Chuck Murphy

Experience

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  Pitney Bowes

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

  Senior Engineer

  • Led multi-national 3rd party product development teams (US, Japan, France), concept to launch ($30M+ project).• Drove International product introduction and launches; UK, Sweden, Canada, Australia and Japan.• R&D on materials, digital Ink Jet Printing and secure integrated systems, 25 Patents Awarded.

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  Pitney Bowes

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2008

  Reported to President, leading M&A’s due diligence, acquisitions, integrating and creating operational synergies. Responsibilities included $200M P/L and 160+ employees• Successfully closed 4 acquisitions totaling $70M in revenues. Grew the business to $200M in 2 yrs.• Led national operation sites. Integrated operations with focus on lean and efficient operations in procurement, supply chain, quality, and customer service to deliver quality product and services.• Identified, partnered and managed suppliers to ensure product supply, cost and quality (US, China and Mexico). Realized 20% reduction in product costs.• Built a centralized quality organization to ensure product quality and that suppliers were meeting SLA and AQL's and maintain excellent customer satisfaction to support growth. Show less Reported to the CFO, managing $575M International business P&L with focus on Operational Excellence.• Transformed the business using technology to realize efficiencies for the company, customer and USPS. A paradigm shift product using technology enabled change with USPS in customers not bringing postage meters to the Post Office for Inspections and Postage Refills. Also allowed PBI to Sell through Direct/Digital Marketing and Service through Call Center Support. Postal delivery and customer plug and play installation were implemented.• Directed manufacturing, procurement, distribution, inventory and operations in US, Canada and UK. • Championed 6 sigma projects which resulted in over $10M in EBIT delivering improved operations.• Created annual cost reductions of $20M+ through lean, value stream, 6 sigma and continuous improvements, $300M+ EBITDA realized. Show less

  • Executive Director Mergers & Acquisitions

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  • Senior Director

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2006
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  Coloredge Visual / Merisel

  Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

  EVP Operations, CPO, M&A Integrations

  Reported to the CEO, responsibilities of 100M P&L, operations, procurement, supply chain and manufacturing for 5 national manufacturing/operations locations.• Integrated acquisitions under one umbrella, identify best practices, replicated across all sites.• Implemented lean manufacturing with 6 Sigma, Kaizen and 6S to improve quality, efficiency and reduce waste. • Reduced direct spend by 30%, indirect spend by 70%, inventory by 50% and manufacturing labor by 25%.

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  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  VP Procurement, Inventory and Global Supply Chain

  • Directed a $1.1B spend for direct and indirect procurement. Developed on/off shore suppliers to reduce core product costs 25%.• Led supply chain to deliver maximum efficiencies by negotiating, measuring and tracking metrics and trends to assure quality and contractual deliverables were maintained with business-critical suppliers and customers. Reduced inventory by $70M by working closely with demand planning and state book depositories as well as through an IT implementation associating demand forecasting with incoming orders to identify orders not aligned with forecasts and alert demand planners of forecast changes.• Areas of opportunity for cost reductions were identified, projects improved EBIT $16M. Show less

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  Thermaxx

  Jan 2011 - Dec 2019

  Chief Operating Officer

  • Scaled operations to support business growth.• Grew the business 100%+ yr./yr., 2500% to date.• Business Development strategies included New Product Development, New Sales Channels/Web Development and adding technology to product lines differentiating Thermaxx from the competition, coupled with continuous improvements and customer service excellence. • Served as Technical Point for Customers on products and capabilities.• Built New Production Facility imbedded with technology for efficient operations. Results were a 5X revenue improvement of output, increases in EBITDA and customer satisfaction and 50% decrease in order to ship cycle time.• Led ISO9001 certification process to implement a culture of Safety, Continuous Improvement and Quality to achieve Customer Service Excellence and reduce waste/inefficiencies. Show less

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  Broadstar Wind Systems

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  EVP Operations and Engineering

  • Led the company through financing and CT grants. Met quarterly with CT on business progress.• Led Engineering team and consultants of >28 to develop Turbine and Inverters with innovations to increase life cycles >1B, pass certification and reduce maintenance and manufacturing costs by 20%.• Contracted Intertek to test and certify turbine energy production, noise and stress limits to qualify for federal rebates.

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  Amazon

  Jan 2020 - now

  Logistics Executive