Brandon Lane

• Executive Scope & Fiduciary Oversight: Report directly to the CEO with full operational accountability over company spend; hold final gatekeeper and sign-off authority on all incoming sales order quotes, validating critical 6- and 7-figure commercial contracts. • Strategic Pivot & Rapid NPI: Formulated the end-to-end global sourcing strategy and supplier qualification framework for a rapid corporate pivot into OEM dual-use defense/commercial autonomous vehicles; served as a core leader accelerating an advanced autonomous vehicle from concept to a working prototype in under 6 months. • Global Lifecycle Procurement: Direct 100% of international and domestic sourcing activities across R&D, production, and end-of-life material streams, including supplier management, risk mitigation, hazardous/non-hazardous material disposition, and battery recycling/disposal coordination. • M&A Supply Chain Integration: Spearheaded the pre-acquisition inventory due diligence and supply chain risk assessments for the acquisition of Sierra Car; successfully orchestrated the post-merger integration of all material, operational, and system records. • Cross-Functional Governance & BOM Control: Own a weekly S&OP-style cross-functional operating cadence across Finance, Engineering, Sales, and Manufacturing to align demand, supply, material readiness, production priorities, and customer commitments while resolving bottlenecks before they impact execution; partner directly with engineering on build requirements, BOM configuration control, and engineering change management. • Systems Architecture & Compliance: Deployed NetSuite ERP and a custom 2-Bin Kanban inventory control infrastructure from the ground up; authored standard operating procedures (SOPs) and managed international freight networks to ensure absolute compliance with cross-border and hazardous material regulations.

• Operational Throughput: Managed daily manufacturing operations, packaging, fulfillment, and multi-channel logistics, and coordinated directly with ownership on operational priorities. • Resource Allocation: Managed production floor schedules, workforce capacity planning, and raw material inventory forecasting to meet highly volatile seasonal e-commerce and retail demands. • Material Quality: Managed supplier quality verification, procurement invoicing workflows, and inventory systems.

• Quality Governance: Chosen as a founding member of Subaru's internal QMS audit team, building document structures and audit paths to verify compliance with strict corporate & ISO standards.   • Audit Execution: Conducted hundreds of comprehensive facility-wide shop floor process audits, matching actual assembly practices to standard operating procedures (SOPs).   • Bottleneck Elimination: Facilitated Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) with engineering and area managers, driving a 100% corrective action closure rate.   • Systems Modernization: Championed the complete migration of all internal audit assets from legacy servers to a web-based SharePoint cloud, modernizing executive visibility and cross-section problem tracking.

• NPI Vehicle Launch: Specially selected for the cross-functional launch pilot team preparing high-volume assembly lines for major model-year changes for the Subaru Outback and Legacy platforms.   • Industrial Engineering: Generated standardized work instructions and ran line balancing, cycle-time time studies, and ergonomics metrics using specialized video analysis tools to optimize operator efficiency.   • Issue Stabilization: Administered real-time countermeasure and problem tracking logs, bridging information streams between design engineers, equipment planners, and line personnel.

• Production Versatility: Developed deep, foundational manufacturing expertise by achieving operational certification on 60+ production stations across Trim & Final Assembly, Material Handling, and Body Assembly. • Certifications & Floor Operations: Volunteered for Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) activities; certified operator of heavy material handling equipment including forklift and boom lift; trained and certified in confined space entry, fire watch, and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures.

Attended for 2 years part-time while working full-time.

Attended for 2 years part-time while working full-time.