Elizabeth Danielle Wells1083 Kacie Drive, Pleasant View, TN 37146

(615) 406-6645 | wellselizabeth4jc@gmail.com

SummaryOutgoing, self-motivated, and analytically driven professional with 16 years of experience in data analytics and process improvement. A strong problem solver who successfully provides innovative logistic supply chain management solutions. Works cross-functionally to meet objectives by utilizing analytical and people skills.

Work Experience

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations | Nashville, TN 7/00 – Present Operation Manager of BSFO 9/1/11 – present Sr. Analyst, Certified Transportation Professional 7/1/07 – 8/31/11 Analyst for Bridgestone Fleet Operations (BSFO) 1/1/07 – 6/30/07

Constructed and currently improving the $86 million budgeting process for BSFO to cover 298 tractors, 764 trailers, and 403 drivers spread across 7 distribution centers and 50 domiciles in the U.S. and Canada. Utilizing Excel to measure, monitor, and quickly update when needed. Improved the data accuracy and availability of the BSFO budget.

Working with LLamasoft to design a model for fleet route optimization so that routes can be optimized on a yearly to quarterly basis to improve efficiency and reduce costs, with forecasted 5–10% savings.

Working on projects to help distribute BSFO costs down to the shipment level to gain visibility of delivery cost to the customer in comparison to common carrier costs.

Fleet expert on how our routes are handled in JDA TMS on a daily basis. Help decide whether a route should be delivered by the fleet or common carrier in understanding

the advantages and disadvantages of each. Major role in building a costing model for BSFO routes. Business process lead for installing a transportation management system (JDA Transport) and

fleet shipment costing at 7 different warehouses to sustain and improve routing for the fleet during the transitions to TMS and SAP.

Responsible for tracking actual to budget figures for BSFO, including drafting and implementing revisions to meet original budgets.

Oversaw the integration of fleet systems with big data into the SAP roll out to insure effective fleet operations and reporting. Currently monitoring and improving those connections and data integrity.

Helped identify and track Key Process Indicators (KPIs) for BSFO to drive system improvements and understand the fleet in comparison to the common carrier.

SAP Business Intelligence (BI) expert for BSFO and logistics, building and running queries in BI.

Drafts and submits purchase requisitions in SAP. Built a multisite Access database to keep track of BSFO backhauls/revenue stream of $5M

annually and their payments, which reduced unpaid backhauls for BSFO by 30% and reduced the amount of time spent reconciling payments.

Streamlined and automated all of BSFO reporting by approximately 40%. Performs multiple daily and monthly reports for Fleet tracking and reporting. Builds Ad hoc reports used in projects to support field and corporate needs. Responsible for maintaining and implementing new territory design for the fleet. National Private Trucking Council Conference Planning Committee member: organizes and

plans breakout sessions and speakers for the annual conference, including myself.

SP&S Engineer and Sr. SP&S Engineer 4/01 – 12/06

Responsible for weekly scheduling of production and distribution of original equipment passenger tires for various companies such as Honda, Chrysler, Mercedes, and Hyundai, along with working with common carriers to have product delivered to the customer.

Served as back up to Toyota, Nummi, BMW, and GM Truck OE customers along with planning for import and re-export coordination for BSJ and Costa Rica.

Compiled 200+ tire types into a production plan that fit within the plant production constraints while meeting the daily budgeted production levels for two tire manufacturing sites.

Performed weekly distribution of replacement passenger tires made in the U.S., Canada, and Japan.

Lead a team that developed an automated system for OE schedulers to track orders that saved 2

Elizabeth Danielle Wells1083 Kacie Drive, Pleasant View, TN 37146

(615) 406-6645 | wellselizabeth4jc@gmail.com

hours for each OE scheduler each day. Completed a green belt project on tire plant schedule compliance with a cost avoidance of

$563,000/year. Coordinated the standardization of all OE log sheets by designing a standard form to ease the

training and back up responsibilities for supplying OE customers. Developed reporting to track how long tires were frozen that resulted in a reduction of 120,000

frozen tires within 2 weeks. Improved the critical items production list by automating the process to ease creation of reports

and cut entry time by 75%. Coordinated the combining of PSR and LTR numbers in MPS for a better overall visibility of

production and inventory at Aiken, Joliette, and LaVergne. Reported on total company inventory, backorders, critical items, and excess inventory.

Tire Recall Analyst 11/00 – 3/01

1 of 2 people selected out of a group of 14 from the Navigator Program. Calculated failure rates by plant and overall for advisory list tires. Produced tire age graphs using pivot tables and charts in Excel. Provided analysis on Radial ATX and Wilderness AT P235/75R15 for congressional hearings,

along with other NHTSA advisory tires.

2000 Navigator 7/00 – 10/00

Gained broad understanding of overall company through Navigator Program. Assisted with implementation of TTIC (tool tracking inventory control). Assisted with Environmental Project to eliminate improper waste amounts. Scheduled evaluations to help organize the scheduling of weekly tire production. Evaluated line capacity, line speed, and proper number of workers through time studies. Provided workstation layout and design.

Training and

Education

2014/ Bridgestone, Advanced Front Line Leadership Programs 2014/Advance Front Line Leadership Program 2010/National Private Trucking Council, Certified Transportation Professional (CTP) 2007/SAP Power User 2007/University of Colorado at Denver, Practitioner Certificate Program in Business Analysis 2007/New Horizons, Access Level 1 and 2 2007/Comp USA, Excel Level 3 2006/Six Sigma Green Belt, Bridgestone 2006/Minitab – Bridgestone Master Black Belts 2000/Auburn University, Bachelors of ISE

Software Skills

Advanced: Excel, Access, and Power Point BI/BW Power User JDA Transport and interaction with Fleet Management Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru’s Transportation Guru PC Miller Visio SharePoint MapPoint Microsoft Office