GLEN A. KNIGHT

**** *. ***** ***. ****, AZ,

AZ *5206, 602-***-****

acwk5t@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Logistics Executive with extensive experience in the domestic and international movement of

products in the hi- tech, retail and food service industries. Strengths include management of complex

shipping operations, development and implementation of supply chain logistics strategies, negotiation

and management of transportation and third party logistics contracts and proven ability to achieve

lowest landed costs.

North American Interconnect, Scottsdale, AZ

Manager, Global Logistics, 2010 October, 2015

Coordinate U.S. Customs compliance, export compliance and CTPAT validation.

Manage material and finished goods shipments moving parcel, airfreight, LTL, T/L, LCL and

FCL to and from Asia and to and from Mexico gateway.

Oversee direct reports in Hermosillo, MX and Suzhou, CN.

Negotiate rates for parcel, LTL, T/L, FCL, LCL and brokerage fees and airfreight.

Achieve logistics costs as percentage of global sales of 2.5%.

Resources Global Professionals Consulting, Phoenix, AZ

Supply Chain Consultant 2009 - 2010

Manage data collection to insure that receipts, shipments and inventory reporting was accurate.

Responsible for insuring that local inventory data can be integrated into clients Oracle system.

Oversee that data for inbound receipts and outbound shipments matches actual product

movements.

Coordinate physical and cycle count inventories.

Emerson Network Power (formerly Motorola Embedded Computing), Tempe, AZ

Manager, Global Logistics 2004 - 2009

Managed the global movement of components and built to order finished goods

moving from five manufacturing locations.

Implemented direct ship process for finished goods from Mexican border cross dock that

resulted in reducing operating expenses by $80,000 per month.

Coordinated logistics flows during transition from one domestic location to five international

sites.

Responsible for SOX compliance for revenue recognition process of finished goods.

Oversaw NAFTA, CTPAT and US Customs regulations for product moving to and from Mexico

Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA 2002 - 2004

Director of Transportation and Customer Service

Managed North American/intl trans. for the Starbucks system with freight costs of $80 million.

Implemented/managed Global Ocean Carrier and Third Party Logistics Strategy that

leveraged volumes, reduced ocean/air freight rates and improved service resulting in a

savings of $2 million.

Developed North American Transportation Strategy that supported Starbucks system

during period of 20% annual growth.

Directed 2003 UPS contract neg. with a value of $20 million. Achieved 12% rate reduction.

Managed Customer Service Team responsible for supporting 4,200 retail stores.

Responsible for the importation of 11,000 ocean container shipments.

Oversaw service provider negotiations for land, air, parcel, third party logistics providers

and ocean freight rates and service fees.

Managed implementation of intl.Cargo Mgmt.System that resulted in real time control of

shipments.

Knight Logistics - Independent Logistics Consultant, Miami, FL

Consulting in supply chain management, distribution, transportation and international

logistics. Clients included international 3PL analyzing distribution for casual dining

concept.

Independent Purchasing Cooperative (Subway franchisee purchasing group), Miami, FL

Director of Distribution/Logistics

Managed distribution and supply chain logistics for 13,000 Subways in the U.S. and Canada.

Developed and implemented logistics strategy for system moving 60 million cases of frozen,

refrigerated and dry products.

Negotiated dist.contracts for 4,000 Subway's representing $360 million in goods and services.

Created standardized Subway distribution agreement with major food service distributors -

Sysco, US Foodservice, Performance Food Group, Reinhart, etc.

Reduced landed product costs by changing frequency of orders, increasing size of orders,

eliminating pricing inaccuracies and analyzing product substitutions.

Managed PricewaterhouseCoopers Optimization Project that identified over $10 million in

savings. Began implementation of recommendations by reducing number of DC's in Subway

system - 7 eliminated in 8 months.

Restaurant Services, Inc. (Burger King Purchasing Coop), Coral Gables, FL

Director of Logistics

Developed and implemented logistics/supply chain management strategy to insure lowest

landed costs for Burger King restaurants in the U.S. and Canada.

Managed transportation for system moving 110 million cases annually.

Achieved logistics savings of $8 million in food and packaging transportation costs and

reduced premium logistics costs by $5 million.

Oversaw product movement to 39 food service distribution centers.

Expanded the RSI Logistics Department from one to four individuals.

Perseco (mgmt of McDonald's packaging procurement & premiums), Oak Brook, IL

Manager, International Logistics

Managed all aspects of the just-in-time logistics process for the importation of 750 million

premiums for the McDonald's System.

Managed the importation of 3,000 ocean containers with staff of three.

Negotiated ocean, air, freight forwarder and customs broker rates and fees.

Developed measurement standards for all service providers that quantified performance and

supported McDonald's TQM process.

Responsible for pilot EDI project for the McDonald's system for the transmission of PO's

and receipt of shipping data. Resulted in savings of 60 man-hours per month.

Passed U.S. Customs Broker License exam.

EDUCATION:

MBA in Intl. Management, Thunderbird -American Graduate School of

International Management, Glendale, AZ

Bachelor of Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

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