Experience

Kleysen Group Ltd

• Canada
• Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Supply Chain Specialist

  • Nov 2021 - Present



Scoular

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Logistics Coordinator

  • Jun 2020 - Oct 2021

   Negotiate trucking rates to minimize cost to deliver to customers as well as developing and maintaining relationships with carriers to provide superior customer service to buyers of Grain products  Plan up to 60 car weekly spot of railcars with different products loading to dates of specified contracts with 3 different Plants in Saskatchewan  In collaboration with the Plants develop a logistic schedule on a 3-week rolling basis for all to use to execute inbound product plan, cleaning plan, and for future sales  Responsible for planning and executing all Multi-modal modes of transportation to execute the logistics plan including; rail, Intermodal, Export Containers (source loading) and trucks Show less



Plains Midstream Canada

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Rail Analyst

  • Jun 2019 - Dec 2019

   Eliminated over $250k of non-compliance invoices by developing and documenting a process for updating OT-5 applications for over 6500 rail car fleet to comply with railways storage location. Also implemented and documented as well as trained employees on the new OT-57 process  Implemented Storage process and Standardize car characteristics and cleaned up reporting within Geometrix to minimize application costs  End of Lease returns, documenting processes, develop online file organization system on SharePoint Show less



McAsphalt Industries Limited

• Canada
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Supply and Logistics Coordinator

  • Feb 2017 - Dec 2018

  - single point of contact for rail car operation, managed current inventory and saved the company over $20k annually on empty railcar movements - developed operational strategy and provided technical expertise for railcar leases and storage for rail fleet - sourced and negotiated external railcar subleases for revenue of over $25k per year - managed rail transportation of railcar fleet, monitoring, expediting, scheduling, maintenance and reporting as required and defined in the contracts with customers - interacted with facility operations to coordinate monthly contract allocations from Commercial and balance with facility operations needs on a monthly basis to support sales forecasts - negotiated reduced rates with rail vendors including BNSF which saved the company over $150k - provided technical support and rail expertise to US parent company for regulatory requirements of OT5 Show less



Canadian Pacific

• Canada
• Rail Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Sep 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Handled scheduling, updated systems and followed procedures for 4 different bulk commodities; US Ethanol/Sand/Coke, Potash (Export/Domestic), Coal/ Sulphur• Resolved conflict in scheduling of bulk trains between railroads and ports as required by the customers to effectively and efficiently transport bulk trains• Developed operational strategy for key Bulk accounts revenues worth; Coal $639M; Potash $359M, Fertilizer and Sulphur $272M• Increased train productivity by increasing train lengths of Coal and Sulphur trains to increase company’s profits by over $2M per year on movement of customer’s products Show less

• • Jan 2013 - Sep 2015

  • Coordinated between all necessary departments the network Changes to the Train Operating plan (Transcontinental and Local), responded to issues or concerns with service, operational concerns and future developments• Identified need for improvement to the network, compliance by operations to the operating plan, analyzed planned traffic volumes against actual volumes and responded quickly to all opportunities in the design for fluidity, service and cost improvements• Assisted terminals and operations within the Region, in coordinating Interline Service Agreements and Co-production operations with other railroads Show less

• • Sep 2014 - May 2015

  Trained and qualified in Railway Operating rules and procedures, CROR. Also trained in Railway WHIMS and TDG.

• • Apr 2008 - Dec 2012

  • Developed and implemented significant improvements to the work within Yards to increase performance of yard facilities in order to meet financial and productivity targets• Established and implemented improvements through Inventory Management, within yard facilities including reducing the amount and cycle times of resources consumed and increased the effective capacity of the yard network, influenced Train Operation Compliance, overall reducing Yard Dwell by 15%• Proactively anticipated needs of the various Corporate initiatives and coached yard personnel in the understanding and implementation of standardized work procedures, through various Metrics, and IT applications Show less

• • Oct 2003 - Apr 2008

  • Business Project lead for planning of the Mechanical Services Contingency Plan for the potential CAW strike including replacement worker planning and the sourcing and processing of Retirees • Summarized and gathered together a debrief of the learning’s from the MS Contingency Plan the VP of Mechanical for future use on next potential strike• Lead analyst on the planning team for the purchase of an external Railroad through the startup phase, including organizing the Kickoff of the project, setting up transitional processes, organizing the Lead Team and Decision Board, assisting on monitoring the Project Budget• Worked with a cross functional team on the Engineering Strike Contingency Plan Project (2007) that successfully implemented plans to replace over 1500 multi-tasked unionized employees with trained management workers for 3 weeks during work stoppage • Gathered, analyzed and set up standards for the Kingsgate Project which won the Presidents Award 2005 for increasing efficiency of trains interchanging with another railroad at the US border Show less

• • Mar 1996 - Nov 2003

  • Developed strategic metrics that monitored Operational Compliance to planned train design, lead monthly collection of data and analysis with selected Regional Operational Executive and designed and presented reports to members of the Executive Committee in order to train leaders on operational metrics, cost effectiveness and efficiency through Key Performance indicators• Prepared, consolidated and analyzed Operating budgets in excess of $200M, for four Service Areas and two Operations Centers Show less

• • Jun 1987 - Mar 1996

  • Monitored, controlled and optimized Canadian Pacific Railway’s Western Canada Intermodal Terminal costs, volumes, and other tangibles related to terminal operations by providing analysis and graphical information for use in making informed Business decisions• Provided training for Intermodal billing to the newly formed centralized billing department• Effectively dispatched over 20 trucks around the City of Winnipeg, minimizing bob tails and limiting wait times for customers • Planning and managing daily workload of a staff of 4-5 contractors and coordinated a cross functional team of employees in order to get trains loaded and out on time Show less