Troy Bourgeois
CONSULTANT
"'Who is the total product cost owner in your company?' 
That’s a question I often ask clients and most struggle with the answer. By complementing my Sourcing skills with Lean techniques, I help customers identify their product cost pipeline; ultimately reducing cost, lead time and inventory."

Expertise
Troy Bourgeois is a product development and sourcing management professional with extensive experience in R&D Sourcing, Out-Sourced Design and Manufacturing, Supplier Quality Management, Business Process Redesign, and Lean Manufacturing and Business Processes.

Individually, Troy’s areas of expertise include:
• Strategic Sourcing – Enable clients to secure best prices through the coordinated efforts of inter-departmental teams involved in the supplier-selection process.
• Training – Offers seminars for the following: Introduction to Negotiations for the Buying Team, Supplier Interface Management.
• Out-Sourcing – Supporting clients in their efforts to out-source design and/or manufacturing. Lean Six Sigma Kaizen facilitator.
• LEANSigma Application – Lean facility assessment, design, and supply chain integration.

Troy’s Professional Background:
• Director, Flow Sourcing
• Partner, Flow Consulting Group
• Sony Ericsson
     • Director of R&D Sourcing
     • Product Development Manager 
     • Product Manager
     • Project Manager
     • Manufacturing Engineer
• Advisory Board Member for Porticos, Inc.
• Texas Instruments
     • Manufacturing & Process Engineering

Representative Clients
Rimrock Inc., Wilbert Inc., Lockheed Martin, IPC, Harris Tarkett, Gulf States Toyota, US Navy

Education and Associations
B.S., Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University