Fractional VP of Logistics · Shipper-side
One Partner.
Every Lane.
Three decades running forwarders. Now I work only for the shipper.
VP-level logistics leadership that reinforces your team and holds every carrier, forwarder and broker to one standard. No carrier commissions. No freight margin on your spend.
The reality shippers manage
Your providers run a governance rhythm. Who runs yours?
Every one of these lands on the shipper's P&L, and every one is a governance problem before it is a freight problem.
Trade
Tariffs move. Your landed cost moves with them.
Trade rules can change several times a year. Each change has to reach your broker and your pricing before it reaches your invoice.
Reliability
Late is a planning assumption, not an exception.
Carrier on-time performance swings widely from year to year. Governance protects you whichever way it swings.
Recovery
Unclaimed money doesn't come back on its own.
Duty refunds, billing disputes and accessorial credits get lost when no one owns the follow-up.
After the fact
Service failures get handled once they happen, every time.
No single view
Carrier, forwarder and broker performance lives in separate inboxes.
Unchallenged charges
Accessorials and exception fees get paid because no one has time to dispute them.
The wrong side of the table
Your account managers answer to the provider, not to you.
Approach
I reinforce your team. I don't replace it.
Your logistics team knows your business. What it rarely has is the time and the leverage to hold a dozen providers to account every week. I bring the senior seat, the cadence and the scorecards. Your team keeps ownership, and every playbook stays with you when I step back.
Provider governance
Written SLAs and scorecards for every carrier, forwarder and broker, with business reviews run on your behalf.
Cost discipline
Freight and accessorial audits, detention and demurrage review, and recovery of leaked cost.
Trade exposure
Tariff alerts and customs broker oversight, so policy shifts reach you before the invoice does.
Network and procurement
Network design and tender management across modes, built on your performance data.
How it works
Every engagement starts with a baseline.
01
Lane Diagnostic
3 to 4 weeks
I map your carriers, lanes, costs and failure points. You receive a performance baseline, a savings range and a 90-day roadmap.
02
Govern
Ongoing
I install a standing governance calendar: weekly exceptions, monthly scorecards, quarterly business reviews and written SLAs.
03
Optimize
Continuous
With control in place, the work moves to network design, tenders and cost-to-serve.
Paid only by the shipper.
No carrier commissions.
No freight margin on your spend.
Your retainer is the only fee.
Transformation
I rebuild operations that have stopped working.
Much of my career has been spent stepping into challenged operations and turning them around. Not with a slide deck, but with the people, the process and the numbers, until the gains hold on their own.
$1M
in savings delivered at each of my last three companies.
Productivity restored
Workflows rebuilt so the operation does more with the resources it already has.
Talent injected
The right people placed in the seats that carry the most weight.
Teams rebuilt
Clear roles, real ownership and a cadence that holds after I step back.
Cost leakage closed
Accessorials, write-offs and process waste found, measured and stopped.
Industries
Built where timing and margin leave no room for error.
Cruise and Marine
Ship supplies, spares and provisions that must meet a sailing window.
Cold Chain and Perishables
Temperature-controlled freight where one missed handoff is a write-off.
Retail and Consumer Goods
Import programs built around seasonal peaks and thin margins.
Cross-Border Manufacturing
U.S.–Mexico production flows, including Tijuana operations.
Global reach: Ocean, air and ground across Asia, Europe and the Americas
Engagements
Three levels of leadership.
Fixed monthly retainer. Every engagement includes month-one onboarding. Multi-quarter pricing is available on request.
Essentials
Governance installed
$5,500 / month
- Single point of contact
- Monthly carrier performance review
- Exception escalation and tracking
- Quarterly network summary
Governance
Governance run every week
$8,500 / month
- Everything in Essentials
- Weekly carrier and accessorial audits
- Standing governance calendar: weekly exceptions call, monthly scorecards, quarterly business review
- Written SLAs for every provider
- Cost-leakage identification and recovery
- Direct access to your fractional VP
Premium
Your fractional VP of Logistics
$14,000 / month
- Everything in Governance
- Network design and RFP management
- Executive and board reporting
- Priority response and on-site availability
Not sure which fits? Start with a no-cost scoping call.
Founder
Aimee Abengoza
Three decades inside global freight forwarders, about ten of them at vice president level, leading operations, regional P&Ls, strategic accounts and turnarounds. I know how providers price and where margin hides, and today I use that knowledge only for shippers.
Read my story →Let's take the fire drills off your desk.
A no-obligation scoping call. You'll leave with a clear read on where your lanes stand and which level of support fits.
Choose a 30-minute time that suits you. The invite arrives automatically.