Andy Songer
Director Global Logistics & Trade
- Role
- Logistics Manager at Sparc Group Llc
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Andy Songer
Andy Songer manages the Inbound Logistics program for Eddie Bauer and has over 20 years experience in logistics and supply chain management. In addition to Eddie Bauer, Andy also manages ocean freight procurement and contract management for its parent company SPARC Group. SPARC Group is a shared services company which consists of 7 major retail brands (Lucky Brand, Nautica, Aeropostale, Forever 21, Brooks Brothers, Reebok, Eddie Bauer). Prior to being on the shipper side, Andy worked for an NVOCC doing rate and contract management as well as account management. His career in logistics began with boots on the ground in distribution where he was on a project team to design and build-out an East Coast distribution center. Andy lives in Seattle, WA with his wife, 3 children, and two dogs and enjoys snowboarding, camping, and golf.
Experience
Logistics Manager
Apr 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Manage inbound freight procurement for the 7 SPARC brands including Eddie Bauer, Reebok, Forever21, Nautica, Lucky Brand, Brooks Brothers, and Aeropostale.* Lead the annual ocean import RFP event, total FEU SPARC brand containers. Includes RFP event facilitation, cross brand rate analysis and award MQC recommendations, contract boilerplate review, legal review facilitation, and management of ongoing lane addition and amendment processes.* Manage weekly lift performance meetings with all SPARC brand logistics managers and SSL/NVO carriers to manage lift performance, capture spend by brand by mode, track carrier issues, communicate import ocean market updates, and maintain SOA\'s.* Responsible to maintain monthly SPARC NVO FAK internal rate publishing against SPARC BCO contract rates with quarterly floating bunker adjustments.* Lead initiatives such as global origin CFS pricing, cross brand consolidation opportunities, and 3rd party freight audit payment processes.* Streamline mode procurement activities for SPARC brands with FCL, Air, LCL, and SeaAir options.
Skills
- Procurement
- Container
- 3pl
- Customs Regulations
- Logistics Management
- Shipping
- Third-Party Logistics (3pl)
- Supply Chain Operations
- Freight
- Logistics
- Transportation
- Warehousing
- Ocean
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Freight Forwarding
- Process Improvement
- International Logistics
- Transportation Management
- Contract Negotiation
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