Ben Stone
Frankfort,NY
Summary
Passionate supply chain professional with a strong commitment to people-focused leadership and organizational excellence. Skilled at managing complex, fast-paced, and ever-evolving projects, while fostering collaboration across diverse teams. Recognized for driving operational efficiency, building resilient supply chain strategies, and inspiring high-performing teams to deliver results in dynamic environments.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Spares Buyer
Wolfspeed
08.2025 - Current
- Lead a team of five buyer planners, driving process improvements, leveraging individual strengths, and proactively removing blockers to maximize team efficiency.
- Manage and analyze $26.5M in spare parts inventory, ensuring cost-effective utilization and accurate reporting.
- Develop and maintain dynamic issuance and usage reports for Global Spare Parts across multiple sites, enhancing visibility, accountability, and data-driven decision-making.
- Serve as lead strategist in a global MRP transition project, overseeing the migration from Oracle to SAP and directly managing the creation and transition of more than 25,000 direct material part numbers used in production.
Buyer Planner
Wolfspeed
03.2022 - 08.2024
- Implemented a new part number naming convention for direct materials, streamlining spend and issuance reporting by systematically linking new parts to 11 engineering modules across the site.
- Managed an off-site consignment agreement valued at $4.5M, achieving a month-over-month inventory reduction of more than $800K.
- Recognized as SAP S4 Subject Matter Expert (SME) within two years of adoption, serving as the SME for the site’s purchasing organization.
Lead Production Planner
Taylor Made Industries
08.2021 - 03.2022
- Generated production orders valued at more than $1.3M on a monthly basis, ensuring consistent supply to meet operational demands.
- Conducted inventory analysis to maintain optimal stock levels, reducing excess waste and improving resource efficiency.
- Improved on-time delivery metrics by 7% across all customer lines within seven months through strategic level loading and targeted inventory management.
Plans and Scheduling Lead
United States Air Force, USAF
09.2017 - 07.2021
- Implemented new and improved scheduling procedures and processes, directly contributing to a 15% reduction in
quality assurance failures. - Lead a team of 15 individuals and worked with overseas agencies to get assets valued over 10 million dollars to a
deployed location to support critical war efforts in an effective and time-efficient manner. - Unit control center lead in charge of overseeing the explosive operations, manning, safety, and security of an organization of over 200 individuals containing assets valued over 250 million dollars.
Education
MBA - Business Administration
Southern New Hampshire University
Hooksett, NHBachelor of Arts - Management
American Military University
OnlineAssociate of Science - Munitions Technology
Community College of The Air Force
Montgomery, ALSkills
- Supplier negotiation
- Inventory coordination
- Cost reduction
- Account management
- Vendor relationship management
- Procurement process improvement
Timeline
Lead Spares Buyer
Wolfspeed
08.2025 - Current
Buyer Planner
Wolfspeed
03.2022 - 08.2024
Lead Production Planner
Taylor Made Industries
08.2021 - 03.2022
Plans and Scheduling Lead
United States Air Force, USAF
09.2017 - 07.2021
MBA - Business Administration
Southern New Hampshire University
Bachelor of Arts - Management
American Military University
Associate of Science - Munitions Technology
Community College of The Air Force