Supply Chain professional with extensive management experience in operations, ve

ndor relationships, contract negotiations, project management and customer suppo

rt coupled with expert leadership, communication and motivational skills.
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
More than 15 years of supply chain operations management with P/L responsibilit
ies in manufacturing, inventory control, logistics and transportation operations
.
Negotiation and management of vendor contracts and services resulting in multi-
year savings.
Developed business strategies and provided corporate logistics financial impact
analysis to C-level management.
Development of functional best practices, performance metrics and KPI reporting
and analysis for strategic management of supply chain operations.
Verifiable track record of successful management of major projects constantly c
ompleted on time and below cost.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CAPITAL TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS Kennesaw, GA
Third Party Logistics
Account Executive 2009 Present
Manage 25 shipper accounts with >$50M annual freight spend comprising 31% of co
mpanys profitability; report to EVP/COO.
Conduct on-site customer meetings and Logistics business reviews.
Work directly with customers to assist in rate negotiations, routing, invoicing
, bid analysis, quotes, missed savings opportunities, accounts payable, accounts
receivable, and freight payment services.
Analyze customers freight data utilizing various software tools to create ad-ho
c reports and assist with strategic planning.
Project manager for cross-functional teams to resolve issues and develop/enhanc
e internal processes and procedures, i.e. customer set-up in multiple systems, s
elf-invoicing of freight forwarder bills, small package EDI file processing.

SCHENKER LOGISTICS, INC. Thir

d Party Logistics
Sr. Project Manager 20
07 - 2009
2007 - 2009
Developed division-wide project management strategy and operational procedures
resulting in more effective, efficient and timely implementation of third party
supply chain services
Led TMS implementation team and interfaced with customers and internal groups t
o insure timeline activities completed on schedule.
Reviewed RFP and RFI documents to determine feasibility; presented findings and
recommendations to C-level management.
Successfully managed implementation and start up of Load Center and Freight Pay
ment services for United Rentals, Inc., the largest equipment rental company in
the world; annual spend >60M in domestic freight and average of 135 loads per we
ek.
Drove implementation of additional freight payment services for Spirit AeroSyst
ems, the worlds largest supplier of commercial airplane assemblies and component
s, with annual freight spend of $19M.
In 2008, assumed management and directed Freight Payment Services Group for thi
rd party TMS customers including Spirit AeroSystems and United Rentals, Inc.
Developed, standardized and documented Freight Payment departmental operating p
rocedures, process flow and KPIs.
Conducted detailed analysis of freight spend data and provided recommendations
to clients for enhancement of transportation network, improvement in mode select
ion and increased operational efficiencies.
Partnered with IT to further develop and enhance the legacy freight payment pro
cessing software and to increase EDI functionality and usage.
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d Party Logistics Continued
Increased freight payment processing productivity by 29% and decreased processi
ng errors by 17%; improved carrier payment schedule by 3 days.
Saved $4.2M for United Rentals, Inc. in audit savings and identification of pot
ential duplicate payments.
J. M. HUBER CORPORATION Atlanta, GA Mi
ning and Manufacturing
Corporate Manager- Motor Carriers
2003 - 2007
2005-2007
Responsible for corporate motor carrier transportation including purchase of $9
0M annual transportation services, all contract negotiations, and carrier perfor
mance.
Managed carrier compliance with savings of $1.3M in first year; negotiated equi
pment capacity commitment programs with transportation carriers resulting in 100
% coverage for difficult lanes.
Managed inland drays for export operations, on-site container pools and follow-
up for ocean carrier bookings.
Conducted two truckload transportation bids resulting in $745,000 in savings; e
stablished benchmark rate matrix for vendors.
Directed third party logistics dispatch provider and third party freight paymen
t vendor.
2003-2005 - Freight Payment Senior Analyst
Performed financial analysis for North American supply chain transportation ann
ual spend of $130M reporting to Director of Supply Chain.
Reported transportation cost distribution, total cost of ownership analyses and
evaluation of long and short-term financial freight spend implications to Divis
ion Managers for P/L management.
Project manager to outsource Manugistics TMS setup, management and use to third
party logistics provider.
Developed monthly freight payment matrices to insure third party provider repor
ting of accurate accrual information; managed third party freight payment provid
er to insure efficient, accurate and timely freight invoice processing.

TSi LOGISTICS Stockbridge, GA Third Par

ty Logistics
Director of Strategic Alliances 2000
2003
Member of development team for web based transportation management software sui
te
Created tutorials for freight payment services internet tools; developed softwa
re user manuals for transportation management modules; conducted onsite training
classes.
Conducted live and web based demonstrations of transportation management softwa
re suite and on-site user training
 Responsible for maintaining accurate database of tariffs and contracts for frei
ght carriers of all modes.
Created Knowledge Share program to educate other departments on transportation
terminology and practices.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), Warehousing Education
and Research Council (WERC), Delta Nu Alpha Transportation Fraternity
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Financial Logistics Workshop (FinListics)-The Logistics Institute, Georgia Tech;
Project Management (PMP) Certification; Six Sigma Green Belt Transactional Ce
rtification
EDUCATION
Georgia Highlands College, Rome, GA--AAS, Business Management, 1994, Magna Cum L
aude
COMPUTER SKILLS
SAP, AS400, Manugistics, nVision Logistics Software, Sterling TMS, Custom Legacy
TMS and WMS, Microsoft Office Suite, Lotus Notes