Sander Koert Email & Phone Number

Ludwigshafen, De

As a Rail Fleet Asset Manager I am responsible for the overall rail asset strategy, fleet health metrics, maintenance and disposal of our various fleets for all North American divisions as well as overall responsibility for all fleet related activities and to development of the rail fleet organization to deliver ever-improving fleet solutions• Main responsible for all BASF owned and leased rail assets valued at $500 million• Build and maintain the strategic plan and associated deliverables for the Fleet function, vendor strategy, maintenance programs, negotiating with key suppliers and vendors.• Ensure compliance with all DOT/FRA and other applicable regulations along with representation of the company at the North American Chemistry Council. Interpret, apply, and educate field management on fleet related policies and procedures - Communicate regulatory requirements, industry trends and best practices, technology solutions while proactively managing risks and opportunities in each - Create and execute a maintenance schedule for railcar compliance testing based on AAR guidelines to ensure minimal shopping time and no customer disruption• Lead the development of the annual Fleet budget process of +60+ Mil, monthly budget variance analysis cost reconciliations, partnering with our finance team• Determine the overall fleet size by analyzing demand, historical transit and cycle times - Support a wide array of customers by designing and distributing ad hoc rail reports, including tracking information to all parties - Manages outbound rail car plans, empty rail car return flows, and production plans to keep The Company plant demurrage at minimum levels - Manage vendor relationships and performance over a range of key performance indicators, such as maintenance, performance and cost• Lead risk mitigation strategy for the department that minimizes the impact of potential concentration risk across the supply chain

Ludwigshafen, De

•Responsible for global process design architecture and development, core responsibilities Air and Rail, within the End to End (E2E) Transportation Management (TM) process design team. Backup for Global Maritime, Inland Waterways & Track & Trace•Power Process Designer for Aris Modeling tool which reflects the overall E2E process steps covered under the Transportation Management responsibilities-Responsible for the maintenance of E2E transportation process documentation such as trainings, workflows and guidelines as well as providing ad hoc support for transportation cross functional system issues as the North America point of contact for Transportation Management Process Design.•Lead on numerous process improvement and blockchain projects with a focus on an increased degree of visibility, system automation and data quality•Process Performance Indicators (PPI) lead for TM. Develop, implement and create/rollout training for global metrics based on quality, automation, speed, process adherence and transparency.-Project lead to increase shipment creation automation: Achieved 0-100% improvement in South America, a 30% automation improvement rate for all Air shipments in the EMEA region, and a 25% automation improvement for all Iberia shipments and other regions-Driver of best practice solutions in alignment with a continuous improvement culture to increase operational excellence •Integral support for Lean Six Sigma green belt projects•Lead for blockchain Air project to identify usability of new technologies in supply chain through Blockchain applications while improving exception management•Data Mining power user- Responsible lead for dashboard metrics creation and implementation, aiding in process governance and blueprinting current processes•Developed the vision and strategy for TM in close alignment with operations, Business Units, internal stakeholders, process owners and other functions

Ludwigshafen, De

• Lead regional logistics operations and manage the various partners for warehousing, tolling and delivery execution. Key contact to functions including warehouses, customer care, customs brokers, transport command center, foreign trade compliance and logistics procurement.• Ensure lean and efficient logistics operations with a focus on continuous improvement in logistics performance including safety, reliability and cost. Identify and implement improvements in transportation and warehouse management processes and procedures.• Develop and implement robust metrics that provide full visibility to logistics performance within the North American region. Identify trends, and coordinate action plans to ensure performance metrics are met. Key focus areas are delivery reliability and logistics costs. Present findings and lead discussions through regional logistics management meetings.• Represent the business unit on both regional, cross BU and global supply chain projects aimed to improve overall customer satisfaction and ensure lean and efficient logistics operations.• Quality investigator for all transportation and warehouse related non-conformances. Responsible for implementation of warehouse and transportation corrective actions.• Manage day-to-day logistics operations including processing and auditing invoices, managing the railcar fleet, facilitating expedited shipments, maintaining logistics data in SAP• Conduct detailed cost analysis on logistics options for new and existing customer and vendor lanes.• Serve as the Transportation and Warehouse Safety Coordinator and Emergency Response Contact• Plan raw material inventories at specific customer sites and process tolling transactions for regular production

Copenhagen, Dk

• Responsible for intermodal spend and cost improvement in North America specifically focused on the Midwest region.- Lead on several cost improvement initiatives with the Midwest Inland Intermodal Management team.• Analyze equipment flows to improve process and lower network cost. - Find opportunities through market intelligence and work with Sales on potential new business.• Responsible for all over-sized and specialized truck procurement in North America.- Successfully completed an over-sized military unit move of 275 containers with very tight deadlines involving Rail, Barge and Trucking.• Vendor management and contract negotiations: Ensuring vendors have proper insurance coverage and safety standards as required by the company.• Integral lead in a rate transparency project.• Project member for improving efficiency on cargo reroutes

Copenhagen, Dk

• Determine most cost conscious and effective mode of transportation for all North American inland movements.• Played instrumental role in identifying improvements in inland products offered.• Responsible for service recoveries and customer initiated diversions• Cross departmental Liaison between commercial departments, vessel operations, truck and rail procurement and customer service departments.• Manage process adherence of an overseas Global Service Center related to container tracking and created a streamlined process for shipper owned container tracking.• Ensure equipment tracking systems are functioning properly and identify EDI failures with the global EDI team ensuring any and all failures are addressed accordingly.• Project member On Time Delivery Improvements.

Copenhagen, Dk

• Team member of the Yield Leap rollout team. - Helped develop the new booking process focusing on yield based acceptance. - Mentored the Charlotte Customer Service department as well as all other key stakeholders on the new booking acceptance process. - Key user for the new booking acceptance tool, assisting the export CRC with troubleshooting errors and answering all inquiries.• Serve as liaison for Customers to other related entities such as terminals, freight cashiers, shared service centers, origin offices, sales offices and dispatch teams for all issues related to export shipments.• Cross trained in Dispatch and Equipment management as well as Vessel Reconciliation and Documentation.• Troubleshoot service issues and provide timely response to customer inquiries.• Ensure equipment and space availability on vessels. Respond to phone and e-mail inquiries from all internal and external Customers.• Reconcile any customer data discrepancies within the operational systems used. • Received various achievement awards.

Fort Mill, Sc, Us

• Analyzed and improved existing data gathering processes for various online modules such as: U.S. Executive Biographies, U.S. Company Data, U.S. Company Archives Data, U.S. Annual Reports, International Company Data, International Company Archives Data, International Annual Reports.• Interacted with business unit management on fulfilling data gathering requirements.• Responsible for the creation and coordination of an automated e-mail database to increase efficiency of data collection.• Developed various marketing projects based on Business Fair results.

• Responsible for selecting possible grants and scholarships recipients.• Responsible for developing and maintaining student databases.• Directed inquiring students to the correct counselors and departments.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Organizational Leadership & Strategy

B.A, International Business

A.S., Marketing And Communication