SUMMARY:

• Executive Level Manager with extensive hands on experience in Lean Manufacturing as well as building Supply Chain organizations from the ground up.
• Strong supplier strategic alliances with a Confidential 100 supply base and Tier 1 - 2 contract Manufacturers.
• Extensive use of metrics for continuous quality improvement in manufacturing/supply chain as well as employee motivation and career enhancement.
• Reported to CEO/ VP of OPS/MFG/Supply Chain for past 12 years.
• Continuous Quality Improvement
• Raw to Confidential Inventory Management
• Commodities Managed: Sheetmetal, Machined Components, Casting, Forging, Plastics (Molded/Injection) PCB’s and PCBA’s
• Asset and Budget Management
• 6 Sigma TQM
• Lean Manufacturing Principles
• Value Stream Mapping
• Detailed Business Case Analysis
• Planning and Master Scheduling
• Sales &Operations Planning
• Supply Chain Management
• Contracting/Terms and Conditions
• Negotiations/Spend in Excess of $50-300M
• Low Cost Country Sourcing
• Mentoring / Staff Development
• Logistics and Traffic Management
• Relationship builder internal and external C-level executives

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Supply Chain Manager, Newark, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed supply chain and strategic supplier selection, management and development to ensure an agile and flexible supply chain support full rate production
• Negotiation of multi-million dollar Corporate Contracts, Manufacturing Services Agreements, Design Services Agreements ( Confidential ) that result in Cost Reductions and Supply Assurance.
• Manage 6 Procurement Professionals accounting for $150M in overall Confidential spend and $35M Indirect Spend.
• Created a Supply Base that was able to achieve Lead times of Sheet Metal and Machining of less than 7 calendar days as Kateeva Products are constantly changing
• Implementation of 2 different ERP systems
• Managed an explosive growth in Supply Chain that went from an annual spend of $6M to $150M in less than 3 years
• Managed NPI and production Supply Chain Organization 
• Ability to perform with little to no structure as well as extreme structure 

Confidential

Sr. Purchasing Manager, Livermore, CA

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to and manages the day-to-day activities of the Purchasing team, including effective recruitment, hiring, performance management, coaching, and career development.
• Establish metrics and standards that are data driven to ensure quality, cost, delivery, and service levels are Maintained
• Manage supplier relations and supply agreement compliance while maintaining the highest code of ethics and conduct.
• Risk mitigation of all types of supply chain risks (logistics, 2nd Sourcing, stock outs, contingency plans, etc..)

Confidential

Director of Supply Chain, Sunnyvale, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed PLM, Operations, Contract Manufacturing selection and negotiation.
• Managed supply chain and strategic suppliers to ensure an agile and flexible supply chain support full rate production
• Negotiation of multi-million dollar Corporate Contracts, Manufacturing Services Agreements
• Design Services Agreements ( Confidential ) that result in Cost Reductions and Supply Assurance.
• Implemented strategic component agreements with major IC suppliers yielding >100 days of lead time reductions, reducing cost
• Developed a shipping frequency optimization tool to identify the lowest cost shipping multiples and min/max levels
• Hands on Planning and development of Master Schedule with Sales Executive Team
• Directed S&OP Planning with Executive Team (Sales, CEO, Engineering, Marketing)

Confidential

Materials and Supply Chain Manager, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed NPI materials management and transition designs from Engineering concept to full production.
• Ensure the highest value material, manufacturing method, and tolerances were applied to achieve the functional requirements at minimal cost.
• Monitored both materials and currency markets to develop short and long term sourcing strategies.
• Balanced conflicting objectives of achieving low cost country pricing, maintaining technology rich suppliers, and minimizing supply chain risk.
• Achieved a 20% net material savings by:
• Management of Critical Supply base (transformers, cables, Connectors
• Out-sourcing sheet metal to India Lower cost alternatives or modern alternatives were available that would provide equivalent or superior performance Largest savings came in PCB, Magnetics, and using the 80/20 rules the Diodes and Mosfets
• Logistics management of supply chain
• Improved the supplier assessment and manufacturability review process for overseas suppliers via QBR (Quarterly Business Reviews)
• Directed S&OP Planning with Executive Team (Sales, CEO, Engineering, Marketing)

Confidential

Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, Petaluma, CA

Responsibilities:

• Strategic point of contract for Confidential with Tier 1 Contract Manufacturer (CM) that accounts for $155M in annual spend
• Management of Strategic Alliance Partners that account for 80% of total company spend
• Negotiated several multi-million-dollar Volume Purchase Agreements with average size of $10M with the largest being $200+M (Contract Manufacturer)
• Reduced STD costs by 4-5% quarter over quarter increasing Gross Profit Margin by almost 2% through exhaustive negotiations and Supplier Management (alternate sourcing, competitive bids, extended forecasts, LOI’s)
• Implemented Pull systems (Lean) at Contract Manufacturer in Shanghai and Guadalajara that lead to reduced “ Confidential from order to delivery” from an average of 14 weeks to less than 8 weeks
• Authored Cost Savings White Paper articulating the 2 different calculation methods (Cost Reductions vs. Cost Savings) for SOX compliance
• Implemented. Monitor and Manage business continuity, supply chain robustness, and lead-time agility processes/procedures
• Responsible for coordination and C-level presentations in Supplier Quarterly Business Reviews with Strategic Suppliers

Oracle ERP Process Leader

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities:

• Transitioned Product Manufacturing and Order Fulfillment from CM in Midwest to Local CM
• Managed revenue growth from $1M to $10M over 12-month period (no employee adds)
• Metrics implemented to monitor and improve CM’s performance
• Confidential improved 10% Cost Reduced by 25% Quality 99%+
• Implemented and managed new hardware material process (policy & procedures, procurement/planning)
• Hands on Planning and Production Control
• Directed S&OP Planning with Executive Team