Ryan Black

About Ryan Black

Aspiring business leader with balanced end-to-end supply chain experience in roles of increasing responsibility across Procurement, External Manufacturing, and Customer Logistics. Proven track record of leading high-performing, cross-functional teams to drive supply chain efficiencies through sourcing optimization, contract negotiations, and supplier-enabled innovation. Deep Procurement experience spanning across Category Management, External Manufacturing, and New Product Development Sourcing. Currently responsible for leading a Supply Chain Procurement Team to support one of J&J\'s fastest growing medical device areas, Electrophysiology. Expertise:• Team Leader• Negotiation & Business Strategy• Customer & Supplier Relationship Management• Innovation & Analytics• External Manufacturing • Project Management

Experience

1. Director, Supply Chain Procurement

   Johnson & Johnson MedTech

   Jul 2023 — Present · Irvine, CA, US

   Responsible for leading the J&J MedTech Supply Chain Procurement team to oversee the external spend in support of the J&J MedTech Electrophysiology products including both new product development and launched products.

Education

• University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering

  2007 — 2011

• University of Arkansas

  Master of Science (MS), Indusrial Engineering

  2011 — 2012

Skills

• Supplier Relationship Management
• Vba
• Cplex
• Statistical Modeling
• Access
• Analysis
• Quality Control
• Stata
• Minitab
• Ampl
• Linear Programming
• Leadership
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Operations Research
• Industrial Engineering
• Innovation Engineering
• Statistics
• Forecasting
• Supply Chain
• Procurement
• Lean Manufacturing
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing