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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Coordinated booking of all raw materials needed to support production at Nature’s Path Foods 3 plants in the most cost-effective manner possible.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

Led end-to-end supply chain logistics for Cargill’s Canadian Canola crush business, coordinating cross-functionally between numerous internal stakeholders to maximize Canola crush profitability.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

Managed corridor logistics planning, including planning/tracking railcar movement, and coordinating vessel loading to ensure contract specs were met.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

Coordinated and planned Western Canadian truck movement for Arnold Bros, working with management to highlight and improve on efficiencies to increase driver/truck/trailer utilization.

Calgary, Canada Area

Oversaw planning of all rail shipments out of Louis Dreyfus's Canadian elevator network to execute sales made by the company to external customers both domestic/international.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Facilitated the creation and submission of all the paperwork necessary for compliant movement of export product for Monsanto Canada, while also coordinating the approval of all import shipments into Canada.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Coordinated booking of truck carriers, also dealing with freight bill payment, bill disputes, and additional freight charges. Obtained and negotiated rates with carriers, ensuring the right carriers were used.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Directed a group of drivers involved in making deliveries and pickups for Bison Transport’s Winnipeg city customers, including Walmart, Home Depot, and Ikea. Established close relationships with customers, ensuring responsiveness to changing customer needs.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Supervised all activities related to the transportation of the grain commodities Oats/Rye. Important tasks involved contract entry, invoicing, commodity position report creation, freight bill payment, and customs paper creation for rail and truck freight. Interacted daily with all major areas within the Transportation Department, including the Trucking, Rail, and Marine Departments, as well as members within the Grain Merchandising Department.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Managed a variety of fleets of truck drivers, spending a large amount of time working with drivers that were new to the company. Duties included sending load information to drivers, answering questions drivers sent in via an in-house messaging system and by telephone, as well as monitoring the status of all of the trucks on my assigned fleet.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Aided the Communications team in providing quality communication services to Canada's canola growers. Edited and wrote numerous articles for Canola Digest and played a large role in several research projects, presenting recommendations to various boards.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Honours), Human Resource Management And Marketing

C. Log. (Certificate In Logistics), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management