Chris Oconnor

Background

About Chris Oconnor

Results oriented and improvement driven supply chain professional with extensive experience in supplier management, negotiations, supply chain optimization, and sourcing. Over 9 years experience managing complex, high risk, mission critical commodities for industry leading telecommunications providers and OEM's with in depth knowledge of supply chain best practices. An active team player devoted to cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement with proven ability to manage high-visibility projects across multiple organizations.Specialties:• Supplier discovery, evaluation, qualification, and development• Supplier negotiations (pricing and contracts) and conflict resolution• Contract management and analysis• Global Procurement strategy• Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and analysis• Project Management• Inventory management and reduction (e.g: consignment, kanban, vendor managed inventory, JIT)• Lead Time Reduction• Industry/commodity trend and cost driver analysis• Process Improvement• Supplier Relationship Management• Toyota Production Systems / Lean Manufacturing• ERP systems (SAP)• Price/Cost analysis and cost reduction (Total Cost of Ownership)• Supply base optimization• Risk assessment and mitigation• New Product Introductions and Change Management