Ed Blumberg Email & Phone Number

United States

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Led project teams in development of complex MES system upgrades to collect inventory & quality information, interface with the PLC (programming logic control) to control industrial machinery and deliver new technology platform solutions on schedule and budget to enable quality production.

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Managed Americas reverse Supply Chain of HP Indigo printing presses.
• Identified, managed and implemented process improvements which lead to savings of $800K+ /year.
• Designed and implemented a warehouse re-layout improving capacity by 40% and created a model for managing and optimizing future capacity.
• Implemented numerous packaging improvements resulting in significant service improvements for the customers, cost savings of $0.5M/year and 80% damage reductions.
• Managed and optimized business processes with 6 suppliers and vendors.
• Provided effective tactical support for 50-80 approximately $1M+ deals per quarter.

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Created, documented, managed and optimized local flexible Supply Chain customization solutions for Large Format printers in AMS region. Promoted into an advanced business lead role with global responsibilities.
• Led a Global benchmarking project with the Americas, EMEA and Asia comparing supply chain networks and costs and identified key opportunities leading to implementation of approximately $7M in cost savings.
• Created and led the Graphics Solution Business cost savings program for multiple product organizations realizing annual savings of $4-7M.
• Developed, documented and led New Product Introduction (NPI) processes for Large Format printers in AMS region.
• Created Graphics Solution Business Financial, Service Level and Inventory metrics and led monthly Team reviews to monitor and drive improvements.
• Identified opportunity, led analysis and implementation of Brazil local packaging of supplies enabling higher profit margins.

Richmond, Virginia, United States

• Provided engineering leadership and expertise to a team of 10+ process and product engineers supporting four of HP’s printer manufacturing, packaging, fulfillment and returns sites.
• Represented technical aspects of HP’s printer supply chain strategy analysis and successfully led the manufacturing and packaging printer startups in VA, TN and Mexico.
• Developed, documented and led New Product Introduction (NPI) processes for LaserJet printers in Americas region.
• Created technical requirements for Requests for Quotations (RFQ) for numerous analyses to optimize HP’s printer business.
• Designed and supported HP’s LaserJet, Business InkJet and DesignJet final configuration and packaging processes.
• Led failure analysis on LaserJet printers and provided engineering support for a team of 5 debug technicians to improve product quality and yields by 25%.

San Jose, California, United States & Richmond, VA