Napoleon Greene III
San Jose,CA
Summary
Enterprise Operations Executive with 15+ years leading global, multi-billion-dollar operations across manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, fulfillment, and service delivery in the U.S. and Asia. Proven track record translating corporate growth strategies into scalable operating models, driving margin expansion, productivity gains, and operational resilience. Ececute advisor to executive leadership with deep experience in P&L management, SIOP, digital transformation, automation, and enterprise risk mitigation. Recognized for building high-performing global leadership teams and executing at scale in complex, fast-paced environments and leading End-to-End tranformation.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
SR. DIRECTOR OF WORLDWIDE PROCUREMENT
Ichor Systems
Fremont, CA
02.2023 - 03.2025
- Orchestrated supply chain and quality control methodologies for a $1B advanced data storage solutions provider, aligning procurement strategies across USA and Asia to support global operations.
- Managed global procurement operations at USA and Asia sites, driving annual cost reductions of 5-15% through strategic sourcing and supplier consolidation.
- Facilitated material planning for $1 billion in projects by optimizing inventory turns and ensuring timely supply of critical components.
- Directed SIOP meetings integrating material cost of goods sold data to align quarterly company objectives with procurement priorities.
- Implemented efficiency improvements using AI software platforms to enhance operational responsiveness.
- Accelerated Materials Program Management (MPM) processes to support urgent requirements for major semiconductor manufacturers, reinforcing sustainable supplier relationships.
- Monitored and delivered key performance indicators including purchase order turnaround and delivery metrics across all sites.
- Oversaw New Product Introduction (NPI) initiatives for storage management systems and drives to ensure timely and cost-effective market launches.
SR. DIRECTOR OF DEMAND MANAGEMENT
Ichor Systems
Fremont, CA
03.2021 - 02.2023
- Directed demand management functions for a world-leading $1B Gas Delivery solutions provider, ensuring alignment of procurement practices with global quality control standards.
- Developed and implemented dashboards to enhance visibility through Oracle MRP systems, supporting data-driven decision making.
- Demonstrated exceptional leadership and global team development by driving innovation and continuous improvement across complex international supply chain networks.
- Enhanced SIOP effectiveness by refining processes and decision-making frameworks, empowering executive teams to achieve strategic goals.
- Coordinated cross-functional meetings to integrate materials cost data and align procurement strategies with overall business objectives.
- Optimized key performance indicators across sites by improving MOQ, FOQ, and Min-Max systems, contributing to improved operational efficiency.
- Steered New Product Introduction (NPI) projects for storage management systems and drives, ensuring alignment with market demands and procurement standards.
- Led enterprise supply chain strategy across U.S. and Asia manufacturing ecosystems.
SR. DIRECTOR OF SUPPLY CHAIN
Seagate Technology
Cupertino, CA
01.2007 - 08.2020
- Enterprise operations leader within a $10B global technology organization, overseeing supply chain, capacity planning, inventory strategy, and margin optimization across worldwide manufacturing and fulfillment networks.
- Overhauled business processes to enhance data accuracy and developed dynamic information dashboards, empowering more informed decisions across purchasing, inventory management, factory utilization, capital expenditures, and financial planning.
- Successfully reduced end-of-life (EOL) scrap from over $1M to less than $200K by product segment.
- Served as an enterprise leader managing materials spending, capacity planning, resource planning, worldwide inventory planning, and margin optimization.
- Achieved an 80% reduction in excess and obsolete (E&O) expenses by implementing streamlined planning processes and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Directed New Product Introduction (NPI) initiatives for storage management systems and drives.
VICE PRESIDENT, MANUFACTURING and SUPPLY CHAIN
New Wave Research
San Jose, CA
01.2005 - 12.2006
- Leadership of global manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, quality, logistics, order management and facilities resulting in establishing global operating procedures and a 18% improvement in cash flow and 2% gross margin improvement.
- Drove enterprise lean manufacturing transformation, enabling three complete laser system product launches annually: reduced manufacturing time by 50% accelerating production readiness from six months to less than three months improving on-time delivery.
- Technology leader and manufacture of lasers and laser-based systems for LCD/OLED manufacturing and LED scribing
Education
Business Administration -
CAL POLY STATE
Skills
- Enterprise operations leadership
- Global manufacturing
- Supply chain
- Logistics
- Fulfillment
- Service delivery
- Operating model design
- SIOP
- Integrated business planning
- Capacity optimization
- Network optimization
- P&L management
- Margin management
- Operational excellence
- Lean
- Continuous improvement
- KPI-driven performance systems
- Enterprise risk management
- Resilience planning
- Business continuity planning
- Digital transformation
- ERP
- APS
- Oracle MRP
- Automation
- AI-enabled decisioning
- Productivity improvement
- Service reliability
- Financial outcomes
- People leadership
- High-performing teams
- Cross-functional stakeholder alignment
- Finance
- Technology
- Product
- Commercial organizations
- Complex transformation initiatives
- Budget ownership
- Revenue targets
Accomplishments
- Executed global supply chain strategies ensuring uninterrupted supply continuity across international markets.
- Served as SIOP Leader, facilitating executive-level decision-making through structured, high-impact communication channels.
- Led the global rollout of an Advanced Planning System (APS), transforming planning from manual Excel-based processes to a real-time digital platform; improved global visibility across a 33-week horizon and reduced Finished Goods Inventory (FGI) by over 15% (~$150M), while maintaining a supply chain perfect order rate above 90%.
- Collaborated with Sales Operations and Manufacturing to streamline the end-to-end order-to-commit process, reducing customer lead times from 9 days to 2 days, significantly enhancing customer satisfaction.
- Directed global production scheduling and material planning, boosting order-to-commit accuracy from 75% to 98%.
- Strategically managed finished goods production at a high-volume pace of 6 units per second, achieving notable cost-per-unit reductions and supporting operational efficiency for a workforce of 35,000.
- Implementation of a cross-functional weekly and monthly Sales and Operations Integrated Planning (SIOP) cadence, aligning sales forecasts with manufacturing output and contributing to a 5% increase in revenue.
Timeline
SR. DIRECTOR OF WORLDWIDE PROCUREMENT
Ichor Systems
02.2023 - 03.2025
SR. DIRECTOR OF DEMAND MANAGEMENT
Ichor Systems
03.2021 - 02.2023
SR. DIRECTOR OF SUPPLY CHAIN
Seagate Technology
01.2007 - 08.2020
VICE PRESIDENT, MANUFACTURING and SUPPLY CHAIN
New Wave Research
01.2005 - 12.2006
Business Administration -
CAL POLY STATE