Eric T. Jasuta
Fort Worth,TX
Summary
Senior-level Supply Chain and Operations leader with extensive experience in creating strategies and leading execution of all global supply chain activities, including procurement, manufacturing and distribution management. Manages and leads cross-functional teams to drive product supply and productivity improvements. Leads risk mitigation, while driving supply chain strategies for end-to-end pipeline management and supply planning. Skilled in negotiation and strategic decision making, perfected by 10 years of experience in leading organizational business units.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Supply Chain
Custom Bilt Metals
05.2023 - Current
- Track and monitor purchase orders, deliveries and invoicing to verify accuracy and compliance.
- Collaborate with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
- Implemented inventory-management strategies to maximize availability and decrease waste.
- Oversee demand planning, purchasing, and logistics.
- Supervise 4 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.
- Manage availability of supplies from vendors by ensuring core items were on hand to keep inventory values low and consistently moving.
Operations Manager
A.O. Smith
01.2022 - 04.2023
- Analyzed and reported on key performance metrics to senior management
- Managed 6 direct reports for operations department including HR, Quality, Production, Warehouse, Procurement and Continuous Improvement
- Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications, and missed deadlines
- Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time through implementation of 1 piece flow
- Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe, or ineffective practices
- Mitigated business risks by working closely with staff members and assessing performance
- Increased profit by streamlining operations resulting in nearly $1M in 2023 alone
- Updated and resolved incidents and managed accessorial charges objectively while maximizing profit
- Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow
- Observed each employee's individual strengths and initiated mentoring program to improve areas of weakness
- Developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency
Supply Chain and Production Manager
Aquasana
06.2015 - 12.2021
- Manage combined material count of 1,900+ raw and finished goods
- Manage 90+ vendor relationships
- Responsible for vendor supply agreements including terms and product pricing negotiations
- Reduced cost through negotiations by $2M in 3 years through cost down initiatives
- SAP master user
- Manage 3 direct reports: Buyer, Production Supervisor and QC Supervisor
- Responsible for implementing and monitoring safety initiatives per OSHA standard
- Responsible for continuous lean improvements
- Formulated demand planning and generated supply chain management metrics
- Organized and maintained correct inventory levels to drive highest turns possible on inventory
- Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods
- Built exceptional rapport with suppliers and transportation companies to create seamless operations
- Increased global supply chain efficiency and development by leading cross-functional teams and enabling supplier integration and management technology tools, upgrades
- Established inventory targets, stock level, and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory
- Managed continuous improvement initiatives to drive gains in quality, flow, and output
- Implemented quality control system to review products against technical specifications and corporate standards
Buyer
RadioShack
06.2013 - 03.2015
- Responsible for profit and loss of ATT Go Phone, RadioShack No Contract and Defense Mobile handsets in all of RadioShack’s channels, equaling over $75M in Annual Revenue for RadioShack
- Responsible for relationship management and negotiations with several key partners for mobility group including Hauweii and Microsoft
- Negotiate tens of millions in marketing development funds and sell through credits each year
- Responsible for productivity and development of one direct report
- Reduced inventory of existing skus from 16 active skus to 8 active skus and increased turn rate from 1.5 to 4.2 by result lowering Weeks of Supply to support positive ROI in all doors
- Analyzed sales and inventory data to determine purchasing needs and reorder points
Inventory Planner/Allocator
RadioShack
01.2011 - 06.2013
- Responsible for managing monthly working plan, current plan, and annual budget updates ensuring proper buy and sell through plans were aligned
- Manage multiple wireless carriers across both RadioShack and Target retail channels
- Manage assortments in accordance to category open to buy plan
- Plan assortments and purchases to meet/support future ad plans as well as day to day business needs with focus to seasonal trends
- Work hand in hand with category buyer(s) and vendor partner(s) to ensure smooth transition of assortments
- Allocated inventory to support 4,000 retail stores nationwide
- Collaborated with the procurement team to establish steady supply of inventory
Education
Bachelor’s Degree - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Fort Worth04.2009
Associate Degree -
Tarrant County College
05.2005
Skills
- Staff Development
- Contract Development
- Customer Relationship Management
- Cross-Functional Communication
- Process Improvement
- Purchasing and Procurement
- Negotiation
- Operations Oversight
Military
Sergeant USMC
Timeline
Director of Supply Chain
Custom Bilt Metals
05.2023 - Current
Operations Manager
A.O. Smith
01.2022 - 04.2023
Supply Chain and Production Manager
Aquasana
06.2015 - 12.2021
Buyer
RadioShack
06.2013 - 03.2015
Inventory Planner/Allocator
RadioShack
01.2011 - 06.2013
Bachelor’s Degree - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Associate Degree -
Tarrant County College
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