Steve Brown Email & Phone Number

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

• Responsible for the strategic sourcing of Machining, Outside Processing, Composites, Paint / Sealer / Adhesive and Chemicals
• Responsible for activities including executing RFx activities, negotiation, data analysis budgeting, strategy development / execution and product transitions

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

• Responsible for Procurement (1 Buyer), Planning (2 Planners), Customer Service (2 CSR), Scheduling and Estimating for new Finishing opportunities.
• Developed ODBC connected spreadsheets to temporarily manage several outdated systems, including connections to AS400.
• Developed system to manage Paint Procurement including identifying all standard paints required, Min/Max levels and Supplier expectations for stocking / supplying.
• Set up VMI systems to manage consumable and packaging supplies for LMI Tulsa.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

• Manage a team of 4 Commodity Managers, 2 Contract Analysts, 1 Buyer, 1 MGR Product Transfer & Cost and 1 Material Estimating Engineer for NORDAM (Team reduced after NORDAM RIF due to Chapter 11)
• Responsible for activities including leading large RFx activities, negotiation, strategy development / execution and product transitions

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

• Manage all Non-Production spend of ~$100M per year with 3 Buyers for all US divisions for services (Janitorial, Lawn Maintenance, scrap metal, etc.) and materials (Capital Expenditures, Shop Supplies, Office Suppliers.
• Production commodity management of Hardware (Nuts, Bolts, etc.), Metallic Raw Materials including Bin Systems
• Cost Savings: New 7 year Firm Fixed Hardware Contract (17% reduction in first 2 years on $5.2M per year spend), Reverse Auction for Janitorial Services (~$100K per year savings), Liquid Nitrogen (31% reduction per.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

• Responsible for all Tactical and Strategic Procurement (2 Buyers), Production Order Management (3 MRP Controllers), Shipping, Receiving and Warehousing (5 Employees) with a total spend of ~$15M per year.
• Increased contract saturation to 57.7% of spend
• Was also responsible for NTD Customer Service Department for 6 months in 2011
• Developed Sales and Inventory Optimization Plan (SIOP) to maximize system accuracy of forecast material
• Cost Savings: Resourcing of Acrylic Casting Gaskets (~$110K per year), Polycarbonate Material Change (Average of 24% savings per part number), MISC Resourcing (~$100K per year)

Wichita, Kansas, United States

• Manager II – Supply Chain Management (Procurement Manager)
• Responsible for the day to day procurement of one half of HBC’s production supply base with a total spend of ~$500M per year.
• Commodities Managed for Production Material: o Systems including Avionics, power distribution assemblies, pumps, valves, actuators o Hardware and other fasteners including bearings, hoses, cryogenic fittings, placards.
• Currently Manage 2 Team Leaders / 13 Buyers in Wichita, KS and 6 Buyers in Chihuahua, Mexico o Established Mexico purchasing team and processes to purchase material for all HBC production areas.
• Cost savings projects including Hardware Supermarket Cage Elimination (~$1.5M inventory buffer elimination), HRDW Challenge ($1.9M year over year material cost savings), Exception Message reduction (Reduced by ~50%)

Wichita, Kansas, United States

• First commodity team manager for HBC under pilot program which included dotted line accountability for Quality, Industrial Engineering, and Standards Engineering Functions
• Total Responsibility (Material Sourcing, Expedite, and VMI management) for $28M Spend of Mechanical Hardware (Nuts, bolts, washers, etc.) and 53,000 Line side bins in the US and Mexico
• Manager for 3 buyers and indirect management of on-site VMI program personnel consisting of one Program Manager, one CSR, and ten Material Handlers
• Transitioned all VMI managed line side bins to Honeywell Bin Master System eliminating ~80,000 purchase orders per year and increasing data collection and analysis capabilities
• Facilitated a week long Kaizen event for Cryogenic Fittings which reduced supplier lead-time from 90 to 20 days and created a true pull system with visual displays

Wichita, Kansas, United States

• Certified as a Raytheon Six Sigma Expert 12/13/07 (completed after leaving Six Sigma Organization 5/2007)
• Projects focusing on the Lean Enterprise Aircraft Development System or LEADS (Formerly Integrated Product Development System or IPDS), Critical Chain Program Management, and Supply Chain Logisitics
• Promoted from Specialist II to Team Leader II Q4 2006
• Beechcrafter award / cash award for “Constant determination to ‘Satisfy Our Customers’” presented by the Vice President of Engineering and the Director of Program Management for the Hawker 4000 Program Q1 2006

Wichita, Kansas, United States

• Responsible for three hourly Material Handlers and one salaried MRP Controller.
• Responsible for all parts in experimental flight (Hawker Horizon and Legacy Aircraft) including engineering coordination for test and evaluation parts, expedite of parts built in house and purchased, financial.
• Six Sigma Specialist certification project – Line side Kanban bin setup for Hawker Horizon Experimental flight which reduced mechanic and material handler travel by ~250 Miles per year

Wichita, Kansas, United States

• Highly involved in the streamlining of Premier I final line after certification
• “GO Team” production contact for AOG parts issues after certification (customer and facility)
• Managed similar issues in Experimental Flight for the Beechcraft Premier 1 before and after certification including several months in B84 Government Modification Center managing material for the rework of eleven.

Wichita, Kansas, United States

• Analyst for the Outside Production purchasing group o Cash award for exceeding expectations
• Analyst for Raytheon Aircraft Parts and Inventory Distribution (RAPID) purchasing group
• Analyst for Military Target Missile IPT Team’s Buyer