Dan French Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

• Led team in developing supply chain strategies for a multibillion $ PC business including production transitions such as the launch of Copilot+ AI PCs.
• Achieved over 80% reduction in operating inventory while meeting sales goals.
• Managed executive S&OP with cross-functional teams at CVP-level.

• Led team in transforming cloud demand, inventory, and capacity planning processes for Azure
• Established the first PMO in the organization to streamline project management and delivery.
• Developed a multi-year transformation roadmap to support emerging Azure product features.

Greater Seattle Area

• Led team to develop and present >$10B CapEx plan to senior leaders for financial approval and supply chain execution.
• Analyzed demand, product, and buffer scenarios to optimize supply chain efficiency.
• Implemented constraints at various levels in the supply chain, reducing monthly planning cycle time by over 60%.

Greater Seattle Area

Moved from Devices to Cloud supply chain. Launched some of the first AI products in the Cloud!

Greater Seattle Area

• Led global S&OP process for Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Accessories, aligning demand and supply plans across Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain.
• Negotiated trade-offs to optimize revenue, inventory, and cost, resulting in approval of >$1B annual spend package.
• Delivered significant revenue upside in two holiday seasons, including record-setting launches and mitigating >$25M in excess product.

Greater Seattle Area

• Led a team of 5 individuals in people development and managed global hardware supply chain for Surface & Windows Accessories at Microsoft.
• Managed annual financial budgets for inventory & operational costs.

Greater Seattle Area

• Led global sales & operations planning with cross-functional teams, resulting in improved inventory management and customer satisfaction.
• Managed annual budget development for inventory and operations costs, optimizing financial performance.
• Oversaw virtual team of 20+ individuals across 3 regions, ensuring efficient supply chain operations.

• Led global initiative to transform demand-supply alignment between internal factories and logistics centers, transitioning to collaborative build planning strategy.
• Designed functional solution for new Supplier Collaboration tool using software-as-a-service.
• Received 'Bravo' award for outstanding leadership on projects.

• Managed global inventory programs for the Enterprise Mobility Solutions business at Motorola.
• Oversaw governance of over 15 inventory global locations, including factories and distribution centers.
• Led excess & obsolescence mitigation process to optimize inventory levels and reduce waste.
• Spearheaded projects such as Pull Replenishment Expansion and Supply Chain Design to enhance operational efficiency.

• Selected as 1 of 3 annual MBA graduates to join rotational leadership program.
• Implemented lean manufacturing techniques such as visual management and standardized work in factory production cells to improve efficiency.
• Led a multi-national team to create a pull replenishment system between Asia factory and US Distribution center, reducing inventory by 50%.
• Created a Time To Value measurement system to measure financial success of new product launch

Six Sigma project in Service Parts Planning for Latin America

Focus Area: Supply Chain Management (Service Parts Management, Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, Replenishment Planning, i2, SAP)Industries: Automotive, Consumer Packaged Goods, Semiconductors, Personal ComputersManaged team of up to 12 people including clients and Accenture personnel.

Mba, Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: Vice President - MBA Association, 2nd place team @ Broad v. Broad Case Competition, 2nd place team @ FedEx.

Bs, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Activities and Societies: Homecoming Court (1 of 10) Senior 100 Honorary (1 of 100) Vice President of Recruitment for Interfraternity.