Jason Halbert Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

Work across business functions to drive alignments with Finance, Sales, Category Management and Operations relative to financial plans to derive a Sales Plan and Unit Plan. The Unit plan will be used as the basis for material requirements into suppliers. Drive continuous improvement in alignment of financials plan to sales plans and operational material forecast plans, seeking to root out bias via understanding of KPI, business results.- Validate Product roadmap offering that is S&OP Relevant- Understand financial plan at the PL (Product Line) level for the Geography- Facilitate monthly alignment of Demand Consensus at Geography level- Communicate risk/assumptions to plan- Create Senior content for review in Executive IBP/S&OP forums- Drive improvement in forecast (Sales, Supply Chain, Consensus) plans- Drive P&L margin improvement by identifying, communicating and closing on risk to P&O such as E&O (excess & obso), aged inventory and work to resolution- Interprets data to create new processes, strategies, and tools to be used for supply chain business objectives.- Leads large, cross- functional project teams, providing mentoring and guidance.- Consults with business executives on a wide range of high-level supply chain issues, including risk management and new growth opportunities.- Creates new frameworks for delivery and contributes to tools, templates, and intellectual capital.

Houston

-Manage, develop and evaluate CM/ODM Alliance Partner performance,-Manage region specific RFQ's-Negotiate cost and T&C's with the partners-Assess Partner compliance with existing contracts-Lead regular supplier performance reviews-Establish and manage corrective action plans with Partners as appropriate-Maintain documented and tested business continuity plans with each Partner.-Negotiate claim settlements with Partners.-Manage all financial claims with Partners-Govern full compliance and accuracy of all financial transactions between HP and external CM/ODM partners-Accountable for supply and demand activities for multiple, complex product lines, ensuring that performance (inventory, cost, etc.) meets the overall business needs.-Ensures the delivery of products and services that meet the performance metrics defined by senior management; supports the design of performance measurement processes.-Consults with business leaders to guide and influence strategic decision-making within a broad scope-Creates new operational efficiencies and cost savings within the supply chain on a broad scale using process improvement and policy development.-Manages the demand and supply matching activities from a strategic level, ensuring that operations are achieving the key business metrics.-Lead regional/global business unit's trade compliance to realize efficiencies and advantages in the supply chain.-Oversees the development and delivery of complex initiatives that can impact the supply chain globally, typically requiring the leadership of cross-functional and cross-regional teams

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for the development, implementation, and management of a robust supply chain planning process to include demand forecast, supply feedback, demand rationalization, collaborative planning solutions, inventory management, and supply chain optimization.

Americas Notebook and Accessory Supply Chain ManagerManaged a team responsible for supporting notebooks, handhelds and accessories with revenues of over $3 billion annually, to include managing forecast, operations, strategy, demand/supply planning, ` product lifecycles, regional manufacturing, and employee development for all Commercial Americas

Successfully managed a team of 6 supporting all 4 worldwide regions in achieving Notebook market growth almost twice the size of the industry growth Successfully managed a team of 13 responsible for over $3 billion in annual Notebook, Handheld and Accessory revenue Successfully removed over $70 million in supply chain costs Successfully managed ODM moves from Taiwan to China in support of Notebook business Successfully managed integration of ODMs at post merger HP Core team member in establishment of Notebook Supply Chain operating model Successfully completed SAP migrations for HP and ODMsManagement/SupervisionManaged staffs ranging in sizes from 4 to over 50 Trained, supervised and evaluated staff, coached improvement management skillsPromotion of over 20 people into various management positions Highest ratings from employees in 360 reviews on yearly basis Successfully created and enhanced the employee manual for Golfsmith

Notebook Commodity Planning ManagerManaged a team responsible for planning supply information and deliveries for hard drives, optical drives and microprocessors Developed relationships with suppliers such as Samsung, Toshiba and Intel

Notebook Demand Planning ManagerManaged a team of 7 responsible for forecast accuracy and quality in support of 4 regional teams Team responsible for supporting demand related activities to enhance supply support, product transitions, and obsolescence mitigation Managed team responsible for data quality for entire extended team 2002; Managed integration of notebook ODM suppliers, for pre merger Compaq and pre merger HP, into a consolidate supplier portfolio for post merger HP

Managed a team of people responsible for positioning material with Taiwan and China based companies Ensured that manufacturing plans and shipments met WW expectations for financial revenue

Managed two big box retail stores in Houston that generated over $12M annuallyResponsibilities included sales, marketing, merchandising, procurement, finance and accounting, training, human resource, real estate, and overall P&L managementLet expansion team responsible for new store growth in opening new stores in Denver

Managed multiple mall located retail stores accounting for ~$1M annuallyStores managed were located; Responsibilities included sales, marketing, merchandising, procurement, finance and accounting, training, human resource, and overall P&L management

M.B.A, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.89

Education record

B.S.B.M, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services, 3.93