Supply Chain Management

Craig Fix

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Wentzville, MO. 63385 (Greater St Louis) abmp35@r.postjobfree.com

Executive Profile

An innovative global sourcing and supply chain executive skilled at working

with the top leadership team and cross functional constituents at every

level to consistently create shareholder value, customer satisfaction and

competitive advantage. Over 20 years of experience, with 12 years at the

executive level leading supply chain operations of $1B + technology growth

organizations. High energy, hands-on and drive to results leader able to

balance strategic, operational and organizational priorities to deliver

performance breakthroughs year over year.

Key Supply Chain Competencies:

. End to End Expertise - Complete global supply chain accountability

including Sourcing, Planning, Distribution, Operations, Returns and

Engineering. High volume/pull, high mix, B2B & B2C experience.

. Leadership & Change Management - Skilled at leading and developing

organizations under high growth to achieve business strategies and

goals. Lead re-engineering, strategic transformations and M&A

initiatives.

. Global Perspective - Effective cross functionally and managing supply

in 14 countries in diverse businesses.

. Innovative - Formulate and lead strategies, processes and adapt best

practices to solve complex / critical supply management challenges

improving financial, customer satisfaction, flexibility and business

capability.

Expertise and Knowledge

Global Supply Chain M&A Integration/Restructure Strategic Business Planning

Leadership Global Change Leadership

Int'l Sourcing and Processes / Tools / ERP Talent Development/Alignment

Procurement Supplier Relationship Mgmt. Supplier / Process Quality

Logistics/Export/Distribution Performance Improvement

Demand Planning / Inventory Best Practices / Six Sigma

Returns / Repair / Spare

Parts Risk Management / Analysis

Third party management Negotiations/Contracting

Engineering / Operations

Mgmt.

Laird Technologies, Inc. - Chesterfield, Missouri 2006-2009

VP of Procurement and Supply Chain

Develop and execute a global supply chain strategy to support hyper growth

plans of a $1B wireless-telecom company (2X growth in 2 years). Define

strategies to achieve aggressive cost, inventory and service level

improvements. Rationalize the structure, accountabilities and competencies

for a supply chain in 10 countries serving 7 business units. Align

processes and initiatives partnering cross functionally with business

entities. Develop supply chain infrastructure (systems, processes and

people). Enable M&A integration. Re-engineer sourcing, supplier

development, material management and logistics processes, policies and

systems. Organize company-wide responsibilities and priorities. Manage

budgets, investments, plans and business reporting.

. Established a comprehensive supply chain strategy, organization and

process foundation to operate the business. Raised the level of

organizational capability, accountability, skills and focus.

. Direct sourcing and support negotiations yielding >$55M savings while

improving supply quality dppm.

. Manage ~$700M total spend ('08 peak). Exceed cost down goals in

challenging conditions, improved logistics costs and export control.

Direct global contracting, e-bid and risk management systems.

. Drove creation / adoption of > 50 functional core processes for global

procurement, sourcing, demand planning, inventory management, supplier

quality, logistics & trade. Established a Hong Kong IPO.

. Drove global inventory improvement strategies and initiatives improving

turns and $20M reduction / year while improving key product service

levels from ~72% to >90%.

. Integrated 7 acquired companies and improved functional / business entity

alignment and collaboration.

. Established / implemented performance management systems, analysis tools

and reporting capabilities. Led VMI demand pull, purchasing and planning

automation, training, and supply localization adoption.

. Drove IT requirements enabling automation, measurement, reporting and

compliance management

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Agilent Technologies, Automated Test Group (formally HP) - Loveland,

Colorado 1996-2006

Global Supply Chain - Sr. Director - (Sr. Management Level role)

Lead business group supply chain strategy and plans supporting the $1B+

Semiconductor test system businesses. Define and drive WW strategic

initiatives, budgets and investments for Sourcing, Supply Chain, Logistics

and Service parts organizations. Drive business wide total cost reduction,

service level, flexibility, risk reduction and supplier quality

improvements. Drive financial and process improvements impacting $400M

material spend and $160M inventory. Drive functional plans to create a

lower fixed / higher variable cost model. Collaborate with and enable

corporate procurement initiatives and policies. Manage WW Service Parts /

Returns supply chain.

. Strategized and drove the 'Integrated Flexible Supply Chain Strategy'

improving inventory, service level, total costs, demand planning, revenue

due to flexibility, and liability risk. Business impact was capture of

100% unplanned / unforecasted 'SOC' orders totaling >$65M over 3 Quarters

and $4M total savings.

. Create unified global sourcing strategies for ASIC's, PCBA, thermal,

power and precision mechanical spend.

. Transformed contracting processes improving costs, risk, cash, IP, and

external liability on 95% of spend.

. Create >$60M of DM savings over 5 years through negotiations,

outsourcing, LCC, and 'Design for Supply Chain'. Lowered supply risks and

process variability with supply base. $8M of logistics costs reductions.

. Developed strategic EMS partnerships and set-up a Singapore supply chain

in nine months.

. Identified and drove bolt-on investments to solve gaps in Oracle demand

planning/simulation, supplier collaboration/demand 'what-if' and spare

parts planning, positioning and control.

. Implementation of Procure to Pay processes with Oracle ERP deployment.

Led SOX deployment.

. Led functional teams supporting spin-off of Agilent from HP, and Verigy

from Agilent.

. Established the BSTD procurement & supply chain organization in Germany

(two yr. ex pat).

. Lead and manage the Service Parts Supply Chain operations and Returns

(support ~ $180M Revenue):

. Outsource & integrate non-core functions to a superior third

party solution saving $1M / yr.

. Streamlined product refurb returns processes and lowered avg.

cost / unit ($2.6M / yr)

. Improved WW service contract OTR from 67% to >93% .

. Improved customer satisfaction scores by 21%, escalations

reduced by 6X.

. Inventory reduced 30% while improving turns from 2.3 to 10 on

top 100 parts in 1 yr.

Printer Products Group, Hewlett-Packard Company - Boise Idaho 1986-1996

Engineering Program Manager - Design for Manufacturing & Supply Chain

(Director Level)

Lead engineering and operations teams accountable for high speed monochrome

laser printer manufacturing from design to production release working cross

functionally and globally. Create and drive product line WW supply chain

strategy, distribution network design, laser printer and formatter

performance goals and product rollover plan. Ready the supply chain for

mass production and transition products to WW high volume with 'knife edge

ramp' time. Drive WW reliability and cost improvements with print engine

partner (Canon). Collaborate with R&D, Marketing, Finance on business

goals, plans and priorities. Drive best practices with HP entities.

. Consistently exceeded LaserJet Si family targets related to cost, quality

level, volumes, and pre-intro WW stocking levels. Accessory / service

part/returns supply chain readied to support revenue and service needs.

. Compress time for WW manufacturing readiness providing time to refine

technology readiness by intro.

. Innovated and influenced design for supply chain design breakthroughs and

drove support with business teams and Canon lowering distribution &

rollover costs by > $2M / event.

. Established best practices related to Design for Supply Chain in the

business group and HP.

. Managed LaserJet 2000 / EPOC printers and TEMPEST peripheral

Manufacturing & Engineering functions.

Improved LaserJet 2000 AFR by ~50% and reduced costs ~15%. Outsource

production to ESM partner.

Education

M.B.A. - Management - Boise State University

B.S. - Mechanical Engineering - Northern Arizona University

Executive development (Stanford, UC Berkley, Washington University,

Motorola 6 Sigma)

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