Brian Pence

Associate Director, Supply Chain - Vision Care America's (NA & LATAM) S&OP/COE @ Alcon

About

Your Supply Chain Solutions Provider Brian is a hands on energetic and achievement oriented manager with increasing responsibilities in Supply Chain Planning, Forecasting, Sales and Operations Management, Requirements Planning, Capacity Planning, Contract Negotiations, and Transportation. Strong strategic and tactical planning, problem solving and process improvement skills with the ability to organize complex situations with tenacity; a passion for customer service, creating value added activities, and achieving bottom line performance. _________________________________________________________________________________ Specialties: * Strategic and Tactical Planning * Sales Forecasting * Demand Planning * Supplier Relationship Building * Contract Negotiations * ERP Implementations * Materials and Procurement Management * Distribution Design and Set up Operations * Lean Manufacturing Processes * Value Stream Mapping * Drive Cost Savings Opportunities * Manufacturing and Distribution Experience * Coaching and Developing Individuals * Strategic Customer Forecasting Collaboration * Global Sourcing * P&L Responsibilities

Country

United States

City

Lawrenceville

Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Skill

Supply Chain Management, Forecasting, Inventory Management, Manufacturing

Experience

global franchise head, demand and systems, vision care

alcon, a novartis company

2019-1 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos

global materials manager

onity

2007-2 - 2014-8 · 7 yrs 7 mos

sales and operations manager

tyco fire & building products

1994-1 - 2003-1 · 9 yrs 1 mo

materials manager

tyco fire protection

1994-1 - 2003-1 · 9 yrs 1 mo

manufacturing application specialist

tyco fire & building products

2000-1 - 2002-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

manager of planning, scheduling, and customer relations

dan river inc.

2003-7 - 2005-4 · 1 yr 10 mos

Implemented Sales and Operations planning methodologies for a $55MM Automotive company creating collaborative customer/sku specific monthly forecasts to drive demand requirements, which increased customer service level from 78% to 99.2%. Established super-market/kanban target levels for raw materials, WIP, and Finished Goods, which reduced slow and obsolescent material 78% from $600,000 to $132,000. Reduced finished goods and component inventory part numbers by 55%, allowing increased inventory turns from 11.25 to 17.6 for finished goods, 22 to 27.6 for components, and 16.9 to 35.7 for raw materials.

merchandise manager, kid's division

dan river inc.

2005-4 - 2006-12 · 1 yr 9 mos

Responsible for setting all divisional prices in accordance with market conditions and profitability targets with P/L responsibilities. Developed merchandising programs in conjunction with sales personnel at Wal-Mart, Kmart, Sears, Home Shopping Network, and J.C. Penney to expand the Dan River business over $55 million at retail. Reduced and realigned finished goods and component inventory for an overhead savings of 18%. Directed planning and sourcing group to meet critical time lines within the inventory supply chain while transitioning over $125 million at retail from domestic manufacturing to overseas manufacturing. Facilitated growth and savings in NFL, MLB, NBA, Seventeen, Thomas & Friends, Maui & Sons, ESPN X-Games & Bass brands by streamlining sku offerings, reducing COGS, and improving the inventory fill rates.