Stephen Thompson

Experience

1. Senior Analyst, Contract Manufacturing

   GALLO

   May 2022 — Present · Modesto, CA, US

   Manage contracts, pricing, delivery metrics, and quality with multiple contract manufacturing partners bottling core spirits and RTD products.Use quantitative/analytical skills to help improve the bottom line in activities such as should-cost analyses, sourcing comparisons, and inventory run-out scenarios.Led packaging change projects through Scrum, working with contract manufacturers and component vendors to realize of hard savings in 2023 and $1.5MM in 2024.Negotiated with contract manufacturer to reduce excess and obsolete inventory liability by in 2023.Negotiated with component vendor to reduce lead times from 6 to 3 weeks to keep new product introduction at contract manufacturer on-time in 2023.Serve as Contract Manufacturing SME in up to four Agile Scrum teams concurrently, managing several interrelated new product introduction, packaging change, and cost savings projects. Onboarded new Contract Manufacturing partner in four months. Negotiated contract, pricing, and capacity commitments.Implemented monthly review meetings with all copackers that focused on On-Time Delivery and Attainment metrics as well as reason codes/root causes for misses.Negotiated overtime schedule and cost with contract manufacturer to support fulfillment of increased demand.Created capacity models for Supply Chain Planning, accounting for different product run rates, overtime schedule, change overs, holidays, and other contract manufacturer shutdowns.Helped drive 40% improvement in contract manufacturers aggregate on-time delivery and attainment metrics from 2022 to 2023.Coordinated with multiple departments and contract manufacturer to move components to avoid in obsolete inventory in 2024.Created Standard Work process for managing co-man-sourced obsolete inventory.Validated prepaid inventory for multiple SKUs held by contract manufacturers, as well as monitored resulting credits on invoices for accuracy in 20••••24.

Education

• The University of Arizona Global Campus

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• San José State University

  BA, Economics and Philosophy

  2000 — 2004

• San José State University

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Sociology

  2013 — 2015

• The George Washington University School of Business

  Master's Certificate, Project Management

  2006 — 2008