Supply Chain Manager

David Gillespie

Supply Chain Manager

*********@*****.***

Summary

Top-performing executive with extensive leadership experience focused on large-scale high volume

manufacturing and explosive growth startups, with expertise in product/technology development, plant

operations, supply chain, inventory management, purchasing, production control, ERP implementation,

production/capacity planning, executive reporting, and facility/operations management.

SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Directed a team consultants and orchestrated successful implementation and conversion from spreadsheet

based planning, inventory, and financial system to full Great Plains 10.0 and Tensoft FSM ERP system. From

Requirements to Go Live in less than 4 months for a ~$60m rapidly growing startup.

• Restructured business processes and infrastructure (Manufacturing, Shipping, Receiving, Inventory, Accounts

Payable, Accounting, Operations, and Supply Chain) to improve efficiencies and realign to new capabilities and

strengths of the ERP system, SOX, and ISO compliance. Integrated the system with the development of the

infrastructure for Financial reporting, Cost Accounting, Accounts Payable, and Sales.

• Facilitated Process Control and 5X Production Ramp of critical Vendors in first quarter. Through FMEA and

SPC, established baseline processes and facilitated supply agreement including volume and process

qualification to improve margins by 20% for both the vendor and Sierra. Reduced overall component inventory

cost by 28% in first 4 months.

• Key leadership role a worldwide Oracle based capacity model’s Beta test implementation that led to the

deployment into all assembly test locations; championed software revisions, which allowed the capacity model

to support over 28,000 products with 48 different test platforms, 150 different configurations, and 14 types of

tooling.

Specialties

Operations • Infrastructure & Business Process Development and Re-Engineering • System Implementation &

Integration

P&L Responsibility • Purchasing • Six Sigma/Lean Methodologies • Project Management • MS Dynamics •

Oracle

Great Plains 10.0 • Fabless Semiconductor • Inventory Control • Cost Accounting • SOX • ISO • I2 • ERP •

SPC • SQL

Experience

Material Manager at Long Range Systems

2010 - Present (3 years)

Responsible for high volume international and domestic Purchasing, Inventory, Warehouse, Shipping,

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Receiving, Planning, and Production Control for restaurant coaster pager systems. Developed worldwide

distribution network for turnkey deployment and seasonal demand strategies to mitigate excess inventory and

ensure product available for spikes in demand. Responsible for supply chain reliability and redundancy to

ensure timely delivery of air and newly initiated ocean freight. Manage overall quality of products, initiating

and managing corrective actions, and incoming compliance to specifications. Implemented and maintained

S&OPE planning process.

• Engineered and implemented full turnkey product builds overseas to reduce touch time and improve quality

which reduced overall cost by over 15% while US Dollar fell over 10% against the CNY.

• Improved on time delivery for international distribution network from 30% to over 95% by redesigning

planning systems and improved forecasting processes. Improved domestic on time delivery from 80% to

99%.

• Implemented Demand Planning module under budget and ahead of schedule without any disruption to

supply chain. Improved operational procedure and processes to remove 40% of ERP transactions and

improving system accuracy.

Director of Supply Chain at Vitec Group, Integrated Microwave Technologies

December 2008 - August 2010 (1 year 9 months)

Responsible for Supply Chain Operations for RF Microwave manufacturing facility supporting $80m annual

revenue. Managed ~$1.2m budget to development and implement the Great Plains 10.0 ERP system.

Developed business processes and infrastructure to support, maintain, and improve MS Dynamics based ERP

system Using Lean and Six Sigma Methodologies. Develop and solidify supply chain for new product

development.

1 recommendation available upon request

Supply Chain at SMI

2008 - 2008 (less than a year)

Supply Chain at SMI

2008 - 2008 (less than a year)

Supply Chain at SMI

2008 - 2008 (less than a year)

World Wide Manufacturing at Texas Instruments

June 1994 - December 2007 (13 years 7 months)

Capital and Capacity Planning Manager for TI Phillipines, and TI Mexico. Insured Final test capacity

available as volume ramped and demand changed.

Process Engineer at TI

1999 - 2003 (4 years)

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Skills & Expertise

Inventory Control

Supply Chain

Manufacturing

Six Sigma

SPC

ERP

Purchasing

Cost Accounting

Integration

P&L responsibility

SQL

SOX

Semiconductors

Lean Manufacturing

FMEA

5S

MRP

Supply Chain Management

DOE

TQM

Continuous Improvement

Internal Controls

Logistics

Design of Experiments

Business Process

Materials Management

Process Engineering

Black Belt

Kaizen

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Process Improvement

Inventory Management

Product Development

Management

Supply Management

Project Planning

Supply Chain Optimization

Strategic Sourcing

Production Planning

Education

Louisiana Tech University

Mathematics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, and Business, 1989 - 1993

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David Gillespie

Supply Chain Manager

*********@*****.***

1 person has recommended David

"Dave is a very driven and focused professional, excellent technical skills, and takes great pride in his work."

Wes Hoffman, Owner / Founder, Paradigm Entertainment, Inc, was with another company when

working with David at Texas Instuments

Contact David on LinkedIn

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