Douglas Polancih

About Douglas Polancih

Innovative Systems Architect | Status Quo Buster |$500K+ Cost SaverI specialize in transforming inefficiency into opportunity. My mission: deliver at least in savings within my first year through strategic automation, process redesign, and data-driven insight.Over the past three fiscal years, I’ve averaged in annual savings, eliminating 7,098 manual hours through custom-built solutions in VBA, SQL, and Excel—equivalent to $567,540 in recovered value. What I do best:Automate workflows using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and SQL, reducing labor costs and boosting throughput.Identify operational pain points and engineer new processes that elevate KPI performance and cross-functional efficiency.Design intuitive tools that empower teams to make smarter decisions faster—whether in logistics, transportation, accounts payable, or business intelligence. Philosophy: Lateral thinking meets technical execution. I don’t just solve problems—I reframe them to unlock scalable solutions. Sample Skill in Action:Function getNumeric(str As String) As String \' Removes all non-numeric characters from a string. Written by Douglas Polancih Dim strHold As String, lngX As Long For lngX = 1 To Len(str) If IsNumeric(Mid(str, lngX, 1)) Then strHold = strHold & Mid(str, lngX, 1) End If Next getNumeric = strHold End Function🧠 Keywords: automation, Excel, VBA, SQL, KPI, analysis, insight, database, logistics, transportation, AP, account management, advanced Office workflows

Experience

1. Senior Coordinator Special Projects- Swat Team

   Hapag-Lloyd AG

   Jul 2023 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

Education

• Macomb Community College

  Associate's degree, General Studies

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Truckload
• Supply Chain Management
• Inventory Management
• Warehousing
• Microsoft Excel
• Transportation Management
• Supply Chain
• Account Management
• 3pl
• International Logistics
• Microsoft Access
• Process Improvement
• Transportation
• Programming
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Visual Basic
• Shipping
• Freight
• Trucking
• Vba
• Kpi Dashboards
• Air Freight
• Third-Party Logistics (3pl)
• Logistics
• Customer Satisfaction
• Operations Management
• Logistics Management
• Tableau
• Extreme Excel
• Ltl
• Microsoft Office
• Freight Forwarding
• Customer Service