Justin Rush

About Justin Rush

Supply Chain Leader with 12 years of experience leading global supply chain teams, specializing in designing, developing, and deploying innovative solutions empowering teams to enhance the customer experience and reduce waste from the value chain. ACCOMPLISHMENTS •Designed and implemented manufacturing supply chain network configuration to integrate capacity planning, strategic sourcing, new product development, and distribution models, which reduced the organization’s path to profitability by 19 months by reducing capital and operational expenditures (CapEx/OpEx) by •Engineered the Global Recall Crisis Management recall playbook and served as the Global Cross Functional Leader of business process engineering and supply chain planning that optimized end-to-end processes using statistical analytics methods, and led to the automation of labor hours within 6 months. •Selected as Head of Global Supply Logistics (GLS) Supply Chain Management and Inventory Management at the United States Marine Corps, tasked with establishing a GLS Management organization to support operational logistics for team members and coordinate global inventory management and supply replenishment for $1.4 Billion of department assets, across 16 countries in 3 continents. •As a Senior Manager, I revolutionized how the United States Marine Corps employed and negotiated RFID (passive and active)/ IoT (NFC/Satellite) technology supplier contracts by leading a cross-functional leadership conference and accelerating competition to save on a 10-year cost-center. •Surfaced critical variations through end-to-end supply chain execution of global recalls and owned regulatory and cross-functional (legal/business) communication, streamlining operations cycle & slashing supply chain latency by 28%, & enabling $20.2M in recovered capital from suppliers within 6 months. LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES Take Ownership | Insists on High Standards | Results Driven | Innovate & Simplify | Bias for Action | Clarity In Communication CORE COMPETENCIES Supply Chain Management I Optimization I Cross-Functional Team Leadership I Process Improvement I Demand Planning I Contract Manufacturing I Quality Control I Inventory Management I Procurement I Contract Negotiation I Supplier Management I Purchasing I P&L I Pricing | Forecasting I Budgeting & Cost Control I Quantitative Analysis & Reporting I Risk Management I Conflict Resolution I Change Management I MS Office I Manufacturing I Tableau I SQL I Python | SAP | SOP | S & OP | SIOP | Automation | CSCP |AS9100

Experience

1. Sr Global Supply Manager- Project Kuiper

   Amazon

   Apr 2021 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Oversaw global printed circuit board (PCB) and printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA) throughout engineering design and production phases, while forging strategic relationships with suppliers, contract manufactures, and internal cross-functional teams to ensure optimal risk mitigation strategies were implemented to facilitate continuity of supply. •Interfaced with both global suppliers and contract manufactures to initiate risk buy proposals for CTB shortages. •Developed supplier risk proposals and value propositions, advised senior executives on strategic direction of global supply strategy, and conducted weekly supply updates between suppliers and engineering teams. •Developed and launched end-to-end supply chain (ETES) platform to optimize 12 key supply chain processes, spanning across 6 supply chain workstreams, which reduced BOM reconciliation processes by over 70%, increased accuracy of demand supply balancing by 32%, and serves as the single source of truth (SSOT) for cross-functional teams. •Leveraging ETES, developed electronic parts consolidation strategy; resulting in approval of long-term contracts to ensure continuity of supply and to protect Project Kuiper’s supply chain risk.

Education

• University of Washington

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Technology Management

  2023 — 2025

• American Military University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Transportation and Logistics Management, 3.57

  2014 — 2017

• MITx Courses

  MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

  2022 — 2023

• MITx Courses

  MicroMasters Program in Principles of Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering

  2023 — 2024