.5%.>>> Championed and implemented dynamic supply chain cost benefit scorecards and metrics utilized in conjunction with monthly business reviews with key functional leaders. Led cross-functional team to reduce travel cost by $4 million by securing on-line automation and outsourcing fulfillment transactions.>>> Changed logistics delivery model to incorporate a network of distribution centers to provide same and next day customer delivery services, and create additional core carrier resources to combat carrier capacity shortages. Reduced corporate private fleet operating ratio by 11%. Championed fleet safety initiatives.

Macon, Ga/West Monroe, La

*** A $1.8 Billion paper and wood products supplier with domestic and international operations.>>> Managed all domestic and International logistics for Georgia Paper Operations. Reduced freight cost during term by $7 million. Developed and managed over a half million square feet of warehouse operations. Successfully implemented carrier drop trailer operation and converted 40% of volume to rail. Maintained and developed ISO 9000 procedures for all transportation functions.>>> Developed core motor carrier group, with a focus towards maintaining delivery service levels that consistently met, or exceeded 98.5% on-time. Focused on multi-modal equipment options to reduce freight cost, and create leveraged competition. Reduced freight cost by $720K via mode conversions from motor to intermodal and rail. Transitioned from wood products to paper products and reduced freight cost by $1.6 million.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration, Management And Operations, 3.97

Business Administration, Management And Operations, 3.97

Core subjects; minoring in Business Administration.