Profile: Stephen Crane Consulting, LLC

Steve is an Operations/Supply Chain Executive with over 25 years of experience solving business problems and improving profitability. He has substantial experience in the chemical, specialty materials, and Flavors industries serving the Chemical and CPG markets. Steve’s industry experience comes from Air Products and Chemicals, Wacker-Chemie and Firmenich. For the last 15 years, Steve has focused on establishing best-in-class supply chain operations, organizations, and processes that resolved numerous business problems achieving increased service to customers, reduced levels of inventory, reduced operating costs, and increased profitability.

Prior Work Experience & Education Select Accomplishments

• Founder & Managing Director – Stephen Crane Consulting, LLC

• Director Supply Chain & S&OP Flavors – Firmenich• Director Supply Chain Management – Wacker Chemie• Business Unit Manager – Air Products and Chemicals• Director Global Supply Chain – Air Products and

Chemicals• Global Operations Manager – Air Products and

Chemicals• B.S. Chemical Engineering - University of New

Hampshire• APICS CSCP – Certified Supply Chain Professional • Board Member – Supply Chain Council• Board Member – APICS

• Managed P/L for $125 MM business unit including sales, marketing, technology, and manufacturing

• Implemented Sales & Operations Planning in 12 businesses, 3 companies, 4 countries

• Implemented Continuous Improvement processes generating over $100MM in cost savings & profit improvement

• Implemented best-in-class supply chain organizations and planning processes

• Developed strategic supply chain improvement plans for driving the long term changes and actions

• Designed and conducted numerous supply chain assessments• Increased On-Time Delivery performance from 62% to 96%• Increased Demand Planning/Forecast Accuracy to 85-90% • Implemented Inventory Optimization process reducing inventory by

53%