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Dallas, Tx, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

• In charge of inventory coming back from leases and strategizing the next service for them. • Analyzing railcars to match customers’ needs, helping to get them on leases or sales by; validating the SDS, making sure the density fits the requested car, working with Engineering to meet specifications, and making sure the commodity being shipped complies with Federal regulations.• Led various meetings organizing and maintaining focus on making sure production is aligned with various car types being ready for customers.• Educated various salespersons on the use of railcars for the Energy industry and impacts from Class 1’s. • Helped implement new software for the Portfolio Management team. Stress tested the system to make sure it could be the new software of choice.• Contributed to cost savings by offering alternatives for storage moves, car types, industry knowledge, analyzing unutilized inventory along with challenged assets.

Findlay, Ohio, Us

• Led two teams: Rail Schedulers in charge of the fluidity of rail traffic coast to coast and Cost Analysts handling all financials and analytics for the Rail department.• Ran and increased our Market Share into Mexico by coordinating and positioning our fleet along with storages to allow for growth.• Managed and maintained leases for a fleet of over 12K railcars- from movements to and from terminals, refineries, third party sites, fleet sizing to returning cars to lessors. • Led various cost saving projects/KPI Scorecards by collaborating with other departments focusing on strategies and analyzing multiple options for various refinery to rail activities.• Communicated with various departments (Commercial, Refining, Business Development, Marketing) to help improve the process of reports and understand refining analytics.• Researched and maintained storage locations close to our operations to improve efficiency.• Helped migrate rail activity for two ERP systems and two Rail Management systems into one. • Coordinated and led various calls with Railroads and Marathon personnel for various projects, de inventorying of products, lease opportunities and operations.• Developed and maintained relationships with various Railroads.• Developed, coached and hired personnel to fulfill the need for the business.• Standardized various processes to help streamline Operations and Financials.• Upgraded and created forecasts to better position our fleet for present and future operations.• Developed a budget for all Marathon Rail Operations.

• Led various cost saving projects by collaborating with other departments focusing on strategies and analyzing multiple options for various refinery to rail activities.• Negotiated rail freight contracts with railroads focusing on service, costs and building a better relationship.• Developed and led a team of Cost Analysts to strategize, analyze data, and recommend sound decisions.• In charge of all costs associated with the rail group; leases, freight, storage, railcar repairs, transloading fees, demurrage, switching charges for Tesoro, Western Refining and Northern Tier Energy (10 Refineries, 23 Terminals).• Changed the process for reviewing invoices resulting in time savings, monetary savings, and improved efficiency.• Led the integration for the rail group department to move from three Accounting systems into one (SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle).• Created budgets for the Rail Department and presented to the VP of Transport and Rail (10 Refineries, 23 Terminals).• Implemented a Demurrage Savings project resulting in millions saved for the organization.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

• Created Key Performance Indicators for different levels of the company. (Executives, Senior Management and Rail Group) to gauge our forward-looking output and strategies.• Changed the process for reviewing invoices; improving efficiency and saving money for the organization.• In charge of all costs associated with the rail group; leases, freight, storage, railcar repairs, transloading fees, demurrage, switching charges for both Western Refining and Northern tier Energy (3 Refineries, 7 Terminals).• Helped implement a new Rail Management System- from sitting in on demonstrations to choosing and helping implement the system for use.• Supervised the verification process of all documentation necessary to comply with federal laws and regulations.• Created spreadsheets for the rail coordinators to simplify their workflow; adding formulas and check figures to validate their shipments.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

• Assisted in the budget process for all logistics operations which was presented to the President of the MLP.• Trained the new Project Cost Supervisor on all Fixed Asset Accounting-generate spreadsheets for upper management, making sure projects follow policy, capitalize assets, and create a forecast.• Reviewed all work performed by Project Cost Supervisor before being approved by Controller.• Developed a Revenue Master Schedule for Northern Tier Energy which was presented to the board of directors.• Reviewed all revenue and expense accounts for all logistics operations and made any journal entries necessary to be accurate.• Trained Field Accounting Clerks on all functions for generating monthly reports for the directors.• Helped integrate a new Operational system: Right Angle, to capture all revenue and expenses and integrate with the ERP system.• Go through a walkthrough with external auditors for how revenue stream is captured.• Implemented the segregation of expenses from the MLP to the parent company resulting in cost savings.• Created revenue stream flowcharts to comply with SOX for external auditors.