Supply Chain and Operations Practice Leadership

Ross S. Harvison

Managing Partner, Supply Chain and Operations Practice

Ross is a high impact supply chain and operations change consultant with proven ability to facilitate executive partners in their efforts to prioritize business needs, build effective strategies, gain organization buy-in and execute programs. Extensive experience in commercial, engineering and manufacturing environments with global reach. Recognized for the effective delivery of major operations and commercial transformations.

• Broad background driving change in manufacturing, supply chain and technical organizations
• Significant supply chain transformation experience in petrochemical, polymers and refining environments covering strategic sourcing, operational procurement and technical materials inventory management. The largest effort was for a major petrochemical and refining company with 27 facilities, $2 billion of spend, $200 million in inventory value, and 250 procurement and stores employees.
• Extensive manufacturing business improvement background covering maintenance, reliability, operations, process risk, safety, health and environmental efforts for facilities in North America, Asia and Europe

Functional Experience

• Business Strategy Development
• Supply Chain Transformation
• Manufacturing Excellence
• Bankruptcy Emergence
• Crisis Leadership
• Human Capital Development
• Organization Design and Consolidation
• Executive Level Negotiation
• Broad Leadership Background
  • Supply Chain, Commercial, Engineering, Manufacturing, EH&S
• Strong Market Knowledge
  • Raw materials, utilities, gases, capital materials, MRO materials, engineering services, corporate services, MRO services

Industry Experience

• Petrochemicals
• Polymers
• Refining

Systems/Software Experience

• SAP
• Oracle
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Microsoft Visio and Project
• Minitab Statistical Software

Education and Training

• University of Arizona, BS, Chemical Engineering
• Villanova University trained Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
• Arthur D. Little trained Auditor and Audit Team Leader
• Interaction Associates trained and certified Facilitative Leadership Workshop Trainer