Supply Chain Manager
Resume:
NEIL DIAL
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
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SUMMARY
Results-oriented executive with extensive international operations
experience in energy, electronics and industrial market sectors.
Successfully grown businesses by focusing on product and market strategies,
R&D, operational excellence, customer satisfaction supply chain and quality
management. Practical and academic knowledge and understanding of how to
implement lean manufacturing practices, six-sigma problem solving
techniques, team building and change management. A strong track record of
developing and integrating a continuous improvement culture throughout an
organization, turning around under-performing businesses, and growing top
and bottom line performance. Highly developed communications and team
building skills.
Skills include:
Leadership Change agent
Strategy development and Business acumen
implementation
P & L management Lean enterprise
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC, Houston, TX
2013 - Present Powell Industries, Inc. engineers custom solutions and
systems for the control, distribution, and management of electrical energy
and other dynamic processes. Powell's markets include large industrial
customers such as utilities, oil and gas producers, refineries,
petrochemical plants, pulp and paper producers, mining operations, commuter
railways, and other vehicular transportation facilities.
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Reporting to the Chief
Executive Officer I have operational control and P&L responsibility for the
companies eight business divisions. I have direct oversight for sales,
product management, production, supply chain, project management,
engineering, quality and service of all business units. The eight business
units provide products and services for Low and medium voltage switchgear,
E-house power control rooms, values and bus duct power distribution
solutions. The company has 4000 employees and operates in Europe, Asia,
North America, and the Middle East.
. Lead the team expansion effort to capitalize on the energy growth in
Canada to include metal fabrication and assembly process for
electrical switchgear, pressure vales and E-Houses.
. Set up a global service and automation strategy to drive new revenue
streams for the company.
POWER-ONE, Camarillo, CA
2008 - 2013
Power-One is a $1.1B company with 4200 associates in North America, Europe
and Asia providing industry-leading array of custom engineered power
converter products for infrastructure applications and inverters for
renewable energy markets.
Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Operations
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer with overall
responsibility for internal and external manufacturing organization, supply
chain management, logistics, planning, quality and service. The SVP was
accountable for the manufacturing excellence strategy throughout the
company that delivered a high mix, high complexity business model with 7
plants located in Europe, Asia and North & South America.
. Played a key role on team to turn around business unit in two quarters
from loss scenario to profitability.
. Expanded capacity & supply chain to support revenue growth from $400M to
$1.1B over a two-year period, improving from number nine to number two
suppliers of inverters worldwide.
. Commissioned three new green-field sites in Asia and North America since
2009.
. Integrated two acquisitions, which improved margin more than 20%.
. Achieved quality improvement from 67,000 DPPM to 2,500 DPPM in 2 years.
. Improved product delivery lead-time by 300%, to fewer than 2 weeks.
. Launched lean six sigma effort in the company, saving $12M in the first
year.
PLEXUS CORPORATION, Neenah, WI
2002 - 2008
Plexus Corp. is a $2.0B company that provides high mix and high complexity
custom engineered electronic manufacturing services and supply chain
management solutions for OEM customers.
Vice President and General Manager of Americas
P & L responsibility for a $1.2B electronic assembly business unit in North
America. Led a team of 11 direct reports who managed a work force of 4000
people in 8 facilities in United States and Mexico. Managed a custom
engineered, high-mix, high-complexity supply chain operation that supported
electronic board and box level assembly, prototyping, repair and warranty
services operations. Customer portfolio included medical, industrial,
defense & aerospace, server & storage companies.
. Completed acquisition and integration of a company, which doubled the
division revenues.
. Negotiated and completed long-term supply chain agreements with major OEM
accounts and suppliers.
. Standardized all factories on a common performance measurement system
generating continuous improvement processing.
. Launched lean sigma manufacturing and six sigma corporate quality
initiatives at all sites driving gross margin improvement.
. Achieved revenue growth of 29% versus the industry's average of 18%.
. Awarded the Electronics Manufacturing Service Industries customer service
award in 2002, 2003 & 2004.
DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION, Austin, TX
1999 - 2001
Dell is a $32B corporation that designs, manufactures and markets a full
range of computer equipment and system solutions.
Director of Notebook Operations
Led team of 8 direct reports managing a workforce of 2,500 at 3 high-volume
manufacturing facilities, supporting $4B in notebook computer sales.
. Implemented a progressive line technology flow that resulted in space
reductions of 50%, headcount reductions of 39%, cycle time improvement
from 43 hours to 18 hours, and work-in-process (WIP) turns that increased
from 82 to 147 times per year.
. Improved on time delivery performance to the customer from 68% to 93%
with a new order management process and new shop floor control
procedures.
. Instituted a total quality management (TQM) process resulting in a 49%
improvement in field incident rates and an annual scrap saving of $2.3M.
ADFLEX SOLUTIONS INC, Chandler, AZ
1996 - 1999
Adflex is a $220M custom designer and manufacturer of flex circuits for
automotive, communications, computer and consumer markets.
President and Chief Operating Officer
Led teams responsible for sales, marketing, product and process technology
development, materials, quality, and multi-site manufacturing facilities
located in the USA, Mexico, England and Thailand.
. Increased sales revenue by $50M in two years.
. Returned the company to profitability during an industry downturn.
. Headed the site selection, negotiation, and construction of a new
facility that served as the Asian headquarters and manufacturing site. I
lived in worked in Thailand for 2 years during this time.
. Negotiated and conducted a successful merger with another publicly traded
. corporation.
MOTOROLA INC., Schaumburg, IL
1983 - 1996
Motorola is a $37.5B semiconductor and wireless/mobile communication
equipment corporation.
Director of Manufacturing, Austin, TX
Reported to the Vice President of Manufacturing, responsibilities included
all facets of the Memory and Microprocessor Semiconductor Group worldwide
final manufacturing operations. Managed a $100M operating and $87M capital
budget while leading a team of 1,200 employees in Asia and the USA.
. Organized and consolidated a new team following business reorganization.
. Developed and implemented strategies to support a $3B business in the
rapidly expanding computing and telecommunications markets.
. Supervised the development and manufacturing ramp of BGA (Ball Grid
Array) package technology for high-speed microprocessors.
. Institutionalized equipment selection and purchasing agreements,
generating $20M in savings.
Asst. General Manager/Factory Manager, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
. Led team of 10 direct reports managing 5,100 employees with
responsibility for all manufacturing activities for a 12 million unit a
week assembly and test semiconductor facility.
. Implemented six sigma quality initiatives, improving process capability
from 1.0 to greater than 1.7 CPK.
. Optimized line layouts and improved supply chain efficiency, reducing
cycle time 32%.
Operations Manager, Boynton Beach, FL
Managed the manufacturing operations for the Wireless Communication
Products Division, including a wide range of manufacturing and engineering
functions, with 600 employees.
Manufacturing Manager, Austin, TX
Managed a semiconductor wafer probe and final test manufacturing department
for dram, sram and microprocessors products
Advisory Boards
Off Grid Electric - A Silicon Valley renewable energy startup company
2013
Avogy Inc - A Silicon Valley power module Startup Company
Present
EDUCATION
MA, Management - University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
BA, Business Administration - University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Motorola University - Six Sigma Green Belt
APICS - CPIM certification
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
United States Army Reserves, Brigadier General, Retired
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