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Irving, Tx

Miraca Life Sciences is now Inform Diagnostics

Plano, Tx

Directed international ocean and air freight shipments globally. Developed strategic relationships with port authorities and ocean port terminal management. Managed drayage operations from ocean port, rail-ramps, and air-freight facilities to distribution centers.Negotiated major contracts for over $80M ocean spend. Drove 3% reduction in ocean expense.Supported the re-routing of all international shipments from the west coast to east coast ports during ILWU labor issues; the west coast had been handling 78% of the import business.Cultivated relationship for Puerto Rico trade; successfully routed containers to seven Puerto Rico stores without major impact on flow after a service provider left the trade.

Plano, Tx

Managed and forecasted a $350M inbound freight budget. Reported $140M in international freight spend that included ocean and air freight, foreign consolidator expense, broker fees, and domestic dray expense related to international container movement. Performed fuel analysis and monitored spend for shipments.

Plano, Tx

Led the Import Strategy Team and made recommendations for mitigating capacity and congestion issues in the Southern California ports. - Presented a port diversification strategy to senior management. - Devised a strategy for small package freight invoice processing at the package level detail. - Partnered with Procurement to jointly administer an RFI to evaluate pricing for third-party sources. - Moved approximately 60% of imports from Southern California ports to Oakland.

Columbus, Oh; Reno, Nv And Plano, Tx

- Domestic Transportation Purchasing Manager (Plano, TX) - Regional Transportation Manager (Reno, NV) - Manager, Catalog Media Distribution (Plano, TX) - Trainee/Manager, Regional Transportation Facility (Columbus, OH)