DEREK BREEDING

*** ****** **** **** . **************, TN 37075 . 615-***-****

abhqwg@r.postjobfree.com

A highly motivated and experienced Supply, Material, and Operations Leader

who has demonstrated the ability to lead diverse teams of professionals to

new levels of success in a variety of highly competitive areas and fast-

paced environments. Strong technical acumen and business qualifications

with an impressive track record with more than 12 years of hands-on

experience in strategic planning, project/budget management, and global

supply chain management.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Budget Management MS Office Suite expert

Strategic Planning Global Supply Chain/Logistics

Conflict Resolution

Cross Functional Team Management

Project Management Lean/Six Sigma

Operations Improvement Customer Satisfaction

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United States Navy, Lieutenant Commander; March 1988 - December 2010

Navy Manpower Analysis Center, Director - Millington, TN (Oct

2007-Dec 2010)

Directly responsible for supervising 22 members of a cross functional

department in the development of manpower requirement strategy for over

55,000 jobs with $3.9 billion in budget authority. Additional

responsibilities include project management, conducting time studies and

data analysis for staffing standards/validation. Specific accomplishments

include:

. Directed a 9 member cross functional team in a 6 month review of 8

critical staffing standards that led to a 35% increase in efficiency

across first year of implementation

. Spearheaded a Maintenance Officer project utilizing multiple data

sources, arriving at a strategy that allowed the Naval Aviation

Enterprise to eliminate the use of 23 personnel saving 2.3 million for

the United States Navy

. Developed organizational business plans and strategies (FY10/FY11),

ensuring goals and requirements were met for stakeholders

. Created and implemented a Production Plan, enabling the Navy Manpower

Analysis Center to create up-to-date manpower documents for 285

organizations every 3 years and increasing efficiency by 23%

. Effectively managed and executed $1.1 million travel budget/year

. Routinely created informational and decisional briefs for senior

leadership; briefed Chief of Naval Operations on two occasions as well

as numerous Admirals/Executives across all levels of the Department of

Defense with outstanding results/feedback

Helzberg Diamonds - Diamond Consultant/Part Time; Memphis, TN (Apr 2008-

Dec 2010)

. Responsible for jewelry sales, customer satisfaction and point of sale

(POS) operations

. Certified Diamontologist from the Diamond Council of America (2010)

Maintenance/Material Officer, Department Head - Brunswick, ME (Oct 2004-

Oct 2007)

. Successfully managed 12 aircraft and 340 personnel, supervising flight

operations in the United States and deployed to 5 countries, resulting

in a 98.5% flight success rate

. Selected Fleet Maintenance Officer of the Year (2005)

. Supervised all areas of global supply chain operations, managing a $12

million logistics budget

. Managed and executed a $7.6 million operations budget within 1% of

operating targets

Quality Assurance Officer - Brunswick, ME (Oct 2002-Oct 2004)

. Project lead for 15 military/private industry for lean/six sigma

project streamlining avionics repair, resulting in a 55 percent

increase in avionics availability and a $2.5 million savings six

months ahead of project timeline

. Developed and implemented lean procedures enabling Bath Iron Works and

Navy Region to save $250,000 annually by consolidating

knowledge/resources

. Directly supervised 350 personnel, 23 quality control representatives

and 44 Naval Aviation Programs, exceeded our customers demand signal

by producing a less than 1 percent deficient quality product rate and

preventing the reoccurrence of defects

Material/Supply Officer, Department Head - Lemoore, CA (Aug 1999-Oct

2002)

. Expertly supervised $8.4 million operations budget, resulting in over

11,000 flight hours during Operation Enduring Freedom.

. Directly managed and executed a $325,000 material budget for

worldwide deployments

. Supervised a cross functional department of 45 personnel and 285 items

of support equipment with zero discrepancies during overseas

deployment

CERTIFICATIONS/CLEARANCE

. Certified Senior Management (Level 2) from Defense Acquisition

University in the following disciplines: Production, Quality,

Manufacturing, Supply Chain/Life Cycle Logistics, Project Management,

Earned Value Management, and Lean/Six Sigma for Manufacturing

. Security Clearance: Department of Defense Top Secret/SCI - January

2013

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Operations Management (2009)

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, Fayetteville, AR

Bachelor of Arts, History (1998)

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, Memphis, TN

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