Management Manager
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Robert Brett Carpenter
**** (Mobile)
Lawrenceville, Ga. 30043 ***************@*****.*** 770-513-
4141 (Home)
Proven Leader with extensive experience in Materials, Supply Chain, Operations, Commodity and
Non-Production Procurement Management within the OEM and EMS Industries. Reliable and
Consistently High Performance leading highly-matrixed organizations in developing global
policies/processes/strategies/tools, optimizing supply chains, improving customer satisfaction and
driving Significant Profitability & Balance Sheet Improvements.
Specific expertise includes:
Materials Management, Customer Supply Low Cost Country Non-Production
Commodity Management, Chain Management Sourcing; Procurement
& Operations Direct & Indirect (NPP/MRO)
Management Material/Services Management
EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
FLEXTRONICS 2007-Current
$35B leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider focused on delivering complete design,
engineering, manufacturing and after-market services to automotive, computing, consumer digital, industrial,
infrastructure, medical and mobile industry OEMs. Retained as a result of the Solectron acquisition to drive
business process improvements.
Sr. Director, Global Procurement 2007-Current
Currently responsible for redefining, developing and managing the Non Production Procurement
Organization. Scope includes worldwide business policy, processes, supplier contracts, tools and
performance improvement for $1 Billion Dollars of annual spend in indirect purchases of IT, HR,
Consulting, Temp Labor, Travel, Office Supplies, and MRO materials/services. Virtual Int’l Staff of 15.
Report to VP, Global Procurement Operations.
• Improved NPP Team ROI by 33%, from 15 to 20X, in first 3 quarters .
• Business Steering Team Leader for our Global Indirect Tool (SAP) Development and Deployment
project.
• Designed and Implemented Global Commodity Matrix & Spend Profile for Indirect
Materials/Services
• Created & Direct Material Management Team for N.A. Corporate Offices’ Indirect Purchases
Other responsibilities and accomplishments:
Directed our Global Inventory Team. Redesigned all business unit metrics, reports and reviews.
Achieved an unprecedented Balance Sheet Improvement of $1.8 Billion Dollars or a 38% Inventory
Reduction in 3 quarters.
Managed the Global Material Costing Team. Redefined team vision, charter, R&Rs, performance
measures and quarterly expectations. Re-energized material costing processes, generated all global
commodity team negotiation files, created & lead Interlock Strategy Meetings with internal customers
& commodity teams and implemented an Impact Analysis Report enabling an initial 40 %
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Improvement in Contract Coverage & 10% Improvement in Material Cost Savings quarter over
quarter.
SOLECTRON CORPORATION 1998-2007
$12B leading EMS provider of D&E, manufacturing, supply-chain and after-market services to the
world's premier OEMs across seven market segments. Two-time winner of the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award.
Brought on as a result of the NCR Manufacturing Acquisition.
Sr. Director, Global Materials Business Process & Operations Management 2007
Established & Led Business Process Group within Global Materials Organization . Responsible to develop,
implement & drive continuous improvement in worldwide material business processes, tools and metrics
including Material Cost, Retained Purchase Price Variance, Inventory Turns, E&O, Replenishment
Programs, Payment Terms, and Lead Time. Managed 6 direct reports with an extended team of 25 members.
Reported to the Chief Procurement Officer.
• Added Team Resources & Processes for Material Costing, Supplier Contract Management, Supplier
Development, Material Escalations, Global Data Warehouse Management and Material Functional
Excellence (Lean/Six-Sigma).
• Implemented Worldwide Commodity Management Strategy & Performance Review Process. Intent to
improve cash elements (Material Cost Reduction, Supplier Payment Terms, & Value for Value (V4V)
Agreements). Increased material cost reduction performance by 69% and V4V payments by over
$3M.
• Achieved a 17% Improvement in Worldwide DPO Performance by driving improvements in supplier
payment terms and payment processes at different manufacturing sites.
• Exceeded Annual Operating Plan in Retained Purchase Price Variance by $18M & E&O Mitigation by
$105M.
• Re-Engineered Worldwide Supplier Scorecard and Rating Process, including Recommended &
Preferred Supplier List.
• Designed & Implemented Solectron’s Supplier Handbook used in supplier and customer presentations.
Director, Global Account Supply Chain (GASC) Business Process & Operations 2002-2007
Management
Directed the Business Process Group within GASC . Responsible to develop, implement & drive
improvement in global account material business processes, tools and key metrics including Retained PPV,
Inventory Turns, E&O and Replenishment Penetration . Staff of 5. Reported to VP of Global Account
Supply Chain.
• Designed and Implemented GASC Performance Scorecard & Review Process. Improved the top
accounts’ performance rating by over 25% in first year, with year over year improvement achieved
thereafter.
• Improved Worldwide Purchase Price Variance Retention Processes which contributed over $260M
annually to PBIT. Recognized for leading 6-month initiative and driving North Asia’s 1% retained
PPV improvement.
• Directed Global E&O Mitigation Process, which achieved recovery of more than $1.2 billion over five
years and improved E&O as a percentage of total inventory by 13%.
• Owned Worldwide Replenishment Programs, including global agreements, processes, tools &
dashboard with 48% of material spend on pull-based programs. Achieved global penetration
improvement of 60% in first two years.
Sr. Manager, Global Supply Chain Leader-NCR Account 2000-2002
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Developed Account’s End-to-End Supply Chain Strategy and led initiatives for two customer divisions
across multi-regional sites. Primary material interface to the customer. Owned all material terms &
conditions and was lead negotiator thereof with the customer. Reported to VP, Global Account Supply
Chain.
Manager, Supply Base Management –Atlanta, GA 1998-2000
Managed Supply Base Management Team including 5 commodity managers covering $350 million in
annualized purchases. Responsible for site’s material strategies and supplier performance including
material/product sourcing, roadmaps, contract negotiation, cost, terms, and supplier development. Achieved
12% cost reduction per year. Reported to Director of Materials.
NCR Corporation (In 1993-1995, NCR was a division of AT&T) 1980-1998
Director, Terminal Supply Line Management – Retail Systems Division 1996-1998
Led Terminal Materials Team supporting all retail terminal development & production requirements. Staff of
10 comprising Commodity Managers, Supplier Quality Engineers and Buyers with $250 million of
annualized spend. Responsible for material strategies, sourcing, product roadmaps, supplier contracts, cost,
quality and development. WW Commodity Manager for Displays. Reported to VP of Supply Line
Management.
Director, Personal Computer Commodity Management – Americas Region 1993-1995
Directed Worldwide Materials’ Commodity Management Team for Americas including 5
Commodity Managers with $350 million of annualized spend. Responsible for material strategies,
sourcing, contracts, cost, terms and supplier development for our Personal Computers. Reported to
VP Global Materials, Americas Region.
Manager, Outsourcing Supplier Management – Retail Systems Division 1992-1993
Responsible for all Purchasing, Commodity Management and Supplier Engineering activities associated with
PCBA outsourcing. Purchases = $100 million per year. Staff of 3. Reported to Director of Materials.
1992
Manager, Materials – Financial Systems Division
Responsible for all Purchasing, Commodity Management and Supplier Engineering support for
financial terminals’ development, production and after-market services. Purchases = $150 million
per year. Staff of 15. Reported to Director of Operations.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Bowling Green State University Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
Majors: Procurement of Materials and Production & Operations Management
Flextronics Emerging Leaders Development Program (3 modules)
Code of Business Conduct & Ethics
Records Management
Antitrust Essentials/Communications
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EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS (continued)
Corporate Social & Environmental Responsibility (CSER)
Solectron Lean & Six-Sigma Workshops/Kaizen
Leadership Development & Pathways Workshop
Managing Change
Program Management
NCR Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers
The Dale Carnegie Course
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