Bob Breuer Email & Phone Number

Chelmsford, MA, US

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• Effectively direct the management of supply assurance with contract manufacturers and direct component suppliers, including SMI programs, escalation oversight, and material mitigation leadership.
• Establish productive, mutually beneficial partnerships with component suppliers, commodity management, NPI management, planning, and contract manufacturers.
• Achieved reporting standardization, improved material health, and increased efficiency by leading SMI/VMI health reporting and management between suppliers and CMs.
• Designed a quarterly savings matrix for thermal suppliers, enabling measurement of supplier savings performance and serving as a crucial part of strategic/preferred supplier selection.
• Continuously negotiate MOQ reductions, PPV mitigation, and other cost saving opportunities.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• Successfully led two of Juniper’s largest Contracted Repair Manufacturers (CRM’s) and acted as the point-of-contact for escalations and between CRM’s, OEM’s, and third party component vendors.
• Consistently drove 95% OTD and 1400 RMA’s shipments per month, and increased productivity and performance by designing weekly, monthly, and quarterly measurements.
• Aggressively tracked and managed repair COGS to less than 18% of new product COGS, outperforming goal of 25%.

CA

• Managed the service readiness process for Enterprise Data products, ensuring they were completed and delivered to global partners prior to first customer ship date.
• Global leadership role in reducing inventory levels and material expenses while improving level of service.
• Successfully managed third party repair vendors, achieving contracted service delivery performance agreements, provided monthly forecasts to vendors, and managed orders to within budget and inventory goals.

US

• Provided procurement and material management for blood filters, stents, catheters, and cardiac implants for global customers.
• Significantly boosted manufacturing productivity while reducing raw materials on hand inventory by instituting effective lean inventory methods, inventory movement strategies, an ROP system, and MRP system.
• Streamlined procurement strategies, thus decreasing spend and improving alignment with preferred supplier sourcing by creating a standard requisition process through the Purchase Department.

• Devised and executed logistic plans and strategies for a multi-vendor desktop, server, and point-of-sale customer base.
• Lead interface with Product Support, Sales and Marketing, and Program Management, and purchasing point-of-contact for multiple retail accounts to ensure successful service level agreements.

• Oversaw the planning and management for a computer equipment company that supported a worldwide customer base through all phases of the product life cycle.
• Continuously exceeded goals for service levels and inventory strategies, and managed inventory and purchases to within 2% of the $5MM annual budget.