RESUME of Rita Conte

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/ritaconte

Mobile: 778-***-****

Skype: ritaconte79

Email: ad3puk@r.postjobfree.com

Self Employed, Consultancy and Contract Work.

Synergenics Consulting, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Sole Proprietorship) June 2017 – Present

Endsight Consulting, Washington, DC, United States Jan 2017-July 2017 Position: Trade Development and Industry Relations. Responsibilities: Generate new business development opportunities in new resource sectors specifically in Infrastructure projects, Supply Chain and Logistics Planning, Port and Terminal Services, Stakeholder Partnerships.

JDS Energy and Mining, Vancouver, BC Mar 2018-Aug 2018 Position: Logistics and Shipping Strategic Planner Responsibilities: International procurement, planning, sourcing, expediting, negotiating international commercial contracts for a $6 billion dollar gold mining project in the Yukon Region of Canada. Suttle Recreation Ltd., Burnaby, BC June 2019-Nov 2019 Position: Contract Manager

Responsibilities: Manage the daily negotiations and execution of project contracts in BC provincial government parks and playgrounds establishing work order schedules, labor allocation and supplier agreements.

Global Partner Solutions International, Quebec, Montreal. Apr 2022-April 2023 Position: Supply Chain Specialist / Expeditor.

Responsibilities: Analyze the manufacturing cycles and production rates of exit emergency doors for the L5555 Series Jet for Bombardier, building strong recovery rates while maintaining strong production levels.

Permanent Employment.

Cambridge Global Payments, Vancouver, BC June 2016-Oct 2016 Position: Business Development Associate, Exports and Commodities division. Responsibilities: Establishing new business relations with export market clients to build on their foreign currency volumes and maximizing opportunities in better exchange rates during times of peak asset accumulation and sell.

JP Morgan Chase, Vancouver, BC Mar 2004-July 2014

Position: Backoffice Trade Administrator

Responsibilities: Completion of back-office trade certificates and advise to holding banks in New York and the United Kingdom.

Marubeni Itochu Steel Canada, Vancouver, BC Aug 2010-Feb 2011 Position: Maritime Transportation Supervisor

Responsibilities: To manage the shipping schedules of all mills in China and Japan owned by the company and negotiations with liner carriers under liner terms. Implement a transportation program that met the monthly contractual requirements for each buyer in North America. Trealmont Chartering, Vancouver, BC Nov 2007-Mar 2009 Position: Maritime chartering and Negotiations Manager Responsibilities: Maintain standards in the quality and delivery of vessels for chartering forestry producer’s cargo to buyers in foreign markets from mill to client door. Led a group of 6 people in the department.

Canadian Port Clearance Association, Vancouver, BC Sept 2006-Sept 2007 Position: Ocean Traffic and Port Management Administrator Responsibilities: Directed the planning, scheduling, and vessel entry approvals for foreign dry bulk vessels at the port of Vancouver aligning the needs of grain exporters with the maritime port supply chains and export requirements.

Star Shipping Canada Inc., Vancouver, BC Mar 2001-Mar 2005 Position: Maritime Claims Supervisor for the USWC of the United States and Canada. Responsibilities: Created a claims department from the ground up forming a team of experts and specialists in the field of vessel operations, inspections, crew, port captains, maritime legal professionals, insurance adjusters, port managers, and regulatory specialists. Position: Maritime Documentation Supervisor

Responsibilities: Managed staff while creating documentation programs to meet newly regulated reporting procedures and processes increasing the speed of issuing invoices. Created a new EDI web- based shipper portal as a subject specialist working closely with the IT teams and software providers. Canadian Pacific Railway Canada, Vancouver, BC Nov 1999-Jun 2000 Position: Demurrage, legislative tariffs Administrator. Responsibilities: Overlook the legislative benefits of Federal transportation laws in the Canadian Railway transportation industry to the marketing, distribution, transportation, and asset allocation across a major Canadian corridor working with grain industry stakeholder groups, operators, and law makers in Ottawa. International Grain Trade Canada, Vancouver, BC Sept 1997 – Oct 1999 Position: Trade Contract Advisor.

Responsibilities: Overlook strategies in pricing of grain products to global buyers examining global trends, supplier contracts, trade documentation and financing terms with foreign buyers’ banks. Languages Spoken: English, Italian, working knowledge of Spanish and French.