Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Behavioral Science

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Director, Strategic Manufacturing Capabilities

Top Management

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.

- 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

-	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


Director, Product Portfolio & Customization, Advanced Manufacturing

-	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


Business Systems Analyst, Nike.com

-	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


Business Systems Analyst, Nike Global Trade

-	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


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Kyle Setzer is a Director, Strategic Manufacturing Capabilities at Nike, Inc. in Bend, OR.

Kyle Setzer

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Erskine College

University of South Carolina