Lisa Yakovenko

Promoted within Lowe's Global Transportation Group.

• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate smooth operations for the new P.O. system including IT, purchasing, and 3PL.
• Train team members on monitoring inbound shipments and trouble shooting any exceptions for all origins.
• Work with domestic transportation to improve efficiencies for Mexico origin cargo.

• Managed cargo exceptions in various markets including S China, S East Asia, and Europe, including missing EDI transmissions, factory changes, and quantity discrepancies.
• Oversaw S China's portion of transitioning from an internal booking platform to 3PL platform.
• Improved efficiency for vendors and Lowe’s, while overall import volume increased by 30%.
• Worked on importing from Mexico, including overseeing domestic trucking portion of the business.
• Arrange offshore factory CTPAT audits in conjunction with a third-party vendor and field questions from factories, vendors as well and merchants
• Processed invoices for Global Trade Services including 3PL, trucking, and broker.
• Worked with IT on improving the internal payment platform.
• Identified areas in need of critical improvement and implemented strategies to achieve targets.
• Guided less experienced staff through processes such as on time bookings and 3pl management as singular point of contact for high-level needs.

• Managed $16 million repair budget for Maintenance and Repair with a constant focus on cost reduction and service improvement reducing cost by 10% while volume increased by 21%.
• Successfully integrated the ground operations of APL, a global shipping company purchased by CMA-CGM, including systems integration, vendors, and processes.
• Managed vendors for repairs of equipment including sourcing inventory and negotiating parts prices.
• Monitored operations through direct audit and using third-party vendors.
• Traveled to the region and audited depots for repair capabilities and CTPAT compliance.
• Forecasted and reviewed maintenance budgets to establish cost-effective measures.

• Managed team of four Customer Service representatives handling all facets of off and on hire for leasing companies.
• Sought approvals for repairs; coordinated surveys; mediated any disputes.
• Oversaw safety program for both the depot and the mechanics at Port Everglades and Miami. including writing new safety manual, issuing PPE, and coordinating Workers’ comp claims
• Coordinated between shipping line and terminal for roll out of new Operations.