Experience

Northmore Gordon

• Business Development Manager



Icicle Seafoods, Inc.

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Purchasing Manager

  • Jul 2013 - Dec 2014

   Managed a team of two purchasing agents, one expeditor and an administrative assistant/buyer.  Responsible for controlling costs while still maintaining quality in goods and services purchased for two year round and three seasonal shoreside plants as well as three processing vessels. • Directly purchased all fuel and related products, packaging and cans. • Responsible for the care and maintenance of the corporate offices Icicle Court including the HVAC systems, lighting, elevator… Show more  Managed a team of two purchasing agents, one expeditor and an administrative assistant/buyer.  Responsible for controlling costs while still maintaining quality in goods and services purchased for two year round and three seasonal shoreside plants as well as three processing vessels. • Directly purchased all fuel and related products, packaging and cans. • Responsible for the care and maintenance of the corporate offices Icicle Court including the HVAC systems, lighting, elevator, janitorial and grounds. • Worked with the traffic manager and the VP of Marketing on all transportation logistics and freight contracts. • Solely negotiated the St. Paul crab contracts dropping the cost by 9.5 cents CWT on a net weight basis for two consecutive years. Show less



Offshore Systems, Inc.

• Director- Dutch Habor Operations

  • Nov 2008 - Jul 2013

   Liaison between Dutch Harbor operations and the Kirkland corporate office.  Responsible for operational needs in Dutch Harbor immediate and long term, all customer relations, as well as transportation and project management vendor relations.  Project Manager for complete cold storage mechanical replacement of Dutch Harbor facility to include new engineered reefer flats, reefer lines and evap units in two cold storages designed to hold product at -30C.  Project Manager for the… Show more  Liaison between Dutch Harbor operations and the Kirkland corporate office.  Responsible for operational needs in Dutch Harbor immediate and long term, all customer relations, as well as transportation and project management vendor relations.  Project Manager for complete cold storage mechanical replacement of Dutch Harbor facility to include new engineered reefer flats, reefer lines and evap units in two cold storages designed to hold product at -30C.  Project Manager for the build of two dock side sorting sheds for care and handling of offloaded product adding 20 purpose built container loading bays to the existing facility.  Project Manager for the building of the Kulluk berth for Royal Dutch Shell. This included the filling of a lagoon with 65,000+ cu. yards of crushed rock and the coordination with multiple contractors. This project also coincided with the construction of the second sorting shed. The contract on this project was signed on Aug. 30th 2010 and build was completed on Dec. 10th of the same year. Also provided catering and housekeeping on-board the anchored rig Kulluk.  Created a rolling stock maintenance and rotation program for the Dutch Harbor Terminal with the goal of rotating most product handling equipment at 5 year intervals.  Oversaw and worked with contractors to build and implement a ground up offload, tally, cold storage and integrated inventory system, the first of such inventory systems in Dutch Harbor. Show less



Coastal Transportation, Inc., Seattle, WA

• Manager of Sales & Vessel Logistics

  • Jun 2000 - Oct 2008

  Seattle, WA  Began as Traffic Coordinator in June 2000 and was directly responsible for on-time vessel management of a fleet of seven refer vessels operating round trip between Seattle and Western Alaska.  In November 2001 was promoted to Traffic Manager which included annual scheduling, planning and budgeting for vessels and terminals as well as direct oversight of the traffic, longshore, receiving and shipping departments.  Promoted to Manager of Sales and Vessel Logistics in July 2005. Added… Show more  Began as Traffic Coordinator in June 2000 and was directly responsible for on-time vessel management of a fleet of seven refer vessels operating round trip between Seattle and Western Alaska.  In November 2001 was promoted to Traffic Manager which included annual scheduling, planning and budgeting for vessels and terminals as well as direct oversight of the traffic, longshore, receiving and shipping departments.  Promoted to Manager of Sales and Vessel Logistics in July 2005. Added duties included negotiating rates export & domestic. Coordinating with steamship lines, trampers and inland transportation including rail and long-haul trucking.  Managed all major seafood reefer accounts and coordinated shipments. Maintained relationships with all ports of call and facilities within CTI trade lanes and was primary contact with third party vendor managing CTI North in Dutch Harbor. Jan. 1998 – Nov. 1999 Terminal Manager  Directly responsible for the traffic, longshore, shipping & receiving departments, safety programs, working moorage, customer service and controllable costs.  Oversight of 40-50 employees including hiring, training direction and costs. Personnel were both permanent and temporary. Dec. 1987 – Dec. 1997 Captain/Mate/Deck  Captain – USCG licensed 1,600 Ton Master: 50 Voyages - October 1993 – Dec. 1997  Chief Mate – USCG licensed 1,600 Ton First Mate: 33 Voyages - May 1990 – Sept. 1993  O/S and assistant engineer – 24 Voyages – December 1987 – April 1990 Show less