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OpsEdge Consulting LLCIndependent Consultant
Jun. 2025Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Wisconsin, United StatesSolving Business Issues leveraging a unique blend of end-to-end supply chain experience as Lean Expert with and Master Level Six Sigma training. Combining my experience across the supply chain with my academic training, I can provide an unique perspective to help solve issues and provide bottom line improvement.
BregSupply Chain Director, Commercial Field Inventory
Jan. 2023 - May. 2025United States• Operation Impact & Cost Savings: 26% reduction in inventory and reduction in annual shrink of 30%.
• Designed, Deployed and Managed internal controls for over 250 field reps and 3rd party distributors for inventory and shrink management at 3,500 urgent care, clinic and hospital locations across the USA
• Improve labor efficiencies during year over year growth leveraging a combination of value-add analysis, outsourcing to lower cost regions and task redeployment to support new field inventory objectives.
• Negotiated with external vendor agreements for outsourced services including internal customer service and field inventory cycle counting.
MedtronicSr. Supply Chain Manager, Field Inventory Commercial Operations and OpEx Leader
Sep. 2021 - Jan. 2023United States• Operational Impact & Cost Savings: Delivered $4M field inventory reduction and $1.2M in annual savings by improving scrap and obsolescence processes. Led UBD Conversion Project to avoid $1.1M in obsolescence and drove A3-based HCA Inventory & Obsolescence Avoidance Project supporting $200M in quarterly sales.
• Established the value proposition and ROI for maintaining and expanding the US Field Inventory Operations organization from 8 people to over 36 people improving P&L through SOGL reduction, increasing service levels through sales efficiency and providing a talent pipeline for the commercial and clinical organizations.
MedtronicSr. Supply Chain Manager, Field Inventory Commercial Programs & OpEx Leader
May. 2018 - Jan. 2022Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area• Organizational Transformation & Team Leadership: Transformed and expanded remote Field Inventory organizations across Coronary and CVG segments—growing support from 150 to 456 Sales Representatives and programs to manage $75M of field assets across Hospitals, Clinics and distributors.
• Operational Impact & Cost Savings: Delivered $4M field inventory reduction and $1.2M in annual savings by improving scrap and obsolescence processes. Led UBD Conversion Project to avoid $1.1M in obsolescence and drove A3-based HCA Inventory Project supporting $200M in quarterly sales.
• Lean Six Sigma & Process Innovation capturing $320K of backordered revenue in 3 weeks by launching centralized Demo Management COE allow product to support Revenue
• Mentoring and developing employees as a Master Blackbelt mentored over 50 Greenbelt projects
MedtronicCommercial Supply Chain Program Manager, Aortic Field Inventory
Mar. 2016 - May. 2018Mounds View, MN• Delivered Inventory Optimization to historic low for the US region with a reduction of 18% of consigned inventory during a period of sales growth
• Designed the supply chain commercial consigned inventory for phase in/phase out of new product launch
• Managed Commercial Accountability Program Inventory Management Initiative (IMI) for Aortic Business Unit.
MedtronicSenior Operations Supervisor
Oct. 2013 - Mar. 2016Columbia Heights, MN• Led a team of 65 direct report employees across 10 production lines in a clean room environment compliant with QMS ISO 13485 deploying Medtronic Operating System
• Optimized Working Capital and reduced investment by $900K through planning process improvement
• Leveraging Lean Six Sigma absorbed 26 retirements reducing head count to 39 direct reports (40% improvement) through Lean Six Sigma process improvements. • Increased production capacity 400% to support a last time build for a critical FDA product phase out.
• Developed and executed Pocket Adaptor Capacity Increase from 20 units per day to 40 units to support Production and Remediation Project Demand and to Support the Lean Transformation.
Honeywell AerospaceImport, Export and Logistics Supervisor & SIOP and Inventory Leader
Aug. 2009 - Oct. 2013Coon Rapids, MN• Responsible for Import/Export (Defense & Commercial), Quality Inspection, Distribution and Freight for the Coon Rapids Aerospace Site with a combination of Inspectors, Operators, Import/Export Compliance Officers and Traffic Analysts supported by a $3.5M annual budget moving $150M of product
• Operational Impact & Cost Savings: $3.3M working capital reduction, 12-day Leadtime reduction for critical customer Airbus.
• Honeywell Aerospace Past Due Core Team Member and reduced Aerospace Past Due by 50% in 6 months.
• Responsible for the safe storage, warehouse, distribution and accuracy of over 2,500 product skus.
• SAP Implementation experience for Commercial Aerospace Site.
Honeywell AerospacePlanning, Master Scheduling, SIOP & Purchasing
Mar. 2006 - Aug. 2009Minneapolis, MN• Integrated Supply Chain Leadership: Drove end-to-end improvements in inventory management, scheduling, and process innovation across multiple roles—from Buyer Planner through Master Scheduler to MEMS Sensor Supply Chain Master Scheduler—delivering transformative results in the aerospace and missile segments.
• Operational Excellence & Cost Reductions: $8M inventory reduction over 8 months; 57% reduction in annual material costs and 100% on-time delivery performance; increased component supplier kanban pull systems from 11% to 85%; reduced JDAM packaging costs by 5% per unit
• SAP implementation experience for government planning (BOM, Material Master, Transaction Audits, Material Movements), Purchasing (PO, Schedule Agreements, Invoicing) and Sales (Customer Master, Sales Order, Invoicing)
• Source Selection, Contract Negotiations, Strategic Agreements, Supplier Scorecards, Supply Issue Management and FAR Compliance.
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