Elizabeth Birnbaum

• Managed ~20 projects (RFPs) with cross-functional stakeholders, designing warehouse and return centers with EUR ~5-40M annual revenue in retail/e-comm and consumer sectors • Led regional strategy, communication, and training efforts of ~80-user community for internal process design application, including quarterly presentations to C-level management • Consulted on packaging innovation in warehouse design by creating and implementing BCA tool and design guides for packaging-on-demand technology

• Managed 18 transport partners strategically for Ford Motor Company through quarterly business reviews to report KPIs and provide targeted guidance for performance improvement • Liaised with 50+ DHL and Ford supply chain stakeholders to solve carriers' network and operations issues, presenting results monthly to Ford senior management • Oversaw and motivated team of three employees through balanced task management, regular team and 1-1 meetings, and targeted feedback for work deliverables

Project experience includes: • Digitalization investment strategy for freight brokerage business of global logistics provider • Business case analysis for location selection of regional packaging hub for global pharmaceutical company • PMO for implementation of lease contract accounting standard and in-house application across the DPDHL Group • Organizational transformation for a DHL marketing function • Product strategy for cold chain risk analytics tool operated by a DHL shipper

• Developed Sharepoint solution and document standardization to promote knowledge sharing among team of 7 IT managers • Reallocated $1.2 million IT change request budget by using current spend, forecasts, and conversations with key stakeholders to plan for next fiscal quarter’s expenses

• Applied advanced Excel functions and VBA coding to modify strategy report template, reducing formatting time by 30% • Identified key stores for allocations department of Fortune 500 retailer client to stock with major league baseball apparel by creating a database that matches client stores to US counties with high major league baseball fan rates