Supply Chain Management

Brian D. Hubartt

***** ***** ***** **** ******* TX

317-***-****, *********@*****.***

SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE

With a career background of progression of responsibility, I have become a well-rounded, end to end supply chain leader. My most recent responsibility and accomplishment was the ground-up creation of a fully functional Supply Chain department.

My background spans materials management; supplier and contract manufacturing negotiations, contracting, and management; inventory control; production planning and scheduling; S&OP and demand planning; warehousing and distribution, along with certification in APICS in CPIM, CSCP.

High level of systems skills. I have gained a strong understanding and background in many different ERP and MRP systems that include SAP, AS400, Sage, Epicor and Titan platforms. Have been an SAP implementation leader.

Proven record of producing results by improving the demand forecast and implementing a well-functioning S&OP process.

Recognized by peers for development of people and creating a team-oriented, goal-driven environment.

EXPERIENCE:

Forum Energy Technologies, Houston, TX September 2013 - Present

A 4,000 employee global oilfields product company.

Director of Supply Chain of Production Equipment Division

Production Planning & Inventory Control Manager

Created an cycle count program were inventory accuracy was 60% to 95%

From Reduce over inventory from $45 million to $35 million

Created a preferred supplier program with long term stocking agreements, consignments and VMI’s

Negotiated long term contracts with key partnerships with our suppliers

All 5 plants was operating independently and with the development of a Supply Chain strategy along with process driven methods that now operates as one highly functional unit.

Each plant was operating independently,

Developed KPI’s for the Supply Chain department which included

o% of savings to spend ratio

oOverall savings target for 2015

oReduce overall lead time in the supply chain

Responsible for $130 million dollar spend and reduced cost by over $8M through efficiency improvements and supplier negotiation.

Develop and manage the S&OP meetings.

Becker- Becker Mining America Corp, Huntington, WV November 2010 – September 2013

Leading supplier of mining electrical products and services in western hemisphere

Director of ERP (SAP) Systems and Business Processes

Change agent responsible for the training, migration, and implementation of SAP and company’s new ERP system.

Created a culture of motivation for all stakeholders and business partners at all levels to buy into utilizing their modules while successfully changing resistant key partners.

Installed an S&OP process for our components division.

Installed the new SAP system in 4 months instead of the normal 9-12 months for 12 modules.

Develop a project management strategy for the other companies in the network to follow.

Created a change management model for SAP conversion.

Production Control Manager

Responsible for all supply chain functions, including planning and warehouse management.

Increased revenue throughput for the components division from $700,000 to $1,400,000 per month by.

oUsing a Kanban system that went up to 400 products.

oCreated a VMI system with suppliers.

oUse lean methods to reduce sub-assembly items that was not needed.

Created business partnership with our supply chain to reduce cost and optimize buying power.

oCreate different discount rebate programs with suppliers.

oDeveloped S&OP process for our top ten suppliers a rolling forecast for 12 months at a time.

oCreate stocking agreements with suppliers where they would keep the inventory.

Created a cycle count system and improved inventory accuracy from 65% to a 96% rolling average..

oIdentified any breakdown in process and fixed.

Negotiated contracts for all suppliers in the supply chain.

Participated in strategic planning at the executive level.

Pratt Corporation, Indianapolis, IN August 2008 – November 2010

Retail graphics firm specializing in graphic and signage for large retail corporations

Master Planner Manager

Project Management Leader

Led over 10 Kaizen (GEMBA) projects.

oCreated a visual schedule on the plant floor for all machines.

oReduced packing time by improving shop floor layout to reduce movement.

oUtilized Hoshin Kanri methods.

Developed an S&OP (Forecast) process that is functional and drives business strategies with market trends and past history for the supply chain.

oImproved gauge for resources and materials.

Created and maintained a cycle count system resulting in accuracy improvement from 65% to 95% in 6 months.

Successfully created and implemented strategic plans for the supply chain base.

Managed scheduling, capacity planning, and inventory controller.

Trainer/SME in ERP and other system functions.

Managed and developed the production scheduling departments.

Fleet Management Systems, Indianapolis, IN October 2005 – August 2008

Outdoor Marketing Company

Founder

Started a business and learned a lot in a very difficult economy.

Ran and maintained all functions of the business.

Hired and trained personal that went from 1 to 4 employees.

Created excellent business relationships throughout the supply chain.

Created and maintained all budgets.

Saved my clients $150,000 in operating cost.

oChanged the delivery and pick up route which reduced fuel cost, but increased the number of deliveries and pickups.

Jarden Home Brands, Muncie, IN August 2005 – August 2006

A 35,000 employee Consumer Goods Company

Master Planner/Buyer of Manufacturing

Created a production schedule for our plastics division (FDA regulated) for 24/7 operation.

oWent from 0-1 month in stock to the contracted amount of stock per customer in 4 months.

oWent from a very manually process to scheduling all 3 plants in SAP.

Developed a workable forecast for sales and operations base on stock levels.

Increased sales by 8% due to having stock and the correct items inventory at the right levels.

Developed and managed business relationships throughout a global supply chain

Created process to stream line the scheduling process for each plant.

Increased customer fill rate from 75% to 94%.

Negotiated contracts for supply chain on a global scale.

Purchased $50 million in spend year over year.

Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN July 2002 – August 2005

A global leader in healthcare tools for prevention, diagnosis, and management of disease.

Warehouse Supervisor

Inventory Control Specialist

A leader in creating an environment of mutual trust and respect, while demanding the highest ethical standards from staff and management.

Demonstrated success in hiring, motivating and retaining quality personnel by creating positive work environment, resulting in increased employee retention and excellent customer satisfaction.

Supervised and led 45 hourly warehouse employees with 10,000 different sku’s.

Successfully and consistently shipped $25 million dollars in product during the second shift.

A leader in developing a merit increase program to improve work quality and retention.

SMC Corp. of America, Indianapolis, IN January 2000 – July 2002

A global pneumatics manufacturer

Production & Inventory Control Supervisor

Production Supervisor

Supervised and lead 7 Production Controllers (Buyer/planner) and 35 hourly production employees.

Created and maintained BOM’s for all product lines.

Expedited product from suppliers in Japan, Germany, and China.

Decreased overnight shipping charges by creating a cycle count system on the production lines.

Increased product flow efficiency and reduced the number of steps to build a product.

oMeasured amount of time and touches it took to get a product out the door and then reduced after study. Created increased capacity on the production line by 20%.

oReduced Muda movements.

Created a Cycle Count system and increased inventory accuracy from 20% to 85% in 6 months.

Created a Kanban system for the production floor. (3,000 sku’s)

Jayco Inc., Middlebury, IN July 1994 – December 2000

Fabricator/manufacturer of RV’s and motorhomes

Production Control Planner

Warranty Representative for the SW Region

Education

BS. Business Management @ Indiana Wesleyan University

Worked full time while attending college

Kaizen project leader

Six Sigma Green Belt

Train the trainer APICS

CPIM

Supply Chain program at Michigan State University ( in process )

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