William Trevathan

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About William Trevathan

Highly experienced global supply chain and production manager with 15+ years' success driving efficiency, quality, service, and profitability. Enemy of waste and delay, perfectionist who relentlessly drives continuous improvement in materials management, logistics, inventory, and manufacturing. Experienced enterprise project manager, PMI trained, leading global programs to accelerate processes and raise quality while reducing costs. Partners with global marketing, engineering, and sourcing teams for unfailing on-time delivery. Project management training from PMI, experienced in Lean, Six Sigma, and MRP methods. Team builder and coach with high EQ leading teams to execute company strategy in cultures of transparency, accountability, and support. Data-focused problem solver applying key metrics to identify root causes, eliminate bottlenecks, and boost productivity. Change agent who collaborates with all functions to define strategy, roadmaps, and KPIs to drive growth and profits. Standardizes processes, enhances training, and instills safety culture. Selected Career Accomplishments: • Aligned production with client needs, eliminating huge overproduction and associated labor and storage costs, freeing up resources to develop new product lines that added $18M to company revenue. • Slashed production backlog and transformed parts quality through DFMEA to isolate engineering design flaws and supplier manufacturing defects, raising on-time delivery 30%, cutting past-due orders 20%, and reducing scrap 20%. • Led global launch of new soldering product that won 2019 Global Technology Award and added $53M in revenue; established collaboration between German engineering and Mexican production teams to cut time-to-market by 40%. • Created 48-hour in advance assembly scheduling to increase labor allocation efficiency and cut direct labor costs by 20%; identified bottlenecks and re-defined logistics roles to reduce indirect labor needs by 30%.