AMANDA K. CASTRO GÓMEZ
Carolina
Summary
Accomplished Logistic Coordinator with extensive experience at Traderunner, recognized for utilizing advanced Excel and Pivot skills to optimize logistics reporting and improve vendor onboarding processes. Demonstrated exceptional organizational abilities, maintaining monthly service levels at 99.3%, which reflects a strong commitment to efficiency and customer satisfaction in dynamic environments.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Logistic Coordinator
Traderunner
01.2018 - Current
- Manage the Freight Helpdesk by answering all inquiries, tracking claims and credits a in a timely and effective manner
- Respond to client shipping and fulfillment inquiries and coordinates with freight and warehousing vendors
- Reviews freight invoices and reports for accuracy and completeness prior approval
- Prepare and manipulate weekly freight data files for reporting and upload
- Review unallocated charges or incomplete invoices, and find a resolution to correct all outstanding issues
- Maintain logistics vendor accounts including the set-up of new users/suppliers, and the discontinuation of terminated users
- Train and educate users on company shipping processes and best practices
- Monitor logistics daily processes, and work closely with the IT team to ensure a smooth process
- Actively seek to reduce unallocated shipping cost by contacting vendors/clients via email and/or phone for corresponding job reference #
- Manages day-to-day risk associated with freight shipments and fulfillment logistics
- Support teams by coordinating and collating content
- Maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive information
- Simplify complex data into a user-friendly format such as graphs and charts
Sr, Analyst Vendor Management and Product Registration Specialty
Cardinal Health 120, Inc. (Formerly known as Borschow)
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Participate in collective strategic planning across all lines of the PR organization - (Sales, Product, Operations, and Account Management)
- Responsible for the development and execution of sourcing strategies to leverage relationships within business entity or across enterprise to achieve best total value
- Includes Category and or Commodity management strategies and execution, supplier relationship management, negotiation, risk management and supply base performance management
- Develop best practices for vendors contract administration, and deal closure
- Responsible for negotiate, collaborate, building and create contract with supplier to influence support for mutually beneficial outcomes and achieve consensus
- Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects
- Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
- Responsible for billing on monthly basis suppliers as stipulated in contract
- Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models
- Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope
- Receives guidance on overall project objectives
- Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues
Analyst, Inventory Management
Cardinal Health 120, Inc. (Formerly known as Borschow)
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Responsible of analyze, monitor, and forecast our customer's demands for Pharmaceuticals and Over the Counter products
- Work with suppliers, pharmacies, and clients to assure that inventory and service levels are met (purchasing approx
- $8 m and maintaining monthly service levels at 99.3%)
- Make daily orders for specialty pharmacies, hospitals and medical offices using the Drop Shipment model (Approx
- 4M)
- Responsible of purchases for controlled substance products for the Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands market
- Collaborate with QRA and Finance Departments to revise and update the standard of operating procedures (SOP) to comply with SOX
- Development a portfolio of products that assures that our clients (from Retail Chains like CVS, Costco, Kmart, Walmart to Independent Community Pharmacies) have available the largest variety of products that are on the market and with the most competitive prices
Coordinator, Inventory Management
Cardinal Health 120, Inc. (Formerly known as Borschow)
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Process customers' requests for registration and licensing of Pharmaceutical and Over the Counter products
- Review client/companies required forms for product licenses are provided and complied with regulations
- On weekly basis processed new products thru Puerto Rico's Health Department to ensure that the client companies are in compliance with Pharmacy laws and state requirements
- Maintain and updated product/ customer information in a daily basis, maintaining a 100% accuracy of inventory data of new products and suppliers
- Facilitate training to new hires transitioning staff into a dynamic, results-driven sales force
- Contributed to the successful launch of LEXAPRO, AVALIDE , AVAPRO, LIPITOR & PLAVIX brand products to the Puerto Rico pharmaceutical market
Education
B. A. - Business Administration, Concentration in Marketing
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO
05.2011
Skills
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Handling multitasks
- Highly competitive attitude
- Flexibility to adapt to continuous change
- Excellent time management skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to adapt to new tools and equipment
- Customer service orientation
- Team-oriented
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent writing skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Skilled in Microsoft Office programs
- Proficient in Excel
- Proficient in Pivot
- Proficient in PowerPoint
- IMA
- NTE
- SAMS
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
- APICS Principles of Distribution and Logistics
- Inventory Management
- Distribution Requirements Planning Training
- Logistics reporting
- Vendor onboarding
References
Professional references will be provided upon request.
Languages
Spanish
First Language
English
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Timeline
Logistic Coordinator
Traderunner
01.2018 - Current
Sr, Analyst Vendor Management and Product Registration Specialty
Cardinal Health 120, Inc. (Formerly known as Borschow)
01.2015 - 01.2018
Analyst, Inventory Management
Cardinal Health 120, Inc. (Formerly known as Borschow)
01.2012 - 01.2015
Coordinator, Inventory Management
Cardinal Health 120, Inc. (Formerly known as Borschow)
01.2011 - 01.2012
B. A. - Business Administration, Concentration in Marketing
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO
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