Evans Acquisitions LLC December 2018 – Present
Senior Managing Partner
• Acting Acquisition Manager responsible for identifying properties for purchase to remodel/sell or rental ownership.
• Oversee active property renovation project plans to drive on-time completion.
XPO Logistics – Managed Transportation June 2017 – February 2020
Procurement Manager- Dow Chemical Account
• Procure transportation from 3PL truckload carriers to support shipments for entire US distribution, Canada and Mexico.
• Manage carrier cost and service for over 100 carriers with $110M spend.
o Facilitated Network Bid for contract lanes set up to deliver $16M cost savings in 2020.
• Lead carrier development to bring additional capacity to an ever changing distibution network with many special requirements such as Reefer service, Hazmat and Tanker Endorsements.
• Dedicated Fleet Procurement Manager responsible for design and performance of 6 Carrier-150 Driver Fleet.
o Negotiated $6M in contract cost savings for Fleet in 2019.
JME Transportation Solutions January 2017 – June 2017
Transportation Consulting
• Providing review of existing procedures and programs in safety, operations and freight payment.
• Provide solutions to improve efficiency in profits, operations and safety culture.
BP, Naperville IL September 1998- July 2016
Manager, Petrochemicals Truck & Rail Transloads November 2004- July 2016
• Managed Truck contracts for $10M portfolio and supervised daily operations for 25 carriers and 12 loading plants, solving problems to ensure safe and on-time loading and delivery.
• Managed Rail Transload contracts for $3M portfolio and daily operations for 5 third party rail transload sites. Creating solutions for challenges with the railroads, sites or carriers to ensure safe and on-time loading performance.
• Negotiated yearly cost savings by identifying opportunities for process change or third party efficencies including:
o $350k in savings delivered in 2016 outside of contract negotiations.
o Creating competition for existing Gulf Coast carriers, resulting in reduced rates delivering $100k cost savings.
• Managed Third Party performance through quarterly scorecards to measure service and review challenges as required. Ex: Created a performance improvement plan for a rail transload provider. Coached management team to correct multiple issues aligning their performance to standards.
• Managed Third Party Safety management setting safety expectations for contract service providers and measured performance quarterly. Created a proactive Safety Program in 2011, in response to accidents, which influenced driver behavior preventing severe vehicle accidents since 2012 through July 2016.
• Supervised in-house Third Party Broker Director of Operations. Coached employee through key areas of focus to align with BP third party expectations.
Petrochemicals Commercial Transport Supervisor April 2003- October 2004
• Managed a team of 10 transport professionals providing multi-modal transport support for twelve North American Petrochemical business units. Led commercial negotiations and performance management including operational logistics support.
• Managed strategic positioning of commercial team providing contractual negotiation and performance management with major truck, rail and marine carriers for $300M business portfolio.
• Negotiated major market interventions to mitigate freight cost. Initiatives completed in marine and rail delivered over $10M annual cost savings.
Petrochemicals Commercial Distribution Supervisor February 2000-March 2003
• Managed a team of 5 professionals providing inventory control support for extensive third party distribution network of 40 sites. Yearly efforts to optimize inventory control activities resulted in a 32M pound reduction in 2002, which delivered a working capital reduction of $8M.
• Marketed and commercially supported the Vendor Inventory Management program for Petrochemicals in North America. The first year of the program enabled sales to enter into long-term supply contracts with major customers increasing revenue by over 10%.
• Developed and released a web communication platform for the North American Distribution Network. The web-based application delivered a one-time cost savings of $1.4M in working capital reductions and reduced the Days Sales Outstanding cycle time. The application also streamlined communication with each third party site improving ERP data integrity for over 16k orders, 37k transactions covering $250M sales.
Petrochemicals Logistics Coordinator September 1998- January 2000
• Managed commercial relationship with third party warehouse and terminal distribution network in support of North American Petrochemical inventory storage requirements. Commercial contract/negotiations portfolio of $6.5M.
• Developed and implemented inventory control process for warehouse and terminal network delivering working capital savings of $2M.
• Project Manager for manufacturing labor outsourcing project, bidding process replaced incumbant provider at a cost savings of $1.8M annualy.
Nalco Chemical Company July 1990-September 1998
Naperville, IL
Career positions/responsibilities listed below:
• Project Manager for Vendor Managed Inventory program provided both system and operatonal support US customer base with a heavy focus on steel and paper manufacturing aplications.
• Private Fleet Trucking Manager responsibile for bulk liquid and package delivery scheduling and asset utilization. Supervised two dispatchers and 32 full time salaried drivers servicing outbound deliveries from the Chicago Plant.
• Warehouse Manager of US Warehouse/Terminal Network, managed $12M spend from procurement of services to performance measurement and assessment.
Education Saint Xavier University Chicago, IL
Degree: Bachelor Of Arts Major: Marketing 1987
