Edward Porter

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Supply Chain Executive with over 20 years of experience leading strategic and operational supply chain organizations in a highly complex, multinational corporation. Successful track record of driving business results through various supply chain strategic initiatives including: business process centralization, outsourcing, continuous improvement/LEAN, supplier development, talent management, data analytics, statistical modeling, automation, forecasting, planning optimization, distribution network design, and product portfolio rationalization.

WORK HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS

NexTier Oilfield Services Houston, TX

Feb 2020 – Apr 2020

Director, Supply Chain Transformation

Developed multi year supply chain digitalization strategy and roadmap focused on standardizing, centralizing, and automating critical processes, utilizing unified data management model to drive real time visualization and alerts platform, and incorporating increased analytics and intelligence capabilities.

Led cross functional project team and 3rd party consultants to develop and implement a centralized supply chain control tower to drive efficiencies and optimize cost.

Engaged key stakeholders and facilitated workshops to finalize first wave requirements, develop business cases, and review with executive leadership.

Halliburton, Supply Chain Executive Leadership US, Singapore

Nov 2011 – Sept 2018

Senior Director, Global Procurement, Materials, and Logistics – Houston, TX Oct 2015 – Sep 2018

Led supply chain operations globally including a corporate materials center of excellence team and the strategic network of distribution hubs to support a $20B operation, drive cost reductions, and improve working capital.

Designed and implemented a global Materials Center of Excellence responsible for corporate strategy and project management of critical inventory initiatives including planning, statistical modeling, predictive analytics, and systems automation. Achieved approximate 30% Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) improvement in the first 2 years equivalent to $1.2 B inventory reduction.

Integrated stand-alone Logistics function with existing Procurement and Materials function to drive immediate 15% FTE reduction through process efficiency, duplication of effort elimination, and leadership consolidation.

Drove optimization of global Business Support Centers leveraging bot technology to reduce transaction costs by 44% and implemented new processes which avoided $349M of new inventory purchases.

Utilized lean methodology to reduce cross-dock network operating cost by $500K per year

Capitalized on direct shipping opportunities and created an internal trucking fleet, to mitigate 3rd party pricing leverage, resulting in $1.5M transportation cost savings.

Initiated an enterprise wide Integrated Business Planning diagnostic and implementation roadmap project, partnering with Oliver Wight, to more effectively tie corporate strategy to regional execution and optimize existing monthly and annual financial planning processes.

Developed a global Supply Chain M&A organization supporting corporate M&A teams in the due diligence, risk mitigation, valuation, and post-acquisition integration activities including organization design, systems conversion, and change management.

Director, Eastern Hemisphere Procurement, Materials, and Logistics – Singapore Oct 2013 – Sep 2015

Transformed supply chain operations teams supporting 4 regions (Middle East/North Africa, Europe/Sub Sahara Africa, Eurasia, and Asia Pacific) through leadership upgrades, process improvement, and realignment of KPIs from internal focus to customer facing measures and goals.

Created a hemisphere sourcing organization and developed a hemisphere category management team resulting in $100M + annual savings.

Built a Continuous Improvement organization to lead field operation optimization efforts, resulting in the completion of over 30 projects and $5M in savings within the first year.

Accelerated adoption of centralized business support model by strengthening Business Support Centers in Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore, improved transactional coverage from 25% to over 85%, and enabled 25% supply chain FTE efficiencies across the hemisphere.

Drove significant improvements in compliance and internal controls across all supply chain functions through heightened transparency in reporting, increased focus on root cause analysis, process improvement, and talent acquisition.

Director, Western Hemisphere Procurement, Materials, and Logistics - Houston, TX Nov 2011 – Sep 2013

Optimized supply chain operations teams of approximately 700 employees across 4 regions (US Northern, US Southern, Gulf of Mexico, and Latin America) to drive operating cost reductions and increased alignment with global procurement and logistics functions to deliver over $1B in savings.

Led the execution of a North America chemical distribution strategy resulting in a shift to direct vendor management model and realized over $300M in savings through reduced inventory levels, material handlings cost, and transportation expense.

Executed the startup of 4 additional sand plants in strategic North America locations to ensure supply continuity, enable leverage of unit train deliveries, and reduce last mile trucking cost including significant job site detention expense. Delivered over $150M in annual cost savings.

Sponsored and managed a project team that designed and implemented a new global supply chain Business Support Center with locations in Duncan OK, Panama, Malaysia, and Dubai to centralize tactical transactions, drive FTE efficiencies, deliver cost improvements, and enable increased focus on local sourcing efforts in country.

Halliburton, Supply Chain Leadership Houston, TX

Jul 2005 – Oct 2011

Region Supply Chain Manager, US Southern Region Mar 2010 – Oct 2011

Developed and led the supply chain organization supporting Southeast, South Texas, Permian Basin and Northeast operations through significant business growth of over 80% within an 18-month period.

Led the organizational realignment of the region supply chain organization from an operational design to a function based design, in order to optimize processes, leverage spend management, and improve compliance and controls.

Developed and transitioned the organization to a new area-based leadership structure centralizing core strategic processes including purchasing, demand management, and sand/chemical distribution resulting in 35% FTE efficiency and $200M in COGS savings.

Collaborated with global category managers and engaged local suppliers to develop and grow new and existing suppliers to meet demand increases in excess of 200% for chemicals, sand, transportation, and transload commodities and services.

Managed the startup of first 20M lb. sand plant and transload facility supporting South Texas operations, achieving full ROI within first 2 years (3 years ahead of original business plan) and enabled investment in additional facilities for underserved North America locations.

Senior Manager, Baroid Global Inventory Jul 2008 – Feb 2010

Developed and led a global inventory strategy that resulted in an overall inventory reduction of $100 M within a 9-month period. Key elements of the strategy included statistical forecasting and analytics, new demand planning processes, product rationalization, and inventory repositioning.

Led optimization of the materials management (MM) and order to cash (OTC) processes within stock points to ensure sufficient inventory control measures and appropriate staffing levels. The project resulted in the creation of global standards, work methods, self-assessment tools, and new KPIs to ensure successful adoption.

Designed a cross functional systematic approach and technology platform to manage global and regional product portfolios that reduced the total number of active SKUs by 35%.

Led monthly reviews between regional supply chain and operational teams of key performance indicators to identify and resolve issues.

Senior Excellence Lead, Global Supply Chain Jun 2005 – Jun 2008

Served as the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Program Manager to design and implement S&OP processes and tools for 2 product service lines. Created a new organization model including 5 new dedicated planning roles, developed statistical modeling capabilities, and created a comprehensive training/change management package.

Directed a team of 15 in creating a global Materials Management training program, developed role-based competencies, assessment criteria, associated training courses and implemented a sustainable training delivery model.

Mentored future Supply Chain Leaders as part of a recurring 12-week Strategic Training Exchange Program (STEP) to ensure training is targeted to meet each employee’s long-term career goals and communicated with their regional supply chain managers to identify opportunities for additional development upon return to their respective countries.

Managed the enhancement of existing Supply Chain reporting tools and development of new reporting capabilities utilizing SAP Business Information Warehouse functionality to support detailed inventory reporting and global Supply Chain scorecard requirements.

Computer Science Corporation, Consulting NJ, MO, DC

Jul 2004 – May 2005

Senior Consultant/ Sr. EPR Product Specialist – St Louis, MO, Washington DC Mar 2005 – May 2005

Led a warehouse management team through a 6-week SAP functionality feasibility study to determine requirements, identify gaps, develop mitigation strategies and propose implementation options for a possible replacement of purchasing, scheduling, warehouse, inventory and asset management legacy systems.

Led PTP, Demand Planning, and Logistics proposal support for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) requiring the architecture of a complete Supply Chain solution to manage the shipment of medical supplies in excess of $8 billion to multiple developing countries.

Senior Consultant/ Sr. EPR Product Specialist – Moorestown, NJ Jul 2004 – Feb 2005

Led the functional support team through the implementation and continued use of SAP's Solution Manager as the primary repository for process documentation supporting the US Army Logistics Modernization Program (LMP.)

Validated all SAP Supply Chain/APO processes, technical, and functional documentation and migrated them into SAP’s Solution Manger to ensure integration with the US Army Strategies, Architecture and Standards Group (SASG.)

Developed a detailed project plan and managed the workload of the team members involved in the final completion of all deliverables for the Solution Manager implementation at LMP.

Halliburton, ERP Deployment, IT Functional Support and Leadership PA, TX

Sept 1997 – Jul 2004

IT Manager, ERP Center of Expertise, Supply Chain Support – Houston, TX Jun 2002 – Jul 2004

Assisted Senior Management in the planning and re-structuring of the ERP Supply Chain support organization to provide the maintenance and future development of all Supply Chain related software packages including SAP, SRM, GTS, I2 Factory Planner, Business Information Warehouse, GC3, and SAS.

Managed a 14-member Business Support team responsible for the demand management, prioritization, and delivery of all related development requests and projects for Supply Chain ERP systems to ensure maximum leverage of existing investments and alignment with strategic business goals.

Led functional and technical PTP project teams in excess of 30 individuals through all aspects of deployment, including gap analysis, functional design, system test, security, business simulation, conversion, and cutover planning to successfully implement SAP globally for 3 newly acquired business units.

Directed functional support for Supply Chain IT projects including Enterprise Buyer Professional, Knowledge Management Portal, SAP Business Warehouse, Oracle Data Warehouse, Global Trade Services, Sarbanes and Oxley compliance, and SAS Data Modeling for Global Demand Planning to ensure design efforts aligned with business requirements and processes.

Senior Business Process Analyst – Houston, TX Feb 2000 – May 2002

Managed project teams through successful completion of corporate initiatives including a major SAP upgrade, conversion from role based to activity-based SAP security, and conversion to the Euro currency for all European legal entities.

Developed a set of enterprise-wide Materials Management best practices and implemented them to over 100 North American plants to gain operational cost reductions and streamline transactional processes.

Gathered international requirements in the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, and Kazakhstan pilot locations and trained a new project team to implement the best practices globally.

North America Materials Management Functional Lead – Homer City, PA Sept 1997 – Jan 2000

Led 20+ key users in 8 North America regions and 1 Latin America region through training, conversion, business simulation, security mapping, and cutover to successfully deploy the MM module of SAP to over 150 plants in 4 releases.

Aided local mangers in redefining roles and responsibilities and local business processes to support new transactional requirements.

Developed training manuals for the Materials Management module of SAP and trained over 150 end users.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA

B. Sci. Applied Mathematics, Operations Research 1997

B. Sci. Industrial Management 1997

Texas A&M – Halliburton Business Leadership Development (BLD) Program College Station, TX

Completion of all 3 levels of advancement courses designed for high potential business leaders 2013

Western Pennsylvania Minority Supplier Development Council (WPMSDC) Pittsburgh, PA

Board of Directors 2011 - 2013

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