Brandi Hish

About Brandi Hish

A highly motivated, dedicated, and adaptable leader of large teams with over 17 years’ experience. Encourages a culture of cross-functional collaboration across Sales, Operations, Finance and Marketing. Thrive in a fast-paced environment that offers room to grow and learn. Utilize exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills to identify challenges, discrepancies, and develop innovative, strategic, and timely solutions, all while keeping both internal and external customers in mind. Excel at motivating others to deliver results in both Sales and Operational roles.

Experience

1. Sr Director Operations

   Iron Bow Technologies

   Jan 2025 — Present

   Sr. Director OperationsPromoted from Director Inside Sales to Sr. Director Operations – 2025On Target Leadership Program – 2025• Manage 5 Managers across Order Processing, Purchasing, Order Management, Warehouse and Logistics. Team of 44 employees.• Lead digital transformation by migrating Operations Sharepoint site to dedicated hub featuring training material, improving visibility of KPI’s, and cross-functional collaboration across Operations, Sales and Finance teams. • Strengthened financial alignment by redesigning the shipping forecast process and formally transitioning ownership to Finance, while expanding operational control of Supplier Set Up establishing new workflows, template, and governance to accelerate onboarding.• Enhance workforce productivity through automation initiatives and improved BI reporting, delivering actionable insights, reducing manual effort and enabling data driven decision making.• Drove Order Management excellence by leading a comprehensive backlog cleanup, establishing a proactive management cadence, and ensuring accuracy for improved customer fulfillment.• Advance centralized booking capabilities by identifying gaps, working cross functionally to optimize booking efficiency that accelerates order processing and reduce duplicate work.• Initiated a multi-phase warehouse and integration strategy and partnered with Marketing on updated materials focusing on internal and external messaging that support engagement and operational readiness.• Focus on mentoring emerging leaders and building their emotional intelligence, situational leadership and effective communication resulting in a stronger team, cohesion, higher engagement and improved cross functional partnership.• Partner closely with executive leadership and cross functional peers to drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying gaps, standardizing processes and elevating operational effectiveness across key business functions.

Skills

• Solution Selling
• Operations Management
• Crm
• Salesforce.com
• Government Procurement
• Human Resources
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Sales Operations
• Professional Services
• Pricing
• Sales
• Procurement
• Vendor Management
• Rfp
• E-Procurement
• Forecasting
• Contract Management
• Project Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Sourcing
• Integration
• Supply Chain
• Account Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Business Development
• Strategic Planning
• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Team Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategy
• Negotiation
• Team Building
• Management
• Logistics
• Training
• Sharepoint
• Leadership