SUMMARY

• Creative management leader wif significant MIS (management information systems) experience, expertise in continuous process improvement and cost & budgeting.
• Strategize and manage multimillion dollar projects aligning business goals wif technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage, and bottom - line gains.
• Team building & mentoring Business & IT planning Client relations & presentations Project life cycle management Cross - functional communication Risk management Change management Process documentation

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: ACE AS/400 Google Drive Kanban Lean Logistics MapPoint Manhattan CRM Roadnet Salesforce SAP ERP SharePoint Skype Slack Smartsheet Tenrox Territory Planner Visio WMS Workday Xata

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager

Confidential - Austin, TX

Responsibilities:

• Increased team’s ability to meet project/task deadlines by 55% through strengthening relationships between account managers, configuration and data analysts, and test engineers in order to coordinate baseline control activities and client Service Level Agreement (SLA).
• Provided configuration management guidance and support wif configuration identification, configuration control, status accounting, and workflow documentation.
• Audited client work orders to secure a monthly billable status of at least 70% for all work hours.
• Identified process problems and their impact to project schedule and budget; determined improvement tasks in order to prevent the problem from reoccurring on the next project.

Resource Controller

Confidential - Austin, TX

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and planned medium and short term staffing levels to support business plans and new business opportunities.
• Balanced department resource requirements and business cases for headcount fluctuations, while remaining accountable to yearly budget, KPIs, and other parameters.
• Tracked and synchronized project updates from field representatives and telecommute employees during project life cycles.

Logistics Planning Manager

Confidential - Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Consulted wif logistics, IT, manufacturing, and sales to integrate business systems successfully in order to reduce an average of 10% cost from annual overhead expenditures.
• Selected by stakeholders to coordinate 3 different management teams to plan, validate, and implement Supply Chain processes in Kentucky to reduce 4 regions down to 3.
• Tested hypothetical scenarios and presented recommendations to supply executive leadership team wif transportation financial impact of each facility’s overhead cost.
• Standardized operating procedures for Production Planning to cost-TEMPeffectively utilize 3rd party copackers, and drive reduction in excess and obsolete exposure of finished goods and components.

Transportation Optimization Analyst

Confidential - Skokie, IL

Responsibilities:

• Reduced aggregate time spent on load building processes by 50% through coordinating master schedules, managing issues and risks, and implementing updates.
• Saved $20,000 weekly by consolidating 10% of the company’s total loads through implementing the Lean Logistics software.
• Resolved 95% of operational issues by better utilizing trailer flow between warehouse to customer distribution centers and/or customer locations.
• Managed day-to-day domestic transportation operations to deliver the lowest cost of ownership while maintaining on-time performance of greater TEMPthan 97% versus 75% baseline.

Transportation Analyst

Confidential - Franklin Park, IL

Responsibilities:

• Increased efficiencies and eliminated excess cost by consolidating Southern California from 10 brand labels and 8 facilities to 6 brands wif 5 facilities by defining, developing, and executing strategic cross-functional delivery solutions.
• Merged 2 major Texas brands by executing high-profile development projects and providing day-to-day expert support for operational teams during transition at multiple sites.
• Achieved overall 10% reduction in total employee work hours and 14% reduction in personnel by working wif regional and local management teams to develop strategic route planning projects from induction to implementation and post support.
• Utilized web-based Xata program to track diesel carbon footprint in order to align truck usage wif planned route strategies to eliminate redundant routes and deliveries that fell below weekly minimum threshold Confidential . Attained 26% equipment reduction through business process engineering and centralizing operations.

Transportation Analyst

Confidential - Grand Prairie, TX

Responsibilities:

• Defined Inbound Transportation program requirements to secure a successful software implementation. Traveled to different DC’s wifin the Texas network to establish project plans for creating, enhancing, and deploying features and functions of the new system.
• Analyzed sales and demand history to determine inventory levels and to prepare new-item forecasts. Generated reports and monitor metrics to evaluate routing project TEMPeffectiveness and identify opportunities. Led problem resolution activities to insure timely deliveries to / from company locations to customers.