Manager Supply Chain

JOHN GORDON TAYLOR

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Huntersville, NC 28078 980-***-****

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SUMMARY

Supply Chain Manager with a proven track record of success in

materials/production planning, inventory management, sourcing,

negotiations, product transfers, and contract administration.

EXPERIENCE

BANK OF AMERICA, Charlotte, NC

Supply Chain Sourcing Manager - Contractor 4/09-Present

. Leveraged spend activities for Security and Legal Services based on

Merrill Lynch transition. Negotiated new contracts resulting in

significant savings across designated commodity space.

. Executed RFPs across various commodities to secure products and

services necessary for the Security and Legal space.

FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. / SOLECTRON CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC

Global Supply Chain Manager - Team Leader 2/07-

1/09

. Managed material P&L and contract compliance for $800M customer.

. Managed 3 Direct reports (2-Charlotte, 1-Singapore) responsible for

PPV, Inventory Turns, Excess Mitigation and supply assurance.

Increased turns from 7.9 to 8.5 within 6 months. Maintained PPV

levels at 3.5% and provided substantial cost reduction to customer (~

2.5% Q-o-Q).

. Negotiated settlement of over $16M in excess material within 6 months

due to customer demand reductions.

SOLECTRON CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC 11/93-

2/07

Global Supply Chain Manager 7/05-2/07

. Implemented Demand Management process at all major production sites

which resulted in increased performance on delivery (+5-15%),

inventory turns (+1.2-2.4) and MFG efficiency.

. Streamlined Excess and Obsolete Claims process at Puerto Rico

production site resulting in faster approval times from customer. (6

months to 2 months)

. On negotiation team for Supply Chain portion of Contract with a $800M

customer. Managed all processes within the bounds of this contract.

. Managed transfer process of several product lines between Charlotte,

NC, Puerto Rico, and Singapore, including demand, purchase order, and

inventory.

SOLECTRON CORPORATION, Columbia, SC

Customer Supply Chain Manager 10/03-

7/05

. Develop, implement and maintain purchase price variance at a level

directly related to corporate and site objectives. Increased PPV from

1.4% to 2.1% in 6 months.

. Developed and managed sourcing of supply chain across several

commodities to achieve a 6.5% cost reduction, annualized, to our

customer.

. Negotiated price and payment terms with several key suppliers

resulting in $270k increase in retained PPV annually.

SOLECTRON CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC

Global Customer Pricing and Asset Manager

6/01-10/03

Develop method for providing $500M customer timely, accurate quotations and

cost reductions based on market conditions, inventory levels, and contract

pricing.

Ensure worldwide margins are kept within limits at each site to remain

profitable, while passing measurable cost reductions to customer.

Increased PPV from 4% to 8% in 1 year.

Developed inventory tracking tool to project inventory levels at critical

periods. Tracking method helped our team increase inventory turns from 3

to 6 in 5 months.

Production and Inventory Control Manager 11/95-

6/01

. Developed revenue and risk assessments based on customer forecasts and

material availability.

. Reported on status of revenue plan, material issues, and capacity

constraints. Reports also include days of supply, inventory status,

plus all actions required to achieve corporate and site targets for

the financial period.

. Managed 4 exempt material planners and 4 non-exempt material analysts.

Reported weekly to vice-president of materials on business unit's

inventory trends, forecasts, excess disposition, and on-time delivery.

. Coordinated capacity gaps between other business units to maximize

resources and maintain customer shipment commitments resulting in On-

time delivery increase of 40% to commit.

Program Manager 11/94-11/95

. Provide customer P&L feedback to corporate executives. Reports

included results of fiscal month/quarter/year, forecast for next

fiscal periods, plans for execution of forecast, and related issues

governing financial goal achievement.

. Negotiated pricing of factory activities with customers to include

recurring, as well as, non-recurring items. Directly responsible for

continuation of business with current customer assignments.

. Lead project teams to include engineering, purchasing, planning, and

quality. Objectives defined and actions assigned at weekly meetings

to facilitate successful achievement of financial plans.

Materials Project Manager 11/93-11/94

. Developed, directed, and supervised material planning activities that

support the production plan and inventory position for 8 unique

customers.

. Developed inventory models and planning parameters for a given bill of

materials to include ABC classification, vendor lead time, and

manufacturing lead time.

. Interfaced with customers with regard to shipment commitments from the

factory, material shortages, and schedule attainment. Maintained 95%+

on-time delivery to commitment.

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Temple, TX

Materials Planner 9/92-

11/93

. Coordinated all manufacturing activity for 6 unique customers.

Includes MRP loading, material purchases, salability and obsolescence

reviews, inventory forecasts, coordination of external customer

accounts, bookkeeping of internal accounts for scrap, loss, and

repair, and direct contact with customer to setup commitment of

shipments.

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Johnson City, TN/Temple, TX

Industrial Engineer and Manufacturing Supervisor

6/91-9/92

. Championed cycle time reduction team resulting in a 25% reduction of

manufacturing cycle time.

. Performed SMT and final assembly capacity planning designed to

maximize resource utilization.

. Initiated and implemented KANBAN squares on factory floor to reduce

inventory.

Industrial Engineer Intern 5/90-

8/90

. Implemented time study and utilization tracking of SMT area.

. Co-author of technical paper "Increasing SMT Utilization in a Custom

Manufacturing Environment," published in SMTCON East Journal, April

1991.

EDUCATION

B.S., Industrial Engineering

Clemson University, May 1991

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