Eric Berquist Email & Phone Number

Calhoun, Georgia, United States

Marysville, Washington

Strategic sourcing for Chemicals (Paint, Adhesives & Sealants, Resins, and Raw Materials), Indirect Consumables (abrasives, PPE, Shop supplies), and Composite raw materials.Driving Sourcing Strategies within Safran Cabin (40+ sites globally)

United States

Strategic sourcing for Chemicals (Paint, Adhesives & Sealants, Resins, and Raw Materials) and Indirect Consumables (abrasives, PPE, Shop supplies).Driving Sourcing Strategies within Cabin Branch (40+ sites globally)

• Facilitated sourcing and business strategy for indirect and direct materials, performing capacity expansion analysis, program management, risk assessment, roadmap planning, as well as supplier relationship and.
• Developed a 5 year strategic sourcing plan as the leader of the Interconnect Material commodities cross-functional team. Collaborated with business groups to refine strategy, expand scope, and focus on mission-critical.
• Served as Supplier Account Manager for five suppliers with a total spend of $40M annually. Performed industry analysis, RFI, and contract negotiation to achieve aggressive price goals with suppliers.Secured a 10 year.
• Implemented key metrics for suppliers, enabling reduced lead time, improved delivery performance, reduced cost, and improved quality performance. Performed risk assessment, supplier management, contract management, and.
• Secured collaboration and Intellectual Property agreements with Statement of Work for new technology/material developments, enabled invention disclosure tracking and disposition processes.

• Planned, developed, and deployed programs to improve cost, quality, technology, and availability.
• Managed legal entity procurement requirements to enable SAP across 4 countries, engaging with 32 international suppliers to ensure all shipping, invoicing, and logistic documentation was accurately converted for each.
• Utilized a Lean approach to remove non-value added processes. Led a Kaizen event with all internal stakeholders documenting as-is and to-be processes, and exectued improvements resulting in a 50% reduction of processes.
• Collaborated with a supply chain consultant to improve inventory management models for substrates. Performed Trend/Pareto data analysis to support a simulation experiment to improve criteria definition. Contributed to.
• Trained and mentored commodity teams on intelligence gathering and reviewing analyst reports to make better decisions.
• Promoted continuous improvement, enabling MRP for non-revenue product to align with revenue methods. Validated material requirements to enable demand driven orders through SAP. Spearheaded substrate.

• Managed direct materials requirements for all department platforms. Presented annual R&D material requirements plan budget proposal to management.
• Owned decision on material kit and allocation based on platform priority, budget, and supply constraints. Managed build plan and material reviews meetings, ensuring clear communication and effectiveness.
• Forecasted short and long-term material requirements while maintaining optimal inventory levels.
• Enhanced the processes for excess material and scrap dispositions. Coordinated the usage of supplier MRB materials and scrap of excess materials, saving over $1M per year. Spearheaded cost reduction activities by.

• Set aggressive yield targets, and directed cross-site defect reduction teams through sound containment, root cause investigation & identification, and implementation of corrective actions. Assembly yields acheived.
• Champion for the component placement defect reduction team, where the rework rate improved from 10% to less than 1%. This enabled the elimination of the rework equipment and headcount requirements in high volume.
• Led system requirements definition, software validation, and implementation for internally developed Yield Tracking software for worldwide microprocessor factories. Mentor on model definition to non-microprocessor.

• Reduced internal throughput to 1 day saving $750,000 annually, completing project under budget.
• Implemented process flow and facility layout resulting in area reduction of 10,000 sq. ft (20%)
• Lead 3 quality teams, developed metrics and goals, managed quality improvement projects.