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Supply Chain, Global Sourcing, & ERP Systems @ Senior Supply Chain Executive seeking direct hire or consulting opportunities to develop end-to-end supply chain strategies, organization leadership, and execution. Available to provide global sourcing and contracts expertise for complex and/or confidential materials and services. Project leadership and SME in providing strategy and implementation of highly integrated and automated supply chain ERP systems and processes. From 2015 to Present (less than a year) Director - Supply Chain and Fleet Services @ Managed all aspects of strategic sourcing, contract administration, procurement, materials distribution, logistics, transportation, fleet acquisition, fleet fuel strategies, and fleet maintenance in a multi-state and multi-company electric and gas utility holding company. Reported to Executive Vice President, Integrys Business Support centralized services organization. • Led centralized supply chain and fleet services team of 170 non-union and union professionals. • Developed/managed sourcing, contract administration, and procurement processes for $1B of annual spend. Managed complex and/or confidential sourcing transactions, including customer support outsourcing; frequency spectrum for a distributed automation project; activated coke for a pollution control system; outsourced IT application engineering and support services; new ERP platform for HR, supply chain and finance; and long-term supply contracts for utility materials and services. • Led contract negotiations and implementation for high level procurement contracts, merger related contracts and confidential transactions. • Responsible for materials inventory, warehousing and logistics, supporting 6 public utilities, 30 locations across 4 states, >100,000 sku’s, >3,000 suppliers, and >$80M in inventory. • Responsible for management of over 4,000 fleet assets including maintenance, acquisition, and fuel hedging. • Achieved high percentage of supplier diverse business spend From 2005 to 2015 (10 years) Executive Director - Global Sourcing & Supply Chain @ Responsible for entire supply chain operations utilizing multiple domestic and international facilities in Korea, China, Singapore, Mexico, and the Philippines. Reported to COO. • Established and ran global end-to-end supply chain to deliver over 2.5M semiconductor modules per day to mobile phone manufacturing customers including Apple, Samsung, Nokia, and Ericsson. • Selected by CEO to lead spin off and integration with new company - Skyworks Solutions, Inc. • Provided end-to-end supply chain fulfillment which led to meeting or exceeding financial targets for 13 sequential quarters. • Directed S&OPS process and managed quarterly revenue fulfillment targets. • Managed complex and/or confidential sourcing transactions, including wafer fabrication and semiconductor manufacturing outsourcing; and long-term supply contracts for wafer fab and semiconductor packaging. • Managed quality team in an interim position while searching for a new quality director. • Awarded quality award by Samsung VP of Quality for contributions to resolve a quality issue which impacted a Korean production facility. From 2000 to 2005 (5 years) Business Unit Leader - Supply Chain @ Responsible for all aspects of contracts and materials used in military and commercial satellite systems. Led team responsible for sourcing, quality, reliability, and survivability of electronic and mechanical components and subsystems. Reported to the President - Space and Communications Group. • Recruited to direct supply chain and supplier quality to gain control over soaring electronic component cost. • Led team of 400 to restructure supply chain, component, survivability, and reliability engineering. • Enterprise accountability for manufacturing planning/support, global sourcing, and logistics. • Managed component engineering, materials, and process engineering for high reliability space applications. • Reduced cost of electronic components by 30% per spacecraft by restructuring supply chain and implemented Lean/Six Sigma engineering and quality methodologies. From 1995 to 2000 (5 years) Engineering & Operations Leadership Roles @ Responsible for design and production of communications systems and equipment for communications payloads in commercial and military satellite systems. Responsibility for design, development and manufacturing of R.F. / Microwave communications equipment for delivery to commercial and military satellites. • Oversaw and led engineering concepts and designs into production in the manufacturing of space bound, highly reliable electronic communications equipment. • Accountable for manufacturing, testing and delivery of equipment to spacecraft for integration and launch. • Recipient of four patents in communications systems, switch matrix, and microwave packaging technology. • Researched and developed technologies for applications in high performance communications systems. • Specialized in GaAs MMIC and wide bandwidth switch matrix networks. • Developed fast hopping high frequency receivers and solid-state transmitters. From 1984 to 1995 (11 years) BSEE, Electrical Engineering, Antennas, Microwave Communications Systems @ Michigan Technological UniversityCertificate, Executive Business Adminstration Program @ UCLA Anderson School of ManagementCertifications, Six Sigma Quality & Manufacturing @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bob Brunner is skilled in: Six Sigma, Program Management, Operations Management, Process Improvement, Contract Negotiation, Aircraft, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Strategic Planning, Vendor Management, Team Building, Supply Chain, Piloting, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Manufacturing