KURT NETTGEN

• ***** N. Grand Avenue Antioch Il *0002

• 847-***-**** • vnzpqx@r.postjobfree.com

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SUMMARY

Positive innovative leader with diverse experiences in business operations, sales and marketing, supply chain

planning, inventory management, distribution planning, production management, demand forecasting and

planning, pricing, new product introduction, and application implementation. Passion and appreciation for the

impacts of pricing, planning, forecasting, continuous improvement, and achieving operational excellence. A six

sigma certified professional with an established track record of process re-engineering. A motivational manager

with focus on the customer, market and profitability

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BRIGHTSTAR CORPORATION US.

A global distribution and value added Services Corporation serving the wireless communications industry

Vendor Manager (contract) May August 2012

Supply Chain role accountable for vendor relationships, inventory management, CPFR/forecasting and demand planning,

purchasing, delivery scheduling, customer fulfillment, cost and price management.

• Managing $15mm of monthly purchases and inventory from five wireless manufacturers

MOTOROLA MOBILITY / MOTOROLA INC.

A multi-billion dollar global manufacturing and engineering corporation serving the telecommunications industry with

headquarters in Illinois.

Business Transformation Director, OTC lead 2009 – 2011

Member of the global leadership team transforming pricing, order management, purchasing, supply chain

operations, service and account receivables while implementing a common global instance of Oracle R12 EBS.

• Developed global process requirements engaging all regions from Order to Cash, Supply Chain and

Finance teams. This collaborative redesign created a common global process foundation.

• Managed the development and deployment of 70 training courses successfully enabling R12 EBS users

with global solutions in Sourcing, Order Management, Customer Service, Finance and Supply Planning.

• Implemented advanced pricing, trade management, order management, istore and account receivable

Oracle modules in EMEA and North America- with global process commonality and cost reductions.

• Saved $21m by removing price leakage through process controls, earning six-sigma certification.

IT Account Director and Solutions Architect, Supply Chain and GTM 2004 – 2009

Represented the “go-to- market”, supply chain and finance business teams to program manage process and

systems solutions insuring business requirements were met on time within budget.

• Developed planning and customer value added service capabilities in collaborative planning

forecasting and replenishment (CPFR), sell side consignment (VMI) modeling, direct distribution to retail

and direct store delivery models in Asia. Inventory utilization, delivery and logistics efficiency benefits

exceeded $100M.

• Managed the creation of a competitive intelligence tool capturing price sightings, product features and promotion data.

Utilization of the tool improved pricing and forecasting decision making.

• Led the PCI-DSS compliance program for US division through a successful audit.

• Managed the Sox404 attestation program in North America and passed the audit receiving an award.

• Project led customer interaction and requirements for EDI and Rosetta net transactions supporting purchase orders,

acknowledgements, inventory, replenishment, ASN, invoices and serialization data.

• Performed architecture and vendor SLA analysis and cost savings. Staff augmentation- SOW agreements, RFI, RFP,

RFQ management, project business cases, project strategy, prioritization and budgeting.

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Director of Sales and Business Operations 2001– 2004

Led sales and business operations and managed internal account, product, and operations teams to improve delivered

performance to four major cell phone operators / resellers.

• Developed collaborative customer relationships, 20-25% improvement in forecast accuracy.

• Directed manufacturing and fulfillment teams toward on-time delivery of customer demands.

• Inside Sales operations lead managing commission structures and metrics

• Planning and forecasting intimacy with customers for new product introductions and launch requirements.

Demand Planning Senior Program Manager 1998– 2000

• Managed the replacement of legacy order processing and distribution management systems implementing Oracle ERP as

a member of the program leadership team.

• Led consulting and internal teams, to implement i2 Demand Planner, Factory Planner and ERP integration.

• Collaborated with Oracle developers to build advanced planning capabilities within ASCP for Motorola.

• Built i2 ASP (advanced supply chain planning) prototype environment and SAR proposal to implement

Global Supply Chain and Distribution Planning Sr. Manager 1993– 1997

• Planned global distribution of shipments and inventory among 5 major fulfillment centers- build to order

assemble to order and build to stock.

• Managed plan variation directing factory management scheduling changes to service customer demand.

• Created a strategic inventory plan enabled 500k additional unit shipments capturing $17m margin.

• Managed forecasts of 500-700k units monthly incorporating all products, promotion and customer plans.

• Determined master demand plan, performed MRP and finite factory build plans, successfully maintained inventory goals

and customer delivery when the business was doubling year over year.

• Balanced supply and demand globally insuring customer delivery expectations were met 95+%.

• Instituted forecast accuracy metrics and global feedback reporting raising awareness and improving

forecast accuracy >20% globally. Instituted Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) as a business practice.

• Sourced offshore contract manufacturers and created supplier requirements for schedule sharing

Business Planning Manager 1987– 1993

• Provided Demand forecasts collaborating with customers, sales, finance and product management

• Prepared and negotiated annual business contracts with customers- award given for 1M unit agreement

• Managed NPI process and market readiness including point of purchase materials and ad campaigns

• Managed price protection credits, rebates and co-operative advertising claims in excess of $10M / mo.

• Provided customer price quotes for sales models and accessories

Production Manager, Production Supervisor, Factory Planner, Buyer 1980– 1987

• Production, purchasing, lean manufacturing and planning foundational learning experiences in electronic component and

finished goods manufacturing. Managed a 3 shift component manufacturing factory.

EDUCATION

• BS, Business Administration, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst Illinois, 3.8gpa high honor graduate, 1990

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• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Oracle R12 Advanced Pricing, Oracle R12 Sales Fundamentals Trade Management -certifications March

2010

• Six Sigma certified greenbelt December 2009,

• FMEA – failure mode effects analysis, 2007 Lean and Kaizen 2008

• ITIL, M-Gates, Agile, SDLC

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• COMPUTER SKILLS

• MS- Excel, Access, Word, Visio, PowerPoint. Project, Oracle/ JDE / Siebel, Metaphase, Manugistics, i2-suite,

• PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Professional Pricing Society member 2008-present

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