Elizabeth Montgomery: in San Diego, CA

Leads proposal development and manages execution of pricing templates for ocean freight bid responses to Request for Quotation/Request for Proposal (RFQ/RFPs) ranging from $1-100+ million total spend. • Managed the annual RFP response and contract renewal for a major automotive customer while increasing business share for 4 consecutive years. • Lead a process improvement initiative to improve quality and on-time submission rate of country pricing teams. • Developed a consolidation solution for customer's ocean freight resulting in a 16% cost savings. • Developed a winning proposal offering a customer greater flexibility between reduced transit times and costs savings. • Lead a $70 million bid proposal through negotiation and an on-line auction resulting in a 35% increase in business share.