Garret Long
Portland,OR
Summary
As an Operations Program Manager with seven years in the Aerospace Industry I am eager to bring my experience to a product where I can leverage my expertise in new product introduction and my passion for leading and organizing projects to help support teams and provide solutions.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operations Program Manager
Collins Aerospace
10.2022 - Current
- Responsible for ensuring operational readiness to support transition and production of 7 new products
- Lead all operational aspects of team’s product and program vision, strategy, execution, and customer requirements
- Primary interface with value stream, program management, engineering, procurement, finance, design, quality, and operations to meet new product introduction development timeline and milestones for new products
- Project: Analyze current technological trends and developed business cases for future business opportunities for the organization
- Launch of new design and manufacturing methods driving towards Industry 4.0
- Reduced transition costs by 15% for program by analyzing yield and test data to support next generation product.
- Cultivated strong business relationships with clients to increase overall experience, satisfaction and retention rates
Global Supplier Development – Risk Management Specialist
Collins Aerospace
04.2020 - 10.2022
- Coordinate identification and resolution of risks and obstacles within global supply chain to ensure manufacturing, supply chain, and delivery schedules are in alignment with customer needs
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills by presenting financial, performance, and cyber risk analysis and insights to executive leadership, resulting in an increase in their confidence in the company's new risk mitigation process
- Manage and mitigate ambiguous risk to supply chain during pandemic by setting best practices and leading focus teams
- Project: Develop Corporate Global Supply Chain Risk Management Procedure
- Playbook outlining steps to manage and mitigate risk across the global supply chain
- Worked with third parties to establish real-time, cloud-based analytics tools for monitoring and analyzing global supply chain
- Execute process changes, policies, and procedures and trained global cross-functional teams on implementation.
Operations and Supply Chain Sr. Analyst
UTC Aerospace Systems
01.2017 - 04.2020
- Developed internal business cases and financial models to distinguish portfolio core vs
- Non-core products
- Project: Develop consolidation strategy for global operations during integration
- Integrate approximal office locations and storage areas leading to $5M in savings
- Conducted data analysis to determine sufficient safety and buffer stock levels for materials in an Enterprise Resource Planning strategy
- Negotiated terms of purchase for software, hardware, and professional services.
Education
Master of Business Administration – Emerging Technology -
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA03.2022
Bachelor of Science - Finance -
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC05.2018
Skills
- Procurement Analysis
- Risk Management
- Negotiation
- Advanced Tech Management
- New Product Introduction
- JIRA
- SAP
- Tableau
- Microsoft & Google Suite
- Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
- Roadmapping
- Agile / Scrum
- Program Analytics
- Customer Requirements
- Continuous Improvement
- Collaboration
- Leadership
- Communication
- Capacity / Resource Analysis
Certification
- Emerging Technology Certification, Louisiana State University, 03/2023
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services, 07/2022
- APICS CPIM, Association of Supply Chain Management, 01/2020
- Agile Foundations, Project Management Institute, 08/2023
- Program Management, Project Management Institute, 09/2023
Hobbies And Interests
- Volunteering
- Guitar
- Writing
- Golf
- Studies
- Art
- Web Design
- Exercise
- Reading
- Cooking
- Sports/Athletics
Timeline
Operations Program Manager
Collins Aerospace
10.2022 - Current
Global Supplier Development – Risk Management Specialist
Collins Aerospace
04.2020 - 10.2022
Operations and Supply Chain Sr. Analyst
UTC Aerospace Systems
01.2017 - 04.2020
Master of Business Administration – Emerging Technology -
Louisiana State University
Bachelor of Science - Finance -
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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