Background
- Transportation executive with over 27 years of Supply Chain experience in Transportation Operations, Carrier Management and Supply Chain support. Wal-Mart, Lowe’s, Milliken & Company, and Belk.
- Optimized the Transportation procurement functions at these companies. Established long-term strategic relationships with key carrier partners and negotiated contracts with all domestic modes of transportation: TL, Dedicated Fleets, Intermodal, LTL, Parcel, and Rail.
- Established invaluable partner relationships that have carried over multiple organizations.
Areas of Expertise
- Areas of expertise include Transportation operations and routing optimization to ensure timely product flow at competitive costs, Building carrier programs, securing reliable carrier capacity, negotiating rates, and ensuring high levels of service, including peak season support, Identifying savings opportunities and establishing processes to ensure expense control without compromising service levels, Collaboration and effective communication with key internal business units to ensure network optimization.
