Brian Boyd

Background

About Brian Boyd

General Manager, MBA, Director of Purchasing, Plant Manger, Global Category Manager, Purchasing Manager, Technical Sales, Materials Engineer/Metallurgical Engineer, United States Army Veteran. COMPETENCIES INCLUDE-General Manager/Management -Metallurgy/Materials Engineering -Lean Manufacturing/ Just-In Time -Global Strategic Sourcing -Vendor/Customer Relationships -Kaizen / Kanban Practices -Category Management -Personnel & Project Supervision -Oil & Gas, Automotive & Industrial -Project Leadership -Customer Technical Support -Veteran with Honorable Service Record -Inventory Control & Optimization -Distribution & Logistics -Highest Level of Ethics & Integrity NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS • Championed company merger activities including facility renovation & refurbishment/construction,(Personnel, Systems and ERP implementation training, major equipment relocation and install.(Special Metals Inc.) • Implemented a creative pricing strategy that increased Average Gross Margin 5% while increasing total Sales Revenue.(Special Metals Inc.) • Changed sourcing strategy for a major Oil & Gas service company which produced a 30% savings on $30M USD spend.(Weatherford International) • Led the first successful AVL (approved vendor list) technical qualification of a new Steel Mill, to a major Oil & Gas service company in over a decade, resulting in $30 M USD in additional revenue.(Continental Alloys) • Developed a sourcing strategy on $300 M USD Spend in raw materials that resulted in an inventory turns increase from 1.8 to 3.6, while increasing total company sales revenue.(Continental Alloys) • Winner of 5 Excellence in Sourcing Awards in Automotive Markets for Negotiations in Raw Materials.(Delphi Automotive) • Led global development project in metallurgy, that eliminated the need for heat-treating operations on automotive clips that resulted in over $500K annual savings.(Thomas Steel) • Honorable discharge United States Army and Ohio National Guard.(6 years of honorable service).