Experience

Ray-Mont Logistics

• Canada
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Forest Products Manager

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Manuport Logistics (MPL)

• Belgium
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Business Unit Director

  • Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

  Entrepreneurial and adaptable leader with proven success at designing multi modal transport solutions with a focus on high volume commodity businesses. Proven communicator skilled in building and strengthening relationships and teams, leading through influence and collaboration, and analyzing and resolving complex challenges. Quickly gains the trust and cooperation of internal and external stakeholders to deliver against customer and organization KPIs. Entrepreneurial and adaptable leader with proven success at designing multi modal transport solutions with a focus on high volume commodity businesses. Proven communicator skilled in building and strengthening relationships and teams, leading through influence and collaboration, and analyzing and resolving complex challenges. Quickly gains the trust and cooperation of internal and external stakeholders to deliver against customer and organization KPIs.



Mira Transport USA

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

• Managing Director

  • Jul 2020 - Apr 2022

  Executes the business strategy of the enterprise. Accountable for company P&L, sales campaigns and profitable operations. Leads sales, operations and accounting team members to maximize profitable growth and customer satisfaction. Key Achievements: • Reduced monthly outstanding unapproved AP from $700 thousand to below $20 thousand in 10 months via negotiation, claim management and streamlined communication between operations and accounting team members. • Improved cash flow by reducing days sales outstanding by 15 days. • Led the transition of customers, employees and operation processes to new ownership, ensuring the retention of legacy accounts and revenue streams for the combined organization. • Implemented E-Verify in the organization to improve employee eligibility verification standards. Show less



ROXCEL Trading GmbH

• Austria
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Manager

  • Jun 2015 - Jul 2020

  Liaison between sales managers and service team to ensure operational requirements are met and high-quality service is delivered to customers while maximizing revenue for the organization. Key Achievements: • Negotiated reductions in ocean freight costs by 10%. • Reduced un-subordinated transit damage claims of customers from over $100 thousand annually to less than $10 thousand. • Drove transition from physical records to cloud based shared documentation using MS SharePoint and Teams resulting in order processing productivity increase of 15% per FTE. • Designed and implemented the organizations Forest Stewardship Council Documented Control System to achieve and maintain FSC certification for the organization. Successfully led FSC audits resulting in certification and annual re-certification without non-conformity. • Launched the company’s Atlanta, GA operations office. Show less



Fr. Meyer's Sohn | FMS

• Germany
• Transportation, Logistics and Storage
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Operations and Sales Manager

  • Apr 2013 - Jun 2015

  Developed employee talents and skills to fashion a team capable of meeting company and customer KPIs. Leveraged contacts at key carrier suppliers to procure favorable ocean contract rates. Applied knowledge of forest products commodity logistics to retain key forestry accounts by increasing customer confidence with the organization’s capabilities and value proposition. Key Achievements: • Partnered with a key customer to design a multi-modal, multi-national routing that resulted in the company being awarded a volume of 20 thousand tons which would otherwise lost to a competitor. • Managed and led a team of 8 logistics specialists who ensured delivery of a cost-effective service. Show less



PACCESS LLC

• Portland, Oregon

• Director Global Logistics

  • Sep 1992 - Apr 2013

  Negotiated and implemented an array of competitive logistics solutions as steward of the organization’s $20 million annual freight spend. Designed commodity distribution chains to enable the lowest cost delivery meeting both company profit KPI’s as well as customer on time demands with minimum inventory working capital usage. Key Achievements: • Generated annualized $1 million freight savings by leveraging knowledge of carrier routing and trade flows from USA to Europe for our paper division. • Negotiated $300 per container freight savings from USA to Asia for our packaging division by re-negotiating contracted ocean rates to take advantage of a severe swing in the spot market and convincing carriers in was in their best interest to cooperate. • Restructured departments to reduce FTE cost by 50% while leveraging technology and process improvement to process equivalent volumes of orders. • Partnered with IT and Finance departments to create and deploy a web-based inventory management program that reduced slow moving inventory by 25% and improved inventory visibility within the organization. • Recruited, managed and led a team of 10 operations logistics specialists in USA and abroad who ensured distribution of up to 20 thousand metric tons or 800 containers per month. • Led annual physical inventory audits globally. • Implemented a damage prevention program which spotlighted points in the supply chain where goods damage was being generated, enabling more damage claims to be absorbed by third parties rather than our organization. Show less