Brian Blanton

Background

About Brian Blanton

Highly Effective Leader…Supply Chain Professional….Operational Leadership…Facility Manager…. Integrated Logistics Support I encompass a solid understanding of Key Performance Indicators (KPI), inventory / manufacturing trends and Kaizen principles. Throughout my professional career, I strive to remain fully vested in increasing value, quality and awareness of the Fortune 500 companies I represent by being recognized as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the Supply Chain industry with heavy focus on Manufacturing and Lean Principles. As a leader, I execute a facilitator’s management style that encourages open dialogue (being highly responsive to employee’s feedback, questions and concerns), leading with a clear vision that is clearly conveyed throughout the organization and effectively hiring, training, and playing a key role promoting candidates that reflect the organization’s motto and creed. I sincerely desire to lead effective teams that are coachable, teachable and trainable. Key skills that I contribute to every organization include the following: • Facilities Management • Kaizen Principles • Budgeting & Forecasting • Project Management • Value Stream Mapping In my current role as a Facilities Supervisor, I have successfully implemented Kaizen principles that resulted in saving the company annually, reducing errors in Line Support by 30% and remaining within budget for 5 consecutive years with a $1 million. I actively manage 270+ employees and 8 supervisors while playing a vital role managing the project and maintenance budgets / accounting, procurement / contracts, manage budget plan and forecast variances. In my previous role, I have successfully managed all phases of facilities planning and sustainment that included examination and recommendation for expansion, relocation and discontinuation / modification of numerous plans of significant value directly related to buildings and equipment.