Brian Flack Email & Phone Number

United States

RTP, NC

Direct domestic transportation, warehouse and distribution safety operations

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Directed commercialization of new products for Bayer Environmental Science in the US. Accomplishments include:
• Led Product Supply operations for integration of acquired products, divestments and other special operations.
• Created and drove ongoing cost reduction program to identify and deliver $6.1m of ongoing savings over 5 years.
• Developed long-term supply strategy and successfully managed startup supply for acquired DuPont Vegetation Management product line.
• Partnered with digital business team to pioneer and develop strategic operating model for new, novel services and products.
• Created and supported successful start-up of more than 120 new product skus.

Cary, NC

Principal partner in Pinnacle Complete Solutions, LLC, a company specializing in providing holistic Supply Chain and Manufacturing solutions utilizing Six-Sigma, Lean, and custom analysis.

Cary, NC

• Provided operations leadership and expertise to produce and deliver quality product to customers in a timely and cost-effective manner. Directed Procurement, Planning, Manufacturing, Customer Service, and Logistics.
• Established on-time delivery measurement and have maintained delivery performance of 97% or greater
• Drove cost reductions of $18 million on $150 million spend. Targeted areas included purchasing, supply network design, freight reduction, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Drove process changes netting huge improvements in Net Paid Inventory (Inventory + Accounts Payable) – Average inventory improvement of 45% and year-end inventory improvement of 42%. – Accounts Payable improvement of.
• Led process changes in planning and manufacturing enabling flexibility and delivery of un-forecasted product up to 30% of total sales.
• Led logistics network re-design reducing the number of warehouses by 35% without sacrificing customer delivery service.

• Directed overall operations for the Bayer Advanced Consumer product line including production scheduling and logistics to support retail and internal customer requirements. Major accomplishments include:
• Developed safety stock and production planning procedures, reducing stock-outs to maintain 98.1% or better customer fill rate for 6 years.
• Created and led multi-functional cost reduction team to identify and realize cost savings of $9.5 million over six years.
• Reduced defects 35% by driving supplier and manufacturing quality improvement and inspection programs.
• Spearheaded commercialization of more than 35 products in one year, contributing $25 million in sales.
• Identified opportunity to proactively reduce production quantities prior to communication of sales forecast decline, reducing year-end inventory 31%.

• Managed overall operations at 6 US contract manufacturing plants in addition to primary manufacturing responsibility for Bayer-Advanced retail products. Responsibilities included site selection; contract preparation.
• Directed manufacturing start-ups of 20 new products in 8 months, in one of the largest retail launches in Bayer Corporation history, contributing $40 million to product sales annually.
• Drove optimization and cost reduction measures to double cost reduction target.
• Developed manufacturing budget for US contract formulation organization.
• Negotiated toll manufacturing contracts and rates for the Bayer Advanced product line.

• Responsible for contract-manufacturing operations at 10 plants with a budget in excess of $60 million in addition to commercialization coordination for all North American products. Responsibilities include site.
• Managed and expanded a $10 million toll operation to more than $60 million in two years.
• Completed Six Sigma quality training and successfully implemented procedures and process improvements to realize cost improvements of $250,000.
• Spearheaded SAP implementation of MRPII Practices for entire Contract Formulation business.
• Developed and implemented toll manufacturer audit criteria to select manufacturers and maintain standards in accordance with health, safety, environmental and product stewardship practices and guidelines.

• Responsible for select process areas in addition to environmental compliance and reporting for the facility. Accomplishments include:
• Developed a new manufacturing process for co-processed pharmaceutical products.
• Supervised plant production for startups and production shifts.
• Served as Plant Safety Coordinator to develop and implement plant safety objectives to minimize safety incidents and maintain compliance.
• Negotiated new Wastewater Discharge and NPDES permits to ensure continued facility operation.