Kent M. Griffin 408-***-**** adyzr6@r.postjobfree.com

Salinas, CA linkedin.com/in/kentgriffin

GLOBAL DIRECTOR, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Purchasing & Supply Chain Strategist Global Director Of Purchasing

~Global Sourcing Leader Who Masters Driving Strategic Growth~

A highly accomplished ‘forward-thinking’ Global Director of Supply Chain Management with over twenty years of progressive success leveraging expertise in global business acumen, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Finance, Logistics and Procurement across diverse cultures and economies. A respected visionary leader known as a champion of managing robust projects and developing high performance-based, low-cost solutions with strategic negotiations and outsourcing, even in complex change.

Career Highlights

Expert at global Supply Chain Management, rapidly promoted, consistently adapting to business environments to improve efficiency, lower costs, enhance process engineering, quality control and customer satisfaction measures. Ag Specialty.

Effective at mentoring and coaching teams to high engagement, collaboration, and performance.

Known as an Ambassador for change leading multiple SCM projects concurrently to optimal business solutions.

Progressive leadership and business acumen for unwavering success in all aspects of global sourcing and operations, capital allocation and strategic planning that eliminates redundancy, and enhances profit. Sought after for special projects.

Areas Of Expertise

Strategic Supplier Development

Strategic Planning & Execution

SAP and Oracle Purchasing

Leadership, Team Development

Cost Control, Forecasting

Vendor Management

Supply Chain Optimization

Operations Management

Coaching & Mentoring

Supplier Management

Project Management

Negotiation & Analysis

Professional Overview

Director, Supply Chain Management, George Chiala Farms 2021-2023

Leadership of Supply Chain and Procurement during the height of Covid lockdowns and supply chain issues. Managed Supplier Strategy during a period of rapid cost increasing and transportation problems.

Raw supply management from CA and Mexico to support production for two processing plants

Packaging strategic management: Cardboard, Plastic Liners, Pails, Ingredients

Long and Short Range Planning/MRP improvements. Moved to weekly MRP for key inputs

Leader of company Sustainability Initiatives. Achieved CA Green Business Certification

Lead Procurement implementation of new SAP Business One Hana.

Director, Supply Chain Management, Reiter Affiliated Companies 2017-2020

Leader with Managers in Baja, Central Mexico, and California. Implemented Standardized Oracle based Purchase Orders and financial process. Established WW bids for agricultural commodities and supplies, focus on standardization of Plastics, Pots, Steel structure/Trellis.

Achieved WW Savings to Market of 12% in US and 6.4% (4.3M) in Mexico.

Established Organic Inputs Program to improve crop yields and reduce cost, initiated import of products from Mexico.

Leader for P2P improvements for Supply Chain in collaboration with IT.

Expanded internal operations for Fertilizers, Pesticides and Harvest Materials that reduced cost and increased service.

Hitachi Global Storage Technology, San Jose CA 2003 - 2016

Global Director Purchasing 2014 - 2016

Managed international Global Purchasing Commodity team in US, China, Philippines, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia. Directed all Commodity Managers, drove > 15% YTY cost reduction for improved company bottom line.

Achieved 15% annual cost savings for key Indirect Commodities, cutting cost >$50M/year.

Supplier Risk Management and Business Continuity Leader for Procurement.

Created new Supplier Commodity Strategic reviews for essential commodity groups.

Improved cost and delivery performance, working with suppliers in US, China, Thailand, Japan, Philippines, and Malaysia

Improved Procure-to-Pay with new systems to reduce cost, improve customer satisfaction and supplier relations.

Mentored new employees and implemented change management to transform HGST into leading Fortune 500 company to increase profitability and customer satisfaction.

Global Senior Manager, Global Supply Chain Planning 2003 - 2013

Managed international operations team of 50+ personnel in Demand and Capacity Planning and Warehouse operations for organizational demand supply planning, processes and leads corporate supply chain, media supply and inventory reporting. Optimized inventory.

Achieved 4X reduction on MRP Planning Cycle Time, Trained China and Thailand Planning personnel.

Notable previous Experience:

IBM – Engineering Manager

Department of Energy - Manager Project Management Team, Colorado

US Navy - Lieutenant Commander

Education, Technical Experience And Memberships

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Innovation, Marketing & Supply Chain Management, Santa Clara University Master’s Degree (MSME) Mechanical Engineering (Honors, Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Sea Systems Command Engineering Award

Bachelor of Arts in Organic Chemistry/Biology Vanderbilt University, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Affiliations & Conferences: Professional Engineer (ME), State of Colorado Produce Management Association Farm Bureau Leadership Salinas Valley, Class 23 Rotary Club APICS Member, working toward CPIM Cert PMP Certified, Project Management Institute Meals on Wheels, Board President and Treasurer Santa Clara Agribusiness Institute

Microsoft Office, Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel Oracle, SAP Languages – Fluent in Spanish

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