Dean Stratton Email & Phone Number

US site New Product Sourcing Lead, responsible for NPI bill-of-materials cost and supply risk mitigation.

Westminster, CO, US

• Global Commodity Management Team Leader, delivering superior supplier quality, service, and cost to multiple business units.
• Led team of 6-8 supply chain professionals, responsible for >$340M annual spend, delivering ongoing quality improvement and cost reduction through multiple continuous improvement initiatives.
• Subject Matter Expert on a wide range of custom components and suppliers, including cast, machined, stamped, formed, injection molded, thixo molded, plated, painted, and printed parts.
• Commodity Management Lead for Electro-Mechanical Assemblies, including batteries, interconnect, magnets, valves, and keypads.
• Spearheaded the qualification production ramp of a 2nd source supplier on 44 part numbers, requiring 32 new molds in record time (<9 months vs 18-24 months historically), resulting in greatly improved quality, lead.

Fremont, CA, US

• Established and led Supply Chain and Materials Program team, defining policies and procedures in a start-up business unit, while utilizing corporate best practices.
• Point-person for SSD bill-of-materials sourcing strategy and procurement, including NAND, Controller, PCB/A and custom mechanical components.
• Built a nimble team of 6 Materials professionals, while leveraging relationships to successfully ramp a start-up business unit from zero to >100K units quarterly.
• Led cross-geographically to support the development of 3-4 new products annually, with zero development schedule delays, while reducing late-night workload on US-based employees.
• Established and led a global team to vet, select, and qualify a new Contract Manufacturing partner, ramping output to record volume, exceeding quality metrics, and reducing value-add cost by >10%.

Fremont, CA, US

• Led a team of 8-10 professionals. Worked collaboratively across Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Sales/Marketing optimize supply/demand balance.
• Owned weekly corporate Master Production Schedule, driving production and procurement supporting >100M units annually across >8k SKUs and multiple global factories.
• Managed Finished Goods Inventory target setting and attainment.
• Represented the Production Planning function on a cross-functional, consultant-led team to define, develop, and implement a robust Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SI-OP) process, resulting in improved.
• Balanced production plan based on component supply, factory utilization, and customer needs during a natural disaster that constrained supply, resulting in increased market share and profitability.
• Reduced weekly demand to supply commitment process from 7 to 5 days, resulting in more timely response to customer demand signals.

Fremont, CA, US

• Led and developed a team of 10 professionals, greatly improving internal customer service, continuity of supply, schedule adherence, and morale.
• Collaborated to qualify and ramp a 2nd source supplier of a critical and complex sub-assembly, resulting in accelerated new product introduction and supply protection.
• Created and evangelized a Risk Buy Authorization (RBA) process to ensure agreement and accountability across functions pertaining to component purchases required prior to full product qualification.

Fremont, CA, US

Senior Mechanical Commodity ManagerSenior Materials Program Manager

Local 01, Propriété 88, Bordj Bou Arreridj, DZ

Director of Mechanical Commodity ManagementSenior Mechanical Commodity Manager