Sonia M. Mills
Oregon,OH
Summary
Energetic, result-driven, and collaborative professional seeking a supply chain/logistics position to drive continuous improvement, enhance team productivity, and contribute to team goals. Proven management experience in developing internal policies, conducting training seminars for standard operating procedures (SOP's), and executing operational and strategic initiatives. Demonstrated success in improving costs,service, productivity, and compliance across multiple division.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Logistics Service Manager
O-I
11.2022 - 11.2024
- Logistics Team Manager - Directed logistics team, managing four direct reports including one from Columbia and two with a dotted line.
- Oversaw the daily shipment optimization and carrier tenders to O-I preferred carriers through the use of the transportation management system (TMS) to ensure the best combination of cost and service is achieved at the operational level,
- Worked with procurement and logistics operations to implement new carrier and lane capacity commitments into the TMS opportunities, resolved customer complaints professionally turning negative experience into positive outcome.
- Managed North America import/export, cross border commodities, conducted in accordance with applicable statutory requirements as set forth by Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- Prepare documentation for a request for information from Homeland Security for data on import shipments
- Created SOP’s and templates for cross border, import, and export shipments that were handled outside of SAP
- Initiated and registered O-I as a SmartWay Supplier and developed a Power BI tracking tool for C02 emissions with O-I preferred carriers
Sourcing Management Analyst
Owens Corning
06.2015 - 11.2022
- Global Contract Management Analyzing contract system for data integrity, non-compliance procedures
- Improved operational efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing best practices in contract management.
- Optimized project management practices by conducting comprehensive assessments of project plans and timelines, ensuring on-time completion of go-live date for implementing a new global contract platform
- Partnered with legal and IT organization to assure global sourcing contracts met the data storage and approval process
- Assist in global supplier management by supporting Supplier Segmentation tools
- Scout (RFI & RFQ tool), analysis in supplier spend
- Ensuring that effective and efficient system of internal controls including data integrity, asset protection, segregation of duties, budgeting, financial reporting, information systems and adherence to corporate policies and governmental regulations (GAAP, SOX compliance)
Logistic Expert
Owens Corning
08.2006 - 06.2015
- Directly responsible for planning and execution of all domestic and international shipments across multiple divisions while managing cost and service
- Ensured execution of logistic leader’s competitive bid was being utilized and implemented on-boarding training with new carriers awarded freight
- Maximize cost reductions opportunities to promote savings and manage carrier base with annual performance reviews to celebrate success and identity or reinforce improvement opportunities
- Developed the logistic specialist responsible for the daily outbound freight optimization and load tendering
- Self-motivated with a strong sense of personal responsibility
Transportation Service SPECIALIST
Owens Corning
06.1997 - 08.2006
- Responsible for day-to-day transportation functions in SAP while supporting financial productivity related to shipment creation, tracking, carrier assignment, and performance management
- Monitored service metrics and established tracking for carrier failures
- Developed and trained new transportation service specialist in SAP and processes
- Experience in all divisions and transportation modes, i.e., Vans, flatbeds, containers, tankers, and bulk
Education
Bachelor of Business - Organizational Management
Tiffin University
01.2015
Skills
- Rate negations
- Cost management
- SAP
- Microsoft Excel
- VLOOKUPS & XLOOKUP's
- Pivots
- Microsoft Power Point
- Power BI
- Supply chain operations
- Contract management
- Change management
- Documenting process
- Training
- Decision-making
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Multitasking and organization
- E2 Open
- Icertis
Timeline
Logistics Service Manager
O-I
11.2022 - 11.2024
Sourcing Management Analyst
Owens Corning
06.2015 - 11.2022
Logistic Expert
Owens Corning
08.2006 - 06.2015
Transportation Service SPECIALIST
Owens Corning
06.1997 - 08.2006
Bachelor of Business - Organizational Management
Tiffin University
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