Global Logistics Professional

• A leader in multifaceted global supply chain management offers expertise in customs compliance, carrier management, all modes of transportation, and cost controls for companies operating in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Drives efforts to lift efficiency and bottom lines and provides solid leadership for startup and consolidation projects.
• Core Strengths: Logistics Transportation Domestic International Carrier Management P L Statements
• Contract Negotiations Logistic Network Design SOP Development Project Management Budgeting Cost Controls Trade Compliance Import/Export Operations Strategic Planning Customer Service Freight Audit Payment
• Global RFIs/RFQs Incoterms Free Trade Agreements Training Team Building Logistics Market Trends
• Distribution Optimization Projects KPI Analysis Hazmat TMS WMS Software Employee Development SAP
• Select Career Highlights
• Directed logistics functions for diverse industries including oilfield, electronics, and automotive , managing up to 200M budgets and 50 employees for operations spanning 100 countries.
• Lowered annual costs 1M by establishing and implementing five ocean consolidation centers in Asia and Brazil decreased transit time from 13 days to 7 days be redesigning air routings from Asia to Brazil.
• Secured 1M in savings by initiating a contracted Mexico custom broker to replace a transactional-based broker.
• Streamlined plant operations by selecting, implementing, and directing two consolidation centers on the US/Mexico border that supplied the company's Mexico facilities.
• Saved 4M per year for Jabil Circuit, Inc. by negotiating seven cost effective heavy weight air agreements.
• Captured 7M in annual savings by negotiating better terms for freight forwarders, flatbed, hotshot, and rail contracts.

Professional Overview

Confidential

Logistics Manager

• Utilized heavy air, courier, small package, LTL, truckload, rail, barge, ocean, flatbed, and hotshot carriers.
• Negotiated cost-effective flatbed, hotshot, freight forwarder, and rail contracts to save 7M per year.
• Selected, implemented, and managed a freight audit and payment third-party company.
• Created logistics metrics to track cost, spend, and reduction opportunities.

Confidential

• Director of Logistics Directed the Americas region's domestic and international transportation, imports, exports, and trade compliance for an electronics solutions company with 45 facilities in 21 countries.
• Managed a 55M annual budget and 18 direct/indirect reports in logistical operations spanning heavy air, courier, small package, LTL, truckload, rail, and ocean transportation.
• Drove compliance for US import and export procedures, avoiding costly fines by carefully managing custom brokers across the Americas created an implemented a US Customs Import Compliance Manual.
• Established and managed a consolidation center in Miami that supplied plants in Brazil with materials.
• Supervised a freight audit and payment company to ensure carrier invoices were accurately completed.

Confidential

Global Traffic Manager

• Designed logistics metrics to uncover and measure cost, spend, and reduction opportunities.
• Created, implemented, and managed a post-entry audit procedure for US, Mexico, and Brazil imports.
• Directed domestic and international transportation, imports, exports, and trade compliance for dozens of plants worldwide managed 15 direct and indirect reports.
• Oversaw heavy air, courier, small package, LTL, truckload, rail, and ocean logistics ensured company adhered to US import procedures and custom brokers and directed the US export compliance program.
• Captured a 2M annual savings by effectively managing the US customs weekly entry at the foreign trade zone.
• Selected and implemented the Hungarian custom broker for a newly opened Hungary plant.
• Assured accuracy of carrier invoicing by selecting a reliable, accurate freight audit and payment company.
• Identified spending trends and cost saving opportunities by developing reliable logistics metrics.
• Achieved lowest landed cost for inbound components and outbound finished goods to control unit price.

Confidential

Traffic Manager

• Managed domestic and international transportation, imports, and exports for a tier-one manufacturer of automobile assembly pieces operation had plants in the US, Mexico, and Italy.
• Administered a 5M budget and directed the NAFTA program and trade compliance for all plants worldwide.
• Negotiated carrier contracts for heavy freight, courier, ocean, LTL, truckload, and small package logistics.
• Selected, implemented, and managed custom brokers in 12 countries ensured custom compliance.
• Provided lowest landed cost for inbound components and outbound finished goods to control unit price.

Confidential

Traffic Manager

• Oversaw domestic and international transportation, imports, exports, licensing, and trade compliance for an electronics contract manufacturer serving military and commercial clients.
• Directed the NAFTA program and import/export operations while ensuring ITAR regulations.

Confidential

Traffic Manager

Managed an 18M logistics budget and eight staff in directing domestic and international transportation, import/export operations, trade compliance, and a fleet for a multinational company's computer products division.