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Arden Hills

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Increase FourKites carrier compliance, resulting in an 18% increase in tracked geofence, 7 point increase in tracked with consistency and a 5% increase in assignment rate• Onboard 41 of the current 91 carriers and add over 4,000 monthly loads to the FourKites platform• Monitor OTM support requests and resolve issues regarding invoicing, planning, carrier set up, brand setup, and EDI transaction issue• Evaluate the current metrics of carriers and business needs to start cases to increase compliance• Direct all FourKites assets to work on projects that align with our top business needs

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Collaborated with multiple teams to provide a high quality of customer service regarding the delivery of TL and LTL shipments to customers, internal facilities and third-party warehouses• Managed outbound freight across 4 states in 3 business units and looked continuously for efficiencies and cost savings• Volunteered to be a super user and early adopter to implement FourKites, a real-time visibility tool for all shipments• Resolved carrier invoice and OTM planned cost discrepancies between carriers and Accounts Payable• Realigned the carrier mix out of the Melrose facility, leading to projected annual cost savings of over $20k

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Planned beverage production by taking a customer provided forecast and evaluating current raw material inventory, placing necessary purchase orders to maximize the cost benefit through volume discounts, and ensuring delivery per brewery schedules for 5 customers with over 25 SKUs producing 850,000 cases annually• Developed cost benefit analyses leveraging customer sales data and forecasts to recommend future production quantities to minimize the delta between cases required and produced and create inventory analyses to accommodate special projects and changes in packaging• Led the creation of over 20 new SKUs, which comprise of facilitating the formulation of the product, reviewing commercial formula for TTB SOP and COLA approval, sourcing a contract packaging facility, primary and secondary vendors and ingredients, and performing commercialization with the contract packaging facility• Oversaw production runs from end to end at the contract packaging facilities on behalf of customers, which includes checking liquid specifications, taste, and color, verifying accuracy of packaging, artwork, and UPCs, inspecting palletization, and driving onsite issue resolution• Completed month end reconciliation of inventories by reviewing inventory counts received from the contract packaging facility and warehouses and comparing them to an internally managed inventory tracking report to identify discrepancies and better prepare for production planning• Created month end readouts for customers to communicate month end inventories, outstanding issues, completed actions over the prior month, and future forecast planning summaries• Responsible for organizing monthly team building and volunteer events as the President of the company’s Corporate Culture Committee

New Brighton, Mn

Review BOM and engineering drawings to insure that incoming materials are correct as to specified quantity, quality, and part numberFollow procedures for assembling and handling products, equipment, and materials consistent with the company's quality systemCompleted training in 30% of the standard time and began training new employees in basic assembly techniques and department procedures after four weeksTransitioned to a higher value production line in January 2014 to better leverage my process knowledge, communication skills, and ability to adapt rapidly, recognize errors, and identify inefficiencies

Supervise and support up to 10 staff members during service to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction Coordinate with 20 sales representatives, brand managers, warehouse staff, and drivers for purchase and delivery of product weeklyForecast upcoming sales by benchmarking against past performance and evaluating external factors to determine proper inventory levels Engage in high profile decision making with owner and general manager impacting policies, procedures, staffing, service, and physical environmentImplement a digital inventory system to increase efficiency by reducing stock on hand and decrease shrinkage of 400 items maintained in the catalog

Communicated daily with project managers, field technicians, schedulers, and foremen to ensure Braun is following national, state, and customer standardsDeveloped testing schedules for construction crews on multiple worksites Performed construction material testing on soil and concrete to confirm materials fit within standards

Collaborated with engineers, city workers, construction crews, and home owners for planning and implementation of current and upcoming projectsOversaw commercial construction crews to enforce work was completed according to city specifications Maintained daily logs of work completed in order to reconcile invoicesMonitored proper installation and quality of materials used in projects

Bachelor Of Science In Management, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Civil Engineering