Andrew Hearn

Experience

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  Leviton Manufacturing

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1996

  VMI Manager

  • Lowered customer inventory levels, increased inventory turnover utilising Retail-Link• Marketing of Vendor Managed Inventory Program which resulted in an expanded customer base• Expanded the company’s use of Electronic Data Interchange to reduce transactional costs

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  Manugistics

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2000

  Supply Chain Consultant

  • Selected for One Year assignment to start the Tokyo Office• Implemented Manugistics Manufacturing Planning in multiple High-Tech accounts• Directly involved in sales cycles resulting in over 2 million US dollars in sales• Conducted training of internal and external customer in Manugistics software and supply chain methods• Client-site implementations of Manugistics software products at several Fortune 500 companies acting as project lead and working with various consulting partner • Constructively examined current business processes and design new management methodology• Awarded: Rookie of the Year, Top Biller Show less

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  Black & Decker

  Aug 1999 - May 2002

  Systems Integration Manager

  • Improved forecast accuracy by introducing new techniques including: using customer Point Of Sale data to drive forecasts and enable analysis of store-level sales • Created reporting and analysis capabilities that enable: a daily deployment process, customer order analysis, root cause analysis of service level issues, forecast issue identification• Project Lead on Internet collaboration project that integrates customer forecasts directly into the forecasting system• Acted as knowledge center for Manugistics Supply Chain Planning techniques Show less

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  GS1

  Jan 2002 - now

  • Lead and develop an excellent team, including standards development group leaders, subject matter experts, meeting management and community engagement professionals. Includes selection, managing, advising, mentoring, training staff, and focusing on their career growth. • Ensure that GS1 standards are globally-relevant, that the GSMP process is as efficient as possible, and that GS1 engages an even larger number of industry participants in our standards development work groups• Lead the GSMP workflow, including coordinating with global industry engagement professionals to identify critical business needs, developing requirements, developing standards and guidelines to address needs and requirements, and assisting the development of resources that help industry and people use GS1’s products.• Coordinate GS1 governance committees• Manage the GS1 Intellectual Property Policy for GSMP (tracking, communications, issue resolution, legal interface and continuing education)• Manage the process, organization, procedures, tracking and ongoing key performance measures across all processes.• Ensure timely delivery and deployment of publications and supporting content materials for the start and launch of GSMP standards, guidelines, etc.• Educate and engage all GS1 stakeholders on all issues, concepts, and matters of importance in standards development Show less • Lead a team focused on the development of Global Supply Chain Standards• Driving customer value via the creation of globally accepted Business-To-Business Standards• Management of internal and external globally distributed resources to define/document business process requirements • Manage a global community to meet diverse implementation and business process needs• Leading Innovation Initiative to set the future roadmap for GS1's Identification & Capture technologies. Includes: community engagement, content for web-based tool, gathering community and defining a path forward• Manage a Test Lab to investigate potential changes to the barcode standards Show less • Driving customer value via the creation of globally accepted Business-To-Business Standards• Management of internal and external globally distributed resources to define/document business process requirements and create XML based solutions to support them• Owner of the Global Data Dictionary Tool designed to speed customer implementation and as an internal development tool that tripled web hits across 30 countries• Responsible for quality initiatives that reduced Cycle Time and increased quality Show less • Liaison with the Voluntary Inter-Industry Commerce Standards Association focusing on Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR®) Committee and the Hardlines Sub-Committee focused on Data Synchronisation • Creation and maintenance of the XML Standards to support Forecasting and Replenishment processes. This included: requirements gathering, consensus building, and internal project management with technical resources, and the coordination of multinational work teams • Served as Publications Manager for Global XML Business Message Standards Show less

  • Vice President - Standards

    Nov 2017 - now

  • Senior Director, Global AIDC Team Lead

    May 2013 - Nov 2017

  • Senior Director, AIDC Team

    Jan 2008 - Apr 2013

  • Senior Director, Global Business Process Modeling and XML Development Teams

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  • Director, Global Data Synchronization Business Requirements Group

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2005

  • Director, Plan Business Requirements Group

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2003