Background
- Supply chain and logistics professional with over 35 years of industry experience.
- Specializing in international ocean transportation, origin freight consolidation and Purchase order management, dedicated and multi-client warehousing, ocean, forwarding, drayage and customs brokerage procurement with increasing levels of responsibility at industry leaders including American President Lines, Kuehne+Nagel and Ross Stores.
- Managed globally dispersed teams in complex supply chain projects. Managed large scale continuous improvement projects from design to delivery.
Areas of Expertise
- Areas of expertise include global transportation sourcing and procurement, including strategy development, RFP design and implementation, carrier/3PL engagement and integration with relevant stakeholders (Finance, Buyers, IT and senior management), development and implementation of KPI programs, including supporting EDI interfaces with a range of service providers, budgeting and forecasting, including annual budgeting and five year forecasting, contract structure for ocean, forwarding, customs brokerage and chassis, managing client and carrier/service provider relationships.
