Supply Chain Manager

EAMON LOUGHNANE M: 925-***-****

Pleasanton, CA 94588 ***************@*****.***

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT : seeking challenging position in Supply

Chain Management, Operations management, Sourcing and Cost

optimization, Vendor Management, with responsibility for supplier

performance, process development and improvement.

Strong operational leader with extensive management experience

designing, developing and managing best in class global supply chains,

manufacturing and distribution operations and customer fulfillment

operations.

Specific areas of expertise include:

. Operations / supply chain management

. Sourcing and Supplier selection

. Vendor Management

. Global Order Fulfillment and customer Order management

. Logistics and RMA process management

. Supply Chain and Business operations Optimization

Key Accomplishments

Reduced inventory by 40% worldwide, reduced TAT (turn-around-time) by 2

days and materials obsolescence by 50% across four distinct product lines,

through development of Build to order and Postponement strategies.

Re-negotiated procurement processes and procedures with suppliers and

developed lean supply chain practices based on JIT and KanBan

Developed Sales and Operations Planning process, (S&OP) with clear team

roles and responsibility, monthly metrics and executive dashboards.

Developed the supply chain capabilities for a direct Business Model and

achieved $100M revenue increase via this direct channel within 12 months of

commencement.

Outsourced Global Manufacturing operations and customer fulfillment

capabilities, and established robust infrastructure to manage Global

partners through a centralized Supply Chain Management center.

Developed a key Supply Chain Metrics package to monitor and control Supply

Chain costs associated with Inventory, manufacturing and trading expense

resulting in greater operational efficiency and $80M in annual cost saving.

Developed a structured Sourcing Methodology with structured Commodity

management teams across the portfolio of supply related products.

Professional Experience

Independent Consultant 2009 -

Current

Working as an independent consultant on Order Fulfillment and supply Chain

management in a startup Biomedical / Digital Health Company

Responsible for developing and management with focus of developing world

class customer fulfillment and supply chain operations.

Developing and strengthening a world class supplier base

Ensuring On-Time delivery of Product, managing contract agreements, vendor

negotiations and cost management.

Development of a optimized global vendor strategy, enhancing collaboration

with key SC partners to optimize global fulfillment and SC costs.

Strategic Sourcing and vendor performance management

Operations and Inventory management to ensure optimization of resources,

operations production planning and delivery performance, balanced with

minimum inventory levels and obsolete materials management.

Developed and managed International logistics processes.

NetApp Inc.

Director Supply Chain / Forecast to Delivery 2006 - 2009

. Responsible for Business process transformation to enable growth to

$10B and beyond, covering end to end operations process areas, Sales

and Operations planning, Demand Planning/ forecasting, Order

fulfillment.

. Development of optimized operations processes for long term growth and

profitability, partner identification, selection and management.

. Development and optimization of strategic suppliers and Supply Chain

partners.

. Developed key supply chain metrics based on SCOR methodology.

Sun Microsystems Inc. 2004 -

2006

WWOPs - Worldwide Customer Fulfillment - Strategic Manager / Program

Manager

Lead major WW OPS. (Worldwide Operations) cross-functional initiatives and

programs to reduce costs and increase competitiveness of delivery.

Developed and implemented key sourcing strategies with Global suppliers and

improved key service levels for all product lines through lean supply chain

practices.

UC / Lawrence Livermore Laboratory

2001 - 2004 Senior Technician / Program Manager

Program management the development new product prototypes using both

internal and external resources.

Ensuring the timely delivery of project schedules and maintaining budgets.

Patented the development of new manufacturing process capabilities.

Hewlett Packard 1998 - 2001

Supply Chain / Direct Manufacturing Manager

Led several cross-functional teams to define new business model

requirements.

Responsible for managing the design and development of a world-class supply

chain model that maximizes operational performance to all business models

including own factories, contract manufacturers, original design

manufactures (ODM / OEMs), and 3rd party logistics vendors

Selected and managed key strategic suppliers for the Direct Fulfillment

channel, supplier contract negotiation and management to service

expectations.

Unisys Corporation (PC and Server Division)

1994 - 1998

Director - Global Supply Chain Management

Developed and Implemented a BTCO (Build to Customer order) manufacturing

and fulfillment model.

Defined and implemented Global HQ for Worldwide Operations management,

demand planning, material sourcing, procurement, and inventory control.

Achieved fulfillment on time commitment of 98% to customer request date.

EDUCATION

M.B.A. (Major: Operations Mgt.) Manchester Business School,

Manchester, UK

B.Sc. (Hons.) Ind. Eng. Kingston University, London

UK

GED PBS, Ireland.

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