Jason DeBus
Mankato
Summary
Experienced with strategic planning, business development, and operational management. Utilizes strategic insights to align company goals with market opportunities. Track record of effective leadership in cross-functional team environments.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Managing Director/COO
Rolls Royce Power Systems
07.2019 - Current
- Accountable for $1.2B Business Unit serving global customer base including all Operations, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Quality and Safety with indirect responsibility for Sales and Engineering.
- Executive Leadership Group (1 of 3 from US on Leadership Team)
- Major achievements include:
- Guided organization to grow from $270M to $1.2B in 5 years
- Optimized the facilities and material flows for growth in output with minimal investment
- Improvements to EBIT by 30% in last three years
- Developed supplier base for growth while improving quality and delivery of suppliers
- Approval and implementation of $17MM facility expansion for capacity, capability and agility to respond to market requirements and development of Engineering Tech Center.
- Moved on time delivery from 50% to 98% within 6 months which required all areas of the organization to be aligned and implementing lean processes.
- In role oversaw the highest revenue and profitability year in history
- Reduced net working capital by 80%
VP of Supply Chain and Operations
NDS
03.2018 - 07.2019
- Lead Supply Chain and Operations for market leader in Water Management Solution segments. Responsible for end to end Supply Chain to drive service, trade working capital, and cost reduction and efficiencies.
- Major achievements include:
- Redesigned Supply Chain and Manufacturing planning to demand driven model.
- Evolved Sales and Operations Planning by putting in governance and having the right people involved with accountability.
- Implemented Strategic category management which resulted in significant positive PPV through negotiations, VAVE and supplier selection.
- Reduced 15% in inventory by leading Strategic Sourcing strategies around change of INCO terms, payment terms and consigned inventory.
- Developed roadmap and strategy of network foot print to respond to changes of customer businesses, increase service metrics and EBITA improvement.
- Responsible for 8 Distribution Centers and 2 Manufacturing operations
- Gained approval and implementing WMS, TMS and MPS to create efficiencies and tools for employee success.
- Executive leader participating in all M&A activities.
Sr. Director Supply Chain Operations
MILESTONE AV TECHNOLOGIES
01.2016 - 04.2017
- Lead Supply Chain Operations and multi-BU Supply Chain (US, Asia and Europe) for entire organization. Responsible for all factory/distribution sites for SQDCP (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Prep), Purchasing, Materials and Supply Chain Engineering. Full P&L responsibility and ownership to drive operational effectiveness and cultural responsiveness to changing business needs.
- Major achievements include:
- Oversaw the building of new Operations and Distribution Center in Shakopee, MN and closure of two facilities with minimal impact to customers.
- Implemented new materials planning, forecasting, inventory management and shop floor scheduling strategies to optimize capacity, increase inventory turns and respond to dynamic changes in unforeseen demand.
- Implemented and led Logistics strategy to align sourcing activities, NA footprint and forward positioning of inventory to drive improved transit performance and overall total cost reduction.
- Integrated Asia Pacific Sourcing office with US to drive value engineering work for reduction in total cost of ownership and for infield supplier audits audit program of contract manufacturers.
- Reduced Transportation spend of the organization by more than 20% through optimization of shipments and negotiations with International and Domestic Transportation providers.
- Optimized volume across contract manufacturers to drive efficiencies and lower purchased costs.
- Aligned and standardized supplier contracts for service, inventory control and cost reduction initiatives.
- Reduced raw material costs to react to changes in the Raw Materials market, sourcing event and supply chain re-engineering projects.
- Created new organizational structure to be more agile to customer demands and drive efficiencies in Direct and Indirect Labor and inventory turns.
- Created the strategy and implementation off infrastructure to handle significant increase in on-line sales (B2B and B2C). Implemented e-commerce processes to double output during national campaigns.
- Led Lean transformation in Minneapolis Operations Center and was benchmark for other Milestone Operations.
- Implemented critical to quality testing and closed loop quality control system with Asia Pacific office to lower total quality returns.
- Developed five-year plant master site plan to support future growth and acquisitions.
- Championed implementation of Toyota 8-step problem solving techniques to install methodical thinking to drive sustainable and realized solutions.
Global Supply Chain Director
CUMMINS, INC.
01.2006 - 01.2016
- Direct Supply Chain for Alternator business unit headquartered in the UK- Operations, Global Logistics, Strategic Sourcing, Materials, Warehousing and Trade Compliance (internal/external), Upfit/Defit operation centers and 3rd Party Logistics Providers for all global operations (Americas/Europe/Asia/India/Africa).
- Major achievements include:
- Network design of upfit/defit centers globally to reduce lead times of delivery to customers below two weeks for bought-out finished goods and configure to order units.
- Leaned out processes (order entry/BOM/Scheduling/operations) of the upfit/defit processes (configure to order) to internally turn orders within 48 hours.
- Moved four operations from the manufacturing sites (1-US, 1-MX, 2-Europe) into new Distribution Sites, Led operational closure of Mexico alternator site and resourced to UK and China existing sites.
- Led Sourcing event to reduce costs of Finished Goods, subassemblies and components to move Upfit/Defit centers to profitability.
- Implemented inventory model to maximize serviceability to customers and align positioning of inventory.
Corporate Materials/Logistics Manager – S&OP facilitator
UPONOR NORTH AMERICA
01.2000 - 01.2006
Senior Logistics/Business Analyst
GATEWAY, INC.
01.1998 - 01.2000
Master Planner/Economist
COLOPLAST
01.1993 - 01.1998
Education
MBA -
University of St Thomas
Minneapolis, MNB.Sc. - Business Administration, Finance
Mankato State University
Mankato, MNSkills
- Global Supply Chain career, leading high-growth, transition and start-up operations Driving change through creating vision, strategy and executing transformation of the domestic and international environments for both Fortune 500 and smaller high growth companies
- Business, Process and Supply Chain Transformation
- Organizational Development
- Supply Chain Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Customer Relations
- Change Management
- Employee Development
- Strategy Development
- Execution Mindset
Accomplishments
- Received multiple Cummins’ Chairman’s Awards for sponsorship of Black Belt projects (Transportation best practice, Network Optimization, Purchasing and Community Involvement)
- Cummins Diversity Supplier award recipient in 2007
- LEAN certification from multiple intitutions
Affiliations
- APICS – Association for Supply Chain Management
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
- Greater Mankato Growth Board Member
- United Way Men's Event Board Member
- University of St. Thomas Mentorship Program
Certification
- Uponor ACE Program – Global Executive Development, conducted by IMD International of Switzerland and PPI, Pan Europe Network
- Cummins Leadership Development
- Oliver Wight Supply Chain Integrated Business Model and S&OP
- MIT Scenario and Planning Workshop
- APICS
- Cummins Six Sigma Sponsorship certification, Cummins Six Sigma Green Belt certified, Black Belt
- Certified by Gateway and Cummins Lean training
- Toyota 8-Step Problem Solving
Timeline
Managing Director/COO
Rolls Royce Power Systems
07.2019 - Current
VP of Supply Chain and Operations
NDS
03.2018 - 07.2019
Sr. Director Supply Chain Operations
MILESTONE AV TECHNOLOGIES
01.2016 - 04.2017
Global Supply Chain Director
CUMMINS, INC.
01.2006 - 01.2016
Corporate Materials/Logistics Manager – S&OP facilitator
UPONOR NORTH AMERICA
01.2000 - 01.2006
Senior Logistics/Business Analyst
GATEWAY, INC.
01.1998 - 01.2000
Master Planner/Economist
COLOPLAST
01.1993 - 01.1998
B.Sc. - Business Administration, Finance
Mankato State University
MBA -
University of St Thomas
Awards
2024 United Way Large Corporation Award Winner
2024 United Way Large Corporation Award Recipient
Board Member of United Way Men's Event
2024 Recipient Large Corporation Award