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Improving the flow of goods and information between the Volkswagen Group Companies in North America and Europe. Focus on transparency in the supply chain, sustainability and the future of logistics systems.

Leadership of Planning, Strategy and Procurement team for vehicle and parts logistics. Optimization of network thru new port operations, optimized network design and strategic partner selection. Oversight of cost and performance metrics and benchmarking. Business Leadership of logistics system migration to NADIN, Volkswagen's newest sales and distribution system.

I was in charge of Operational Oversight for 4 European Commercial Vehicle Plants and multiple storage yards for Volkswagen Logistics & Co. Gmbh.Led dispatch operations, haul-away, rail, yard operations in 3 shifts and vehicle special moves. Oversaw of both Volkswagen production staff and 3rd party vendors operating in remote factories.Led strategic planning for infrastructure and operational flow for the Hannover and Poznan facilities.Led Outbound Team in cross functional logistic process reviews aimed and process improvement and cost reduction. Developed of yard and staffing concepts for Volkswagen Crafter facility in Września, Poland. Responsible for staffing, budget for operations groups and for delivery times to key European markets.Developed succession plans for office staff and operational supervisors and personnelSupervised bachelor students in the development of their thesis topics about finished vehicle logistics.

Management of new vehicle and parts transportation for the Audi and Volkswagen brands in the US market. Oversaw of the rail forecasting for the operations in the US, Mexico and Canada with TTX.Represented the US on the regional transportation team with VW AG. Led strategic planning, location selection and network design for the finished vehicle network.Managed the planning and procurement of logistics services including ports, truck,rail short sea and special moves.Supervised the freight payment vendor (ICL) and freight payment auditing for vehicles.Led new vehicle launches for the VW and Audi brands.Established the factory yard concepts and outbound network for the Chattanooga plant.Led the team that brought 10 new rail heads and 14 new logistics vendors online for a smooth plant ramp-up.Developed Service Level agreements with the factory to support its export logistics.Managed the transportation operations for the parts division and corporate transportation including ground services, small parcel, truckload, LTL, inter-modal, common carrier, dedicated delivery services as well as international household goods deliveries. Led strategic planning and site selection for the parts warehouse locations. Participated in the parts benchmarking process with the Carlisle group for VW.Oversaw of parts freight payment process and freight payment vendor selection.Led the planning, procurement and operations of OEM parts transportation in the US.Led the US team in coordination with VW AG on container freight from Europe and with VW Mexico on north bound parts supply.

Supervised the Planning and Procurement team operations for finished vehicle and parts logistics.Established performance standards for carriers and developed contracts to support these goals.Ensured corporate sourcing guidelines are followed in the purchasing process.Evaluated US and Canadian Market and developed transportation strategy and network design for the VW and Audi brands. Led the Balances Scorecard Process for the Brands and Service Providers.Supervised the forecasting of logistic volumes and cost for US models in the global planning round processes.Led in transportation benchmarking projects for the US market with other VW group companies.Supervised the use of transportation modeling software and studies to optimize network performance while minimizing costs.

Business Process and IT consultant for the Distribution, Ordering and Logistics team for Volkswagen Group of America. Researched RFID and other logistics technologies to provide strategic direction for logistics.Evaluated 3PL providers for their ability to run the finished vehicle rail network on behalf of VW. Integrated service providers for the logistics network (rail, truck and port operations). Led development and implementation efforts for various systems including Monroney labels, market forecasting tools, claims management, ETA calculations, and freight payment and supplier metrics.Coordinated System Changes with Business Units, IT support and Volkswagen and Audi Brands.Published System Release documentation to the dealer body.

Hired into a rotational program with assignments in Treasury, Sales Latin America, Aftermarket Europe, and Logistics before working for the International IT group.Implemented ERP systems and taught inventory management philosophy and practice at Federal-Mogul acquisitions globally. Designed work flow and modeled picking, packing and shipping processes in primary parts warehouse. Configured the WMS system to support the business processes. Converted the warehouse from a paper picking and receiving environment to a scanningIn the middle of it all, got pulled into Y2K activities!

Worked in the marketing area for Nordson Deustchland GmbH (Erkrath, Germany) in support of sales account area restructuring. Published the pricing / machine configuration guide for the year under the guidance of the marketing and pricing managers. Gained exposure to industrial equipment sales and marketing and broadened my knowledge considerably. It was a great learning experience and the Nordson team in Erkrath was top!

Coordinated and managed operations of a small chain of youth hostels in PA and MA operated by American Youth Hostels (Hostelling International).Learned the basics of small business operations by doing it myself (budgeting, marketing, purchasing).