Bryan Doty
Columbus, OH LinkedIn Profile
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PRODUCT AND PROJECT MANAGER
Energetic and seasoned executive blends financial, procurement and project
management skills to effect positive transformations, align and optimize
processes with customer needs, contain cost and increase profitability . A
proven team leader who communicates easily from top to bottom and across
all functions. Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint.
Demings follower with real world experience in change management. Specific
expertise includes:
Customer relations Cert. Purchasing Mgr. Cert. Public Accountant
Project Leadership Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen Forecasts, Budgets
Negotiation Pricing, Terms Global Supply Chain mgmt Mergers, Acquisitions
Product Lifecycle Mgmt Total Quality Management Financial Modeling, Trend
Strategic Market Analysis Production Optimization Standard Costs, Variances
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consulting engagement to integrate newly acquired E-House Power Switchgear
integrator. 2013
3-month engagement to integrate and optimize Power Control House maker that
integrates ABB, Siemens, General Electric, Eaton, Scheider switchgear &
Bard HVAC into larger company, and to change culture to improve customer
satisfaction by delivering quality products on-time the first time.
Diamond Power International, Lancaster, OH 2001 - 2013
Division of Babcock & Wilcox. Designs, builds and sells large engineered
equipment systems into many industries. Revenue $3 Billion. Manufacturing
or service locations in 14 countries.
Business Development Project Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions 2007 -
2013
Executed transformational international and domestic acquisitions and joint
ventures to enhance top line growth.
. Identified new growth industries, acquired the best companies within them
to increase revenue and profitability.
. Integrated newly acquired companies into "the customer comes first"
culture of the parent.
. Prioritized highest impact process improvements to enhance new company's
profitability.
. Identified strengths and weaknesses of new companies, insured cross-
polination of best practices within group.
. Managed internal cross-functional teams and 3rd-party advisors through
due diligence and integration process.
Manager of Sales Strategy & Product Support 2001 - 2006
Oversaw the company's strategic sales bidding processes of $350 million
annually. Reviewed and approved all cost estimates and pricing for
international and domestic equipment bids. Introduced product lifeycle
enhancements.
. Guided internal engineering and manufacturing to think like the customer
and improve business processes.
. Improved customer relations during dynamic and changing competitive
environment.
. Coordinated global sales efforts for all bids to prevent destructive bid
overlap, improve product offerings with equipment manufactured nearest
the project sites to increase customer up-time.
. Increased new equipment business win rate and top line growth for all
years, year over year.
. Improved gross margin by 5% on new equipment sales while maintaining win
rate with smartened product mix offerings and discerning feature and
benefit strategies.
. Standardized product line to better meet customer needs and lower
associated company carrying costs.
. Managed the sales and operating plan, balancing needed production volume
with marginability.
Honda of America, Marysville, OH 1995 - 2001
Automobile manufacturer. Revenue $130 Billion.
Purchasing Coordinator, Cost Analyst
Responsible for supplier choice, contingency planning, price negotiation
and cost control throughout automobile life cycles. Provided financial and
cost anlaysis to support various projects supply strategies and price
negotiations.
. Managed automotive suppliers and negotiated price reductions from the non-
Japan automotive supply base of 2.5% annually for five years in a row.
. Evaluated cost impacts of emerging automotive technologies in
anticipation of new model roll-outs; advised courses of action to senior
management.
. Assessed financial condition of suppliers, approving them before supply
award decisions.
. Provided detailed BOM cost build ups in support of price negotiations and
product diversification projects.
. Participated and led project teams to implement best business and
production practices across the supply base.
. Managed, adjusted and maintained challenging schedules to improve
supplier performance and product quality.
White Consolidated Industries, Dublin, OH 1994 - 1995
Division of AB Electrolux Sweden. Appliance and kitchen cabinet
manufacturing. Revenue $16 Billion. Five companies with six manufacturing
plants in five states.
Product and Project Manager, Financial Analyst
Developed and implemented product line worth $150 million incremental
revenue targeted at the newly emerging home center market in America.
Responsible for Product lifecycle management.
. Taught engineering how to design and modularize product line for lower
raw material cost, manufacturing process improvement and last stage
customization and branding ability.
. Drove manufacturing to eliminate redundant processes, minimize touches
and streamline production resulting in very competitive cost structure
and improved customer satisfaction.
. Led the initiative to cross-manufacture all company products in all
company manufacturing facilities.
. Drove process improvement and lowered group operating expense by
benchmarking of unit cost of production.
. Reviewed and approved sales and operating plan (forecasts and activity-
based budgets) for all divisions.
Mills Pride, Inc., Waverly, OH 1989 - 1994
World's largest ready-to-assemble cabinet manufacturer, 1400 employees, 3.5
million square foot manufacturing facility. Fifteenth largest supplier to
Home Depot. Volume at 50,000 units per day.
Global Supply Chain Director 1989 - 1994
Responsible for production planning, material planning, strategic sourcing,
price and terms negotiation, inventory and warehouse management,
distribution requirements planning, freight in, air-ocean-rail-truck
logistics for this start up company. Annual purchasing spend of $125
million from 12 countries in Asia, East and West Europe, S. America.
. Globalized supply base to facilitate revenue growing from $0 to $250
million in five years.
. Established the lowest raw material price base in the world for all raw
materials used in this industry.
. Synchronized production, material requirements MRP1, manufacturing
resources MRP2 and distribution requirements DRP with spreadsheet
software to supplant lagging ERP system.
. Participated in all projects to increase manufacturing capabilities in
rapidly growing environment.
. Responsible for the ongoing material management project aimed at sourcing
the geometrically growing facility.
Asset and Inventory Accountant 1989 - 1990
. Created the inventory and product standard cost system and organized 1
million square feet of warehouse to enable weekly physical inventory
completion within 45 minutes.
. Took the initiative to undertake a project that recouped $1 million of
sales tax by analyzing CAPEX and identifying expenditures for equipment
within the production cycle for reimbursement.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) in Accounting - The
Ohio State University
Executive Education Program - The Max M. Fisher College of Business
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Public Accountant (CPA), State of Ohio
Certified Purchasing Management Professional (CPM)
ISO 9000 Quality Auditor Certification