Conrad Bathen

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San Jose, CA 95120

831-***-****

acu2dc@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale, CA – Field Service Planner

Nov 2015 - Present

Plan, manage and deploy over 855 IP parts, many with long LT, to 11 field depots using MRP min-max& safety stock planning methods.

Increased O.H. stocking levels of 855 unique parts from 6% to 32%

Release and coordinate with the warehouse, Mfg floor and Shipping Dept. both Std and Non-Std complicated W/O’s to shop floor, monitor and report on material progress.

Led a collaborative team to aggressively seek avenues for enhanced material movement both out in the field and internally.

Work with buyers to apply alternative shipment methods for depot replenishment.

Release W/O’s to shop floor, monitored and reported on material progress.

Team Player on Lean Projects to decrease overall lead times in part refurbishment process.

Seagate Technology, Cupertino, CA Senior Supply chain planner

Nov 2012 – Sep 2015

●Apply velocity and seasonality analysis to add additional 8% forecast accuracy reaching 94% supply accuracy and mitigate $38.4M inventory expenditure annually due to forecast inaccuracy

●Lead the M&A (merger and acquisition) supply chain planning activities and integrate acquired company (LSI) entire product portfolio to achieve 100% forecast accuracy and $4M reduction in excess inventory.

●Manage 5 LSI suppliers into one weekly planning cadence all utilizing Seagate established documentation.

●Enhance, deployed & lead a weekly collaborative meeting including NPI, Sales Ops and Sales to outline supply commit data thus bringing all necessary groups together.

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES, San Jose, CA Sr. Customer Demand Planner

Jan 2004 - Aug 2012

●Formulated aggressive market share and profitability supply strategies to penetrate the highly competitive high capacity market while keeping healthy finished goods inventory profile.

●Designed, standardized and deployed a Lotus Notes re-mix database to standardize collaboration between San Jose and Asia Mfg.

IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA- Manager, OEM Accounts

Dec 2000 - Jan 2004

●Led a team of 6 cross-functional peer and upper managers through a complex implementation of lean process change to elevate tribal knowledge into a repeatable business process with visibility in Lotus Notes Database

●Drove market competitive (24-hours) customer order cycle turnaround time leveraging the lean process change above resulting in improved customer relations reflected in QBR (quarterly business review) scores

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, San Jose, CA- Customer Account Manager

Aug 1998 - Dec 2000

●Improved customer commit reliability to 90% through supply chain improvements and gained additional 10% Dell revenue per quarter

Seagate Technology, Milpitas, CA Factory Planner/Scheduler

Feb 1996 - Aug 1998

●Resolved poor productivity and communication loops by designing and deploying an excel-based build plan platform that also provides common visibility from cross functional teams such as component purchasing, manufacturing, engineers, product lifecycle management

●Increased utilization of bottleneck sputter machines that lead to increased efficiency and overall 10% additional finished goods yields.

Conner Peripherals, Milpitas and San Jose, CA- Manufacturing Liaison Mar 1988 - Feb 1996

Issued and managed PCBA kits at 3rd party provided quickly resolving all issues arising from manufacturing, part shortages, packaging and logistics.

Provided kits above and any requested HDD related parts to Conner’s Singapore Facility.

EDUCATION

California State University, Chico, CA - Bachelor of Science Geology

Aug 1983 - Dec 1985

Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA - Undergraduate concentration

Aug 1981 - Aug 1983

Summary

Reliable, efficient and humble supply chain planner with over 30 years of end to end supply chain management experience in the high tech industry. Including supply planning, material planning, demand planning & account management. Multi-task oriented with proven success leading teams to meet corporate goals in a fast paced, high volume high complexity environment. Well versed to communicate with all levels of organizations as well as customers.

Application and Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Agile

Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system

i2 Demand Manager

Kinaxis. Rapid Response Demand Planning

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