Matthew Bell Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Mounds View, Minnesota, United States

Lead enterprise-wide Global Supply Management sourcing best practices and standardization program initiatives via cross-functional teams to define, development and deploy standard work across Medtronic. Key focus areas were Supplier Engagement in PDP, Supply Transfer/Consolidation Program, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Value Analysis/ Value Engineering (VAVE).• Leading Supplier Transfer Optimization Program development that successfully enabled $7.2M in early savings opportunities and 15-20% PPV improvements via strategic labels and corrugated transfers• Team nominated for STAR Award for the development/deployment of new enterprise-wide Early Supplier Involvement and Supplier Selection process standardization• Integrated developed supply management best practices (Supplier Selection, NPD Supply Risk, Supplier Launch Readiness and Supply Management Phase Gate Reviews) into 4 operating unit Phase Gate Processes• Co-lead SI strategic program A3s that defined/developed NPD Supply Risk Assessment and NPD COGs Management playbooks• Lead SRM project team that completed SRM system refresh, annual supplier stratification and relationship governance tools/templates and leadership training

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Manage global, diverse product development core teams to bring new medical devices from ideation to commercialization. Coordinated product development activities across technical and business functions.•Lead 3 product development teams through successful Clinical Trial, FDA submission and Commercial Launch for Class II/III Devices

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed strategic business relationships and supply strategy for suspension supply chain, direct and sub-component suppliers, of 700M annual demand across 40+ configurations with $500M budget. Strategically led cross-functional team of Design and Supplier Quality Engineering, Operations and Materials to develop and execute strategies.•Enabled a cumulative $50+M in spend reduction over a 3-year period through strategic sourcing and price negotiations; Achieved annual 2% Quarter on Quarter price reduction.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Selected by VP to serve as technical project and product development team lead of 6 engineers to launch new technical systems development that enabled new business venture - consigned manufacturing model - with TDK Corp. which utilized existing industry capacity and delayed need for factory expansion.•Established new standard operating procedures for support data transfer and analysis systems, quality systems, and aligned engineering & supply chain processes to support the unique configuration’s volume production achieving seamless production control by Seagate and TDK.•Team recognized for Outstanding Achievement Award for successful systems deployment ahead of schedule – 9 months from inception to deployment

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Led Recording Head Operations / RHO Product Performance Analysis (Data Analytics) team of 10 engineers to access and analyze component data using variety of available software: SQL, eCube, Tableau, etc. •Reset and executed team vision. Shifted away from analysis support role to analysis lead, though changing team culture re-established worldwide team collaboration and problem solving of product and factory performance issues. Estimated 50% improvement time to learning.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed global, diverse product development teams of 12 design and process engineers, as well as interfaced with larger world wide professional staff. Coordinated product development activities across multiple functional areas and six countries: Northern Ireland, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States.•Lead product development for 5 product used in drive customer’s product portfolio using a Product Development Phase Gate Process (PDP).

Singapore

Expatriated to Singapore for an international assignment to Singapore Drive Design Center to represent Recording Head Division on Drive Development Core Teams.•Coordinated team activities/requirements, set priorities and resolved issues. Provided executive updates with Asia factories in Thailand, Malaysia, China and Singapore that enabled real-time decision making cutting down on 24hour review and response from MN based team.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lead mechanical product design and integration of recording heads while meeting product schedule and required mechanical performance and reliability performance metrics. •Successfully launched recording heads for 4 consecutive Consumer Electronics product portfolio. Successfully launched recording head into industries first 1” hard drives.

Bachelor'S Degree, Applied Physics, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Dean's List 6 quarters Resident Assistant (3 years) Football Team MemberPresident's Scholarship recipient..

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Completed two years of study for Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Education record