Kyle Setzer

Director, Strategic Manufacturing Capabilities

Bend | United States

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Bike

Fashion

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— Kyle

Director of business strategy with additional experience in operations and project management.

Excellent history of recommending and implementing organizational and operational shifts, assessing and planning for future market contingencies, and streamlining business processes to increase company savings. Key strengths include market research & analysis, strategy development, collaboration, and leadership.

Trajectory

Jan 2019 — Now

Director, Strategic Manufacturing Capabilities · Nike, Inc.

- Assess and plan for the impact of changing consumer and marketplace trends on internal processes and contract manufacturing partners for a global footwear and apparel company - Evaluate manufacturing capabilities and processes to highlight limitations and areas resistant to flexibility in order to streamline operations and process flow - Recommend organizational and operational shifts to allow seamless marketplace integration of long-term strategies - Facilitate goal setting, lead strategic conversations, and break down long-term plans for multiple groups to better understand the company vision and the impact of their individual and collective efforts

Jan 2015 — Jan 2019

Director, Product Portfolio & Customization, Advanced Manufacturing · Nike, Inc.

- Activated near-shore footwear customization program providing unique consumer and internal benefits - Improved delivery time from 5 weeks to 3 days and reduced waste costs from $50K to $5K by developing a new knit-to-order capability through end-to-end production analysis - Modernized Nike-to-factory collaboration toolkit to enable fast, flexible customization and order management capabilities - Automated the order flow process between Nike and contract manufacturers that reduced manual transactional interactions throughout the order to cash cycle - Enabled seamless goods movement from a brand new factory to customers and distribution centers

Jan 2014 — Jan 2015

Business Systems Analyst, Nike.com · Nike, Inc.

- Created and managed digital product merchandising solutions using Agile methodology with global teams - Collaborated with technical producers, digital merchandisers, and software providers to simplify the digital merchandizing process, enabling more targeted merchandising and search engine optimization capabilities - Expanded platform to serve additional countries such as Japan and China, tripling the company’s market reach

Jan 2011 — Jan 2014

Business Systems Analyst, Nike Global Trade · Nike, Inc.

- Led team in designing and developing solutions to enable large-scale importing activities - Improved group throughput and strengthened relationships with internal and external business teams while decreasing development costs and centralizing activities by automating multiple processes - Streamlined trade operations by automating import classification assignment, free trade agreement compliance, import license management, and duty optimization programs

Jun 2007 — Jan 2011

Business Consultant · International Business Systems

- Implemented and supported IBS software solutions for multiple clients such as specialized packaging manufacturers, 3PL providers, tool & equipment distributors, and consumer product service providers - Implemented and optimized manufacturing, warehouse management, service, delivery route planning, and forecasting & purchase planning systems - Designed custom enterprise solutions to fulfill client-specific requirements