Mark Widner

Mobile Phone: 214-***-**** Columbia, MD Email: adjg7k@r.postjobfree.com

Global Senior Executive with experience in B2C and B2B markets in Consumer, Retail and Building Product companies. Strategic Business Leader with a record of driving growth and delivering to multimillion-dollar supply chain and logistic improvements at a National and Global level. Strong Emphasis on Supply Chain Excellence by integrating customer experience into operations and effective process workflow. Successful Collaborator in complex matrixed organizations focusing on improving qualitative and quantitative decision-making. Team Builder with a history of nurturing direct reports and maximizing team engagement. Confident Communicator with Board, Senior Executives and Customers. AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Global Business Operations Strategy

Supply Chain & Procurement Optimization

Global Teams and Business Partner Management

Trade Compliance and Carrier Performance

Carrier/3PL Price & Service Negotiations

Warehouse and Inventory Management

CX and Operational Metrics

Ocean, Airfreight, Parcel, LTL, Truckload

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Managing Partner - Sonamark Corp., Columbia, MD (10/2017 - Current) Diversified Consulting and Holding company, building value in the services and global trade market.

● Global Supply Chain, Procurement, 3PL, Logistics and Customs Compliance Consulting

● KozyContainer LLC - As Founder, established a shared service model business of buy direct strategy from global furniture manufacturers at less than wholesale pricing. Successful business spinoff in 12/2019 Adjunct Professor, Business - Howard Community College, Columbia, MD (9/2018- Current) Vice President Logistics Operations – Absolute Worldwide Logistics, Baltimore – (2/2017 – 7/2018)

• Championed the start-up of international freight forwarding operations for the well established US domestic transportation services company.

• Created new operations and profit centers around Ocean and Air Imports and Exports and Customs Brokerage.

• Established relationships and contracts with ocean and air carriers.

• Established and operated Customs Brokerage services. Vice President Global Logistics Operations and Pricing – UWL, Cleveland – (5/2015 – 02/2017)

• Reporting to President, primary leader for North American Operations for the UWL forwarding division, part of World Shipping Group managing a staff of 30 team members.

• Oversee integration of new operating system and pricing functions to improve operations, warehousing and customer experience across global offices in Brazil and The Netherlands.

• Created new profit centers around 3PL Services, Ocean Imports and Air Freight.

• Stabilized and grew Ocean Export team and Customs Brokerage.

• Due diligence for global acquisition targets and mapping of potential synergies and conflicts. Sr. Director Global Transportation and Customs – Mohawk Ind., Dallas, TX (Flooring) – (9/2007 – 5/2015)

• Management of annual volume in excess of 30,000 containers per year from over 30 countries to over 200 unique delivery points; Five main markets Europe, NAFTA, Mediterranean, China/India and South America.

• Execution of truck network on dedicated chassis from port/rail locations across USA for each container.

• Delivered savings on ocean rates in excess of $8m per annum on total spend of $80m.

• Improved service levels, partnerships and transit times from core carriers, speeding time to market while enhancing visibility and reliability.

• Opened Foreign-Trade Zone in Dallas in 2009; over 400 bills of lading entered per month, brought ISF process and over 75% of customs entries in-house, achieving total customs savings in excess of $1.3m p.a.

Director Transportation – Abercrombie & Fitch, Columbus, OH (Fashion Retail) – (09/2005 – 10/2006)

• Direct international and domestic freight movement via contracts, 3PL’s, Small Parcel and Freight Forwarders.

• Freight spend in excess of $50m from 30+ ports, in excess of 14m kilograms airfreight, 2,000 containers and 2,500 domestic truck moves; seven direct reports in support of this function.

• Annualized savings in excess of $3m first year on international freight spend through rate and routing changes.

• Improved internal visibility, shortened origin lead times and improved shipping forecasts, leading to improved space planning on carriers and reduced overall transit time. Accordingly, was able to transition 5% of international volume from air to ocean freight; projected annual savings of $2m in fiscal year 2007. Director International Logistics & Customs – Remy Inc., Indianapolis, IN (Auto OEM) – (01/2002- 09/2005)

• Direct global logistics between Remy Inc and Remy International’s plants and suppliers in Korea, Mexico, India, Poland, Hungary, Belgium, Brazil and Japan. Generated annual savings in excess of $750k on $7m annual international freight spend.

• Implemented and directed company's various customs programs (C-TPAT, ACE, drawback, NAFTA, GSP, etc.).

• Design and management of NAFTA refund and US Customs Drawback programs, totaling over $2 million in annual refunds and led successful US Customs drawback audit.

• Brought Drawback function in-house, saving company additional $250k per annum in service fees. Remy Inc. is in the top 40 drawback claimants in the USA. Supply Chain Manager – Hurco Cos., Inc., Indianapolis, IN (CNC machining centers) – (01/2000- 01/2002)

• Reporting to CFO, responsible for corporate supply chain, including material management, logistics, and inventory control for machine manufacturing process and sales in Taiwan, England, Germany, France, Poland, The Netherlands and Italy. Managed European Distribution Center for machine tools in The Netherlands.

● Total European distribution savings over $120,000.

● Negotiated with Dutch Customs a preferential valuation ruling, saving $140k+ in duties annually. Business Development Manager, CEE – Cargoline GmbH (now DHL), Vienna (1999-2000)

● Reporting to Owner/President, responsible for coordinating opening of new forwarding and warehouse/ distribution operations in Kiev and Moscow while managing European customers shipping. General / Country Manager – Cargoline (Freight Forwarder), Warsaw, Poland (1994 – 1998)

• As Warsaw Country Manager, managed and grew operations from single office with four employees to 75 staff over three locations. Reporting to President/Owner, this company was the regional partner of AEI

(now DHL Forwarding).

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS & PUBLIC SPEAKING

MS, International Management – Boston University Brussels 1993 BA, Economics and International Relations – University of California at Davis 1991 Certified:

ITAR (International Trade in Arms Regulations) and EAR (Export Administration Regulations) - 2016 Licensed US Customs Broker – 2002 (current)

Dangerous Goods by Air and Ocean - 1998

October 2014 – Speaker, JOC Transpacific Maritime Conference, Shenzhen, China January 2013 – Journal of Commerce (JOC) Shipper’s Roundtable, “2013 Annual Review and Outlook” August 2013 – JOC, “Infrastructure Stymies US-India Trade Growth” September 2013 – Speaker, JOC Inland Distribution Conference, Kansas City, Kansas January 2011 – Speaker, Harris County (Houston) Trade and Transportation Conference Languages: English, Polish, German, French and Spanish Systems Experience:MS Office, CargoWise, JD Edwards, SAP, DutyCalc, Logility, Crystal Reports, AS400, JIT, Lotus Notes, RF applications, as well as other proprietary TMS, YMS, WMS, ERP and tracking systems.

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