Brian Eckel Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

Owner and CFO of a Restaurant holding company with sales in excess of $20M annually.

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas Area

• ⭐ Key Achievements:
• Successfully established the strategic direction for the CM/BTP commodities in support of Global Volume Manufacturing, Spares, and New Product Introduction resulting in reduced supply risk and improved financial.
• Achieved an annual cost savings of $55M+ in the CM/BTP commodity for each of the prior 3 years⭐ Key Responsibilities:
• Oversee all facets of the $3 Billion Contract Manufacturing and Build to Print commodities including global supply chain design, performance, and development to improve supplier responsiveness
• Conceptualize and develop aggressive operational goals and financial plans with appropriate performance metrics
• Monitor continuity of supply and drive timely resolution of supply escalations to meet customer requirements

Austin, TX

• ⭐ Key Achievements:
• Valued for playing a crucial role as the Team Lead overseeing the proper implementation of ROIC-based contract manufacturing and build to print supply contract encompassing $4B in spend for 10 years.
• Reduced overall backorders by 70% and increased capacity by $100M+ by orchestrating an aggressive resolution to the systematic supply chain issues that affected quality, cost, delivery, and lead time.⭐ Key.
• Developed, aligned and implemented commodity strategies in support of global supply chain design
• Aggressively drove resolution of systemic supply chain issues affecting quality, cost, delivery and lead-time, resulting in a 90% reduction in overall backorders and a $25M expansion of available capacity
• Administered contract negotiation, renegotiation, and global compliance

Austin, Texas Area

• ⭐ Key Achievements:
• Executed a comprehensive 10-year supply agreement with $4B of spend and 6% annual savings.⭐ Key Responsibilities:
• Responsible for all aspects of supplier performance for one of Applied Materials’ largest contract manufacturing/build to print suppliers
• Negotiated and operationalized agreements with suppliers that established the contractual basis for managing year over year cost reductions, delivery and quality for $190M/yr. of spend
• Key decision maker in the NPI process to ensure alignment with Global Commodity strategies

Austin, Texas Area

• ⭐ Key Achievements:
• Credited for developing and executing the overall supply chain design and end-to-end processes for $200M of spend covering the foundry, assembly, test, IP, capital, and indirect materials.
• Developed and administered a systemic Cost Reduction Program that resulted in annual cost savings of 10 % ($18M-$22M savings per year for 4 years).
• Established a professional development “Skills Ladder” program that secured training funds for the Supply Chain team to identify core skills, develop strengths, and continually upgrade competencies.⭐ Key.
• Emphasis on continuous improvement in quality and cost in conducting the supplier quarterly business reviews.
• Spearheaded the development and implementation of key organizational transformation programs on a global level.

Austin, Texas Area

• ⭐ Key Achievements:
• Challenged to create a manufacturing variance forecasting system that reconciled and reduced the overall product cost variances. Fostered continuous improvement and maintained the key operational metrics within the.

• ⭐ Key Achievements:
• Responsible for the development and tracking of the companywide cost reduction program for $200MM of annual direct materials spend
• Provided analytical support, ROI estimates and program feasibility studies in support of the companies cost reduction initiatives

Austin, Texas Area

• ⭐ Key Responsibilities:
• Led the FP&A and cost estimation function for the automotive semiconductor products group

Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

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