Senior Manager Resume Alviso, CA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Accomplished, dynamic professional with extensive portfolio of success driving large - scale, complex projects to bring to market new technologies across the computer and television media industries. Specialist in computer hardware platform & system development, set top box & other TV devices, OTT apps, mobile device integration, software, and UI publishing. Finely honed leadership, strategic thinking, relationship building, negotiation, communication, interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Career history of delivering business-critical technology development and deployment projects on time and within budget.
Proven ability to communicate, collaborate, and negotiate effectively with professionals at all levels of an organization.
Technically skilled in: Mac & PC, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, SAP, Unix, ServiceNow, Jira, Bug Tracking Apps.
Dedicated to identifying and leveraging opportunities to drive process improvements across all assigned areas.
Skilled in leading, mentoring, and training global, internal, remote, and cross-functional teams of up to 300+.
Adept at prioritizing, multi-tasking, and managing concurrent projects in fast-paced work environments.
Big-picture strategist, with solid hands-on tactical execution and project management skills.

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Confidential, Alviso, CA

Senior Manager

Responsibilities:

Led cross-functional team in implementing processes and developing tools for Confidential 's next generation user interface and UI publishing; drove efforts to continually improve processes and reduce hours required for publishing.
Drove launch of first-ever pizza ordering app for television, which gained recognition in Wall Street Journal and on Confidential ’s Late Night Show.

Confidential, Cupertino, CA

Senior Engineering Program Manager

Responsibilities:

Promoted to serve as Engineering Program Manager within Mac Systems organization; charged with leading development of new product features, prototype builds, scheduling, and budgeting. Traveled to Asia and Europe to plan and manage parts and builds.
Reported directly to Director, Engineering iMac. Led small core design teams of 7 and directed larger extended teams as required.
Administered multimillion-dollar budgets. Negotiated engineering specifications and pricing to meet per unit goal cost, and wrote contracts.
Drove schedules of all integrated parts for prototype builds, final production launches, and bug scrubs.
Traveled to sites in Asia and Europe to resolve issues, and facilitated weekly and daily sync-up calls with vendors.
Directed development of CPU based hardware, and managed all reporting and analysis of performance and business metrics associated with creating Confidential ’s CPU.
Led cross-functional teams including Hardware, ASICs, System Software, Product Design, Graphics, Reliability, Marketing, and Operations in integrating new parts.
Launched first-ever flat panel all-in-one computer 1st, 2nd and 3rd generations, 2nd-generation iMac mini, 2nd-generation 17" PowerBook, and 2nd-generation G4 Tower.
Developed and implemented worldwide packaging for Confidential ’s new consumer product look, featuring white box with full-color individual custom color boxes in fruit colors.

Global Supply Base Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Reported directly to Senior Director of Global Supply Base Management. Led all global supply base management for packaging, print, media and "In-Box" items for consumer products.
Sourced and qualified new vendors, negotiated pricing, quality, and warranties, established and maintained budgets for each product line, and established a mandatory supply base for print and packaging corporate needs.
Conducted vendor visits, reviewed quality of samples, managed QBRs, and worked with Product Management and Industrial Design to continually improve designs.
Reduced supply base costs 30% for single initiative implemented upon Tim Cook's arrival to Confidential by negotiating lower volume pricing.
Earned promotions up from Coordinator of Marketing & Training, Senior Project Specialist Sales, and Senior Procurement Specialist during this timeframe.