Tim Bechen Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va, Us

• Guides integrated product design/build teams by independently representing Supply Chain Management (SCM) plans and strategies to arrive at optimal solutions.• Leads cross-functional teams in the introduction of new tools and techniques.• Presents analysis of performance measurements to senior managers.• Investigates complex ordering conditions.• Develops and implements new ordering methodologies.• Ensures organizational compliance with inventory management policies, contractual requirements and governmental regulations.• Creates complex schedules.• Develops materials management estimates and schedules for new business proposals.• Identifies, analyzes, develops and implements best practices, processes and procedures for SCM.• Recommends changes to new or existing corporate and divisional policies.• Leads teams and is responsible for overseeing, documenting, implementing and maintaining the improvements they contribute.

Arlington, Va, Us

• Lead, developed, coordinated, integrated, analyzed, and maintained integrated plans and schedules for complex projects, programs and change driven activities in accordance with project management industry.• Produced metrics, plans and schedules for moderate to complex projects, programs, and change activities across the lifecycle of a program.• Lead studies/analysis (trend, variance, impact), reports, risk assessments and planning efforts to determine impacts, constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, program initiatives.• Identified risk and opportunity potential, developed mitigation planning and refined the business case.• Facilitated and ensured integration of project/program plan, schedules, change and baseline management, processes, techniques considered to be best practice across the industry.• Acted as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives.• Directed all phases of projects or subsystems of major projects from inception through completion.• Coordinated commitments with internal and external stakeholders to fulfill strategies.• Provided training and mentoring to newer team members.

Arlington, Va, Us

• Integrated program, customer, product and in-service strategies in support of program business objectives and initiatives. • Managed supply and demand, schedules, supplier quality, and delivery performance. • Analyzed and tracked supplier capacity and metrics at the industry level to provide strategic input on risks. • Implemented and tracked Key Performance and Predictive Indicators for affordability, cost recovery, contracting and PFS. • Developed and implemented strategies related to Supply Chain Affordability.• Identified risks and lead cross functional teams to develop and manage mitigation strategies to support successful execution of Program Affordability Initiatives. • Acted as Liaison to Core SCO team to communicate and advocate for Program affordability needs and initiatives. • Consulted with external customers to resolve supplier performance issues. • Lead supplier performance teams to develop strategic supplier solutions across programs and commodities. • Participated on supply chain process improvement teams and identifies improvement opportunities for potential integration into supplier contract strategies.

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

• Responsible for Global Supply Chain Procurement activities including Risk Management and On Time Deliveries.• Implemented continuous improvement solutions that resulted in a savings of $6 million in 6 months.• Developed a highly motivated, well-trained staff capable of meeting the short and long term staffing requirements of the department and Company.• Implemented demand stabilization through batch size optimization and forecasting. • Re-engaged incumbents turned off prematurely and championed the need for co-delivery over spot buys to bridge gap during onboarding of new suppliers.• Created PO Coverage Tool that quickly and visually identifies Demand/Supply coverage for the entire year.• Created tool to identify demands dropped inside lead-time that jeopardized production.• Championed the need to update unfavorable contract with a customer that had no frozen fence window. • Reduced past due order book from four years to just under 90 days. • Dramatically reduced MRB items to less than $500.• Created step plan to institute a Quality Clinic that will effectively process nonconformances instantaneously.• Implemented Lean Standard Work Instructions for Leadership as part of a Corporate Lean Initiative.• Assisted with the implementation of Tradeshift; a web-platform connecting buyers and suppliers.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

• Responsible for the management, oversight, and execution of all Supply Chain activities.• Assess program requirements and implement best business practices.• Manage the supplier base; lead-time evaluations, work-load distribution, vendor performance, and on-time deliveries.• Identify and qualify new suppliers based on requirements of the Quality Management System (QMS).• Provide oversight of inventory management functions, including cycle-count execution, data review, and root-cause-and- corrective action for inventory discrepancies.• Participate in Program Management reviews to gauge company performance against key cost/schedule/performance indices.• Responsible for the creation and monitoring of vendor related data that is reviewed in management reviews.

Tempe, Az, Us

• Served as Supply Chain Manager of the University at state, regional and national organizations, boards, councils and committees.• Managed various supply chain functions for the University including but not limited to, inventory management, logistics, warehouse operations, MRO procurement and production/inventory planning.• Served as department Project Manager in the design, development and implementation of projects, programs, and systems.• Developed and managed project expectations with team, provided task assignments, and identified issues needing resolution.• Participated in the Centralized Warehousing and Last Mile Project.• Developed key performance indicators (KPI's) to measure department performance and to mitigate potential risks.• Resolved operational problems and issues affecting the department and recommends long-term solutions and improvements.• Identified and implemented continuous improvement projects focused on opportunities including but not limited to: program development, workflow consolidation, marketing services, demand/supply planning, space utilization, and use of e-commerce tools.

Bedford Park, Il, Us

• Pioneered new processes and procedures that ensured compliance and cost efficiency across the entire enterprise, ultimately being adopted as a company standard.• Generated significant time and cost savings through the identification of make/buy – source selection processes. • Mitigated delays in deliveries that threatened customer relations by designing methods to ensure demand stabilization.• Optimized team performance and customer satisfaction by recruiting, developing, and encouraging superior talent by thoughtfully aligning team members to assignments that best leverage their unique strengths.• Transformed hostile groups into one cohesive and productive team by lobbying to align them under my direct supervision.• Reversed pattern of paying for last minute expedites by taking ownership of demand stabilization and vetting of changes.• Applied lean strategies to minimize inventory and maximize opportunities based on rough cut forecast.• Fostered a culture of realistically managing customer expectations by leading Supply Chain meetings to better align the business system with a Sales Inventory Operation Plan (SIOP). • Instituted disciplined measurement of needed resources that achieved Annual Operation Plan (AOP).• Utilized Key Point Indicators (KPI’s) to identify potential conflicts that could hinder the successful execution of deliveries.• Championed lean manufacturing and one piece flow scheduling that led to a 20% increase in productivity.• Fostered the development/deployment of integrated strategic plans for enterprise improvements through effectively communicating successes and course-corrections.• Improved month end close out by partnering with Finance to achieve 100% transactional discipline to capture all costs. • Successfully lead a Kaizen event that increased schedule adherence by 22% leading to an increase in overall customer satisfaction.

Arlington, Va, Us

• Site focal for several multi-million dollar programs developing integrated proposals/schedules. • Primary scheduling resource for work transfers between BCA and BDS.• Provided oversight of all cross-functional support teams to ensure schedule changes are expeditiously vetted. • Facilitated the Emerging Work Team meeting reviewing performance to capacity with site executives. • Better positioned the company for new work by conducting risk and opportunity analysis. • Improved metrics and problem resolution accuracy by applying strong qualitative and quantitative skills. • Reduced schedule variances to less than 1% through the creation and use of analytical tools. • Developed and implemented numerous cost-saving ideas through the streamlining and automation of processes. • Project Leader for Employee Survey Improvement Team improving scores by 24 percent.