CHRISTOPHER NEVE
Operations Leader
Vancouver,WA
Summary
OPERATIONS LEADER Certified Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt who delivers results through effective communication, coupled with analytical and technical skills to successfully manage programs, projects, and people. Drives operational efficiencies by resolving complex business problems, applying Lean Six-Sigma techniques and technical solutions that deliver streamlined and automated improvements. Builds strategic cross-functional relationships through trust, respect, and credibility. Quickly grasps strategic objectives and relentlessly manages the “devil in the details” to get results. Leverages data, extensive technical skills, resourcefulness, and creativity to drive efficiency gains, manage change, solve problems, and exceed expectations.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
9
9
Languages with varying levels of proficiency (Bilingual French)
Work History
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
HP, Worldwide M&A
01.2022 - Current
- Built relationship with HP Customers, Suppliers, and Partners by understanding operational business models and developing solutions to improve HP interlock with other functions in the Merger and Acquisition environment
- Collaborated with HP’s corporate Mergers and Acquisitions team to drive >$10B in growth opportunities
- Developed and managed the Supply Chain workstream, SME’s, deliverables, program tracking, and updates
- Determined E2E Supply Chain implementation approach to fully integrate/onboard the new companies
- Managed requirements, development, testing, training, and execution for smooth and timely onboarding
- Created and tracked budget of M&A activities for funding and cost relief.
WW QUALITY ENGINEERING PROGRAM MANAGER
HP, Supply Chain Operations
01.2013 - 01.2022
- Responsible for leading a Program Management Office to enable the achievement of strategic objectives including regulatory compliance, cost savings, business enablement, customer experience, and sustainability
- Managed cross-functional project portfolios with supply chain, business units, finance, and IT operations
- Built the program framework which included resource allocation, governance and metrics for planning and reporting cycles which drove cost savings of >$1.2B net cash flow, exceeding 3-year target
- Led the change management across multiple stakeholders and teams by successfully articulating the value of project portfolios and their contribution to the strategic goals which included increased efficiency, automation, and comprehensive resource allocation
- Managed a project in collaboration with R&D engineering to ensure RoHS compliance throughout the end-to-end manufacturing life-cycle process
- Accurately documented the lack of hazardous materials in components and products to ensure EMEA compliance requirements, enabling $600M in annual revenue
- Enabled the deployment of “Simplify” SAP S4 for order-to-cash by implementing sophisticated program management tools and processes including web, SharePoint, and Power BI for highly visible planning and reporting
- Selected to lead a company-wide process improvement program which documented end-to-end processes to the fourth level APQC taxonomy and established a baseline prioritization for process improvement projects and investments in strategic capabilities development
- Recruited to implement a SQL and Excel based toolset to provide modeling and simulation functionality to analysts, providing end-to end inventory levels and enabling optimization of trade-offs between service level and costs.
HP WW BUSINESS MANAGER
HP, Worldwide Supply Chain Operations
01.2007 - 01.2013
- Responsible for the design and development of enterprise cost management framework, leading a cross-functional team of operations and finance SMEs
- Oversaw projects to drive new business capabilities across the Supply Chain and managed multiple global trade projects related to enterprise risk management and business continuity planning
- Revolutionized cost reduction program management by designing and implementing an enterprise cost management application which simplified, standardized, and automated company’s cost reduction efforts, resulting in savings of > $1.8B for FY08 through FY12
- Led WW team of cross-functional partners to increase the scale of factory direct shipments which enhanced delivery capability for the entire design jet product line world-wide while improving operating margin and total customer experience
- Drove cross-business benchmarking initiatives which identified opportunities and helped prioritize and deliver improvement to warranty and end-of-life costs.
CATEGORY OPERATIONS MANAGER
HP, Inkjet Supplies
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Led the transition from operational planning to "end to end" business management
- Managed relationship with partner (Sonoco) planning team for packaging capacity and supply planning
- Enabled financial predictability by ensuring availability of products
- Defined balanced scorecard, recruited, and mentored staff
- Deployed SAP planning solution and a LEAN Pull-Manufacturing Pilot, driving operational efficiencies
- Achieved ISO 9001 certification by documenting processes, identifying non-value-add steps, and leaning out core workflows.
EMEA REGION BUSINESS MANAGER
HP, Mobile Computing Products
Grenoble
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Responsible for new products and features introduction (NPI), refreshes and components rolls (CPE)
- Led cross-functional team to execute forecasting and supply/demand matching through end of life
- Led factories’ set up for new products and/or customization
- Drove factory product quality and TAT performances by aligning objectives and dashboard management
- Led quantum leap in supply chain relationship with factories engineering enabling smoother and faster execution.
AMS REGION BUSINESS MANAGER
HP, Inkjet Printers
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
HP, LaserJet Customer Service & Support
IT PROJECT MANAGER
Intel Corporation
Education
MBA - Industrial Engineering/MIS
University of Arizona, Eller Graduate School of Management
Bachelor of Science - International Relations/Business Management
Brigham Young University
Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt – ASQ Certification - undefined
Skills
Advanced Excel, Access, MS Project, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint Dev, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Power Query, Power Automate, PowerApps, Power BI, Azure DevOps, Jira, Spark, Python, R, AI, ML, VBA, C#, SAP, SQL, Unix, PowerShell, InfoPath, Agile/Scrum, Adobe Creative Cloud, GitHubundefined
Timeline
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
HP, Worldwide M&A
01.2022 - Current
WW QUALITY ENGINEERING PROGRAM MANAGER
HP, Supply Chain Operations
01.2013 - 01.2022
HP WW BUSINESS MANAGER
HP, Worldwide Supply Chain Operations
01.2007 - 01.2013
CATEGORY OPERATIONS MANAGER
HP, Inkjet Supplies
01.2006 - 01.2007
EMEA REGION BUSINESS MANAGER
HP, Mobile Computing Products
01.2004 - 01.2006
MBA - Industrial Engineering/MIS
University of Arizona, Eller Graduate School of Management
Bachelor of Science - International Relations/Business Management
Brigham Young University
Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt – ASQ Certification - undefined
AMS REGION BUSINESS MANAGER
HP, Inkjet Printers
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
HP, LaserJet Customer Service & Support
IT PROJECT MANAGER
Intel Corporation
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