John Foley

Pittsburg High School

Class of 1962

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John Foley - Class of 1962 - Pittsburg High School

First Name	John
Last Name	Foley
Graduation Year	Class of 1962
Gender	Male
Current Location	Brentwood, California
Hometown	Pittsburg, California
Relationship Status	Married
About Me	I was an e-Business Strategist at TIS Worldwide (TIS), a rapidly growing e-business architect. My significant business management and academic experience is at the forefront of supply chain management concepts for the Information age. The incorporation of new ideas from many management fields and assisting senior management in applying new concepts for a competitive advantage, is one of his many strengths. I am an accomplished leader and negotiator, who has implemented significant cost reduction programs in multi-billion dollar environments by way of re-engineering and supply chain management. My role at TIS was to lead the development of e-Business Management offerings and to help TIS’ clients develop supply chain management strategies for their organizations. I am an accomplished speaker on the subject of supply chain management, purchasing management and materials management evolution. My expertise in materials, strategic sourcing, material acquisition spans the entire product life cycle from pre-production planning and design, to manufacturing, quality control, distribution, and end-of-life product service and support. During his career, I have streamlined supply chains by implementing cost reductions, improving the efficiencies of materials processing and managing organizational changes. I have improved services by developing a commodity based purchasing system. By utilizing cross-functional teams, I have enhanced and shortened the product development cycle time for multi-billion dollar high-tech corporations. I have the contract skills to negotiate/write complex contracts procurement, manufacturing and operations management, in developing these abilities in Strategic sourcing, material acquisition, organizational development, management, contract negotiations, managing suppliers, production levels, inventory control, schedules, and the distribution of production materials, and have excellent leadership and communication skills. Most recently I have provided customers with consulting services; Developed effective Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Commodity Management Systems models. Developed strategic planning concepts and new efficiencies of supply chain management processing for customers. Implementing cost reductions, reengineering of the procurement organization into a streamlined Supply Chain Management organization to improve service, developed a commodity based purchasing system. I was the Senior Director of Procurement at Read-Rite Corporation, a billion-dollar company in the information storage industry. In this role he successfully created and managed the global implementation of Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Commodity Management Systems. Responsible for the corporate supply chain management function to drive development of core competencies central to the corporation’s ongoing success of procurement functions; procurement engineering, incoming inspection, cost reduction, purchasing, material planning, inventory control, shipping & receiving. My previous employers included StorMedia as Director of Materials; Implementing cost reductions, reengineering of the materials organization into a streamlined Supply Chain Management organization globally. Capetronic USA, he was at a Senior Management level with in Materials and at Technology for Communications International, (TCI), Corporate Purchasing Manager I hold a BA Degree in Psychology, specializing in Industry and Management from California State University at Hayward, A MS degree for the Master of Science in Procurement and Contracts from Saint Mary’s of California. I have attended CSUH and SJSU Management Development Programs, Instructor for Supply Base Management & JIT Manufacturing at SJSU. I have a national standing as a Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) and an Advanced Purchasing Management Certif...(read more)