Highly experienced Supply Chain Supervisor skilled in designing efficient supply chains to support business objectives and cost reduction strategies. With 12 years of excellence as a senior-level Supply Chain and Operations leader, extensive experience has been developed in creating strategies and overseeing global supply chain activities, including procurement, manufacturing, and distribution management. Strength lies in managing and leading cross-functional teams to drive product supply and productivity improvements. Excels in risk mitigation and driving end-to-end pipeline management and supply planning. Additionally, negotiation and strategic decision-making skills have been honed over eight years of leading organizational business units.
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Alexander Bain
Des Plaines,IL
Summary
Overview
24
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Gold Belt Professional Services
Supply Chain Consultant
08.2022 - 07.2024
Job overview
- Preparation of documentation for the procurement of materials and services across the Department of Health
- Enforcement of price reasonableness through full and open competition or sole/limited source solicitations
- Developed strategies in partnership with the IT team to support global supply chain operations
- Conduct thorough analyses of existing supply chain processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement
- Provides strategic counsel to senior management, and employees by maximizing efficiency, driving productivity, and application of the company’s Lean Management system
- Accepts direction from senior management
- Develop and implement strategies to optimize supply chain performance, including cost reduction, improved delivery times, and enhanced quality control
- Configure Microsoft Dynamics 365 enterprise resource planning implementation projects
- Collaborate in a team and with the client to complete configuration tasks, problem-solve system solutions, ensure functionality, train new users and provide post-project support
- Construction of procurement packages in support of Program/Contracting Officers in laboratory environments
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to track key performance indicators (KPIs) and supply chain metrics
- Recording and maintaining documentation of strict Agency compliance with FARS regulations for future audits.
British PetroleumChicago, IL
Carbon Credit Manager / Contractor
09.2021 - 06.2022
Job overview
- Inventory Calculation and Reconciliation of Renewable Item Numbers (RINs), Low Carbon Fuel Source (LCFS) and Carbon Fuel Source (CFS) credits
- Created and posted Journal entries for Transactions concerning Renewable Energy Credits among Refineries, Supply Chain Management, and Trading and Shipping
- Changed supply chain processes to save 30 days of lead time to placement of Purchase Order
- Build and maintain relationships with suppliers to ensure sustainable sourcing practices
- Conduct audits and assessments to ensure supplier compliance with BP’s sustainability standards
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement in carbon credit and supply chain management.
Abbott MolecularChicago, IL
Commercial Excellence, Contractor
04.2020 - 08.2021
Job overview
- Temporary assignment due to Covid-19 overstressed capacity of supplying life saving tests of infectious diseases
- Without supply necessary to meet market demand, allocated available materials to customer purchase orders based on calculated demand from Abbott Link testing data volume and history of consumption.
Northrop Grumman
Supply Chain Planner
10.2011 - 12.2019
Job overview
- Controlled entire P2P process for capital equipment when program managers requested
- Mentored new employees onboarding, training on SAP, BI, BO, RFQ, RFI, BOE… standard processes
- Combed through GL for discovery of missing (incorrectly noted transactions) among 100’s of pages of financial transactions on given program over course of several years or program Period of Performance (POP)
- SAP Business Objects / Business Intelligence (BO/BI) was used to identify material and material cost ownership, through BO report changed forecast of material receipts on monthly basis based on intelligence gathered
- Managed procurement of semi-constructed components and indirect materials for multiple (12+ simultaneous) design programs, sourced material and developed new suppliers to manufacture per Engineering design drawings
- Cost Account Manager for labor and material accounts, (this included Supply Chain Program Managers, Technical Design Team Analysts, Category Managers, Sub-Contract Managers, Requisition Writers and Mission Assurance personnel)
- Ensured that program functional areas stayed within budget, calculated (EAC) estimates at completion and modified (CTC) cost to complete throughout programs’ POP, (total expenditures: $660k - $22.7MM)
- Primary liaison among Program Office, Contracts Representative, Program Finance Office (SCM Material and Labor), All Sub-Contract Managers and All Suppliers for each individual program
- Drafted and executed (PIEA) Proprietary Information Exchange Agreements with other companies in cooperation with (NGSC) Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation legal team, External Suppliers and NG Programs
- Implemented MS Excel Macro programs, on my own initiative, to ‘clean’ SAP replenishment reports into useable format for all Supply Chain functional employees for use on their own individual programs of responsibility
- Produced monthly reports; on time/late to deliver orders, material cost and historical cost comparison, actual expenditures, purchase order commitments, material not yet committed to estimated cost at program completion
- Attended Sector level business conferences in Baltimore MD, Buffalo NY, Apopka FL and St Augustine FL
- Followed Standard Operating Procedures to properly evaluate and document Sole Source Justifications, In House Manufacturing Cost Estimates, Similar to Material Analysis comparisons and Price Justifications
- Completed dozens of developments and build to print programs, incorporating new product design with frequent revision notifications, drawing changes and added BOM items to be sourced, price estimated, quoted and procured
- Accepted $100MM+ responsibility outside of my organization to satisfy lack of manpower due to employee turnover
- Provided $20MM+ financial spend plan forecast with explanation of variance to previous month forecast and actuals
- Posted financial and material status charts to program boards every morning before 8am, tracked expenditure overages and maintained supplier relationships to stay informed of long lead parts, rework issues and late shipments
- Administrator responsible for all Internal Work Orders (IWO) of Rolling Meadows Northrop Grumman Mission Systems entity; creation of IWO, Requisition, placement of Purchase Order, documentation of Terms and Conditions, compliance to FARS/DFARS regulation, documented Statement of Work and activated IWOs
- Reconciled and adjusted more than $10 Million of ‘parked documents’; (journalized accounting transactions) from a program’s material/labor cost account back onto correctly associated Purchase Order account for Program
- Established new vendors of obsolete parts ($25k authority), bartered agreements with NGSC Terms & Conditions.
United Airlines (IT Finance, Insight Global Merger Consultant)
Merger Consultant
08.2010 - 05.2011
Job overview
- $421.6MM financial model for integrating United and Continental Airlines’ IT systems
- Developed procurement services process mapping documentation for strategy, planning and measurements
- Investigated One Time Costs necessary to discontinue current IT services in favor of scaling up those of Continental
- Built future scenarios and baseline cost models using actual historical spend, budgeted and forecasted amounts
- Audited vendor invoice records, actual payment releases and Project Portfolio Management for accuracy.
Kraft Foods
Supply Chain Financial Analyst
01.2009 - 05.2010
Job overview
- Resolved the Good Received / Invoiced Received (GRIR) discrepancies among 100,000s+ transactions across 5,00+ IBLs, investigated and made the correcting accounting entries during Month End Close (MEC)
- Calculated FMV of donations from Kraft Foods North America to Feeding America (Second Harvest)
- Controller Corporate Inventory Account (CIA); Month End Close, financial period bridges, invoices/re-bills accruals, Sales Samples, Inter Company Transfers and Food Bank Donations, SAP w’ SDM program integration
- Price Masking – for raw materials - Kraft’s Vendors, External Manufacturers and Product Converters
- Month End Close accomplished on time every month for all accounts assigned responsible for without error
- Director of Marketing for the Kraft Finance Accounting Organization (KFAO elected position）.
Navistar
Senior Financial Analyst
05.2006 - 10.2008
Job overview
- Reduced Truck Group's Latin American inventory: decreased production to invoice cycle time by 60%, tripled capacity to export inventory pipeline and achieved $3.2MM annual savings/effective use of capital
- Inventory Management, Profitability Analysis, Journal Entry Creation, Reconciliation, Month End Close
- While working for IC Bus Manufacturing Plant, backflushed 50,000+ school buses of 257 different tire varieties over course of previous 8 years of operation
- Reduced Truck Group's Latin American inventory: decreased production to invoice cycle time by 60%, tripled capacity to export inventory pipeline and achieved $3.2MM annual savings/effective use of capital
- Conducted profitability analyses of Dealership branches through utilization of ADP, recommended strategies to achieve long-term financial goals, formulated Excel/PowerPoint historical & forecasted results and contingencies
- Managed cash control desk operations, lease interest payments, credit payment processors, compliance audits
- Evaluated global inventory and sales volumes; created detailed reports for VP of Operations with Crystal Ball to formulate predictions and generate recommendations for improvement of cash conversion cycle
- Administered standard cost analysis for direct/indirect labor and indirect materials from third party supplier; investigated cause of inventory write offs, data mined Enterprise Data Warehouse to recover $990K write off.
United States Army
Captain
05.2000 - 10.2004
Job overview
- Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defense Officer – Inventory Management, Maintenance and Training
- Evaluated 'Above Center of Mass' - Officer Evaluation Report
Education
Michigan State University, Eli Broad Graduate School of ManagementEast Lansing, MI
MBA from Supply Chain Management, Finance
2006
University Overview
Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI
Bachelor of Arts from Accounting
2000
University Overview
Skills
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Forecasting Accuracy
- Procurement strategy
- Supply Chain Risk Management
Certification
- APICS: Chicago Chapter, CSCP
- Project Management Institute – PMP course completion
Affiliations
Affiliations
- APICS: Chicago Chapter, CSCP
- Project Management Institute – PMP course completion
Timeline
Supply Chain Consultant
Gold Belt Professional Services
08.2022 - 07.2024
Carbon Credit Manager / Contractor
British Petroleum
09.2021 - 06.2022
Commercial Excellence, Contractor
Abbott Molecular
04.2020 - 08.2021
Supply Chain Planner
Northrop Grumman
10.2011 - 12.2019
Merger Consultant
United Airlines (IT Finance, Insight Global Merger Consultant)
08.2010 - 05.2011
Supply Chain Financial Analyst
Kraft Foods
01.2009 - 05.2010
Senior Financial Analyst
Navistar
05.2006 - 10.2008
Captain
United States Army
05.2000 - 10.2004
Michigan State University, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management
MBA from Supply Chain Management, Finance
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Arts from Accounting
- APICS: Chicago Chapter, CSCP
- Project Management Institute – PMP course completion
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