Khanh Tran

Experience

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  Shorelight

  Apr 2017 - May 2017

  Global Orientation Leader
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  Florida International University

  May 2017 - Dec 2017

  Student Assistant
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  Johnson & Johnson

  Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

  National Finalist
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  Continental & Global Services Inc

  May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Export Expansion Intern

  • Identified potential markets in Asia, Europe, and Africa to establish a suitable site for company expansion.• Collaborated with government agencies, such as the US Commercial Service, to gather information on the various markets and gain insights into the exporting process.• Developed a business export plan for each specific region, including a soft launch via Amazon FBA, and presented it to leading experts in the field, government agencies, and colleagues.

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  Sealand – A Maersk Company

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2018

  Trade Assistant

  • Created an information hub for all ports by extracting data from booking reports and Piers, with statistics for imports, exports, commodities, customers, and competitors.• Gathered and analyzed data on out-of-gauge cargo to benchmark rates and services against the market gap. Communicated weekly sales information to the team for transparency.• Established new processes in logistics and business areas, such as tenders, invoices, customer service, and NPS reports, and created presentations for C-level management. Show less

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  ALDI USA

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  District Manager Intern

  • Shadowed multiple district managers to gain insight into the operational functions of stores, such as audits, hiring events, benchmarking future sales, and setting store goals, with the aim of maintaining and improving profit margins, ensuring compliance, reducing loss numbers, and helping store managers grow.• Analyzed labor hour allocation to improve productivity and efficiency within targeted stores, resulting in a 4% increase and achieving a record of 84% efficiency.• Conducted a financial analysis of the impact of produce packaging in the Royal Palm Beach division, including claims paid, labor hour loss, and inventory loss, and proposed multiple strategies to reduce these losses. Show less

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  St. Dalfour

  Feb 2020 - May 2022

  Logistics Analyst

  • Developed new models for monthly S&OP to predict inventory needs with accuracy.• Identified cost savings opportunities and negotiated with warehouse and 3PL suppliers to get the best possible rate, resulting in a 5% warehousing cost reduction and an overall 8% reduction in drayage.• Maintained supplier and vendor relationships and measured vendor performance against contract, including vetting weekly invoices to ensure it is up to contractual standards. • Drove the imports of 250+ containers from France to the East Coast and West Coast and drayage to New Jersey and California subsequently; regulated all processes for inventories, ensuring a lot of control and FIFO is followed dating product is sold at a discount/donated accordingly. Reconciled all inventory by month-end.• Oversaw clients’ order processing, routing, EDI, BOL, and invoicing. • Developed a cost and profitability analysis on all product offerings, resulting in a companywide pricing shift and the discontinuation of some products, generating an additional $2.2M in revenue. Show less

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  Mockingbird

  Jun 2022 - May 2023

  Senior Logistics Analyst

  • Negotiated with shipping vendors to attain a 10-17% overall cost reduction (ocean and drayage) and proposed the utilization of a new drayage route, resulting in a yearly reduction of $213k in cost savings with just the current volume.• Managed imports of 300+ containers from China to the East Coast and West Coast and drayage to Harrisburg, PA, and Ontario, CA subsequently; ensured the process for ISF, customs, D/O, and all related invoices were cleared and tracked for ETA of all inventories and estimated outflow of cash via Google Sheets.• Handled crucial pieces in the recalls process, including exports of 60+ containers back to China for rework, built models for rework timeline tracking, compared the cost for reworking vendors in the US, built a KPI dashboard to track a huge influx of orders of repair kits, and managed air shipments of the inventory to relieve the pain point; assisted the CEO and COO in decision-making, as well as relayed back to the CPSC, while aiding with billed back of Chinese vendors $300k for this process.• Built Supply Chain KPI Dashboard to track key metrics and optimized real-time data visualization.• Pulled weekly data using SQL queries and updated S&OP and the weekly forecast; released customs orders on Shopify and updated its inventory weekly.• Handled weekly Target orders and updated the team on the news with suppliers in China or delays with priority inventories; drafted the monthly purchase order to suppliers in China. Show less

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  Lights Lacquer

  Aug 2023 - now

  Operations Manager