LUIS DELGADO
Aurora,CO
Summary
LOGISTICS, TRANSPORTATION AND SUPPLY CHAIN PROFESSIONAL Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain management manager with 20+ years in leading development efforts and cost/spend efficiencies across global, domestic and government organizations. Hardworking operations management specialist experienced in improving workflows, allocating resources and leading teams. Brings skills in communication and problem-solving. Looking to put knowledge and abilities to good use in challenging position with room for growth focused on continuous optimization.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Emergency Manager / Logistics Systems Manager
FEMA / DHS
Lakewood, Colorado
12.2017 - Current
- Contracting & Procurement
- Served as Ordering Unit Lead in support of DR-4634-CO/Colorado Wildfires, monitoring and supporting micro-purchasing efforts for deployed personal
- Managed and paid invoices for established building lease with GSA in support of DR-4634-CO/Colorado Wildfires
- Serve as Contracting Officer Representative for Copier/Printer paying and monitoring usage, maintenance and decommission of equipment for DR-4634-CO/Colorado Wildfires
- Serve as Logistics Section Chief supporting Joint Field Operations center for DR-4634-CO/Colorado Wildfires, managing lease and contract awards to ensure continuous operational standards are met
- Provide commodity tracking and micro-purchasing operations in response of Colorado Wildfires – DR-4634-CO, facilitating PPE and administrative resources needed to perform deployment duties
- Provided training & mentoring support for 5 ordering and purchasing specialists deployed to DR-4611-LA Hurricane Ida, clarifying best purchasing and process practices for new reservists newly deployed under the role
- Serve as Contracting Officer Representative for FEMA response to acquire PPE to partners states by paying invoices to cover contract awards of $7 Million USD
- Provide acquisition and logistics support to authorized activities for assigned commodities and for developing and implementing innovative supply support solutions
- Performed within duties for FEMA Supply Chain Task Force, while being tasked with providing real time updates and process implementation that affect procurement and response during COVID-19 pandemic
- Provides equipment and supply ordering support by establishing and maintaining internal controls in accordance with Federal Agency practices and policy to minimize occurrence of fraud, waste, or abuse of commodities, supplies, and equipment
- Developed and coordinated operational plans for purchase and movement of resources, supplies and equipment via commercial contracts, as well as retrograde/reverse logistics of unneeded/unwanted items
- Executed Contracting Officer Representative duties during COVID-19 Pandemic Federal/National Emergency response, ensuring contract evaluation & execution aligned with state and federal requirements
- Support Contracting and Finance through open market research of vendors and procurement, by executing just in time micro purchases and contract awards for Regional State partners during COVID-19 Response
- Of PPE for first responders, state entities and others affected by shortages in supply chain cycle
- Monitored awarded contracts and contractor’s performance, and making determinations on such matters as payments, claims, and contractual changes to ensure conformance to contract conditions and clauses and to identify performance problems
- Lead team of 1 manager trainee, 2 ordering specialist & 1 supply specialist while performing functioning micro purchasing & disaster response requirements while deployed in support of the California Wildfires in 2018
- Logistics & Planning
- Serve as Emergency Response Logistics Manage for Housing Mission Planning Task force for DR-4634-CO/Colorado Wildfires 2021-2022, providing support to IMAT External Support Branch Director
- Develops and implements specific department wide organizational requirements, procedures, and practices that effects administration of operating logistical programs/projects in supply chain and distribution of commodities and resources during disaster operational periods
- Communicates/coordinates with internal/external customers, matrix support organizations, user communities, senior leadership, other government agencies and partners in support of program/project execution (Cyber-Security & Infrastructure Planning 2022)
- Participate in deliberate planning efforts to support emergency response capabilities for regional and national catastrophic disasters
- Partners with regional and national stakeholders by establishing broad mission requirement/objectives, planning for accomplishment, reviewing progress, providing program/project management guidance, and providing advice/decisions on policy (National Preparedness Planning / Distribution Management Plan 2019-2022)
- Lead operational and emergency response planning workgroups with state and federal partners connected to disaster readiness initiatives associated to commodity and equipment distribution management in areas of logistics, transportation, and inventory management of commodities pre and post disaster stages
- Transportation and Supply Chain Management Lead in FEMA Regional Logistics Branch, providing firsthand expertise in planning and movement of commodities across multi-channel transportation enabling capabilities
- Providing expert advice, guidance, planning, and coordination of transportation and emergency logistics readiness and response efforts
- Developed SOP & Regional training in support of Emergency Management Planning Grant conditions in conjunction with National Emergency Response requirements to complement the Regional and National Commodity Distribution Management Plan
- Launched real time reporting mechanisms for logistics and operational execution in support of Federal and Regional Response for COVID-19 pandemic; providing clear view report used by leadership in high level meetings with State Leadership
- Member of FEMA’s COVID-19 National Testing Logistics Response group tasked with distribution of resources to support vaccination and testing sites across national network.
- Conduct studies and analytics on transportation and logistics market data and trends to support emergency operational and planning efforts, and present findings and recommended courses of action to management
- Support use of Logistics Management Systems and processes for all resources in support of incident response and recovery operations, ensuring ordering procedures are known to all team personnel while maintaining system of record and ordering to track requests for delivery and sourcing of emergency items in support of disaster response and recovery functions
- Lead developed and managed regional training and implementation for FEMA regional partners to support of new grant program which requires Distribution Management Plans for a Type II & Type III disaster
- Provide sound resource management and materiel accountability, analyze mission support requests, and manage selection of appropriate sources for equipment, supplies and services based on cost, expediency, quality, and vendor performance.
Sr. Transportation Management Analyst
Johns
Manville Littleton, Colorado
10.2017 - 12.2017
- Managed 2 transportation and shipping analysts focused on monitoring and evaluating timely delivery of finished goods, focusing on quality service and adequate supply planning of carrier/freight equipment including sourcing and rate negotiations
- Oversaw daily reporting needed to provide safe, compliant, and sustainable shipments of regulated and non-regulated products across contracted and brokered transportation by leading 2 analysts to identify growth opportunities
- Identified process improvement and variance freight cost/rate reduction opportunities and took actions required to implement better transportation enabling capabilities for all production plants in North America Region
- Lead freight negotiation initiatives in favorable non-contract freight costs with established broker business partners to support transportation procurement efforts during high product demand and low carrier availability during seasonal periods, reducing transportation spend by 8 percent
- Coordinated cross-functional business or transportation initiatives within broader supply chain and operation teams, providing freight transportation savings opportunities for customer and company
- Achieved carrier participation in metric evaluation within Oracle Transportation Management System environment to better monitor carrier on-time delivery performance levels
- Implemented cost saving initiatives for regional transportation costs: contract renegotiation, carrier restructuring and product reallocation
- Reviewed management of shipping and loading audits, daily ensuring all required documentation is accurately completed (including HAACP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, safety and catch weight documentation) and that material is handled and stored correctly with minimum potential for raw material loss or damage.
Sr. Logistics Project Manager
Orica Mining
Watkins, Colorado
03.2017 - 06.2017
- Lead team members – 2 supervisors & 3 analysts- involved in logistics and transportation functions focusing in delivering savings targets of $30M in transportation, logistics and operational costs across North America
- Analyzed and implemented raw material Supply Planning improvement opportunities, providing operational growth opportunities
- Maintained up-to-date documents, including project charters, timelines, and ‘dashboard of product projects’, throughout project lifecycle
- Partnered with cross-functional stakeholders to develop detailed project plans to include goals, milestones, timelines, budget, resources and critical path for approval, track progress and hold project team members accountable for accomplishing agreed deliverables and timing
- Overhauled existing reporting practices by implementing Tableau Analysis tools to supplement SAP needed to gather accurate inventory data management across North American distribution network
- Oversaw and supported operational development of critical processes and metrics, global and domestic carrier relationships agreements to ensure optimal levels of performance across North America Market
- Improved safety policies to support production and logistics initiatives relating to ATF policies related to Explosive Materials: Finished Material Stand Time Transition to Just in Time Practices
- Reported progress to logistics and transportation cost saving plan, ensuring support and engagement with primary stakeholders based on compliance initiatives implemented by Federal Explosive Laws and Regulations (ATF)
- Leads brainstorming sessions to continue idea generation for continuous improvement in limited specialized transportation market, leading to opportunities of carrier growth able to provide transportation service for sensitive and highly regulated hazardous materials
- Implemented freight cost model for raw materials vs finished product for different production plants, identifying initiatives to maximize freight sourcing opportunities as part of Global Supply Planning Improvement Project
- Lead assigned processed improvement projects with assertiveness and leadership with best-in-class insight techniques to address business questions and new growth opportunities
- HAZMAT liaison regarding ocean, rail and over road regulations for sensitive and highly regulated hazardous materials (Class 1 – Explosives)
- Developed, Implemented, and analyzed data requirements for future transportation and logistics projects
- Analyzed performance of transportation and logistics activities against various indicators and goals
- Conducted data analytics, KPI metric creation, forecast, and operational / financial reporting needed to support supply chain optimization across North America
- Coordinated cross-functional business or transportation projects within broader supply chain and operation teams
- Primary liaison between customer service and plants to continuously improve logistics service and provide cost transportation reduction alternatives
- Delivered technical expertise sessions at program management level to ensure projects have appropriate staff and assist with growing industrial and remediation support services within Industrial, Mining and Waste markets
Senior Regional Transportation Analyst
Midwest & East Regions, Ardent Mills
Denver, Colorado
08.2014 - 03.2017
- Managed cross-functional teams of 2 independent contractors and 4 full-time employees dedicated to transportation freight optimization, data management, and carrier performance reporting
- Partnered with Customer Service groups, 16 plant operations,20 physical distribution centers, and 5 logistics coordinators ensuring customer orders are planned timely
- Promoting on time delivery to customers and reducing production plant shutdowns caused by late deliveries
- Promoted initiatives to launch “voice of consumer and transportation carriers”, providing learning and collaboration opportunities to business development team, Operations, Sales, and R&D partners for North America business entities
- Providing day-to-day leadership, planning, and implementation of innovation pipeline projects (proactive & customers’ driven) by applying transportation and logistics project management skills, and subject-matter expertise to ensure on-scope, on-time and on-quality execution and launch of projects according to Ardent Mills processes
- Designed, Scheduled, and delivered classroom, distance learning and hands-on training experiences for new onboarded/hired logistic specialists, plant operators and transportation carries
- Maintaining monthly, quarterly, and yearly evaluations with department management to resolve training concerns and drive process improvements (Blackboard, Adobe Work Front Fusion, MS PowerPoint)
- Developed, negotiated, and implemented transportation and packaging material contracts, including management of large multi-national suppliers
- Managed yearly transportation budget for production mills located across North American Network. Managing supply chain & transportation responsibility for $25.0+ million yearly spend
- Managed daily activities of Transportation Support Team to execute against short-term and long-term supply/demand challenges and meet location/plant/business objectives
- Lead transportation demand planning for yearly, quarterly, and monthly production goals while proactively providing impact analysis and recommendations to stakeholders within business to better balance customer expectation and production plan capabilities
- Managed supply chain base to ensure that any potential risks are identified and that contingencies are put into effect to minimize those risks: transportation, 3PL warehousing & logistics
- Establish effective and collaborative relationships throughout company, including with senior leadership, operations, R&D, finance, customer service and sales
- Analyzed business and transportation data to reduce costs and transit associated with routing lanes within United States and Canada
- Implementing revenue growth and expanding cost saving initiatives for intermodal deliveries, reducing transportation costs for long haul deliveries
- Perform Inventory management at external 3PL warehouses and internal manufacturing locations: Maintain accurate inventories in proprietary management system, managed aging inventory, coordinated communication regarding ins/outs, monitored lot rotation, month end inventory reconciliation, month-end cycle count, report month end inventories to Ops Finance team, perform virtual inventories, coordinated disposition of distressed inventory with appropriate internal teams
- Developed, recommended, and implemented contingency transportation and logistics plans to ensure common operational processes to be implemented across Ardent Mills network when resolving customer issues/incidents or coordinating sale or disposal of distressed product by following Ardent Mills Food Safety and Product Security standards
- Developed transportation streamlining opportunities for flour mills and distribution across Midwest and East coast region while maintaining high levels of carrier performance across customer network
- Provided transportation management for high volume shipments of flour and grain across Midwest and East coast region, volume translation into billions of pounds of flour for manufacturing/vendor operations
- Analyzed transportation market rate trends for existing contract lanes, allowing to identify transportation cost saving opportunities
- Participated in transportation business automation initiatives using technology and tools to aide in service delivery and meet customer required delivery dates
- Select and implement tools to support effectiveness of team and simplify process to achieve greater results
- Participated in cross-functional business projects, creating strong relationships fostering growth opportunities and increasing efficiency and productivity of warehouse operations and improved accuracy to supply activities
- Coordinated cross-functional business or transportation initiatives within broader supply chain and operation teams, ensuring timely delivery of goods and equipment by analyzing order demand and transportation carrier delivery trends by using established KPI metrics
- Trained, developed, and motivated employees to peak performance and growth in their market knowledge and vendor responsibilities
- Provided carrier procurement contract negotiations support, focusing on fair market cost, safety and delivery requirements
- Identified current market best practices, bottlenecks, and ultimately advise on improvements
- Contributed to financial strategy and analysis for transportation budgeting, planning, business processes, P&L or reporting to assist executive decision making
- Researched and resolved supplier and/or internal stakeholder investigations, including but not limited to: accounts payable issues, performance issues, delivery, quality, product returns, etc
- Developed expansion of intermodal program in Midwest region, resulting in 10% transportation cost savings and 8% decrease in container demurrage charges
- Developed and implemented transportation & logistics operating plans, including thorough knowledge of budgeting, financial analysis, and cost control practices
- Implemented communication improvements to internal transportation carrier procedures that led to reduced time and cost accrued at time of pick up and partner deliveries
- Encouraged carrier participation in performance costs initiatives for all Midwest regional deliveries: dry van, LTL, bulk tanker & intermodal. Providing cost savings of 12% in 2015, 10% in 2016 & 8% in 2017. Providing transportation carrier network optimization and optimal route selection opportunities
- Increased drop & pick trailer participation in 80% of the network plants, reducing detention and demurrage charges by preloading and optimizing plant/warehouse capabilities.
Senior Logistics Coordinator / Hazardous Cargo
American President, American President Lines, Ltd
Englewood, CO
09.1998 - 06.2014
- Led daily coordination and cargo planning of class 1 & class 7 shipments on carrier owned and partner vessels for customers as approved by International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMGD) regulations
- Managed multiple-site logistics projects; ensuring global team members delivered consistent level of high-quality service and customer satisfaction, while sustaining profitable and efficient operations which translated in business growth of 5%
- Identify, standardize/automate, and implement process improvement opportunities across Americas Container Network by targeting high dwelling containers in export and import pipeline
- Support continuous strategic development of inbound network design and accountability for tactical planning and management of inbound container delivery
- Partner with APL Sales team to ensure understanding of local issues, investigation of opportunities and implementation of new business strategies
- Developed cost saving transportation opportunities to support corporate objectives and drive continuous growth of shipping HAZMAT
- Developed forecasting analysis utilized by sales department during contract negotiations with potential international customers
- Lead import and export loading plans for cargo destined to Asia, Europe, and Middle East ports
- Resolved problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports, exports, or customer issues
- Contributed to cargo compliance, organizational policies and procedures connected to Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) regulatory guidelines, maintaining 100 percent global shipment compliance
- Established and maintained stock records and other documents such as inventory, material control, accounting and supply reports using database system
- Evaluated and standardized processes and procedures to improve efficiency of workers
- Managed departmental financial duties relating to: purchasing, budget preparation and review, financial reporting, and monitoring expenses
- Managed import and export processes for all class 1 & class 7 cargoes in compliance with foreign port authorities and trade regulations
- Preserved daily interaction with U.S
- Customs agencies on possible compliance issues and processes, leading to resolution for every shipment
- Operated closely with customs brokers to ensure proper commodity declaration had been established by utilizing HTS Code classification
- Planned import cargo deliveries to customers/consignees upon clearance from USDA, FDA & other government agencies
- Supported in vessel stowage for all Class 1, Class 7, HAZMAT and OOG/Project cargo (Mining & Oil) for West Bound export (Asia), East Bound (Europe) & Middle East destinations
- Supported regional operations by working directly with customers to provide accurate export cargo projections
- Performed export and import analysis required to maximize utilization, maintain vessel projections and worksheets for all outbound service, prioritization and ensure communication on booking management to achieve operational goals
- Work closely with port operations and logistics to ensure vessels are profiled properly to ensure maximum laden and appropriate empty match back for Asian, European and Middle East Markets
- Provide direction to Logistics, port planners and Export Cargo Management teams on cargo daily support for unexpected issues and problem resolution
- Determine load factor in order to plan down line allocation or backloading space through reviewing and managing of forecasts, bookings, shipments in pipe line and un-forecasted projects on Service VVPC level
- Managed coordination with Trades, Sales, Operations, GNA, Procurement and CFC-Eur & Nam counterparts to ensure that allocated network space resources are utilized as planned, avoid sudden hiccups and capitalize on opportunities for better cargo yield
- Liaise and coordinate with Vessel Planners on stowage and owners’ merit, ensuring good distribution of cargo volumes / weight / equipment size types.
Education
Certification - Contracting Officer Representative Level III
Defense Acquisition University
Fort Belvoir, VA04.2022
Master of Science - Operations & Supply Chain Management
Colorado Technical University
Aurora, CO2016
Bachelor of Science - Project Management
Colorado Technical University, Institute
Aurora, CO2014
Skills
- Strategic Implementation of Operations, Logistics and Transportation Initiatives
- Supply Chain Management Streamlining
- Client, Vendor & Supplier Relationship Management
- Service Agreements & Contract Administration: Government & Private Sector
- KPI Management & Development
- Vendor & Supplier Review and Selection
- Procurement & Financial Analysis
- Project Management Practical Initiatives
- SOP Development & Implementation:
- Active Public Trust Clearance
- Operations and Logistics Analytics
- Domestic and International Transportation Operations & Management – Sea, Air, OTR, Rail, 3PL
- Budgeting & Cost Control Management
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Emergency Manager / Logistics Systems Manager
FEMA / DHS
12.2017 - Current
Sr. Transportation Management Analyst
Johns
10.2017 - 12.2017
Sr. Logistics Project Manager
Orica Mining
03.2017 - 06.2017
Senior Regional Transportation Analyst
Midwest & East Regions, Ardent Mills
08.2014 - 03.2017
Senior Logistics Coordinator / Hazardous Cargo
American President, American President Lines, Ltd
09.1998 - 06.2014
Certification - Contracting Officer Representative Level III
Defense Acquisition University
Master of Science - Operations & Supply Chain Management
Colorado Technical University
Bachelor of Science - Project Management
Colorado Technical University, Institute
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