Phillip Griffith

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About Phillip Griffith

Phil Griffith is the vice president of supply chain at United. He oversees the systems, processes and facilities that govern United’s parts and inventory across the world. Phil has amassed an impressive record of supply chain and operational improvement successes with globally recognized, multi-national companies such as Honeywell and General Electric (GE). At GE, he led teams on five continents in various health care, consumer and industrial, and corporate divisions. Most recently, Phil oversaw the strategy and deployment of project management, sourcing, manufacturing and security resources for multiple business units in the sub-Saharan Africa region. In previous roles, Phil managed supply chain operations for healthcare factories across the Americas; led quality operations for the global lighting, appliances and electrical distribution and control business; and served as plant manager in multiple facilities. As General Manager of sales and operations planning at Honeywell, he led those global functions, along with inventory management and distribution and logistics for the jet engines and aviation control systems operation. He was also chief operating officer at Horsburgh & Scott, a producer of industrial gear-related products. Phil holds a master’s degree in manufacturing systems from Southern Illinois University and a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering technology from Grambling State University. He also serves as an executive connections mentor with the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Select Accomplishments • Led strategy & development of supply chain in Africa, which led to winning billions of dollars in orders. • Drove successful restructuring of GE Healthcare’s Americas operations. • Reduced GE quality cost 40% in year one and an additional 15% in year two while reducing recalls. • Started GE factory in Brazil generating $90M in revenue within 2 ½ years. • Delivered >5% variable & 9% base cost productivity four consecutive years for GE Industrial Systems. • Turned around underperforming US and Mexican operations. Core Competencies Supply Chain Management • Six Sigma • Performance Improvement Strategic Planning • Restructuring • Regulatory Compliance P&L and Cost Control • Budget Management • Global Sourcing Quality Improvement • Government Relations • Startups & Turnarounds