Supply Chain Manager
Resume:
L. Brian Mitchard
Middleton, WI 53562
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CAREER SUMMARY
Challenge minded Business professional with successful and diverse global
leadership experience in high quality, high variety, low, mid and high
volume global operations and change management. Broad International
experience in consolidations, growth, and supply chain development in the
Americas, Europe and the Far East. Highly successful track record in step
and culture change leadership through Lean Principles. Strong believer in
people. Broad experience of leading, improving, industrial processes of all
types, materials processing, component manufacture, assembly, test,
configuration, warehousing and distribution. Twenty+ years in highly
regulated industries, with very successful track record of all operations
meeting FDA/ISO and country regulations.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA, Southborough, MA 07/12-02/13
Vice President of Operations
. Responsible for all operations and supply chain for 5 sites in US
and Mexico, of a $500M division of Olympus
. Lead transformation of vertically integrated internal precision
machining, molding shops into Core Competencies
. Lead transformation of S&OP and Supply Chain from discrete item to
fully integrated end to end process
. Responsible to integrate a disparate operational network of in
house and out sourced capabilities
. Responsible to develop measurable operational excellence throughout
the organization
. Lead the total operational cost reduction and business
transformation strategy through execution, revealing extremely
large savings
CARDIAC SCIENCE, Deerfield, WI 2009- 08/2012
Senior Site Executive and Vice President of Global Operations
. Senior member of business leadership team during difficult sale and
significant business changes in locations and operating principles.
Ensured production/revenue continuity and large new product
introduction through tough operating conditions
. Responsible for operations of two manufacturing sites in WI and for
set up of one manufacturing facility in Malaysia. Charged to integrate
three companies into Cardiac Science
. Leader of all supply chain for operations and new product
introductions. Lead CMO relationships for $65M+ electronics, complex
plastics parts/assemblies, fabrications, wiring assemblies, high
volume plastics and electrode consumables suppliers, turnkey products
provision for Cardiac Science and Criticare Systems Inc.
. Responsible for all site, operational and service functions of a
$250M+ revenue company
. Responsible for leading operational turnaround and regulatory
compliance management programs
. Primary products AED type defibrillators, ECG products, stress testing
systems and Vital Signs Monitors
RAPISCAN SYSTEMS, INC., Los Angeles, CA
2008
Security screening and scanning business.
Vice-President US Operations (5/08-12/08)
. Responsible for supply chain development, internal operations,
distribution, product line management, sustaining engineering, Quality
Assurance and Service Organization. 3 US sites, CA, MS, NJ
. Reorganized management structure, and introduced Lean using Toyota
Production System.
. Transformed delivery performance of a large government contract.
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CARDINAL HEALTH, Madison, WI 2004-
2008
VIASYS Operations Integration Team Leader (6/07-5/08)
Acquisition Integration Role. Upon acquisition of VIASYS Healthcare by
Cardinal Health, adopted role as Integration Leader for all VIASYS
operations.
. Found $19M synergies through leveraging, supply chain consolidation
and tax strategies. Identified 22 integration projects identified to
achieve goal.
. Managed teams of approximately 100 people working full and part time
on these projects.
. Developed strategic picture for Cardinal operations including 11
VIASYS facilities.
VP Global Operations for Neurocare Division of VIASYS (4/04-5/08)
Responsible for manufacturing, distribution and supply chain for all
products worldwide.
. Led Global Supply Chain Development for all VIASYS companies.
. Turned operational performance around. Five sites in US, UK and
Ireland. Assessed issues, changed organization from
functional/tactical to longer range and day to day team based focus.
Reorganized all inbound material flow to provide consistent parts
availability.
. Developed workforce through a unique Lean deployment that improved
internal processing, moving all major products onto one mixed model,
predictable rate line. Reduced space needs by 50%, reduced Lead-times
from 30/60 days to 2-5 days, reduced inventory 30%.
. Reduced material purchase cost 5% annually through programs focused on
key suppliers.
. Worked on two acquisitions, business development and product
development strategies. Worked on global VIASYS supply chain
development.
. Set up and managed cross-functional teams focused on product quality
improvement, through developing customer feedback systems and adopting
formal problem addressing and solving methodologies. Teams were able
to detect issues early and react fast.
GE HEALTHCARE, Madison, WI and United Kingdom
1980-2004
(24 years continuous service with Ohmeda, Datex-Ohmeda and then acquired by
GE Medical in 2002)
GM Plant Operations GEMS-IT Madison, WI (9/03-3/04)
. Expanded role across 11 plants in GEMS-IT, $2.5B revenue after
acquisition by GE
Director of Operations, Datex-Ohmeda, Madison, WI (10/96-9/03)
Responsible for all operations of $250M revenue, medical equipment
manufacturing business segment in 3 sites in Madison, WI, Stockholm and
Helsingborg, Sweden.
. Led Lean Deployment (Quick Response Manufacturing development) in
factories. Madison facility became Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year
2002.
. Reduced product lead times from 30-60 days to 2-5 days.
. Changed relationships in a strong US union plant from highly
adversarial to trust and mutual respect. Evolved formal team structure
into daily production life in plant.
. Led Global Supply Chain Development across all Datex-Ohmeda.
. Achieved annual material savings of greater than $1M in inbound
materials.
. Reorganized demand logistics, Sales and Operations Planning, to
improve predictability and supply throughout the manufacturing and
delivery processes. Achieved near 100% on time shipment in a complex
make to order environment.
. Managed high quality operations 100% observation free FDA audits at
all inspections.
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GE HEALTHCARE and Predecessors cont'd
Divisional Manager of Operations Strategy, Ohmeda Madison, WI (1/96-10/96)
Tasked to put in place plans to reduce the operational cost base,
reducing excess capacity in multiple sites, simplifying supply chain and
by plant consolidation to achieve approx. $6M/annum reduction in
operating costs.
. Developed, planned and executed operations strategy for 5
manufacturing sites.
. Set plans for managing down excess capacity.
. Led the closure planning and move of a UK plant to the United States.
. Created and implemented an operations strategy for primary plant.
Manufacturing Manager, Ohmeda, Steeton, West Yorkshire, UK ( to 1/96)
Responsible for manufacturing medium volume medical equipment products in
a product focused factory.
. Managed all procurement, manufacturing and distribution activities of 250
person plant, generating up to $50M revenue.
. Led JIT flow line production introduction, transforming factory
performance
. Increasing roles from joining company in 1980 as a newly graduated
Methods Engineer
EDUCATION
MSc Manufacturing Technology and Project Management, 1980
Cranfield Institute of Technology, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
Higher National Diploma, Mechanical Engineering, 1978
The College, Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Ordinary National Diploma, Technology, 1975
The College, Swindon, Wiltshire, England
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