Stephen Roy Email & Phone Number

EXECUTIVE LEADER IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT | OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE | SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT25+ years of experience optimizing manufacturing, supply chain, and distribution logistics operations at diverse organizations ranging from start-ups to industry giants. Develops and continuously improves comprehensive, adaptable systems for achieving, sustaining, and maximizing business success, customer satisfaction, and compliance with strict regulatory, schedule, and budget requirements. Excels at building, coaching, and motivating multidisciplinary teams to consistently surpass individual and group goals. Proven record of supporting diverse base of Fortune 500 enterprise and federal government customers in both U.S. and international markets.Key StrengthsTeam Leadership and Coaching - Cultivates a culture of empowerment, clearly defined goals, and transparent knowledge-sharing so each employee understands the importance of KPI metrics and their own results in overall business performance. Maintains consistent record of loyal workforce and minimal staff turnover.Continuous Improvement - Agile in adapting strategy to organizational change, shifts in the regulatory landscape, and extremely tight deadlines. Committed to re-engineering business processes for greater efficiency, profitability, safety, velocity, productivity, and customer satisfaction. Supply Chain and Vendor Management - Performs root cause analysis and corrective action to resolve supplier performance issues related to capacity, schedule, quality, and shipping/delivery performance to improve velocity from source to point-of-use.Quality Assurance and Audits - Collects and analyzes data to detect non-compliance with SOPs, regulations, company policies, and SLA requirements. Experienced with TUV, FAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, TSA, OSHA, ATF, IMDG, IATA, CFR regulations, as well as achieving ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/TS 16949, and AS 9100 certifications.Lean Transformation and Six Sigma -Expertise in value stream mapping, capacity planning, demand planning, built-in quality, cost-spend management (TCO), and plan for every part (PFEP). Leads implementation and upgrade projects for data and statistical analysis tools to ensure all data reported is 100% complete and accurate.

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  Supply Chain Performance Engineer

  Caterpillar Inc.

  Dec 2012 - Present - Clayton, North Carolina, United States

  Supplier Chain Engineer, 12/2016 to Present• Verify and improve supplier capacity, throughput, quality, and delivery performance of material supply to assembly point of use.• Assist suppliers in deploying a metrics-based process of lean supply chain management (using a combination of United Technologies and Caterpillar production systems) to communicate supplier capability and performance expectations.• Lead Six Sigma projects to drive changes for process capability improvement,… Show more Supplier Chain Engineer, 12/2016 to Present• Verify and improve supplier capacity, throughput, quality, and delivery performance of material supply to assembly point of use.• Assist suppliers in deploying a metrics-based process of lean supply chain management (using a combination of United Technologies and Caterpillar production systems) to communicate supplier capability and performance expectations.• Lead Six Sigma projects to drive changes for process capability improvement, waste/cost reduction, and defect elimination.• Investigate product velocity events, validate suppliers’ processes, perform root cause analysis, and carry out corrective action reviews.• Deliver tools, processes, and expertise to Caterpillar's suppliers. Helping them develop and implement material replenishment solutions.• Ensure supplier to plant communications related to logistic improvements regarding packaging, containerization, point of use presentation compliance, proper carrier selection and transportation container optimization. Show less

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  Southern New Hampshire University

  Bachelor'S Degree