Objective
Global logistics and distribution specialist; solutions engineer; supply chain strategist. Executive level professional adept in the analysis, negotiation, management and maintenance of strategic partnership price / service agreements and profitability enhancement / cost-savings initiatives; emphasis on inbound raw materials, warehousing, outbound finished goods, and third-party logistics; both international and domestic; all modes. A highly-visible, high-energy professional capable of achieving your organization's commitment to the highest levels of customer service and support, employee satisfaction, quality, cost savings, and profitability.
Experience
Responsibilities & Accomplishments
ISTANA PROPERTIES INCORPORATED – Austin, TX 8/2003 – Present
Developer of an exclusive residential resort community on the Pacific Coast of Panama. 1500 acre development with horse stables, a marina, boutique hotel, private villas, garden homes, sandy beaches, palm trees, and million-dollar mansions. Responsibilities include overseeing consolidated air, ocean, small package, and express freight to Panama City and the Port of Balboa.
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED – McAllen, TX 10/2002 – 8/2003
Manufacturer and reseller of portable data scanners, laser bar code readers, and hand held computers. $1.5b company. Responsible for international distribution and supply chain management reporting to VP – Global Logistics. $30mm budget – 80% air and small package overnight express / 20% LTL, TL, ocean, and intermodal.
Manager – Transportation
• Resourced 1, 2 & 3 day intl sm pkg air from UPS to FedEx for $4mm savings.
• Saved $100k on consolidation of nationwide LTL 3 & 4 day ground to Watkins and ABF.
• Improved delivery performance to 98.5% on-time.
• Saved $45k on Intra-Mexico and cross-border drayage services using EGL Logistics.
RETENTION SYSTEMS LIMITED – Lago Vista, TX 08/1999 – 10/2002
Uniform block retaining wall construction firm. Responsible for regional distribution and supply chain management for masonry, dirt, gravel, sand, and concrete construction materials. Entrepreneurial start-up.
Director – Business Development
• Grew business to $750k in sales 1st year.
• Engineered supply chain protocol for jobsite delivery of construction materials and building supplies.
DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION – Austin, TX 01/1995 – 08/1999
Senior I/T Business Analyst 06/1998 – 08/1999
Responsible for Manufacturing & Logistics business systems processes
• Planned and designed the manufacturing and support systems for production launch in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
• Worked with users to define systems issues, to analyze cause-and-effects, and identify solutions.
• Developed and deployed systemic solutions and improved and/or replaced legacy systems.
• Maintained and managed key logistics and distribution systems, monitored resources, trained users, performed process analysis and provided functional support.
• Regarded as business unit expert – served as spokesperson, representative, and staff liaison to DELL IT.
Senior Financial Analyst 05/1997 – 06/1998
Corporate planning and analysis, strategic planning, budgeting, and cost distribution
• Initiated $10.8mm accrual to eliminate Medicare tax risk associated to exercised stock options.
• Engineered re-distribution methodology for $600mm OPEX budget across channels.
Logistics Advisor 01/1995 – 05/1997
Cost control and service enhancement
• Saved $1.2mm resourcing O/B intrastate Texas 1, 2 & 3 day air from Airborne Express to UPS Ground.
• Saved $800k transitioning Nokia monitors ex Tijuana from TL via Covenant and Rapid to TOFC via Schneider National.
• Saved $500k and 3.5 days in transit resourcing I/B Asian ocean freight from Hyundai and Hanjin to OOCL and Evergreen.
• Saved $1mm resourcing I/B Asian airfreight from Burlington and Kintetsu to Kuehne & Nagel.
• Engineered and implemented a distribution network to serve the Caribbean, and Central & South America utilizing DHL, Airborne, and Federal Express.
• Saved $350k on I/B motherboards ex Guadalajara by resourcing from Emery to Burlington.
LABORATORY TOPS INCORPORATED – Taylor, TX 01/1993 – 08/1995
Manufacturer of chemical resistant work surfaces. Extensive international distribution and supply network. Primary inbound commodities included silica sand, epoxy resin, and manufactured casework. Material moved in bags, boxes, drums, crates, on pallets, and in bulk. 90% surface freight via van, flatbed, & LTL / 10% air, small package overnight express, and intermodal.
Transportation Manager
International distribution and inbound supply chain network development function reporting to VP - Operations
• Reduced carrier base to 10, put them on long-term contract and improved P&D performance to 99.5% on-time.
• Increased equipment utilization 100% by re-engineering package design and stackability characteristics.
• Filed and recovered $100k in overcharge and damage claims.
• Saved $500 per load by converting TL mileage-based rates to all-inclusive, state-to-state rates.
• Set rates to a 1989 Yellow Freight tariff, improved discounts by 20% on average, and secured reductions in the applicable NMFC class rate of 77.5 to FAK 50 across-the-board.
• Engineered net cost savings of 30% overall on a budget of $1.1mm.
FORD NEW HOLLAND – New Holland, PA 10/1988 – 01/1993
Tractor manufacturing subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. Global manufacturer with extensive international distribution and supply network. Parts and service items for which I was responsible included glass, rubber, plastics, metals, manufactured parts, and sheet steel. Whole goods items included finished tractors and agricultural implements. 85% Ro-Ro, Lo-Lo, drop-deck, heavy lift, TL & LTL / 15% air and small package express.
Transportation Buyer
Contract administrator, assigned to improve competitive price point relative to the importation of lawn and garden tractors from Japan. Responsible for negotiating price improvements and service enhancements with carriers handling raw material and service parts shipments inbound to manufacturing, distribution, and repair facilities throughout Europe, the UK, US, and Canada. Also responsible for cost reductions associated to corporate business travel.
• Saved $7.3mm over 4 years negotiating global container and intermodal transport contracts with OOCL, Canada Maritime, SeaLand, APL, Barber Blue Sea, Star Shipping, and Hapag-Lloyd.
• Saved $2mm resourcing TOFC traffic from Alliance Shippers to Schneider National.
• Saved $600k a year converting small-package ground from freight-on-invoice to UPS Consignee Billing.
• Converted carrier payment terms from net 15th / 30th prox to net 60 days improving cash flow 100%.
• Saved $1.2mm on corporate travel via negotiated reductions in airport limo & van transfer fees, car rental expenses and room rates, travel agency commissions, airfares, and increased agency revenue share percentages.
• Received 1992 CEO Award for outstanding performance.
NABISCO BRANDS INCORPORATED – San Francisco, CA 03/1986 – 10/1988
Global food processing conglomerate.
Transportation Supervisor 12/1986 – 10/1988
Managed cost and service associated to the movement of Oreo, Planters, and Fleischmann’s lines within the Western region. Oversaw the processing of international exports and domestic outbound finished goods shipments from production facilities in Seattle and Oakland, and from a cold storage warehousing facility in LA. Supervised the daily load-planning activities for 2 company trucks and 4 union drivers.
• Improved P&D performance to 99.8% on-time.
• Recovered $250k in overcharge and damage claims.
• Saved $700k a year relocating cold storage from a Trammell-Crow facility in Anaheim to private ownership in Buena Park.
• Managed the merger of a private twenty-seven truck fleet acquired in North Carolina via the Fleischmann's Yeast buyout of Dixie Yeast and the takeover of the Anheuser Busch, Budweiser Yeast Division – involved a combination of class 6,7, & 8 tractors, straight-trucks, dry-van, refrigerated, and tank trailers.
Transportation Analyst 03/1986 – 12/1986
Performed carrier dispatch, generated shipping docs, and provided daily load-planning to support domestic outbound finished goods distribution to the 11 Western States, Alaska, and Hawaii.
• Saved $2.5mm a year consolidating LTL freight shipped via FFE and ANR to TL using IdaCal, CR England, Gordon, and Market Express for interstate linehaul and pool distribution.
• Negotiated $1.2mm cost savings against tariff rates on ocean freight O/B to Alaska and Hawaii via Lynden Transport and Matson Navigation.
Education
B.Sc. Maritime Administration, Texas A&M University
Certification
Skils
Various network applications and PC-based software experience including Microsoft PowerPoint, Project, Excel, Access, Outlook and Word.