Gary Starr Email & Phone Number

Beaverton, OR, US

Germantown, Maryland, US

Driving Transformation, Integration, Operational and Supply Chain Excellence.

Kennewick, WA, US

Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Integrated Supply Chain Powin Energy. Manage all Global Manufacturing operations, Transportation, Logistics, Planning, Procurement, Warehousing and Compliance. Headquarted in the State of Oregon with our manufacturing network currently spanning China and Taiwan.Powin is a global leader in cost-effective, safe and.

• Manage Procurement Engineering teams and Project Management Office in U.S., EU and Asia. Member of Measurement and Analytics Leadership team. Manage cross-functional / multi-site savings process. Key partner with R&D.
• Designed and Executing 2 largest Quality Improvement Projects in business
• Partnering on Product Rationalization and Global Manufacturing Strategy Shift
• Managing supplier transitions from current Head Quarter site to global locations
• Supply base rationalization

• COMPANY TURNAROUND ROLE:I was recruited to help drive the turnaround at Erickson and was Accountable for the following: creating a Global Supply Chain organization including; Strategic Planning, Operational Planning.
• Maintained company liquidity through effective AP/AR and Daily Cash Management and optimized collections
• Finalized Global inventory database of 200,000 parts, greater than 99% inventory accuracy
• Reset Mins / Maxs, Created BOM’s for all Assemblies
• Renegotiated at a 50% annualized savings all aircraft leases which enabled company liquidity
• Reduced inventory by $90M which was a 44% reduction

Hillsboro, OR, US

• COMPANY TURNAROUND ROLE:Responsibilities; Strategic Planning, Operational Planning, Investment Planning, Real Estate Management, Transportation and Logistics, Warehousing, Procurement (Procurement Engineering, Supplier.
• Consolidated assets to a single manufacturing site from four sites to conserve cash and maximize operational asset utilization and productivity
• Key Global Team member on creation and implementation of S&OP process
• Mothballed non-economically producing operations and assets
• Drove outsourcing of operations to economically viable companies
• Renegotiated pricing for all direct and indirect materials

Beaverton, OR, US

The Danaher Business System (DBS) is Danaher’s Lean Continuous Improvement System, initially modeled after the world famous Toyota Production System. DBS is more than a systemic Lean Improvement Toolkit; it drives a corporate wide culture of continuous improvement and results in significant differentiated shareholder value. Primary Operations DBS resource.

Beaverton, OR, US

Direct oversight, responsibility and full accountability for leading global sourcing, procurement, transportation and logistics, Procurement Engineering, Sustaining Engineering, Component Engineering, Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE), New Product Introduction procurement (NPI), Commodity Management, organizational development, building, hiring, training.

Beaverton, OR, US

ORGANIZATION CREATION ROLE:Direct oversight, responsibility and full accountability for leading global procurement, New Product Introduction procurement (NPI) embedded in R&D, Tactical Procurement, Supplier Quality Engineering, Procurement Engineering, Sustaining Engineering, Component Engineering, formal mentor of China Supply Chain Manager. Design and.

Houston, Texas, US

ORGANIZATION TURNAROUND ROLE:Direct responsibility and full accountability for leading global sourcing for all strategic materials in Hewlett-Packard’s largest and most profitable business unit. Oversight of business and technical sourcing teams, Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE), Procurement Engineering (PE) and New Product Introduction (NPI).

Houston, Texas, US

• ORGANIZATION CREATION ROLE:Responsibilities included; Creation, development and management of entire Procurement function; Procurement Engineering, Supplier Quality Engineering, Commodity Management, Transfer Project.
• Built entire technical and business procurement staff.
• Created global procurement strategy for direct material supplier management, and outsource supplier interactions.
• Ensured all R&D checkpoints were met on schedule, and quality, availability and cost goals were supported.

Houston, Texas, US

• My team managed majority of supplier relationships for Inkjet business unit. Controlled spend in hundreds of millions. I partnered with R&D for new product development and new supplier selection. I negotiated supplier.
• Implemented a new world-wide safety stock and ordering guideline system for tactical Buyers, which eliminated the need for new warehouse.
• Selected to train and mentor Supply Chain, and Procurement talent in all five global manufacturing sites. Short Term FSA in Ireland, Puerto Rico and Singapore sites
• Lead project in new Puerto Rico and Ireland sites to select and qualify new local suppliers.
• Created cross-functional global commodity teams for business unit as a best practice.
• Created and implemented globally Quarterly Cross-Functional Savings Workshops with 5-Stage Gate process. Global process resulted in savings in tens of millions of dollars.

Education record

Management; Magna Cum Laude, International Business