Harrison Gilbert Email & Phone Number

Livonia, Mi, Us

-- Sourcing leader for Spinal Hardware, Osteobiologics, and Neuromodulation categories, with system-wide contracts covering a multi-institutional network of 92 hospitals. -- Accountable for building business relationships with suppliers in assigned categories and achieving year-over-year cost improvements, system-wide standardization, and service and quality excellence. -- Manage competitive sourcing processes including contract negotiations of high value, and engage with Regional Health Ministries to build stakeholder team consensus to endorse sourcing strategies.

Livonia, Mi, Us

-- Identified savings opportunities with the Orthopedic and Spine Implants Team through consolidating spend between different suppliers and moving up price tiers, determined the cost impact of item price changes to support negotiations. -- Built TCO model to aid in supplier selection based on the total cost of ownership, and provide a repeatable process for the Sourcing Team to assess and capture long-term value. -- Improved stock on-hand accuracy of lab supplies, initially inflated by ~100% and reduced that down to ~12%, by creating and publishing a weekly dashboard and partnering with Regional Health Ministries (RHMs) to identify and fix their process gaps. -- Performed rigorous analysis to rationalize and optimize inventory levels, and guide RHMs in developing sound inventory management strategy that balances service levels, carrying costs, and labor hours.

Greenwich, Ct, Us

-- Improved cross-dock efficiency level from 68% to 82% through managing to labor time standards and using PDCA.-- Supervised a staff of up to 70 employees, coached and encouraged continuous growth in all members of my team.-- Reduced damaged customer freight 33% through vigorously teaching and enforcing standard operating procedures, which included improving load quality of trailers, safely handling palletized shipments, and reducing re-work. -- Positively influenced KPI’s of safety, customer service, quality, and cost through holding daily team meetings and data driven recognition and coaching of employees.-- Planned manpower to balance achieving on-time service goals, while also managing hourly labor to hit cost metrics.

Greenwich, Ct, Us

-- Translated complex data collection and analysis into actionable and clear information for decision making.-- Generated $5.0M in annual cost savings by developing engineered labor standards for operations managers to drive efficiency improvements and optimize workforce productivity. -- Built a labor management system from scratch impacting 272 company locations and 14,000+ employees, arming supply chain managers with data to improve the gaps between planned and actual performance. -- Coached operations managers on using performance management techniques to identify inefficiencies in their operations using data, and to set SMART Targets to achieve cost savings. -- Developed and implemented a network wide strategy to standardize cross-dock operations using 5S, pull systems, Min/Max methods and routine audits to improve productivity.

Greenwich, Ct, Us

-- Program Management Office (PMO) focused on new project development for improving organizational performance and value.-- Contributed to increased revenue of $10.0M/year by designing an organizational change readiness assessment for the transition from an analyst centric to predictive model based pricing methodology, implemented mitigation strategies with a team of functional leaders.-- Led an 11 member cross-functional team through the implementation of a Dockworker Trainer program which reduced total claims received due to damages from $10.0M per month to $8.5M per month. -- Managed the proof of concept and piloting of Job Instruction Training to reinforce standard work instructions and improve quality.-- Facilitated a wage rationalization project to align truck driver wages with the market, resulting in executive approval for a 2.3% wage increase, which positively influenced employee engagement.

Columbus, Indiana, Us

-- Developed a business case for outsourcing alternator production to China as part of a make vs. buy decision to increase plant efficiency and reduce production costs by approximately $2.0M per year. -- Identified 4 areas of opportunity to reduce acoustic insulation costs up to 83% by benchmarking insulation characteristics at 5 plants across the globe and providing strategic insight into the commodity.-- Determined 3 key requirements to understand how exhaust systems are sourced, proposed a model to map out the exhaust system supply chain for 6 regions across the globe, which defined a global strategy for the commodity.

Woodcliff Lake, Nj, Us

-- Evaluated and resolved escalated customer issues through collaboration with Aftersales and dealers, with the goal of maximizing customer satisfaction and restoring faith in the BMW brand. -- Devised and conducted negotiations until a resolution was met that achieved mutual satisfaction between BMW and the customer. -- Initiated interviews with car crash victims, analyzed and shared data with a team of engineers to improve vehicle safety features and minimize injuries.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics

Study Abroad, International Business Short Course Abroad