Jeff Bolte

About Jeff Bolte

Operations and project executive with proven results leading initiatives in strategy, partnerships and alliances, organization development, deploying I/T projects and data center platforms and products, and supply chain design. Significant experience with management of international teams, global programs, budgets and delivery of cost savings, while solving problems, driving change and building sustained relationships with partners.• Deliver consistent and predictable budget and cost savings plan on $350M spend with storage and networking enterprise products, growing revenue and increasing sales velocity• Developed supply chain operations plan for transformation of products to more modern, innovative development models resulting in lower resource requirements and $1.2M average per program reduction in non-recoverable expense costs• Selected by VP of Supply Chain to lead global supply chain teams to improve operations in Brazil including factory enablement, supply planning, and new products introduction including successful 300% ramp up of factory production in 6 months• Led strategic planning in complexity reduction project resulting in better operational performance of 30% parts reduction (PCB, LCDs) and $5M cost avoidance and improved management of single source parts risks• Management of lean projects in both company owned and supplier factories to drive efficiency in manufacturing, inventory reduction, product complexity reduction and improve time to market

Experience

1. Sr Director - Supply Chain Strategy & Procurement

   Lenovo

   Apr 2019 — Present

   Leading Procurement strategy for continuity of supply, resilient supply chain, agile procurementUS Procurement Operations Leader / Supply Chain Risk Management LeaderLeading operations teams to develop Next Generation Supply Chain

Education

• University of Miami Herbert Business School

  Masters in Computer Systems

• University of Miami Herbert Business School

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration, Management and Operations

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Lean Manufacturing
• Leadership
• Management
• Product Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Procurement
• Integration
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Supply Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Business Strategy
• Manufacturing
• Product Development
• Strategy
• Global Sourcing
• Six Sigma
• Vendor Management
• Supply Chain
• Outsourcing