Kyle Gibbons
Oceanside,CA
Summary
Operations and Supply Chain professional experienced working in fast paced environments demanding strong organizational, technical, and interpersonal skills. Driven, detail oriented, and resourceful in completing projects.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Global Sourcing Manager
Nuface
04.2022 - 10.2024
- Supplier sourcing and contract negotiation.
- Setting safety stock levels and approving purchase orders.
- Communicating with vendors around necessary schedule changes, priority adjustments and delivery exceptions.
- Partnering with freight and logistics partners to ensure shipment of product is consistent with schedules and cost criteria.
- Collaborating with New Product development and Marketing departments to ensure new products are provided on time, at the lowest cost while maintaining quality standards.
- Development and management of Supply Chain related KPI's and dashboard.
- Developing demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for various time horizons.
- Coordinating cross-functional research activities to reconcile variances and refine the forecast module to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.
- The development of the Sales and Operations meeting and review process to utilize a collaborative and consensus approach to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
- Managing the supply planning team to balance supply, demand, and inventory goals.
Senior Analyst, Material Planning
Spectrum Assembly
09.2021 - 04.2022
- Planning and forecasting proper volumes of material necessary for production to meet business needs and objectives.
- Monitoring vendor performance, evaluating and providing recommendations for new supplier agreements.
- Creating plans, forecasts and schedules relating to incoming materials required to meet operational requirements.
- Composing detailed and comprehensive analysis to identify opportunities for volume-based cost savings, carrying cost reductions and lead-time improvements.
- Monitoring variances and recommending process improvements.
- Monitoring inventory levels and tracking inventory trends.
- Developing excel based MRP and supply chain KPI dashboard.
- Implemented business intelligence solutions to increase operational efficiency.
Senior Buyer/Planner
Becton Dickinson
04.2021 - 08.2021
- Executing and managing purchase orders.
- Acting as the first point of escalation for Buyer I & II supplier issues.
- Communicating with vendors around necessary schedule changes, priority adjustments and delivery exceptions.
- Planning and scheduling manufacturing work orders.
- Coordinating with production planners to address exceptions and capacity issues.
- Maintaining and adjusting MRP rules to drive an optimized supply plan.
- Maintaining vendor material and purchasing/planning master data.
- Participating in and supporting strategic sourcing strategy development.
- Working with finance and accounting to resolve pricing and invoicing discrepancies.
Global Set Planner
Seaspine
07.2020 - 03.2021
- Effecting changes to production schedules to ensure that deadlines are met.
- Evaluating purchase orders to create suitable production schedules.
- Coordinating production operations in accordance with material, labor, and equipment availability.
- Compiling status and performance reports and submitting them to management.
- Promptly informing relevant departments of changes to current production schedules.
- Conducting daily, weekly, and monthly meetings with cross-functional departments.
- Prioritizing quality inspection schedules for both in-house and third-party packing facilities.
- Maintaining bill of material integrity from capital expenditure to document management and subsequent planning and production activities.
Production Planner
Zest Dental Solutions
08.2016 - 04.2020
- Developing strategic production plans ensuring consistent completion of all projects
- Determining intricate aspects of project volume and planning time frames to create, develop, and manage various lead-time material forecasts
- Preventing cost overrun and schedule delays by communicating daily with various levels of management
- Providing updated manufacturing progress status vs project schedules and contractual obligations.
- Creating and expediting production job, transfer, and purchase orders.
Supply Chain Planner
Medtronic
05.2014 - 10.2016
- Executing purchase requisitions driven by the MRP, production planning, and ERP systems.
- Validating requirements through level loading and capacity management.
- Optimizing inventory levels to keep stock outs of raw material and finished goods at a minimum, while optimizing inventory value to improve fill rates and inventory turns.
- Planning all aspects of production using a MRP Database, initiating work orders, and maintaining accurate reporting across multiple databases.
- Responsible also for maintaining daily interaction with other departments to ensure that company objectives are met for business revenue goals and customer satisfaction.
Master Scheduler
TaylorMade Golf
05.2012 - 11.2013
- Submitting weekly buys to support the U.S Forecasted needs, while managing overall inventories on a monthly basis.
- Following the flow of materials from procurement through incoming receipt and inspection to ensure workflow that supports the monthly invoicing needs
- Acting as the liaison between the Purchasing Department, Sales Operations, and Production to ensure necessary supply chain priorities are in place to support the U.S commercial group
- Ensuring shipment of product is consistent with schedules and cost criteria
Purchasing Agent
Sports Giant
04.2010 - 05.2012
- Interfacing with accounting, sales, and warehouses to implement and maintain accurate procurement planning.
- Managing inventory levels, replenishing retail stores and distribution centers based on prior and expected sales.
- Monitoring vendor performance, writing and placing purchase and transfer orders.
- Working with vendors and logistics providers to ensure timely delivery of orders.
- Training new employees to use various databases and electronic inventory management systems.
Operations Coordinator
Tribeca Technology Solutions
02.2007 - 04.2010
- Coordinating incoming, outgoing, drop ship, national, and international shipments.
- Working closely with the Director of Operations to ensure optimal departmental performance.
- Managing daily operations to include both operations staff and warehouse employees.
- Acting as primary contact for several key accounts to assure best possible service and optimal income for the company.
Education
Communications
Palomar College
San Marcos, California01.2008
Skills
- Global procurement
- Production planning
- Supplier relationship management
- Strategic sourcing
- Category management
- Cost analysis
- Demand planning
- Data analytics
- Cost reduction strategies
- Inventory management
- Capacity planning
- Staff development
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Logistics management
Software efficiencies
- Made2Manage
- SAP, Business Objects
- Netsuite ERP
- Oracle ERP
- Sage ERP
- JD Edwards Enterprise One ERP
- Agile document management
- ACS Multibin
- Aptean Advanced reporter
- Cognos reporter
Timeline
Global Sourcing Manager
Nuface
04.2022 - 10.2024
Senior Analyst, Material Planning
Spectrum Assembly
09.2021 - 04.2022
Senior Buyer/Planner
Becton Dickinson
04.2021 - 08.2021
Global Set Planner
Seaspine
07.2020 - 03.2021
Production Planner
Zest Dental Solutions
08.2016 - 04.2020
Supply Chain Planner
Medtronic
05.2014 - 10.2016
Master Scheduler
TaylorMade Golf
05.2012 - 11.2013
Purchasing Agent
Sports Giant
04.2010 - 05.2012
Operations Coordinator
Tribeca Technology Solutions
02.2007 - 04.2010
Communications
Palomar College
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