Brian Drury 🔵 Email & Phone Number

Santa Ana, Ca, Us

SUMMARY: • Blending the art and science of storytelling to ethically influence audiences and help teams communicate more effectively, make a bigger impact, and increase their incomeCURRENT OFFERINGS: • Keynote Speeches, Workshops, Trainings, Emcee Services and Coaching (Group / 1-on-1) PAST CLIENTS INCLUDE: Northwestern Mutual, Hope for Justice, Slave Free Alliance, VF Corporation, Keller Williams, Vans, Penn State University, Goalcast, Lawrence University, as well as C-Suite executives, entrepreneurs, international speakers, authors, and employeesCONTACT: Visit the link below to discuss how we can help you and your team take their communication / presentation skills to the next level! • https://thebriandrury.com/contact/

Costa Mesa, California, Us

SUMMARY: Performed buying, inventory management, logistics management and process improvement for Vans Footwear, Apparel, and Accessories to ensure orders were accurately supported in a timely manner across the US in Retail, Ecom, and Wholesale business segments. • Solely responsible for managing Vans Retail Directs Footwear business segment, supporting 500+ Retail Stores and 50+ Outlet Stores in the US, resulting in 97% On-Time to port in fiscal year 2020 for approximately 2 million units, representing $120 million at Retail• Simultaneously managed multiple US Footwear business units, including Vans’ largest business unit, to support US business growth from $2.3 billion in fiscal 2019 to $2.8 billion in 2020, by delivering on average 95%+ on-time to Wholesale Customers in both 2019 and 2020• Reduced 549 hours of non-value-added time from Operations’ processes within first year working at Vans using process-improvement methodology, VBA Coding / Macro creation in Excel, and collaboration meetings with counterparts• Managed 9 different Sub-Business Units over the course of a 3+ year career with Vans across Footwear, Apparel, and Accessories • Delivered two trainings to Vans employees to help improve public speaking skills, overcome fear of public speaking, and improve habits to increase productivity in the workplace resulting in a 96% average overall score from participant surveys and a 100% score from attendees stating the presentation helped improve their confidence speaking• Managed Available-to-Promise (ATP) reporting, Critical Item Review (CIR) process and reporting, Financial Distressed Inventory reporting for Footwear, Excess Inventory reporting and clean-up, Active Quick Turn speed replenishment program, Sales & Operations Adherence Reporting for Apparel/Accessories, and Out-of-Sync Apparel/Accessories buying among other responsibilities over 3+ year at Vans

Denver, Co, Us

SUMMARY: Provided internal consulting for one the largest Footwear and Apparel companies in the world, performing process improvement reviews across the Supply Chain in 13 different countries, presenting findings and providing recommendations to improve processes to internal and external senior leaders.PROJECTS: • Improved out of stock visibility for one of VF’s largest and fastest growing brands by 99.7% during a 2-month special project• Identified cost reduction opportunities through analysis of manufacturing, taxes and logistics during a 5-month project in Brazil delivering recommendations providing feasible options to reduce importation costs from the US to Brazil by 8%-39% depending on product category• Evaluated the design and operational effectiveness of the following VF Global Supply Chain processes to provide meaningful insights to help ensure VF’s success:o Global Demand Planning (Switzerland, New Hampshire, California, Hong Kong, and China)o Global Inbound Logistics (Belgium)o Manufacturing and Property Protection (Honduras)o Direct-to-Consumer Inventory Management (California)o Returns Management for Central Distribution Center (China)o Manufacturing and Property Protection (Dominican Republic)o Review of Sales to Receipts (Argentina)o Post-Implementation Review of SAP System (Dominican Republic) o Sales & Operations Planning (Belgium)o Distribution (Oklahoma)o External Manufacturing (Dominican Republic)o Global Product Safety (Hong Kong, Belgium, Switzerland) o Sales & Operations Planning (Hong Kong)• Acted as Project Coordinator on seven of the thirteen internal control assessments noted above• Presented improvement opportunities to senior VF Global leadership for all assignments

Irving, Tx, Us

SUMMARY: Managed customer service and buying functions for exporting products from US to all regions around the globe, fulfilling orders supporting 175 different countries. • Selected as the first global team member ever to work with all export regions outside of North America (4 separate regions) • Reduced ordering time for a club customer by 260 hours per year (8 hours/person for each session to less than 1.5 hours/person)• Consolidated LEAN (Continuous Improvement) training class from 8 hours to 2 hours total and presented it to 60 new hires• Established an entirely new supply chain to a developing country in Africa • Ran training meetings for affiliates in 15 countries in Latin America entirely in Spanish • Leveraged fluency in Spanish to teach myself Portuguese in 7 months and assisted the Latin American team with translations • Spear-headed initiative to merge Europe and Asia inboxes, improving the team’s overall efficiency and collaboration• Took initiative to drive the team forward with continuous improvement projects with no direct team leader for 6 months• Wrote and delivered a speech to 600 local students about the importance of language studies and cultural appreciation

Indianapolis, In, Us