Johnathan Sherwood
Director, Supply Chain 🔹 $193M Cost Savings 🔹 Led 500+ Employees 🔹 20+ yrs Logistics & Distribution 🔹 12 yrs @ Google / Amazon 🔹 Continuous Improvement 🔹 Program Turnarounds 🔹 Profitable Sustainability
- Role
- Director, Supply Chain at Bright Machines
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Johnathan Sherwood
As a senior leader in supply chain with 20+ years of industry-wide experience, I have led 500+ employees and generated $193M in cost savings across multiple companies, including Google, Amazon, and the US Air Force. Over my career, I have applied servant leadership principles, driven countless continuous improvement initiatives, led multiple program turnarounds, and developed a passion for profitable sustainability.I SPECIALIZE IN: LEADERSHIP: Leading diverse global and cross-functional teams of up to 500+ personnel CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Improving processes to simplify, standardize, and scale PROGRAM TURNAROUNDS: Led domestic / international program turnarounds, including entire fulfillment center DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGY: Conducting objective research, testing, and data analysis to drive informed decisions PROFITABLE SUSTAINABILITY: Incorporating sustainability to deliver holistic, long-term cost savings STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT: Leading my team while leveraging expertise to influence strategic direction and support the company visionCAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Generated $193M in cost savings for elite global companies including Google and Amazon Productivity improvements a diverse range of supply chain functions Built and led supply chain business unit at Google, scaling team across multiple countries Extensive international leadership and operations experience Led operations process transformation at German fulfillment center, boosting total building throughput 28%, cost savings of $17.5MEDUCATION Bachelor of Science (BS), United States Air Force AcademyMORE ABOUT ME:Corporate Career Award of Recognition, Outstanding achievement - 2012 European Support Team, Amazon Germany Creative / proactive problem solving - led successful expansion of in-person operations during Covid while maintaining the highest safety protocolsU.S. Air Force Officer Awarded Air Force Commendation Medal for exceptional duty performance, received by less than 1% of lieutenants Small arms expert - M-16 Rugby team - Osan Air Base, Korea Provided G8 Summit support - CretePersonal I learn from the past while aiming for the future. AI and climate change will dramatically impact supply chains, and it is imperative to be proactive Grew up 4th generation military on a small family farm, which established my work ethic, sense of integrity, and love of animals Circumnavigated the globe while living nomadically and worldschooling my 3 young children
Experience
Director, Supply Chain
Oct 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Education
United States Air Force Academy
Bachelor's Degree, Behavioral Sciences
2000 — 2004
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