Bill Gibson

About Bill Gibson

Specialties: • Global Supply Chain Operations • Strategic Business Planning •…

Experience

1. Director, Product Support Global Distribution

   Gulfstream Aerospace

   Jun 2013 — Present

   Lead and develop a team of approximately 180 direct employees\\\\n• Responsible for 24/7 operation of the Product Support Distribution Center (PSDC) in Savannah, GA and worldwide distribution network with locations in Van Nuys CA, Teterboro NJ, London UK, Amsterdam NL Basel CH, Bangalore IN, Dubai AE, Hong Kong CN, Shanghai CN, Beijing CN and Singapore SG\\\\n• Manage materials support functions including transportation, dispatching and stockroom management for Savannah and Luton UK Service Centers\\\\n• $1.6 B in inventory across global network\\\\n• 2019 Annual Operating Budget -$25 M (Freight $10.5 M, Labor $9.5)\\\\n• Direct responsibility for material planning and distribution for entire global distribution network\\\\n• Deliver average annual lean savings of $200 K, project highlighted at the 2014 Gulfstream Lean Symposium\\\\n• Project managed the approval and commissioning of new sq. ft. automated DC in Savannah GA\\\\n• Identified, contracted and began new DC operations in Van Nuys CA, London UK, Amsterdam NL, Dubai AE, Hong Kong CN, Shanghai CN, Beijing CN and Singapore SG\\\\n• Negotiated Sales and Distribution agreement with 3rd party in Brazil to enable parts supply (post site closure)\\\\n• 2015 Leadership Development Program Participant\\\\n\\\\n

Education

• Arizona State University

  BS, Business Management

  1992 — 1996

• Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business

  MBA, Supply Chain and Finance

  2001 — 2003

Skills

• Management
• Logistics Management
• 5s
• Operational Excellence
• Supply Chain Management
• Leadership
• Dmaic
• Integration
• Sap
• Warehousing
• Aerospace
• Supply Chain
• Logistics
• Value Stream Mapping
• Warehouse Operations
• Demand Planning
• Sap Products
• Project Management
• Six Sigma
• Purchasing
• Kaizen