2013 - 2014 Dispatch Manager, Lafarge

Largest provider of fly ash cement for the bakken shale operation. Vital component of supply chain feeding a highly collaborative environment producing over 1 million barrels of oil, daily.

I supervise the workflow of employees, receiving, shipping and silos; also perform safety audits and training. Make results-oriented decisions and hire new employees.

• Interviewed new employees and conducted onboarding process

• Organized weekly work schedules and maintenance responsibilities

• Coordinated daily requirements by constantly communicating with senior management

• Validated employee productivity by comparing turnover charts and listening to client feedback

• Kept records of events pertaining to work conditions, special circumstances and emergencies

• Compiled daily, weekly, monthly P&L reports among other productivity-related details

• Served as point of contact for shipping and receiving of cement products

• Generated quotes for short term, long term and one-off purchases

• Negotiated preliminary terms of agreement such as permits, allowances, limits and operational details in order to satisfy expectations

• Achieved 100% availability of all offered products during time of employment

• Scheduled arrivals of silo restock by forecasting daily and weekly consumptions

• Organized train cars in rail yard for most efficient accessibility

• Presented refinements to reduce product loss in load/unload processes by fine tuning pneumatic controls, reduced loss by 67% 

• Monitored PLC controls to attain maximum accuracy of product movement