Management Training

EDUCATION

Masters of Business Administration – 2014

Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, Michigan

Degree Emphasis: Logistics Management

Graduate Certificate in Logistics Management - 2011

Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, Michigan

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - 2005

Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, Michigan

Degree Emphasis: Logistics Management, Marketing

EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor online (In preparation to teach October 2015)

Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

-Preparing course materials and design for MKT 631 which will focus on Lean application.

-Will be responsible for student instruction and learning objectives

Supervisor of Pricing and Carrier Relations (September 2014 - Present)

APL Logistics, Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan

A subsidiary of NOL (Neptune Orient Lines), a Singapore company; asset based container steamship line

-Managing the workload of two logistics pricing analysts and intermittent duties of support staff

-Developed a dynamic process and template for effectively pricing new transportation opportunities

-Developed and facilitated the launch of an expedite program for our brokerage division

-Instrumental in the development of an automated pricing and carrier profiling system

-Created a training program for new pricing analysts

-Developed a weekly market strength report that broadcasts internally the state of 53’ TL industry

Logistics Pricing Analyst – Managed Transportation (November 2009 – September 2014)

APL Logistics, Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan

-Provide transportation pricing support to Sales, Finance, Operations, and external Customers

-Facilitate Transportation RFP’s for new and existing customers (renewal)

-Manage transportation rate maintenance within our TMS as well as physical document management

-Designed and maintain over 50 reports via Brio, Load Tech SQL, and MS access

-Improved the flow of information internally and externally via the production of automated reporting

-Have designed over 4 primary operating processes – improving productivity on a corporate level

-Experience and understanding in all domestic and most international transportation

Graduate Research Assistant (3 semesters – last completed semester Spring 2014)

Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan

-Assisted with the development of materials associated with teaching students logistics data analysis

-Helped develop excel files and basic lesson structure associated with transportation data

-Created tutorial documents, tested materials, and established a basic course outline

-Prepared elaborate examples showing real world data challenges associated with transportation topics

Corporate Logistics Coordinator & Logistics Analyst (May 2007 – November 2009)

Severstal North America Inc., Dearborn, Michigan

A Russian owned subsidiary of Severstal international; US integrated steel mill

-Managed the flow of inbound raw materials for steel production

-Negotiated, purchased, coordinated and analyzed domestic and international freight lanes

-Designed and maintained carrier performance and delivery metrics for all modes

-Analyzed monthly transportation costs by mode to ensure compliance with the budget

-Analyzed truck traffic lanes to identify patterns in freight movements (costs, service, etc)

-Monitored on-time shipment execution, railcar cycle utilization, and clean order percentage

-Facilitated freight bidding for all transportation modes and a variety of 3PL organizations

-Actively managed trucking rates and bidding for flatbed, dry van, tanker, roll-off, and dump trucks

Operations Specialist (May 2006 – May 2007)

ProTrans International, Romulus, Michigan (has since relocated)

International freight forwarder and 3PL specializing in border crossings to and from Canada and Mexico

-Responsible for the timely receipt of LTL freight, consolidation and loading of full truckloads, and load tracking to ensure the on-time delivery of freight to our southern centers or automotive customers

-Facilitated expedites, freight tracking, border crossing, cross-docking, load building/planning, loading and unloading of trailers, and communication with other service centers while managing third shift

-Handled CSR and dispatch concerns while overseeing the workloads of three material handlers

-Earned an OSHA forklift operator’s license with over 1000 hours experience

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Supply Chain Management Association & American Marketing Association, 2005

Completed Karrass effective negotiation training, 2008; Completed DOT record compliance training, 2008; Assisted with CSA 2010 and Smart-way compliance and audits; CFR-49 Compliant, July 2012; Member of ASQ 2014 – I am registered this June to take the Six Sigma Green Belt certification test.

COMPUTERS & SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE

Exceptional MS Office skills, SAP R/3, Oracle EBS/TM, EMPAC, People soft, AS400, Load Tech

Knowledge of SQL, MS Access, Brio, and Load-Tech report writing – Strong analytical skills

I have also designed, assembled, and repaired over thirty personal computers

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

*Chosen by Severstal corporate over many to travel to Europe and work with Logistics professionals from 5 different countries in an international effort to track and reduce global transportation costs under a TCO based (Total Cost of Ownership) program

*Facilitated as the pricing and carrier relations lead for a new system launch of Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) for APL Logistics while assisting with system enhancements and new process outlines for the department

*Hired by CMU (2012-14) as a graduate assistant to help the logistics faculty design technology-focused activities involving data analysis for logistics and transportation based business scenarios. The materials developed are currently being tested in a small group.

*I developed special training materials that I administered to my staff regarding critical logistics data analysis situations. In the process of administering the technology skills training (Excel, Access, PC Miler), I routinely hosted workshops and training sessions to improve my coworkers skills.

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