Matthew Russell
Supply Chain at Base Power
- Role
- Global Supply Manager at Base Power Company
- Location
- Austin, Texas, United States
- LinkedIn followers
- 871 followers
Experience
Global Supply Manager
Base Power Company
Jun 2024 — Present · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Sourcing Manager
SpaceX
Jan 2023 — Jun 2024
Senior Sourcing Specialist
SpaceX
Jan 2021 — Dec 2022
Sourcing Specialist
SpaceX
May 2020 — Jan 2021
Purchasing Intern
SpaceX
Apr 2020 — May 2020
Indirect Purchasing Intern
Tesla
Sep 2019 — Apr 2020 · San Francisco Bay Area
Spearheaded an effort between more than eighty individual stakeholders and a service vendor to reconcile errant invoices and misallocated spend of over $2.4 million with internal records Coordinated with vendors to launch and troubleshoot a company-wide eCommerce platform servicing more than 43,000 employees and more than eighty-five company locations Provided process improvement feedback and consulted an in-house software development team to automate the in-house purchasing review chain used by the entire Tesla purchasing team Performed RFPs to completion on factory equipment, tooling consumables, uniforms, and translation services for a total annual spend of more than $4.5 million Procured detailed markup information from contingent labor suppliers to evaluate more than 10 vendors and select preferred vendors for the entire company's usage
Intern
Texas Instruments
May 2019 — Aug 2019 · Dallas/Fort Worth Area
Assessed current raw material purchasing at more than five plants and coordinated an ordering consolidation effort by consulting engineers on incoming quality and negotiating with suppliers Analyzed contract manufacturer purchases of over one thousand components from two major distributors to ensure negotiated rates were being extended to suppliers Competitively bid hundreds of component purchases among three distributors and identified potential cost savings of more than $100,000 Quantified the annual logistics and cost impact of shipments from North America to Asian countries as a result of export control regulations or inventory stock-outs in Asia region warehouses
Software Assistant
Mays Innovation Research Center at Texas A&M
Aug 2018 — Jul 2019 · Bryan/College Station, Texas Area
Drove process improvement at an on-campus research center focusing on the study of innovation. Participated in research efforts aimed at tapping into the international job market. Aided in the development, testing, and continuous improvement of a crowdsourced outsourcing software platform developed in-house.
Education
Texas A&M University
BBA in Business Honors and Supply Chain Management
2016 — 2020
Skills
- Communication
- Data Analysis
- Supply Chain Management
- Business Process Improvement
- Leadership
- Negotiation
- Public Speaking
- Research
- Writing
- Microsoft Excel
- Mandarin
- Logistics Management
- English
- Spanish
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