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Andrew Bowden

Romeo

Summary

Dynamic Associate Director at RTX with a proven track record in strategic leadership and process improvement. Expert in budget management and analytical thinking, successfully reducing operational costs while enhancing efficiency. Adept at fostering team collaboration and managing key relationships to drive business success. Committed to leveraging data for informed decision-making.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Director, Asset Management

RTX
06.2019 - Current
  • Implemented inventory management systems, improving accuracy and reducing excess stock levels.
  • Oversaw demand planning, purchasing, and logistics.
  • Reduced lead times for product deliveries through effective supplier management and communication strategies.
  • Supervised 25+ staff members tasked with handling materials management, planning, purchasing, and customer service duties.
  • Established inventory targets, stock level, and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
  • Optimized warehouse operations, resulting in improved order fulfillment rates and reduced order processing time.
  • Implemented inventory-management strategies to maximize availability and decrease waste.
  • Streamlined operations by implementing process improvements, enhancing team efficiency and productivity.
  • Managed budgetary constraints while improving service quality, aligning resources with business objectives.
  • Successfully managed budgets, consistently meeting financial targets while maintaining high-quality standards.
  • Optimized inventory control procedures to minimize stockouts and excess inventory levels.

Asset Manager

OneStream Software
02.2018 - 01.2019
  • Managed asset portfolios, optimizing performance and aligning with corporate strategies.
  • Developed and implemented risk management frameworks to enhance investment decisions.
  • Led cross-functional teams in the execution of strategic asset allocation initiatives.
  • Conducted comprehensive market analysis to identify emerging trends and opportunities.
  • Responsible for planning, recording, auditing, and maintaining asset information. Implement the service asset management policy and standards.
  • Identified and prioritized business goals for IT Asset Management (ITAM).
  • Proved vital to moving the ITAM data from a spreadsheet to the Asset Module in the ServiceNow Platform.
  • Provided upper management and executives with data analysis and financial reporting; established and maintained positive relationships with vendors while assigning upper management with budget development.
  • Worked with management to build and continually improve processes and procedures around desktop equipment to meet service delivery and decrease costs.
  • Responsible for the procurement of all IT related assets for the company.
  • Maintained appropriate stock levels to ensure hardware was available as needed for new employees.
  • Worked with various vendors to negotiate pricing on everything from laptops to keyboards.
  • Designed, developed, and deployed a Service Catalog using the ServiceNow platform.
  • Collected and centralized all Software licensing and maintenance information.
  • Designed, developed, and implemented a new module in ServiceNow for the Software license details, to include workflows designed to alert the software owner when the expiration date is approaching.

Senior Asset Manager

ThyssenKrupp
06.2006 - 02.2018
  • Formulate, implement, orchestrate and innovate technologies, processes and procedures for IT assets requisition until retirement.
  • Oversee and refine processes to capture customer IT Asset requests and manage associated assets through their respective lifecycles until the retirement of an asset
  • Ensure coordination of data to assist in the billing of deployed assets and non-billing of retired or returned assets as a service to TKIT clients
  • Establish (or refresh) policies and procedures for tracking the sign-in and sign-out of IT assets.
  • Explore opportunities for maximizing or exploiting unused or partially used IT assets to achieve full efficiency and ROI from company resources.
  • Coordinate the transfer of assets between business units and adjust the business unit cost allocation accordingly.
  • Develop strategies and external relationships to implement plans for recycling, or otherwise selling obsolete assets.
  • Serve as the IT liaison to the asset management & vendor management efforts.
  • Ensure IT compliance with guidelines, obligations, and service level agreements.
  • Conduct and report software asset reconciliation and audit activities on a timely basis, including financial, licensing, warranty, and maintenance/support contract information
  • Work with software vendors to review End User License Agreements (EULA) and ensure compliance.
  • Responsible for receiving and deploying inventory of newly-acquired IT assets to business units.
  • Identify opportunities for volume purchasing to obtain price breaks.
  • Investigate equipment or software under consideration to determine financial efficiency
  • Negotiate pricing, terms and conditions of sale and warranties of goods and products with key suppliers and vendors.
  • Provide IT asset financial data for insurance purposes and property tax reporting.
  • Track and maintain copies of software licenses, warranties, maintenance agreements, and lease and vendor contracts to include contract expiration's.

Education

MBA - Operations Management

Southern New Hampshire University
Hooksett, NH
04-2023

Skills

    Strategic leadership

  • Analytical thinking
  • Budget management
  • Public speaking
  • Inventory management
  • Operations oversight
  • Supply chain management
  • Warehouse management
  • Forecasting accuracy
  • Cost analysis
  • Demand forecasting
  • Procurement planning

Timeline

Associate Director, Asset Management

RTX
06.2019 - Current

Asset Manager

OneStream Software
02.2018 - 01.2019

Senior Asset Manager

ThyssenKrupp
06.2006 - 02.2018

MBA - Operations Management

Southern New Hampshire University

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