Patrick Lynch

951-***-****; adwsz8@r.postjobfree.com

**** ***** ******, ***, ********, CA

linkedin.com/in/patrick-lynch-a11b9r

ISM Purchasing and Supply Chain Certified (C.P.M.)

APICs Production and Inventory Control Certified (CPIM)

ASQ Quality Auditor and Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (CQA & SSGB)

ISO13485 Audit Team Leader Certification, British Standards Institute

Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain

Professional Summary

Innovative, experienced Sourcing and Supply Chain professional promoting Lean Supply Chain while driving down costs and risks through strategic sourcing, system roadmaps and mitigation projects.

Quality Management Systems Supply Chain Management Technical Proficiencies

ISO 9001 – Management Systems

ISO 13485 – Medical Devices

cGMP 21 CFR 820, 210/211

Successful MDSAP Certification

QMS Upgrade and Maintenance

Supplier Auditing & Development

Biologics: enzymes, buffers

Combination Products–drug/device

ERP (SAP) Implementations

S&OP/ Planning

Contract Manufacturing

Commodity Management

Distribution/ Logistics

New Product Introductions

Supplier Qualification and Surveillance

Strategic Sourcing/ RFx

Six Sigma / Lean

Project Management

M&A due diligence

Moulding & Assembly

Risk Mitigation

Production Planning

Lead Time Reduction

Education

B.A. Michigan State University, Materials and Logistics Management (Supply Chain); Major GPA 3.6

Major Discipline: Purchasing & Distribution; Dean’s List; General Motors Internships/Co-Op

Professional Development and certifications

ISM Certified Purchasing Manager, C.P.M. Lifetime

ISM Certified Supply Chain Professional CPSM

APICS Certified Production and Inventory Control, CPIM, and fellow-level, CFPIM

ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, CQA

ISO 13485 Certified Team Lead Auditor – British Standards Institute (BSI) Lifetime

ASQ Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt certification, CSSGB Lifetime

Abbott Labs Strategic Sourcing Certification

Published by ISM and APICS: Supply Chain Risk Management, Kanban and ERP Configuration

Keynote speaker at APICs &AME International Conference on Supply Risk, 2011 Melbourne, Australia

28 Sourcing missions to China, Korea and Malaysia, Ireland and Costa Rica; enabled savings greater >$10MM

APICS CPIM Course Instructor

Medical Products Outsourcing; Editorial Review Board Member since 2017

Career Highlights

Arima Genomics, San Diego, CA May 2020 - present

Director of Sourcing and Supply Chain Operations (Series A/B Start-up)

Responsible for operations scale-up in preparation for acquisition:

Contract Manufacturing, Purchasing, Inventory Control, and Distribution and Information Systems.

Strategic sourcing projects for (Covid era) risk reductions led to zero stockouts and 16% cost cuts.

Redesigned cold storage packaging for more efficient, compliant distribution of -80, -20 & +4.

Developed supply chain and fulfillment scale-up plans, including staffing, systems and regulatory.

Devised Make-or Buy methodology and implemented CMO Contract strategy for manufacturing.

Responsible for systems roadmap development and transition plans for Microsoft, SFDC and ERP.

Expanded Supply Chain Scope to achieve same-day turnaround by adding in-house fulfillment.

Led team of 6 in creation of BOMs, contract manufacturing, inventory, services & global distribution.

Led negotiations for distribution in EU and Asia.

Executing detailed transition plan to move production to a new Contract Manufacturer.

Developed and Implemented streamlined Quality System framework resulting in error prevention.

Currently managing entire facility/ company move from San Diego to Carlsbad

chainLEANk Sourcing and Supply Chain Consulting

Coxon Medical, Bray Ireland (Acquired) May 2019 – May 2020

Contract Role - Operations and Supply Chain Specialist/ overseas assignment

This was a 12-month Sourcing assignment focused on business development, re-shoring medical device production from China to Bray, setting up global supply lines for Moulding, CNC, Extrusion, Resins, & QS projects targeting ISO13485 compliance.

Assisted preparation of due diligence & acquisition by Mehow (Medical Device Assembly).

Led initial vetting of several ERP platforms and mapping from legacy database.

Tear Film Innovations, Carlsbad, CA (Acquired) May 2018 - May 2019

Director - Sourcing & Supply chain operations (Contract Start-Up, acquired by alcon)

Aggressive, Scripted 12-month acquisition project of a newly patented Ophthalmic Device

Reporting to the Chairman of the Board on an aggressive timeline I installed scalable commercial systems including ERP, purchasing, global distribution, inventory control, and S&OP, and generated sourcing strategy and project plans.

Concurrently replaced failing CMO’s by bringing production of devices in-house and taking consumables to a highly qualified Asian CMO.

Conducted successful closure to high profile consumable moulded silicone risks which resulted in full mitigation and a 41% reduction in piece price, with a 4-month ROI for the new tooling.

Led sourcing programs for CNC, PCBA, Packaging; achieved >10% cost and lead time improvements.

Slashed the cost of the consumable products by >40%% through sourcing projects, negotiations and technical re-design for over-mould, to minimize handling yield loss of tacky, low durometer liquid silicone components.

Controlled raw material and finished good inventory to >99.55% from inception through acquisition.

Coordinated refurbishment and returns with manufacturing, quality and customer service.

Initially I began as individual contributor responsible for all warehouse, inventory, purchasing, service, receiving activity.

Tear Film was successfully acquired, then I transitioned my role into Alcon (Texas), meeting the M&A and DD commitments.

Sonendo, Laguna Hills, CA May 2017 - May 2018

Supply Chain manager/Director (Device Start-up)

Organized, Staffed, Hired and Trained staff of 5 to scale-up and own all supply-related processes

Instituted lean manufacturing pull systems in manufacturing, purchasing and inventory control

Led sourcing transitions to eliminate high risk suppliers

Illumina, San Diego, CA Nov 2015 - Feb 2017

Sr. Purchasing Manager (Genomics Start-up)

Initiated Supply Chain Risk Management program and executed projects based on risk and recovery.

Hired and led staff of 7 QEs, Buyers, and Analysts to close all gaps on reaching MDSAP compliance.

Qualified, selected and developed technical suppliers providing PCBA, Moulding, DNA and Packaging

Led Supplier Qualification efforts for 2 new 510k product launches, PAI, ISO13485 and successful MDSAP campaign.

Subject Matter Expert for FDA, ISO and MDSAP for supplier controls and purchasing.

This role became exclusively regulatory, far from the sourcing role I had accepted, leading me to a new start-up.

chainLEANk Sourcing and Supply Chain Consulting June 2013 – Nov 2015 Rev 1, Murrieta, CA and various start-ups

Developed Program targeting Risk Assessment and Mitigation Maps for Supply Chain Risk Mitigation.

Qualified and selected technical PCBA and Moulding suppliers for Prototype and Commercial.

FD & ISO subject matter expert for supplier controls, purchasing and supplier selection.

oEfforts resulted in successfully passing ISO13485 audits at Rev 1, with no findings.

Outside of Rev 1, I Performed audits, supplier development projects, risk reviews, sourcing efforts in China, Ireland, Malaysia and Costa Rica for Coxon, Rev 1, Amgen.

chainLEANk Sourcing Supply Chain Consulting

Ellipse, Irvine CA Nov 2011- June 2013

Supply Chain Manager (Medical device start-up)

Designed and launched commercial systems supply chain scale-up ahead of being acquired.

Responsible for circular logistics of Reusable bone-implant tools and hardware.

Cut Cost of Goods Sold through supplier spec reviews and negotiations.

Clinicals stalled; I chose to leave to build my own contract roles targeting several R&D NPI start-ups.

Isis Pharmaceutical, San Diego, CA June 2010 - Nov 2011

associate purchasing director (Genomics Start-up)

Leaned purchasing process for efficiency and removal of waste; eliminated 30% of process steps.

Negotiated 15% cost savings on a new contract for engineering services.

Very limited savings opportunities available to Purchasing department; I left to find more opportunity.

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Abbott Labs/ DVI, Temecula, CA June 2002 - June 2010

Supply Chain Operations Manager & purchasing manager

Researched, Proposed and built Divisional West Coast Strategic Sourcing Commodity Teams focused to achieve risk and production cost reductions.

Proactively averted a sole source catastrophe (Evonik laurolactum factory fire in Germany); prevented 6-month shortage.

Installed Toyota Production System Kanban and negotiated agreements with suppliers for 1100 part numbers across 85 suppliers.

Negotiated ethical solution to avert a PVDF resin FTO restriction preventing a 9-month stent regulatory approval delay.

Selected as core member of acquisitions and mergers due diligence team for Structural Heart Division Mitral Clip.

Successfully led NPI Purchasing efforts of new products: Xience Drug Stent, Peripheral Catheters and Inflation Devices.

Managed Regional Indirect Purchasing and Strategic Sourcing teams (California sites), including Supplier Diversity programs intended to bring opportunity to disadvantaged suppliers.

Earned role of SAP Super User by configuring streamlined transaction flows which decreased purchasing cycle to <2 days.

Promoted 3 times in 6 years and routinely earned exceptional performance ratings and/or promotions.

For outstanding leadership at the local level, I was selected for Corporate Accelerated Leadership Development Program.

Managed all purchasing, receiving and warehouse facilities, from 4 to 40 employees at each of 3 sites, and 17 buyers.

Led Supplier Sourcing efforts for 2 new product launches with on-site evaluations of 35 suppliers in US, China, Ireland, Korea, Mexico, Switzerland and Costa Rica.

Successfully completed Abbott Negotiations training, and Strategic Sourcing Certification programs at headquarters.

Promotion offered as Corporate Purchasing Director, to Illinois in 2009, but I was not able to move my family at that time.

Certifications

Institute for Supply Management (ISM); C.P.M. lifetime; CPSM #797 expires Feb 3, 2024

APICS, now Association for Supply Chain Management: CPIM, ID# 370135 expires Nov 30, 2024

American Society for Quality (ASQ); SSGB #13238 lifetime; CQA #47347 expires June 30, 2023

British Standards Institute (BSI); ISO13485 Audit Team Lead issued Feb 22, 2017 lifetime

Software: Slack, Jira, Zoom, Teams, Asana, DropBox, SAP, QAD, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, Google

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