Craig H. Houpt

***** ****** ****** ****, ******, TX 78759

Phone: C: 512-***-**** H: 512-***-****

Email: abkxyz@r.postjobfree.com

A detail oriented, customer focused business professional with broad

managerial leadership in Global Business Partnering, Procurement Operations

and Supply Chain Management. A leader with a proven ability to assess and

prioritize business needs, then implement creative solutions. Consistently

exceeds organizational goals by lowering operational costs, improving

process efficiencies and exercising partner relationships.

PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS / SKILLS

Global Partnership Building Vendor / OEM Relationship Cost Reduction / TCO

Mgmt.

BPI - Six Sigma Green Belt Direct & Indirect Global Negotiating

Procurement

Team Building / Coaching Strategic & Tactical Materials Mgmt. /

Planning Outsourcing

Budgeting / Planning Supply Chain Management Program / Project Mgmt.

Employment History

DELL INC., Round Rock, Texas October 1999 to March 2009

Sr. Global Commodity Mgr. (Indirect) (3+ Years)

* Managed Software & Peripherals commodity spend of $ 500M

* Focused on aggressive Cost Reductions and reduced Total Cost of Ownership

* Managed Strategic and Core partners on a Global basis

* Interfaced with Sales and Marketing groups on product offerings and

Merchandising

* Outlined commodity Strategic planning and roadmap development

* Negotiated contracts of varying levels and degree of complexity

* Active member of a team developing new Ariba tools and processes to

support Indirect OPS

* Business Process Improvement - Six Sigma Green Belt

Sr. Global Procurement Mgr. (Direct) (1+ Years)

* Managed Enterprise SAN Interconnect commodities - Fibre Channel (FC),

SCSI, iSCSI, SAS

* Procurement Lead responsible for New Product planning and Sustaining

operations

* Conducted Strategic and Tactical commodity planning, roadmap and pricing

* Drove industry leading costing efforts and Supply Chain optimization

* Negotiated contracts with technology providers: HW, SW, Warrants, Escrow

* Supported Order Entry and Demand Planning processes

* Conducted Executive Business Reviews with senior department heads and

vendor management

Sr. Global Notebook Supply Chain Mgr. (Direct) (5+ Years)

* Managed global notebook Supply Chain planning - New Product & Sustaining

OPS

* Procurement Lead on Global Core Teams comprised of all functional groups

* Coordinated detailed project schedules, actions and budgets

* Supported Order Entry and Demand Planning processes

* Focused on global NB supply chain optimization and platform component

costing

* Re-engineered the Phased Preview Process OEM engagement model, flow and

processes

* Conducted Executive Business Reviews with senior department heads and

vendor management

COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, Houston, Texas

March 1995 to October 1999

Sr. Operations Mgr. (4+ Years)

* OPS Lead of a team challenged with implementing an Outsourcing business

model for Consumer

* Managed the Operations Program detailing Supply Chain, Logistics, IT

interface and metrics

* Executed detailed Project schedules, timelines, actions, mitigations and

materials

* Required direct vendor management of Asian based OEM manufacturers on a

Global footprint

* Coordinated the implementation of a Direct Ship Program for finished

products

* Leveraged Compaq's operational strengths to greatly improve OEM processes

and product Quality

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC., Dallas, Texas

November 1979 to March 1995

Product Planning Mgr. (15+ Years)

* Held numerous Managerial positions with increasing levels of

responsibility

* Responsible for PC and Printer product planning and materials management

* Manufacturing Lead on a team chartered with startup of a new site based

on JIT / LEAN

* Provided Planning and Budgeting for the Plastics molding operation

supporting Printers & PC's

* Implemented numerous process improvements impacting, quality, costs, and

operating efficiency

Career Highlights

Indirect Purchasing - Supply Chain Management (Dell). Overhauled the

existing fulfillment model supporting the Intelligent Classroom initiative

in the K-12 / High Education business segments. Utilizing Reverse Auction

tools consolidated multiple distributors to one core distributor for

inventory management and shipment consolidation while re-defining the cost

structure with core suppliers. Results: Improved on-time shipping

performance by 40%, captured 15% aggregate cost reduction, and reduced

third party installation downtime by 30%.

Indirect Purchasing / Vendor Relations Management (Dell). Implemented a

Preferred Partnership program within the Software & Peripherals

organization focusing on the top tier suppliers with brand strength,

product breadth, and stable financials who represented 80% of annual spend.

Established guidelines on supplier merchandising, Marketing Development

funding, and advantaged costs. Results: Created a better win-win

environment with suppliers who increased their average quarterly MDF

funding by 25%.

Indirect Purchasing - Cost Reduction (Dell). Instituted a combination of

direct negotiation and live Internet / Reverse auction to drive savings for

selected Software & Peripherals commodities. Results: Increased annual

savings over 20% relative to total spend of $ 500M.

Indirect Purchasing - Process Improvement (Dell). Analyzed lost margin

dollars associated with Software & Peripherals Consumer promotional events.

Interlocked with internal organizations, suppliers and distributors to

derive a fishbone diagram of problem areas with implementation of a revised

cost verification process. Results: Cost accuracy improved 30% with 20%

improvement in net promotional margins.

Indirect Purchasing - Negotiations (Dell). Coordinated with the Legal

support team to streamline the number and level of contractual templates in

support of Software & Peripherals assessing core Legal / Business needs,

Terms and Conditions and associated fallback languages. Results: Reduced

the Supplier Agreement from six to three pages, while restructuring the

Direct agreement to be a global, umbrella agreement with regional

attachments versus separate regional master agreements. Improved new

supplier on-boarding cycle time by 33%.

Indirect Purchasing - BPI (Dell). Team Lead chartered to determine a

simple, but efficient process to quickly evaluate 3rd party branded

products for consideration to Dell branding. Results: Engaged with

various Business Unit, Marketing and Finance teams to establish a set of

simple business "hurdles" to gauge initial investigation with an internal

Web repository followed by process steps to define and capture resource

funding.

Direct Purchasing - BPI (Dell). Enhanced the supplier scorecard for

Quarterly Business Reviews from simple reporting to an integrated tool with

metrics, cross-functional inputs, and track-able action items. Results:

Delivered a multi-faceted tool for performance reporting. Improved core

supplier quarterly ratings from 62 to 75 basis points on a scale of 100

over two business quarters.

Direct Purchasing - Product Sourcing. (Dell) Selected to manage a team of

senior Procurement professionals in a newly created Supply Chain group to

directly support notebook computer supply chain planning and new product

execution. Established procedures, communication protocol and reporting

tools on a Global basis. Results: Deployed many of the tools and

procedures as best practices with other supply chain organizations.

Indirect Purchasing - Cost Management / Global Negotiation / BPI (Dell).

Collaborated with Direct Procurement to define and implement a new DRAM

memory model for the Software & Peripherals memory upgrade program.

Negotiated with one of the core Production memory suppliers to leverage OEM

production level component pricing. Implement in the US / Canada regions

with model fan-out to other regions. Results: Captured incremental

savings in the US region of $ 24M on an annual spend of $ 120M.

Direct Purchasing - Cost Control (Dell). Initiated a plan to address cost

savings opportunities on the lower 20% of annual spend by combining this

spend with core distributors spend of similar products thereby leveraging

increased buying power with co-sharing of cost savings. Structured live

Internet negotiations driven by the distributor using company tools.

Results: Contributed incremental savings of $ 12M on annual spend of $

100M.

Operations / Program Management / Outsourcing (Compaq Computer).

Spearheaded a team of cross functional Operations professionals tasked with

implementing a new global outsourcing model for Consumer computer products.

Formulated all aspects of the business model including but not limited to

hardware/ materials supply chain, logistics, financial flowchart, IT (EDI)

processing, OEM supplier selection and contract negotiation. Results:

Completed setup of OEM manufacturing centers in three geographical

locations on schedule and budget. After the first year of operation,

achieved a 2x growth in unit volume while achieving a 25% improvement in

direct product and logistical costs.

Project Management / BPI (Texas Instruments). As the Manufacturing lead on

a new site startup team, spearheaded the effort to define, test and

implement a new Integrated Manufacturing / Warehouse concept utilizing JIT

/ KANBAN techniques. Results: Reduced combined warehouse and manufacturing

space by 40%, eliminated the need for material handlers by 20%, and

improved manufacturing line efficiency / cycle time by 15% due to materials

shortages.

Military

October 1975 - October 1979, United States Air Force, Strategic Air Command

Combat Crew Commander, Minuteman ICBM

Honorable Discharge

Education

MBA, Management, University of South Dakota (Vermillion, SD), 1979

BBA, Finance/Economics, Texas A&M University (College Station, TX), 1975

. Cum Laude

. Distinguished Military Graduate from Corps of Cadets

Other

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