W. Stephen Foster, Jr Email & Phone Number

West End, Nc, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

- Strategic planning and direction for all Int'l and domestic transportation activities in a center-led business model.- Global responsibility for establishing network optimization for Int'l ocean & air trade lanes.- Global responsibility for Trade Compliance and strategy to ensure fluid import / export flow of goods.- Financial budget accountability and planning.- Influence INCO terms and cost / service value propositions for supplier sourcing strategy for OE parts and motorcycle parts, accessories and clothes.- Manage small parcel pricing, contract and optimization flow analysis.- Management of 3PL service providers.- Network modeling for finished motorcycle distribution globally, OE parts, service parts & accessories and General Merchandise; including the flow of product to and from all global plant locations. - Working knowledge of PMM, Lean Logistics, CI, TMS and GTS systems; including SAP integration.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

- Accomplished Transportation / Logistics professional and considered a SME in North American transportation.- Strength in building & optimizing supply chain networks with all modes of transportation.- Results driven leader on improving transportation performance metrics and savings to the bottom line. Annual benefit by 3%.- Provided leadership and direction for the strategic management and execution of the domestic transportation network for the $10 billion, multi-branded retail company comprising of a $65 million spend in all modes of transportation.- Leadership role in the management of Thrid Party relationships in dedicated contract services, yard, local and shuttle operations, LTL consolidations and the flow of goods between regional flow / DC centers.- Developed and lead the in-house RFQ / RFP process and set strategic goals for the transportation department to include contingency planning.- Initiated and developed a network to lead the management of merchandise flow between Canada and from Mexico.- Provided customer service and sales support to the various brands; to include aiding in the analytics on sourcing decisions domestically.- Exercised a leadership role in building out the domestic transportation team, to include coaching, mentoring and developing others for cross-functional promotional opportunties.-

Selected through a Peer Reorganization Management team to lead and direct the domestic transportation network assuming responsibility of the Outbound and Inbound team, to include the Yard Management operations and all service provider relationships. Participated on a support team to develop a web based platform to provide inbound vendors a Web Based tool to key shipment tender detail directly into our TMS, reducing telephone time and increasing customer service attention to the brands. Developed reporting tools, exception reports and built a Volume Forecast Model to share with service providers to plan equipment capacity and flow support.

Strategically redesigned the TL network and implemented the Core Carrier Group for LLS by reducing the number of service providers from 65+ plus carrier's to 24. The rationalization of the TL network to the 24 Core Carrier's occurred over three years of engineering performance based metrics and a Quarterly / Annual Carrier Score Card assessment process. Created a 360 degree evaluation score card for the service providers to provide feedback to LLS.Consistent history of transportation savings or maintaining flat expense in challenging market conditions over nine years.Developed daily and weekly reporting mechanisms to aid the inbound and outbound load planners with resource tools to assist with service and expense related decisions.

Leader in project management process improvement opportunities within the transportation network including cross-functional involvement with DC operations on product flow to support the supply chain.

- Responsible for $41 million spend transportation network for a $1.3 billion fabric and craft retailer. - Provided leadership to transportation team in managing store delivery execution, customer service to stores and field, managing inbound flow of goods and support for DC operations with wave planning; to include shipping operations.- Manage and lead the 21 driver dedicated contract services provider with focus on continuous process improvement initiatives.- Manage all modes of transportation from small parcel, LTL, TL, fleet operations and delivery agents, to include intermodal.- Team member responsible for managing 3PL West Coast DC operation to handle international ocean shipments deconsolidation.

-Provided leadership role in implementing and managing the transportation / distribution network for a (1036) retail store chain. - Support customer service to the field and store base, created budget preparation and expense tracking, transportation process improvement and transportation network management.- Manage a (21) driver private fleet operation and converted to a third party dedicated contract carrier servicing 30% of the retail store base.- Analyze, track and manage corporate transportation network and carrier contracts for small package, LTL, truckload, delivery agents, intermodal management companies and third party carrier.- Reduced annual transportation expense by $500,000 through conversion of LTL direct to store to a pool distribution network coupled with multiple stop truckload deliveries. Reduced annual inbound expense by additional $500,000 by establishing (5) LTL consolidation centers.- Managed the shipping department and active in DC operations to include wave planning.- Fundamental part of the management team mechanizing the distribution center, shipping and inventory flow.

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- Managed the corporate transportation network for 23 plants. - Provided corporate leadership role in managing the private fleet operations for over 175 tractors and 300 trailers over the 23 plants.- Provided corporate support on managing the inbound flow of raw materials for all 23 plants.

Responsible for sales and customer support on exisiting business and grew sales through new accounts by 5%.Responsible for the daily operations of the business, from dispatch, customer service, billing and driver issues.

- Responsible for multi-plant warehouse and transportation operations for a $50 million chemical manufacturer.- Included responsibilities for the 2 plant location private fleet operations of bulk liquid chemical tanker.

Bsba, Transportation / Logistics

Certificate Of Achievement, Supply Chain In Logistics Management

Education record