Chad Kirchner
Global Sourcing and Supply Chain Management
- Role
- Sr Strategic Supply Chain Manager at Flex
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chad Kirchner
I am a highly accomplished, customer-focused leader and team builder with diverse expertise in procurement, sourcing, engineering, and operations to continually drive improvement, shape strategy, and inspire success. Adept in management of both internal teams and external vendor relationships in executing product and program portfolios, I meet vision and goals. My abilities as an excellent communicator allow me to effectively collaborate and influence cross-functionally at all organizational levels.NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS Led teams and organizations with up to 7 direct reports to establish and drive strategic goals, fostering close-knit groups with outstanding performance. Monitored and met KPIs. Negotiated 17 new master service agreements and renewed 26 others for a total spend of $158M by gathering business requirements and aligning terms to Electronic Art’s interests, delivering needed capability to a diverse set of internal teams at an average 20% cost savings. Directed supplier relationship management and collaborated onsite with vendors in Asia to enhance processes, reducing Dell’s costs 13%. Negotiated QoQ reductions in post-launch part costs across 7 programs; saving $2.5M+.SPECIALTIESProcurement Leadership Sourcing | Training & Development | Supplier Management | Supply ChainOptimization Process Improvement | Negotiation Project Management OSHA Compliance | Quality ControlReporting & Analysis | Risk Avoidance Coaching | Communication | Change Management Problem Solving Agile | Workday Sourcing | Ariba | SAP | MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Experience
Sr Strategic Supply Chain Manager
Nov 2021 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Education
Webster University
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Texas A&M University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering
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