Chris Glidden Email & Phone Number

Owner of Southwest Flooring Solutions, Inc. We provide floor coverings for commercial and industrial agencies, including military, educational, government and commercial institutions.

Chandler, Arizona

In this role I currently lead a group of 11 supply chain commodity and account managers. I provide strategic direction, identify emerging trends, provide opportunities for career enhancement and development to a highly skilled group of individuals. My responsibilities include managing cost, negotiations, capacity capability, and technical development for the Etch, Litho, and Metrology functional areas of the supply chain while ensuring scalability, quality, and agility of an increasing technology demand. Other key aspects of my role are ensuring a safe work environment, striving to make Intel a great place to work, while driving corporate goals by setting clear and challenging objectives. Maintaining a strong connection with the groups factory counterparts and other support organizations to include site operations, finance, and service.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

As the Spares and Service Account Manager, I am responsible for driving strategic objectives within the Intel supply chain enabling rapid responses to our customers, both internal and external, demands. This includes visibility within the entire supply chain and understanding future demands that will require flexibility within our supply base. In this role, I am responsible for developing and maintaining a strong relationship with a key account of Intel. This includes driving efficiencies within the program throughout the factory's network of high volume manufacturing facilities. As a supply chain program manager, my role is to understand Intel's current requirements of our suppliers systems and any gaps that may exist. Working with key Intel accounts to understand improvements opportunities and develop programs that enable world class supply chain management.

Commodity Manager is responsible for maintaining a healthy corporate relationship while driving strategic objectives through contractual negotiations and managing previously agreed to job 1 indicators. This is done through:- Continuous improvements through supplier & Intel discussions to identify areas for service improvement- Understanding complete supply line health and, at times, understanding where allocation is required to insure minimal impact to production- Work with factory engineering on understanding alternate source opportunities and insure same quality, service and product capability through any sourcing change.- Constantly focus on quality and insure any impacts to factory production are quickly resolved through supplier collaboration.- Manage and negotiate contracts

Managed the implementation of a Tier I supllier to Intel's Total Supplier Managed (TSM) program resulting in a supplier centric inventory management of spares inventory at all domestic HVM factories. The result was improved inventory strategies and increased efficiency in the management of inventory at the implemented sites. Also responsible for measuring and managing to a factory commodity budget and aligning group strategies to meet the budgets and factory cost goals while maintaining optimum output.

Ba, Business Management, Economics

B.A., Business Operations