Supply Chain Integration Manager

BRIAN P. STEWARD

**** ***** **** ***** • Garnet Valley, PA 19060 • 484-***-**** • *********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Negotiation & Supplier Relations • Project Management • Performance Based Logistics (PBL)

• Inventory Optimization Management • Strategic Sourcing • Supply Chain Management

• Modeling & Simulation • Integrated Scheduling • Supply Chain Operations Reference Model

• Operations & Warehousing • SCM Systems & Tools

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Supply Chain Management, December 2010

W. P. Carey School of Business

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Bachelor of Science, Marketing, August 2000

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Boeing Company (September 2007 to Present)

Supply Chain Manager, Boeing Rotorcraft Systems, Functional SCM Systems and Tools (July 2012 to Present)

Global Services and Support Business Unit (Philadelphia, PA)

Manager with oversight and responsibility for Supply chain functional systems, tools and process integration for Boeing

Rotorcraft systems (RCS) for Philadelphia, PA and Mesa, AZ:

• Lead a team of 14 employees in multiple locations providing Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems integration

solutions for Boeing RCS systems. Provide guidance on material planning, order execution, demand forecasting and

repair management to the functional Supply Chain disciplines and Program Management leads within RCS.

• Plan and track multiple supply chain projects simultaneously, ranging from new system deployments for start up

programs, process definition and system integration for new SCM initiatives, day to day system maintenance and

upgrades and coordination with Information Technology (IT) for systemic solutions.

• Maintain Supply Chain inputs for proposal development activity as it pertains to new program start-ups for the CH-

47 Chinook helicopter, AH-64 Apache helicopter and the V-22 Osprey platforms. This includes management of

resources and schedules to manage customer expectations.

• Oversee the Rotorcraft functional change management governance structure for SCM systems and tools. This

includes the management of GOLD & GOLDesp (Inventory management systems), SCM front end web tools (TAV,

COPPR, WOW) and the complimentary systems for receiving (ARES), enterprise shipping system (BESSy) and

Quality applications (TIPQA)

• Leverage common best practices across Boeing Sites within the Global Services and Support division to drive

common business processes and issue resolution to improve supply chain efficiency and systems data integrity

Enterprise Sustainment Manager, GS&S Supply Chain Management, SCM 2.0 Sustainment Initative (March 2014 to

Present)

Global Services and Support Business Unit (Philadelphia, PA)

Selected as the Manager to lead the Sustainment Activity for the Integrated Material and Information Management project

within GS&S. This includes drafting and managing the future Sustainment Process while managing the Technology Road

Map for the follow on Supply Chain 2.0 inititave within GS&S. This is a special project in conjucntion with my day to day

RCS SCM job scope.

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• Sustainment Project Manager for the Integrated Material Information Management (IMIM) team across

seven GS&S sites (Philadelphia, Mesa, Huntington Beach, Puget Sound, Oklahoma City, San Antonio and St. Louis)

focused on developing a common enterprise level approach to management of functional business processes and the

(27) enabling Supply Chain systems and tools.

• Manage IT service agreements and track factory order sustaining budgetary Pools for the (27) systems and

tools within GS&S. In this capacity I manage the budget of $42 million dollars, tracking actuals against the

authorized allocated values to create action plans to correct variances for over charging activity IDs.

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Contract Proposal Project Team Lead (March 2012 to July 2012)

Global Services and Support Business Unit (St. Louis, MO)

Project Manager for the process improvement of the Boeing-DLA proposal effort. Selected to lead this special project by

Global Services & Support leadership in order to improve the visibility of proposals in the system, document the end to end

processes while identifying and implementing improvements, ensuring visibility of bottlenecks in the process, agreeing to

joint contracting methodologies between Boeing and the Government and implementing joint process improvement metrics

between the two organizations.

Lean Activities & Process Improvement

• Facilitated a Lean event between the two organizations to help identify and streamline the end to end Alpha

Contracting process; this resulted in over $18.5 million in savings within the organization over the next 2 fiscal years

• Collaborated with senior management in Contracts & Pricing, Supplier Management, Supply Chain Management and

program management to help implement improvements to the overall Proposal process

• Focus of the project was on Stategic Supplier Agreements/ Long term agreements, forward pricing rate agreements

between Boeing and the Government and Value Stream mapping of the end to end process with an overall

improvement in Supplier quote turnaround time of 45 days and total time of 63 days per proposal

• Worked with the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) for

TINA compliant threshold proposals to ensure compliance to department of defense regulations as they pertained to

Army and Navy DLA-Boeing contracts

Supply Chain Management Program Lead (September 2007 to March 2012)

Brigade Combat Team Modernization Program (Ridley Park, PA)

Plan and implement integrated Supply Chain Management and Performance Based Logistics solutions for the U.S. Army

Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCT-M) program, formerly Future Combat Systems (FCS). Main responsibilities

include:

Supply Chain Management Activities

• Program Supply Chain lead; developed and implemented the strategic objectives for the organization while being

responsible for the stand-up of the Oracle based Materials Resource Planning (MRP) system and the complementary

processes for Supply Chain management, inventory management, order management/ fulfillment and repair

management.

• Project Manager for the system integration between the selected MRP system and the common Boeing Defense

procurement and Quality systems; drive process improvement by aligning program to the common Boeing processes

and reducing procurement lead time by 10 days and repair cycle time by 22 days.

Inventory Management & Stock Control

• Support warehouse management and stock control at multiple locations both international and domestic. Activities

include shipping and receiving, unserviceable retrograde, manage acceptable inventory levels based on inventory

forecasting and order management processes.

Supplier Management & Sourcing Activities

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• Manage strategic supplier performance and capability proactively through the use of business reviews, supplier

performance scorecards, metrics reporting and continuous improvement projects; interface with senior level supplier

representatives to ensure supplier commitment

United States Army (June 2001 – September 2007)

Logistics Officer within the Army Transportation Corps; provided support to units across the Army’s combat support and

combat service support sectors. Major highlights include Logistics support in South Korea, Germany, Afghanistan (Operation

Enduring Freedom VI) and within the United States. Held positions of increasing levels of authority ranging from Company

Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, Detachment Commander and Battalion Operations and Training Officer.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• SCOR-P Certification. Certified by the Supply Chain Council as a Supply-Chain Operations Reference-Model

Professional, (August 2008)

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, (December 2011)

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, (March 2012)

• Member of the Boeing Engineering Excellence Career Partnership Program (June 2011 to Present)

• University of Tennessee Performance Based Logistics Course (February 2014)

• University of North Carolina LOGTECH Advanced Course (May 2014)

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY & SPECIAL SKILLS

• Advanced skills with data analysis tools and Microsoft product suite (Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Project,

and Visio)

• Extensive knowledge of U.S. Army & Military logistics processes, systems and tools

• Current Secret Security Clearance

• Knowledgeable of Lean+ Manufacturing methodologies and current Supply Chain best practices

• Strong presentation and communication skills; excellent organizational skills

• ERASMUS Exchange program, International Marketing (Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK, 1999)

• Ability to travel, both domestic and international, as needed to support job scope

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