Manager Supply Chain

Mark Babb

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Beaverton, OR 97007-7050

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Career Summary

A career purchasing professional with significant accomplishments in roles

ranging from Inventory Cycle Count to Director of Materials. Experience in

aviation, space, defense, commercial, consumer and medical device

manufacturing (FAR/DFARS, ITAR/EAR, AS9100, ISO9001:2008, ISO13485,

cGMP/QSR). Proven ability to significantly reduce cost, lead and develop

people and processes and to create and successfully implement key

strategies.

Professional Experience

Purchasing Manager

Vanguard EMS, Inc., Beaverton, OR 8/08 - 11/09

. Exceeded annual cost reduction goal in nine months

. Developed and deployed supplier business review process, metrics and

content

. Modified procurement procedures to align with military, ITAR and AS9100

requirements

Global Commodity Manager

GE Aviation - Mechanical Systems, Santa Ana, CA 7/07 - 1/08

. Negotiate and implement multi-site LTAs with total annual spend of

$150MM.

. Project manage supply chain actions necessary to the migration of product

lines from UK to US.

. Validate UNSPSC-based global spend database to ensure correct user item

categorization.

Senior Supply Chain Project Manager

Fluidmaster, Inc., San Juan Capistrano, CA 3/06 - 7/07

. Reduced logistics cost by $1.5MM/yr. in 6 months on spend of ~$12MM.

. Created performance metrics, supplier management tools, and supplier

qualification rubric.

. Demand-pull implementation management for Supply Chain department.

Materials Manager

Supply Chain Development Manager

Unified Brands, Jackson, MS 11/03 - 2/06

. Saved over $700K/yr. on corporate steel spend of over $5MM, 7.2MM pounds.

. Direct material cost savings over $2.3MM/ yr. on spend of $50MM.

. Reduced staff overtime hours from 64 per week to 0 per week with improved

performance.

NPI Supply Chain Business Manager

ADIC, Ithaca, NY 10/02 - 4/03

. Lead supply chain team in cost reduction opportunity identification and

execution.

. Manage material availability in support of new product introductions.

. Single-point liaison between supply chain and NPI engineering teams.

Commodity Manager

Corning, Incorporated, Corning, NY 2/01 - 9/02

. Negotiated annual direct material savings of $1.1MM with additional

indirect savings of $7.0MM.

. Provided direction for supplier engineers, receiving $1K performance cash

bonus.

. Lead Electronics and Coated Optics commodity teams with members in

multiple locations.

Manager, Corporate Strategic Purchasing

Universal Instruments Corp., Binghamton, NY 11/99 - 10/00

. Re-engineered supply chain, generating savings of $6MM per year.

. Managed 22 direct reports in Purchasing and Supplier Engineering

functions.

. Wrote supply chain policies and passed first QS-9000 certification audit

with zero findings.

Director of Materials

Benchmark Electronics, Inc., Winona, MN 6/98 - 11/99

. Direct materials savings of $52MM vs. goal of $17.5MM on spend of $350MM.

. Implemented Commodity Teams and supplier performance management by fact.

. Reduced transaction cost via EDI, assured supply, channel inventory, JIT,

and Kanban.

Director of Materials

Packard Bell/NEC Computer Systems, Fife, WA 5/97 - 5/98

. Maximized supply flexibility while minimizing inventory via cycle time

reduction, JIT/Kanban development, local warehousing and inventory pull

system implementation.

. Lead 2 Purchasing Managers, 8 Commodity Managers, 1 Supply Chain

Optimization Specialist.

Commodity Manager

PSC, Inc., Eugene, OR 12/94 - 5/97

. Saved $2.5MM on annual spend of $22MM.

. Additional annual cost savings of $700K via management of electronics

distributor.

. Redesigned supplier evaluation / qualification process, got consensus,

and trained department.

Senior Subcontract Buyer

Group Technologies Corp., Tampa, FL 8/89 - 11/94

. Saved $1.7MM/yr. (average) on annual spend of $12MM.

. Additional direct savings of $65K via implementation of electronics

distributor In-Plant Store.

. Increased supplier overall On-Time Delivery from 76% to >95% in 4 months.

Other Employment History

Honeywell Defense Avionics Systems Division - Sr. Buyer, 1987-1989

Albuquerque, NM

Hughes Aircraft Company, Space & Communications - Buyer, 1985-1987

El Segundo, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Systems Group - Expeditor, 1981-1982

El Segundo, CA

Education

Bachelor of Science

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Training

Karras: Effective Negotiating.

Lean Production.

American Graduate University: Subcontract Management.

George Washington University: International Contracting.

IPE: Tough Positive Management.

Kepner-Tregoe: Project Management.

Kepner-Tregoe: Problem Solving and Decision Making.

Awards, Activities and Professional Affiliations

Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) 1997 - 2002

NAPM

At-large Member ISM (formerly NAPM) 2006 - 2007

Member NAPM Business Survey Committee 2000

American Society for Quality (ASQ) 1999 - 2004

Member

Winona Quality Council 1998 - 1999

Winona Business and Education 1998 - 1999

Partnership

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