Brian Hewitt Email & Phone Number

Bedford, MA

• Strategic leader for inventory forecasting, purchasing, production and capacity planning and operations for 2 manufacturing plants – Bedford, Ma and Shannon, Ire.
• Primary point of contact with Contract Electronic Manufacturers (Flextronics and Foxconn) with global responsibility for fulfilling internal and external delivery commitments for $700M product line.
• S&Op leader of cross-functional team in working with the CM’s and internal functions on tactical and strategic matters.
• Delivers on objectives related to product cost, lead time, on-time shipments, quality, inventory optimization, scrap, E&O, cost reductions and supply chain readiness for new product introduction.
• Instituted ISO 9001 certification and LSS Process improvement culture.

Boston, Massachusetts

• Responsible for Planning, Reporting and Inventory Management Operations supporting 3 SBU’s with $6B sales and $550M inventory in a high growth and complex matrix environment.
• Direct team in budgeting and forecasting sales, inventory and purchases for 33 Fulfillment Centers and major vendors. Team also executes network stocking strategy by balancing stocked vs. wholesaler supported.
• Consistent year over year performance improvements in inventory turn, in stock, obsolete reduction, working capital and RONA.
• Core team member in the monthly Sales and Operations Planning team which identifies and executes initiatives to ensure business objectives are achieved.
• Key liaison with external consultants to improve, standardize and simplify planning and inventory management processes in which key processes were enhanced to align with best practices within the.Com, Catalog and.
• Key member of the acquisition integration team chartered to assimilate purchasing organizations, systems and processes. Successfully integrated 6 acquisitions from $50M - >$1B in sales.

Retail, Catalog And Internet Divisions - Boston, MA

• Responsible for all aspects of Merchandise Planning and Inventory Management teams of business machine category, which represented $2.0B in sales and $350m inventory. Lead staff of 3 managers and indirectly 16 planners.
• Re-structured organization to synchronize demand planning and inventory management resulting in an engaged and motivated team which provided solutions and consistent positive results. The team was recognized numerous.
• Established new processes, controls and reporting to improve replenishment decisions, simplifying tasks and improved visibility to issues. Specifically, development and enhancement of inventory reporting, assortment.

Responsible for inventory management and supply chain for the Delivery and Internet Divisions which consisted of sales of $1.5 billion and inventory of $170 million; turning 11 times per year in 8 Fulfillment centers. Directly oversaw staff of two managers and indirectly 11 Inventory Analysts plus 2 business analysts. o Identified and improved vendor.

Responsible for maximizing E3 replenishment system of 10 existing fulfillment facilities; integrating 5 legacy replenishment systems; IS Business lead to prioritized and execute replenishment and merchandise IS system upgrades.

Corporate finance responsibility to direct, prioritize, plan and facilitate projects and personnel in all facets of sales, margin and inventory control and reporting. Accountable for the budgeting, planning and reporting of merchandise sales, margin and inventory to ensure integrity and adequacy of reporting.

Responsible for P&L, Balance Sheet, and operations reporting and sales\marketing analysis