Shane Kolar

About Shane Kolar

Highly accomplished Supply Chain and Operations Management Executive with 20+ years of sales and operations planning (S & OP), strategic sourcing, demand and capacity planning, manufacturing, engineering, and program management success across a diverse product and customer portfolio. Proven track record of delivering impactful business results through transformational initiatives. My passion is creating value by aligning individual’s strengths, business processes, and technical capabilities to advance customer value and realization of business objectives.

Experience

1. Director of Global Supply Chain Planning, Cloud Operations and Innovations (Co i)

   Microsoft

   Mar 2022 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Responsible for planning and securing long lead time equipment and contracted resources required to enable on time delivery of worldwide datacenter capacity.

Education

• George Fox University

  Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Business Administration, Management and Operations

• Boise State University

  Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategy
• Global Sourcing
• Business Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Production Planning
• Contract Negotiation
• Product Management
• Demand Planning
• Business Strategy
• Vendor Management
• Procurement
• Project Management
• Operations Management
• Manufacturing
• Team Building
• Management
• Inventory Management
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Outsourcing
• Strategic Sourcing
• Materials Management
• Operational Excellence
• Leadership
• Sourcing
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Business Process Improvement
• Negotiation
• Six Sigma
• Erp
• Supply Management
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement