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Supply Chain Sales

Location:
Tacoma, WA, 98405
Posted:
March 09, 2010

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Frank S. McLean

**** * ******* ** . ? Tacoma, WA 98405 ? 253-***-**** ?

abne1l@r.postjobfree.com

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CAREER SUMMARY

Over 10 years of experience with international trade, transportation and

logistics. Strong knowledge of export compliance regulations and foreign

payment instruments. Recent experience as a business process analyst on a

SAP implementation project. Proven leadership, negotiation and analytical

skills.

CAREER HISTORY

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, FEDERAL WAY, WA (2003-2009)

Business Process/Deployment Analyst for SAP Project

2007 to 2009

Participated on team that designed, built and deployed SAP export

solution for Weyerhaeuser. Work included:

. Documented existing business processes, formulated metrics and KPI's.

. Documented new business procedures and other training materials.

. Trained new users of our export processes, using the new SAP

functionality.

. Created test plans, test cases and test data.

. Performed extensive testing of foreign trade and invoicing modules and

outputs and documented the results.

. Worked on various sales order, billing, shipment document types that

would support domestic, export, internal and other business scenarios.

. Responsibilities included various domestic and export outputs such as

commercial invoices, bills of lading, AES including EDI.

Marine Transportation Analyst (Weyerhaeuser)

2005 to 2007

Managed export freight in the Marine Business Services group. Work

included:

. Managed forest product ocean traffic and freight spending (over $10

Million USD annually).

. Negotiated and managed carrier rates and allocations.

. Generated cost savings in excess of 3% of spend through negotiation

and process change.

. Monitored and analyzed carrier and other vendor performance.

International Trade Specialist (Weyerhaeuser)

2003 to 2005

Managed export accounts for International Trade Services group. Work

included:

. Responsible for managing invoicing and export documentation process

for Northern Europe & Proctor and Gamble accounts (receivables of over

$100 million annually).

. Handled all regulatory compliance and trade instruments for these

accounts.

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UPS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS (FORMERLY FRITZ COMPANIES), AUBURN, WA

Export Supervisor/Agent 1999 to

2003

Managed accounts and assigned work to Export Agents for freight

forwarder, work included:

. Led team of Export Clerks (between 6 and 10) in daily handling of

export accounts.

. Processed departmental international receivables & payables.

. Worked with Sales to pursue potential new business, quoting new

business, established and maintained relationships with clients.

. Managed relationships with vendors.

THE KAYMET COMPANY, LONDON, UK

Export Admin/Manager. 1996 to 1998

Managed entire export process for small manufacturer/engineering firm.

Work included:

. Managed the processing of orders, invoicing, maintaining records (for

customs and Intrastat purposes).

. Issued quotations, prepared and arranged all export documentation,

distribution of export consignments.

. Received payments, worked with insurers, banks and suppliers.

. Production and Inventory control

EDUCATION

University of San Francisco, Master Certificate in Supply Chain Management

Institute of Export (UK), Diploma in Export Management

Institute of Export (UK), Advanced Certificate in Overseas Trade

Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, BA

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

Freight (project, LCL, FCL, break bulk, LTL, FTL, small package, reefer,

perishable) coordination and

Negotiation, international trade instruments, INCOTERMS, hazmat, export

compliance. Familiar with Lean,

Six Sigma, Kaizen, TQM

Computer application skills

MS Office, MS PowerPoint, Adobe Professional, HP Quality Center, GT Nexus,

SAP SD, LE, FI

ORGANIZATIONS

Graduate Member of The Institute of Export (UK)

AWARDS

Presidential Scholarship, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA



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