Manager Assistant

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Denver, CO ***** Ross N. Poulin 207-***-****

********@*****.*** [pic]Summary of Qualifications

Extensive experience managing a freight payment department, facilitating

shipping and warehousing logistics, coordinating insurance coverage and

budget development.

Professional Experience

Qwest Communications, Denver, CO

August 2008 - Present

. Responsible for the processing of approximately sixty thousand freight

invoices with an average spend of one million dollars each week.

. Managed a team of three analysts to ensure that the shipments were

allocated to the appropriate account budgets.

IronData, Denver, CO October

2009 - Present

OnSite Freight Payment Manager for Qwest Communications

. Assisted in the transition to an alternate 3rd party Freight Payment

Provider after the completion of the RFP process.

. Facilitated the integration of computer programming changes that drive

daily business operations.

. Developed benchmarks and timelines to ensure that the transition was

on target.

. Developed and implemented auditing standards to identify areas of risk

where processes were not previously established.

U.S. Bank, Denver, CO August

2008 - October 2009

OnSite Freight Payment Manager for Qwest Communications

. Proactively recognized an internal billing issue effectively avoiding

$158k worth of erroneous invoices going wrongly payable and then

facilitated the reimbursement of service fees incurred.

. Through vendor compliance initiatives, successfully reduced the number

of invoices falling out of the payment system by 36 percent in 2009

. Responsible for the identification, reimbursement and future

prevention of over $2.5 million in fraudulent shipments erroneously

billed to the client.

. Received over $40k in credited invoices from carriers due to non-

compliance in 2009. This amount represents approximately a 40 percent

increase over the previous year in total dollar volume.

emg3, Portland, ME August 2006

- June 2008

Manager of Assets and Logistics August

2007 - June 2008

. Operated and assisted in the development of a separate business entity

designed to perform the corporation's asset management and shipping

logistics.

. Created and implemented pricing structures to generate revenue for

business operations.

. Effectively negotiated for an additional 13 percent discount for all

freight, ground and overnight parcel shipping services.

. Developed and distributed RFP's and created benchmarks and standards

to rate proposals.

Risk & Asset Management

January 2007 - August 2007

. Designed, implemented and maintained an electronic inventory system

composed of over three million dollars of corporate and program

assets.

. Official liaison for all communications between emg3 their primary

shipping and warehousing conglomerate.

. Reversed a two-year negative trend in the number of accidents by 87.5

percent through implementing an increase in the standards and

screening processes required for all new and current drivers.

. Successfully negotiated a 22 percent reduction in insurance premiums

with the primary insurance provider.

. Researched and facilitated the acquisition of vehicles while

maintaining a current vehicle fleet to readily respond to client and

program specifications.

Assistant Manager of Finance August

2006 - January 2007

. Assisted Account Managers in the development of program budgets.

. Reduced the average Outstanding Accounts Receivable duration from 55

days to 38 days.

. Reconciled program budgets at program close and developed reports to

demonstrate a program's profitability.

Additional Experience

Wright Express, South Portland, ME

May 2006 - August 2006

Customer Retention

Four Directions Development Corporation, Orono, ME

January 2005 - December 2005

Business Program Assistant

Penobscot Indian Nation Cultural Department, Old Town, ME

February 2005 - July 2005

Research Assistant

Education and Training

University of Maine, Orono

Graduated May 7, 2005

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in

Finance. GPA 3.01

Extensive experience with spreadsheet and database design, Oracle,

PeopleSoft and with the accounting software QuickBooks Enterprise.

. NxLevel Guide for Micro-Entrepreneurs

September 2005 - November 2005

. QuickBooks Fundamentals

May 2005

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