Vice President of Operations

Kirk M. Powell

Austin, TX 512-***-**** ****.******@***.*** linkedin.com/in/kirk-powell

Broad experience in all business management disciplines including, operations, facilities, finance, manufacturing supply chain, sales and marketing. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams and diversified cultural team members to achieve strategic organizational goals, with emphasis on employees, partners, and customer service. Global experience and operational skills managing scarce resources while improving operational efficiencies in driving revenue growth and reduce costs. Core competencies include:

Operations - Multi-Discipline

Business Startup

Cross-Functional Training

Contract Negotiation

Procurement & Quality

Finance P&L

Strategic Planning

Forecasting & Budgets

Facilities Planning & Management

Customer Service

Vendor Sourcing & Logistics

Capital Equipment Purchasing

Property Management

Capital Asset Management

HR/Diversity & Inclusion

Selected Accomplishments

Developed new sales territory and customer account for Taiwan based ODM/OEM. Recruited and trained strategic sales representatives to build relationship with customer base. Company awarded business as exclusive supplier. Resulted in first major win in United States with regulatory and safety certification requirements obtained resulting in $30M in revenue over a 2-year period. (Golden Video Corporation, Sales Engineer/Project Manager)

Established a Japan based supplier network to provide key products in support of expanded International Territory. Developed supply channel for Japan based product to dock merge with PC Systems shipping from the U.S.A. Achieved revenue of $500K first year, followed by $1M second year and $2M the third year. Sales to Japan grew 100% year over year. (ClearCube Technology, Inc., Director of Procurement)

Launched/Managed ISO-9001 program for US based OEM with offshore interconnect OEM manufacturing site. Process implemented within 6 months followed by official certification issued on the 9th month, 3 months ahead of original plan. This allowed the company to secure critical business from key Fortune 500 companies. (Maxconn Incorporated, Director of Manufacturing Engineering)

Professional Experience

ClearCube Technology, Inc. – Austin, TX 2011-2016

Vice President of Operations

Managed and directed all ClearCube Technology operations associated with Procurement, Materials/Production Planning, Manufacturing, and Facilities Management in addition to providing Strategic Planning and Contract Negotiations with external Engineering ODM’s and Supply Chain Partners both Domestic and International. Other areas of responsibility extended to oversight of Department Budgeting, Finance P&L inclusive of Vendor Payment, and Human Resources.

Expanded relationships with key partners such as Microsoft, VMware, Intel, Ingram Micro, and Avnet.

Negotiated contracts that allowed for reduced cost, extended payment terms, and reduced lead-times with suppliers, resulting reduced inventory levels and lean production operations.

Improved quality resulting in vastly improved cost control and improved profit margins.

Worked with procurement, materials, and manufacturing operations team to increase inventory turns from 1.5 to 4 turns per month, based of close collaboration with Sales &Marketing on forecast accuracy and planning.

ClearCube Technology, Inc. – Austin, TX 2000-2011

Director of Procurement

Managed centralized procurement team, supporting all corporate operations including, facilities, engineering development, capital equipment, manufacturing operations with both internal and external business partners.

Developed key relationships with strategic suppliers based in Taiwan, China, Japan, and United States.

Created domestic and international supplier channel processes to enable final configuration review and testing to ensure high quality standards.

Coordinated, developed, and selected global supplier and manufacturing sources such that costs were significantly reduced along with vastly improved lead times.

Implemented procedure to improve support for international customer base, to enable improved logistics of custom made materials and components, while maintaining strict US Federal Government TAA compliance standard requirements and specified specific country safety parameters.

Coached and directed procurement staff in leveraging key suppliers to extended contract payment terms. This included both Domestic and Int’l Supplier Partner Base.

Achieved greater than 7% cost savings on materials with key suppliers in support of increased sales with Mexico Federal Government and Brazil Financial Services sector.

Maxconn Incorporated, San Jose, CA 1995-2000

Director, Manufacturing Operations

Directed manufacturing and engineering operations based in Taiwan (ROC), and China (PRC), inclusive of materials planning, procurement, engineering and quality control in the production and development areas.

Created and implemented procedures conforming to ISO-9001 standards for mainland China operations.

Provided leadership and direction in the specialist area of manufacturing interconnecting devices utilized specifically in the PC and telecommunications industry.

Managed 230 direct and indirect personnel located within the USA, Taiwan and China subsidiaries.

Maintained strategic customer relationships with 3M (USA & Europe), Cisco Systems, and Flextronics – Guadalajara, Mexico.

Prior experience includes:

Operations Manager, Liberty Contract Services, Wyle Laboratories, Inc. (Component Programming) – Austin, TX

Sales Engineer/Project Manager, GVC – Golden Video Corporation (Video Graphics and Telecom) – Taiwan

Manufacturing Manager, Everex Systems, Inc. (OEM Computer Hardware) – Fremont, CA

Division Manufacturing Manager, Advanced Technical Services, Inc. (Electronic Turn-key Mfg) – Fremont, CA

Education, Training, Skills, Security Clearance

San Jose State University / San Jose, CA – Bachelors in Business, Operations Management

In-Depth management training:

oCommunication etiquette between employee and internal/external customers

oTQM – Total Quality Management Certification

Microsoft Office Suite, NumberCruncher MRP (Intuit Quickbooks Enterprise / AllOrders), JDEdwards, Agile, Salesforce

Secret Clearance U.S. Government - Active

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