Supply Chain Management
Resume:
S ue A. King
Wilmington, Delaware 19810
Home: 302-***-**** E mail: ***********@***.***
Cell: 201-***-****
EXECUT IVE MANAGEMENT
G lobal T ransportation Management U.S. Customs & Border Patrol I mport/Export
O perations Supply Chain Processes
Accomplished Corporate In ternational Transportation & U.S. Customs Professional, reporting directly to the
C.E.O & President, with Profit and Loss, Strategic Planning, Service Provider Negotiation & Selection, and
A dministrative responsibilities. H ighly skilled and diverse with proven achievements that netted economic and
delivery time benefits in In ternational and Domestic Transportation, U.S. Customs & Border Protection,
i ncluding Product Classifications & Customs Compliance as well as Import/Export areas of business. Excellent
communication and analytical abilities. A problem solver with strong technical knowledge and experience. An
i nnovative leader with outstanding interpersonal t raits. A p roductive team player. A bottom line results
o riented contributor. Willing to relocate with package.
Summary of T echnical Knowledge - Some College with various Logistics, Import/Export and
T ransportation
Q ualifications: t raining, seminars and schooling. Direct to consumer and retail environments. Commodities
included, but are not limited to: toys, footwear, apparel, home fashions, electronics, etc.
Communication Skills – E xcellent wri t ten, verbal and interpersonal skills. Prepared and
p resented cost analysis for all modes of t ransportation as well as presented executive
business plans and proposals. Prepared and presented protests to U.S. Customs in
Washington D.C. and locally. Excel, Word and other computer savvy abilit ies.
Requested speaker at various t ransportation functions.
L eadership Ability – Heads a Corporate Global Transportation group that manages
logistical
functions, with an annual t ransportation budget of $65 million. Chosen to head various
t ask
force projects. Company Cost Savings award 3 years running. Company award for most
organized and productive staff. Gained respect of Co-workers, Staff and Management as
demonstrated by promotions with increased responsibilities, as well as by recommendations
posted on LinkedIn.
P rofessional Most Recent :
Experience: Corporate V.P. Global T r ansportation H anover D i rect, I nc.
Roanoke, VA
I nternational & Domestic T r ansportation
• Successfully reduced FTL & LTL ground and USPS t ransportation budgets by 20%.
• Orchestrated strategic partnership with Domestic carriers to leverage volumes and
sort capacity, yielding $1.7 million annualized outbound postage (USPS) savings.
• Negotiated multi-year deal with ground and express services to handle expedited
oversized and foreign outbound shipments, netting cost avoidances of
approximately $1.9 million over a 2 year period. (FEDEX/UPS)
• Combined t rade lane zone shipping to realize over $1 million in line haul savings
d uring a 13 month t ime frame.
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• Formed an International Transportation Program that successfully reduced
I nternational Air, Ocean and Courier t ransportation budgets by 25% annually, netting a 3 to 5%
margin gain while maintaining delivery service time lines.
• Teamed with various Transportation Executives & Shipper Association Managing
Directors to create and establish Transportation programs with minimal rate
s tructures, while ensuring t imely delivery of product to customers and stores.
• Executed Ocean Contracts, ensuring weekly space and equipment availability,
reducing dead freight liability, introducing volume incentive reductions, extending
free t ime at ports and warehouse locations, eliminating amendment fees, capping
fuel surcharges, avoiding peak season increases, while realizing many other contract
benefits.
• Created foreign vendor late production and freight charge back procedures avoiding
excess freight costs of approximately $200,000 yearly.
• Selected and implemented Supply Chain Management t racking systems for all
I mport Operations. These included pipeline shipment t racking, all expense
f unctions, HTS classifications, landed cost calculations and management
r eporting.
• Instituted Duty Drawback Programs recovering duty where applicable.
Di rector Worldwide T r ansportation E den, LLC
Jersey City, N.J.
• Spearheaded a task force which successfully completed a warehouse relocation
analysis netting a potential benefit of approximately $300K yearly.
• Ini tiated negotiations creating foreign storage programs in China, Indonesia,
Hong Kong and Sri Lanka for both third country and U.S.A. destined inventories,
with various long term vendors as well as with 3PL parties that reduced operating
costs by 15%.
• Implemented t ransformation from FOB Hong Kong to FOB China purchases and
shipping, realizing a freight and FOB purchase price savings of roughly 25% yearly.
• Established U.K. foreign warehousing, bringing point of sale closer to U.K.
d istributors, doubling sales the first year and t r ipling sales the second year.
Di rector T r ansportation G aloob Toys, I nc
So. San Francisco, California
• Headed Worldwide Logistics, Transportation, U.S. Customs and Warehouse Site
Selections within a $150 million dollar Company.
• Instituted International Import Transportation Program netting annual savings of
15%.
• Created U.S. Customs filing system while instituting product classification and
Compliance policies and procedures.
Manager, T r ansportation & Distribution Coleco I ndustries
Amsterdam, NY & Carson, Ca.
• Lead Transportation, U.S. Customs and Distribution within a $600 million dollar
Organization.
• Instituted International Import Transportation Program netting annual benefits in
Freight spend, t ransit reduction time and Customs compliance requirements.
• Created U.S. Customs compliance filing system, product classification and policies.
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I nternational Supervisor The Fr anklin Mint F ranklin Center, Pa.
• Responsible for In ternational Transportation and U.S. Customs within a $150
m illion
dollar company.
• Filed freight t racers and processed claims.
• Created Customs Ent ry Files
• Developed policies and procedures for above
• Negotiated and selected ocean and air service providers
E ducation: Academy of Advanced Traffic – Philadelphia, Pa.
T ransportation and Traffic Management --- Certificate – C.E.U.’s
Philadelphia Community College – Philadelphia, Pa.
In ternational Transportation and Trade – Certificate – C.E.U.’s
Connecticut Institute of In ternational Transportation – Enfield, Connecticut
Export/Import Traffic and Procedures Courses – C.E.U.’s
Educational Development for In ternational Trade – Philadelphia, Pa.
Import/Export Documentation Courses – C.E.U.’s
Professional
Memberships: American Exporters and Importers (AAEI)
International Housewares Shippers Association (IHSA)
Journal of Commerce (JOC)
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP’s)
Global Trade Compliance
Transportation & Logistics Professionals
I mport/Export Global Trading Group
A merican Shipper
Chassis Update Group
Accreditations: Member of the Presidential Who’s Who Among Business and Professional Achievers
Member of Who’s Who Worldwide of Global Business Leaders
Co-Founder & Past Chairman of the Board of The Toys Shipper’s Association
( TOYSA)
T ravel
E xperience: Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Japan, Haiti, U.K.
Work
L ocations: M ichigan, Pennsylvania, New York, North and M id California, New Jersey, Georgia,
V irginia
Major Port
Experience: New York/New Jersey – Los Angeles/Long Beach - San Francisco/Oakland –
Philadelphia –
Norfolk, VA – Hong Kong – China – Indonesia - Sri Lanka – Haiti – Japan –
U.K. among
others.
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