Derek Powell: Senior Manager (Associate Partner, SVP equivalent) in Redondo Beach, CA

Derek Powell

Senior Manager (Associate Partner, SVP equivalent)
Redondo Beach | United States
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Deloitte

Senior Manager (Associate Partner, SVP equivalent) | 09/2014 - Current

Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy & Operations practice provides industry-leading services across technology strategy & architecture, strategy & supply chain operations and emerging technologies (IoT, blockchain, AR/VR and robotic automation). • Lead $2.5M direct-to-consumer transformation operations that combined physical and digital content supply chain operations and integrated marketing and advertising platform program. • Support the design and development of new S&OP process at major film studio to manage the business transition from physical to digital consumption and identify opportunities to optimize profitability at store level for VMI operations. Same store profitability performance increased up to 20% based on changes in product mix and category management guidelines. • Evaluated process documentation for automation potential and conducted detailed impact assessment for each opportunity across the supply chain; Defined scope, business case and roadmap against Current State and To-Be processes and Coordinated relevant IT build, configuration and testing of all automated supply chain process solutions • Delivered projects and managing supply chain operations that include strategy & architecture (cloud, tech stack), strategy & operations (scenario planning, capabilities development), emerging media technologies (IoT, analytics, AR/VR, telematics), operations (robotics, process automation) and privacy compliance (CCPA, GDPR).
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Sony

Senior Vice-President, Digital Supply Chain Operations Planning & Development | 01/2012 - 08/2014

Sony DADC New Media Solutions is a $65M+ digital supply chain services company focused on the design, development, implementation, and execution of creative consumer engagement services, fulfillment solutions and advertising distribution services. • Collaborated with sister companies to identify opportunities to co-developed new services and expanded existing core services across content and data operations. • Implemented organizational program plan and led a 10-person cross-functional team to support emerging market offerings by leveraging offshore partners, maximizing resource utilization and reducing labor costs by 18% without headcount reduction. • Implemented internal workflow capacity planning procedures and performance metrics across end-to-end product development, production and quality processes, resulting in 45% increase in asset utilization and reduction in annual labor costs of $1.2M. • Developed and implemented quality assurance program to improve product effectiveness and development efficiencies, increasing yields from 55% to 95% and reducing time-to-market by 40%.
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WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

General Manager & Senior Vice-President | 12/2001 - 12/2011

Managed US$100M budget and hire, train, and coach 20-member operations team while overseeing day-to-day operations (supply chain planning, bill of material procurement, manufacturing and finished goods assembly, distribution, logistics and retail operations) across 9 affiliate countries and 8 licensee markets. Promoted to manage 35-member R&D and production team and 85-member operations teams with US$170M production budget and oversaw day-to-day production planning activities for all new release, catalog, and special interest products. • Reduced overall production spend by $55M by renegotiating vendor contracts, rationalizing product configurations, and continuously improving business processes to support shorter production cycles. • Led global committee to implement SAP Product Lifecycle Management solution that integrates cross-functional multi-year production budgets, product configurations, release slates and change controls. • Managed R&D technical team to design and develop proposal for integrating third party automation tools and technologies, improving process efficiency by 10%, production on-time delivery by 60% and product quality by 45% while reducing production cost by $3M. • Decreased supply chain spend by US$15M by introducing and implementing new commercial programs, including vendor managed inventory (VMI), collaborative release planning, and sales & operations planning (S&OP) across fast developing markets. • Launched sales & distribution joint venture in China to build new sales channels for legitimate products, optimize product positioning to combat piracy, and negotiate partnerships with vendors. • Reduced manufacturing and fulfillment spend by US$20M over 3 years by streamlining the supply chain network, implementing standard operating procedures (SOP) best practice sharing across major markets and leveraging knowledge capital in emerging markets. • Planned, designed, and deployed global business transformation and change management initiatives that included developing business cases, conducting focus interviews, and performing business and organizational diagnostics to validate future state design characteristics.
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RIVERONE, INC. (NOW JDA SOFTWARE)

Director, Supply Chain Strategy | 03/2000 - 11/2001

Analyzed cost and service tradeoffs of alternative procurement strategies for contract manufacturers. Developed and integrated component sourcing business rules to include bill of material sourcing procedures, approved vendor list definition, variable pricing auto-bidding and data cleansing.
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Accenture

Consultant | 08/1998 - 03/2000

Created new global process strategies for electronic components across production planning, demand forecasting, customer segmentation, time-phased capacity, inventory management, and supply-demand matching. Defined implementation methodology, business rules, and operational data needed to integrate collaborative supply chain forecasting processes with financial and business performance metrics.
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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

Satellite Integration Manager | 06/1993 - 06/1996

Managed $300M experimental satellite program by resolving contractual and budgetary problems with contractors and government agencies, reducing integration costs and improving customer relations. Analyzed and recommended budget proposals for satellite integration with Danish and South African University research organizations, leading to successful integration and launch of experimental satellites.
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