3. Chief Innovation’s focus is primarily on three functional areas.
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Why Chief Innovation? Our Services
Innovation
R&D
New Product Development
Innovation Strategy
Engineering Management
Commercialization
Ideation Supply Chain
Supply Chain Strategy
Procurement
Inventory Management
Logistics
Sourcing
Operations
Strategy
Strategic Planning
Scenarios/Options
Financial Analysis
New Markets
New Ventures
M&A
The three areas above are our main focus, but over 100 projects at
dozens of clients provides a base for addressing unique client issues.
4. Our functional strength is complimented by broad industrial and
geographic breadth from having worked in 7 countries on 4 continents.
Korea
United Kingdom
Belgium
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Why Chief Innovation? Industrial & Geographic Scope
Industries
• Consumer Products
• Retail
• Aerospace & Defense
• Automotive
• Construction Products
• General Manufacturing
• Oil (Downstream/Refining)
• Energy (Electric Utilities)
• Public
• Life Sciences
• Financial Services
• Industrial Products
• High Technology
• Steel
Countries (worked in) indicated on map below.
United States
Brazil
Former Employers
China
India
5. Why Chief Innovation? Service Areas - Innovation
Our Innovation work and offerings include areas relating to new
product development, R&D and idea generation.
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• Product Development Process Redesign
• Product Development Post-Mortem Analysis
• Innovation Leverage / Strategy
• R&D Strategy
• Product Portfolio Rationalization
• New Idea Generation
• Organizational Design/ Leading Practices
• Commercialization
• Engineering Management
Product Development Process Redesign for a Life
Sciences & Nutritional Supplements Company
Product Development process complete redesign for a Life
Sciences company. Led a joint client team of R&D and
Marketing to completely redesign their entire Product
Development Process from ideation to post-launch
evaluation. Project was completed in less than 2 months,
and were asked back to support implementation efforts.
Client CEO commented ‘this process is World Class.’
R&D Strategy for a Major Korean Oil Company
R&D Strategy for Korean Oil company. Co-Led Strategic
Management of Technology case for a +5 Billion USD
Korean Oil and Chemical producer. Developed R&D/
Technology Strategy for four business divisions,
redesigned core technology related processes and
assisted in identifying the activities for their new R&D
center. Case involved leading staff in four countries.
Product Development Process Post-Mortem for
French Conglomerate's Water Meter Division
Performed analysis of Product Creation Process for a
water utility products company to identify areas for
improvement and work to develop a more effective
process. Worked with multi-functional client team with
members from both the U.S. and Europe to redesign
process and identify additional issues needing to be
addressed by senior management.
Note: Many reference projects were completed in
partnership or while working at other firms.
Example Engagements
6. Why Chief Innovation? Service Areas – Supply Chain
Supply Chain and Operations have been a primary focus over the
twenty five years of our work experience.
Example Engagements
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• Supply Chain Strategy
• Operational Assessment
• Strategic Sourcing / Spend Reduction
• Procurement Process Redesign
• Logistic Network Optimization
• Manufacturing Strategy
• Facility Rationalization
• Manufacturing Planning
• Quality Systems & Development
• Make/Buy Analysis
• 3PL Evaluation and Selection
Operations Restructuring and Built Interim MRP
System for Division of Global Conglomerate
Restructured operations of the industrial products division
for a $5 Billion dollar international conglomerate.
Requested by President to takeover as interim head of
Production Control & Scheduling. Throughput reached
record levels; 30% increase in 6 weeks. Results included a
10% improvement in labor utilization and an 85% reduction
in cost of rework of customer returns.
Supply Chain & Food Manufacturing Expert to
Support Multi-billion Dollar New Grocery Venture
Food Manufacturing Expert for one of the world’s largest
Retailers. Assisted client with development of processes
and creation of information systems for their first Greenfield
manufacturing facility. Assisted the client in understanding
and selecting software packages/modules for the new
plant. Led investigation and creation of the Maintenance
function. Built out and detailed processes for all areas.
Subject Matter Expert for Top 3 Global Retailer
for Redesigning Supplier Management in China
Redesigned Supplier Management Process for one of the
world’s largest Retailers. Worked with a team to redesign
the processes behind the client’s Supplier Management
Process, and led the areas focused on searching,
evaluating and on-boarding new suppliers. Developed top
level data requirements throughout the different phases of
the process from supplier evaluation to on-boarding, and
wrote the business requirements for client’s IT department.
7. Strategic Planning, and its related areas, are the third of our major
offering areas, and a primary focus of our past experience.
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• Strategic Planning
• New Market Entry (e.g. Geography)
• New Venture Development
• Performance/Financial Reporting & Scorecards
• Options Selection & Financial Modeling
• M&A Support
• Acquisition Candidate Evaluation
• Market Assessments
• Due Diligence
• Pricing Strategy
• Turnaround Assistance
• Competitor Assessments
Entry into International Sourcing for a Niche
Retailer of Pre-owned Merchandise
Proposed idea and developed plan to enter into client's last
untapped market. Created plan, researched government
regulations in the area of Customs and Imports, devised
testing to reduce their risk in starting it and coached their
new executive in-charge on how to proceed. Client
currently has contracts and is expanding this area.
Re-Engineering of Reporting/Scorecards for a
Major Government Regulator (Financial Industry)
Led the development and analysis for the non-Accounting
areas for the most significant re-engineering project at the
client’s oversight organization in its history. Functional
areas included Legal, Investigations, Settlements,
Structured Transactions, Asset Management, Capital
Markets/Securities & Real Estate. Mr. Martin, his partner
and a team of 30+ were brought in to scale these efforts.
New Venture in Outsourcing Industry. Creator,
Founder, Chief Executive and Chairman
Co-founded and serves as current Chairman of the world’s
first Job Search outsourcing company, and one of the first
B2C examples of applying offshore labor directly to a
consumer market. Created the concept, wrote the patent
filings, developed the process, found & contracted the
Indian partner, executed the Proof-of-Concept, created the
website structure and copy and launched the company in
early 2006. Experts and the Press agree that nothing
similar to this had ever been done or attempted. (JobSerf)
Why Chief Innovation? Service Areas – Strategy
8. Why Chief Innovation? Closing
Please feel to contact me for any clarification or additional information.
Would be happy to come over to explain my ideas in more detail.
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Jay Martin
Chief Innovation, Inc.
jay@chiefinnovation.com