Brent Shepherd Email & Phone Number

Humble, TX, US

Nashville, TN, US

• Lead and manage all facility Supply Chain activities.
• Manage the profit and loss of the facility Supply Chain operations.
• Facilitate the implementation of market-based purchasing projects at the facility.
• Coordinate, manage, and evaluate facility Supply Chain personnel.
• Raise and resolve facility-based supply chain issues and improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate and drive efforts to enable supply improvement initiatives (SII) to succeed within the facility.

US

• Provides supervision, guidance, and support of all inventory and logistics functions.
• Manages inventory levels to ensure supplies are readily available for patient care.
• Works collaboratively with staff as necessary to coordinate contract implementation and product conversions.
• Supervises individuals including but not limited to: hiring, assigning work, evaluating performance, and providing feedback.
• Actively leads training, team huddles, and one-on-one coaching.
• Ensures inventory and logistics team provides a high level of service and accountability to clinical staff.

Baton Rouge, LA, US

• Leads Supply Management Teams to identify cost reduction and process improvement opportunities.
• Selects, trains, orients and assigns departmental staff members in a manner that ensures efficient operations and complies with relevant regulations governing the employment process. Implements and monitors.
• Ensures all personnel are proficient in the use of the current tools, software systems, and metrics used in the department.
• Provides guidance and support to staff members, aids in removing performance barriers, and facilitates effective problem solving amongst employees.
• Prepares performance appraisals, assesses feedback from customers and peers, and communicates to employees their successes and learning opportunities.
• Responds to customer issues and/or concerns.

Baton Rouge, LA, US

• Analyze current logistics and inventory management operations.
• Analyze current vendor management billing processes.
• Document current process models.
• Identify cost reduction and process improvement opportunities.
• Recommend and facilitate logistics, inventory management, and vendor billing process improvements.
• Analyze implemented process improvements for expected benefits.

• Monitored and forecasted revenue and expenditures for assigned agencies.
• Maintained cash management records including ledgers and subsidiary ledgers.
• Prepared and analyzed the monthly Statement of Expenditures.
• Prepared federal financial reports for the grants and contracts which included operational and program costs incurred as direct and indirect costs.
• Applied complex federal and state rules, regulations, and guidelines to ensure compliance and maximum utilization of financial resources.

Columbia, SC, US

• Louisiana Licensed Producer: Life, Health & Accident (Code C).
• Analyzed customer needs and designed insurance programs to address those needs.
• Serviced existing customers for life-changing events.
• Managed and satisfied customer concerns within policy guidelines.

• Support Business Development by preparing responses to customer RFP’s and RFI’s.
• Analyze potential acquisitions for financial benefits.
• Produce pro forma financial statements of potential business opportunities.
• Prepare weekly financial statements for Transload Group within Watco Companies, Inc.
• Perform year-end cash and notes payable reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly internal and external Executive Package and Bank Covenant Compliance Report.

• Provided financial analysis of potential and existing suppliers for risk assessments.
• Managed supplier selection process for passive fiber commodities worldwide.
• Worked cross-functionally with product management and engineering to develop sourcing strategy to optimize the value proposition for the customer.
• Prepared RFQ’s and implemented alternate sourcing opportunities.
• Developed inventory management programs to improve inventory turns and increase cash flow.

• Managed overall corporate sourcing and commodity spend for assigned electronic contract manufacturers.
• Managed and monitored the suppliers to ensure fair value and optimum performance.
• Designed, negotiated, and executed corporate contracts.
• Negotiated flow-down terms and conditions.
• Worked with production planning to understand worldwide demand and ensure forecast accuracy.
• Delivered innovations to drive down cost. Example: Saved IBM $250K (2006) in inventory obsolescence by driving cross-brand rework process.

• Managed worldwide manufacturing capital planning ($20M-$60M).
• Performed monthly expense analysis for manufacturing engineering management team.
• Prepared journal entries for corporate accounting to process.
• Worked closely with functional management to achieve financial plan and stretch targets.
• Prepared ad hoc business case presentations with recommendations to senior management.
• Led semi-annual self-assessment process to ensure proper financial controls were maintained.

North Mankato, MN, US

• Hired and trained customer service representatives.
• Managed call center for twenty employees.
• Solved difficult customer service concerns.
• Interfaced with production to drive resolution to quality problems.

North Mankato, MN, US

• Prepared income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows for three divisions.
• Managed all general ledger activities.
• Performed period end closings.
• Updated and posted all journal entries and recurring journal entries.
• Reconciled cash, accounts receivable, and all balance sheet accounts.
• Managed and monitored capitalization of assets.

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