CV

Gary L. Hopper, MBA, C.P.M.

Business:  503.208.3153; Cell:  503.551.9736

Email glhopper@totalcostsol.com

www.totalcostsol.com

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Total Cost Solutions

Dates of Employment:  03/2004 to present (self employed/contractor)

Title:  Supply Chain Educator & Consultant

• Over twenty-five hundred hours (4,000+ hrs.) delivering superior supply chain workshops and seminars for state agencies defense industry, higher-education, health care industry, utilities companies, numerous NW APICS chapters & ISM (aka NAPM) affiliates, etc.

• Supply chain consultative services for numerous private sector clients, etc.

• Proactively influenced collaboration with regional APICS and ISM charters and affiliates, respectively, to engage in creative “profit sharing” co-sponsorship of educational supply chain workshops.  Reference:  www.totalcostsol.com

• Articles published by ISM.

Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield

Dates of Employment:  10/08 - 12/31/2009 (FTE)

Title:  Assistant Director, Strategic Sourcing

• Led centralization of strategic sourcing function. Hired and staffed thirteen sourcing professionals while implementing policies/procedures and best practices

• Achieved 8% direct savings in first twelve months on $250M annual spend

• Implemented tier one supplier scorecard process and business reviews

• Developed boilerplate terms and conditions and streamlined legal review process

• Successful implementation of staff augmentation vendor of choice program and tool.

University of California, Santa Cruz

Dates of Employment:  03/2004 - 10/2006 (Consultant and then FTE)

Title:  Director of Procurement and Contracts  

• Successfully designed and orchestrated organizational move from de-centralized service group’s business model to centralized procurement and sourcing organization.

• Led 26 FTE’s (exempt, non exempt, union classifications) and managed $400M in annual spends.  Achieved 14% savings in year two. 

• Implemented P2P campus-wide system.

• Successfully met initial CPSR review.

• Supported UC Board of Regence requirement to assess all ten university procurement organizations, identify best-in-class operations and then “copy intelligently” across the enterprise.

                                                                                                                                                      The Walt Disney Company

Dates of Employment:  12/2002 - 2/2004 (FTE)

Title:  Director of Strategic Sourcing (reported to SVP)

• Achieved cost savings of 20%+ in IT, food and beverages, print services. MRO.

• Managed an organization of 35 FTE (union and non union personnel); negotiable spends of $700M.

• Successfully implemented “best practice” negotiation plan and review process.

• Supported CFO with assessment of Disney global procurement operations to determine best-in-class and “copy exactly” opportunities.

Intel Corporation

Dates of Employment:  01/1991 - 12/2002 (FTE)

Title:  U.S.Materials Manager (executive level position)  

• Annual total spends were ~$1B.  Organization consisted of 105 FTE.  Majority of spend in new and sustaining construction, IT, staff augmentation, MRO, marketing.

• Achieved 20% savings on negotiable spends for five consecutive years while achieving operational efficiencies of 12% per year.

• Created first sales and marketing purchasing team for Intel which successfully negotiated contract for “Intel Inside” branding.

• Created and chaired Intel’s first Global Procurement Council.  Focused on strategic long range planning, benchmarking best practices and copy intelligently business processes. Influenced peers to support one balanced scorecard approach for measuring results.

• Successfully out-sourced $250M IT operation and achieved 28% total savings.

• Spent the second three years at Intel as a Contract Manager within Legal department. Received extensive training on UCC, intellectual property, confidentiality & security awareness, anti-trust, etc. Streamlined review process, simplified boilerplate and provided global training. .  Became first non-JD at Intel to have legal approval authority; took IP courses at Lewis & Clark Law School.

• Spent the first three years at Intel as Group Commodity Manager for peripherals, power supplies and passives.  Managed $300M annual spends and six FTE (plus 10 matrix reports from manufacturing sites). Achieved 15% annual savings and reduced inventory by 25%; negotiated supplier-owned inventory agreements in manufacturing sites.

• Completed Executive Leadership Training

• Provided executive leadership for Intel’s MWESB Program.  Productive interactions with Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition. Board of Director - Portland Small Business Development Council.

Apple Computer

Dates of Employment:  08/1989 - 01/2001 (FTE)

Title:  Senior Procurement Specialist (IT hardware and peripherals).

Litton Computer Services - Division of Litton Industries

Dates of Employment:  08/1981 - 08/1089 (FTE)

Title:  Contracts Manager: Space Shuttle Program(held secret clearance, also responsible for MWESB Program, government asset tracking program)  

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

• B.A. Degree in Economics from San Jose State University, 08/1981 

• MBA from Golden Gate University (emphasis in management, supply chain and government contract law), 08/1989.  Graduate GPA 4.0 while working full-time at Litton

• C.P.M. (Certified Purchasing Manager) #30686, expires 1/6/2014

• Additional graduate courses taken:  Intellectual Property and Software Licenses (Lewis & Clark); Organizational Leadership (Chapman), Leadership Ethics (Chapman)