Shaw IndustriesProcess Engineer - Rail, Intermodal, Inbound Truckload
Jan. 2014 - Jul. 2015 Collaborate with Rail and Intermodal providers daily to ensure on-time ingating and delivery performance. Study Conducting weekly reports to analyze on-time delivery performance indicators for external carriers transporting Shaw product, using Microsoft Excel and Google Drive Spreadsheets.
Led several individuals on project assessing carrier on-time performance though year-end 2014 in order to grant a Carrier of the Year award for 2014.
Collaborating with members of the Rail and Inbound teams in Transportation Services in order to ensure peak performance excellent service in lieu of reduced resources.
Assessing spend, shipping patterns, and various trends related to shipping methods using Data2 reporting software and gathering information from its databases.
Employ current capacity data to further efforts of increasing truck utilization in RDC lanes. Once models were complete, presented management team with recommendations and provided decision points leading to higher margins and more effective utilization of drivers.
Provide management team a convincing argument regarding external carrier rates by analyzing raw data against anticipated rate increases. Transformed the technical data into a clear picture for the team, stating the best possible option going forward as is related to the carrier in question.
Analyze weekly and monthly rail and intermodal data track service levels and adjust volumes if needed.