Bryan Travis Email & Phone Number

Spartanburg, SC

• Leadership oversight for all direct/ indirect material purchasing and capital expenditure projects
• ERP implementation/ refinement for materials replenishment system, eliminating manual process and reducing NVA process time
• Develop Supplier Scorecard system to measure and improve quality, delivery, cost management, and supplier responsiveness
• Annual cost savings goal exceeded year over year beginning in 2013, with savings level equivalent to 6.3% of total raw material spend in first year
• Establish commodity based pricing reviews to target cost reduction, optimize family grouping, and drive synergy throughout supply chain
• Lead Supply Chain and market Risk Mitigation analysis of critical supply sources/ processes to manage risk; analytical depth expands into third level material contributors

Spartanburg, SC

Spartanburg, SC

• Overview included in above position profile

Black Mountain, NC

• Championed CI and Kaizen events which reduced Aerospace Generator Production cycle time by 23% and reduced departmental travel time by 18% on key product line; this improvement to replenishment allowed for product line.
• Reduced overall past due backlog by approximately 20% by re-aligning work teams, reducing material lot sizes, and balancing work flow throughout the department
• Developed safety recognition program which integrated safety goals into 5-S initiatives of plant cleanliness and organization
• Empowered team members to update and manage SQDC board and speak to their areas during Gemba walks; this increased engagement, manufacturing cell knowledge, and individual ownership for their areas
• Collaborate with engineering, quality, and contracts administration team to align materials sourcing objectives to meet and exceed customer requirements for quality and delivery performance

Marion, NC

• Established a New Product Set-Up process to streamline new order processing cycle time with a net time savings of 58% vs. traditional product review method- vital for custom production response time
• Member of kaizen team tasked with relocation of flexible products manufacturing cell to new clean room environment in effort to enter high-purity customer markets
• Manage purchasing, scheduling and customer communication for MRO product line with an on-time delivery improvement from 82% to 96%
• Led transactional kaizen to review customer quote process and identify pricing errors- costing accuracy improved by 31%
• Work with LCC partner to identify alternate castings/ machine steps to consolidate castings and drive 35% cost reduction

Forest City, NC

• Reduced raw material inventory days on hand by 21.7% during a twelve month period
• Developed raw material cost reductions which created average 7.8% in material savings over three year period vs. profit planning spend figures.
• Led Forest City Plant to “Best in Fluid Power Division” in working capital management through improvements in DPO, DOH, and inventory turn averages
• Incorporate 8-D Problem Solving Methodologies into supplier corrective action processes to allow for more comprehensive problem resolution
• Strong role in annual Profit Planning/ Budgeting process in areas of cost reduction planning, materials spend forecast analysis, and development of expense materials budget