Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
An accomplished and global production planning/supply chain management professional with over 20 years of progressive and in depth experience spanning materials management, production planning and inventory control in the network testing, monitoring, software, utility software, education software and consumer products industry sectors. A recognized production planning resource who is known for being well organized and methodical in the critical master scheduling process. Supply chain professional with significant and proven skills in executing difficult product rollouts and processes in very competitive and margin driven international market sectors. Demonstrated experience in developing and rolling out advanced MRP and KAN BAN operating systems that reduces end to end lead times while minimizing inventory levels. Known as the “Go To” asset within the supply chain management team who can immediately address unique customer delivery challenges by resourcefully analyzing and solving the logistics involved. Strong interpersonal communication skills assist in translating complex and technical master scheduling data to multi-functional teams within the organization. C O R E C O M P E T E N C I E S: • Global supply chain professional • Oracle MRP Expertise • MRP/KAN BAN expertise • Continuous process improvement driven • Turn key manufacturing acumen • Commodity management acumen • Inventory control management • Critical path/product launch expertise • Multi-site manufacturing experience • Complex logistical problem solver
Supply Chain Management and Inventory analysis for multiple aerospace, commercial and medical customer accounts. Managed customer expectation for several high volume low mix customer accounts.
IXIA CORPORATION- Calabasas, CA $500MM A leader in the high performance network testing and monitoring solutions sector addressing the communications industry. • Resoucefully managed post acquisition delivery plans for IXIA wireless and core legacy product lines meeting corporate forecast resulting in a seamless integration of inventory and part number uniformity. • Appointed by management to act as the key liaison with 3rd party suppliers to support corporate build plan meeting both domestic and international requirements. • Partnered directly with fulfillment team to ensure OTD of parts to support sales order shipments generating revenue and improving on time delivery to 95%. • Led the charge in executing the set up of bonded inventories with distribution reps and manufactuers for optical cables and transceivers supporting the effective corporate build plan. • Partnered with global suppliers to ensure OTD of finished assemblies to support the build plan resulting in consistently hitting the sales forecast. • Collaborated with the engineering team to resolve manufacturing issues and help drive and improve the engineering change orders/ECO process including manufacturing sites. • Successfully achieved an aggressive corporate mandate of a supply chain management goal of 15% overall cost reduction achieving annualized cost savings in 2013 of $1.1M.
• Key driving force in acting as the critical liason between 5 contract manufacturers and the corporate operations team in driving an important corporate strategic initiative. • Drove and analyzed the engineering process data report ensuring a seamless EOQ purchase outcome supporting the printed circuit board out processing cycle and finished assemblies procurement to synchronize delivery in alignment with the master scheduling and corporate build plan. • Key member of a multi-functional team responsible for driving and executing new product rollouts resulting incremental revenues supporting corporate revenue targets. • Successfully synchcronized logistics with key suppliers to secure availability of all parts to drive Kan-ban delivery plans.
• Resoucefully managed the supply chain to support a fast growing and fluid assembly process of products at 3rd party manufacturing sites in excess of 1.6M retail units per year. • Partnered with the Vice-President of Operations to successfully source, implement, test and roll out the new JD Edwards ERP system. • Methodically improved and upgraded the system item masters, branch plants, costing and bill of material records for all components, finished goods and sub-assemblies supporting the seamless rollout of the JD Edwards ERP system. • Spearheaded the logistical process of new product rollouts supporting the critical supply chain for direct customer accounts including; Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Best Buy, Office Depot, Office Max, Staples and Fry’s Electronics. • Collaborated with senior management to ensure all bill of materials were accurate and approved prior to launch date. • Developed strong relationships with suppliers to ensure artwork, masters and print for new components were approved supporting time sensitive product launch dates. • Drove the Master Production Schedule process ensuring synchcronized and time sensitive build dates are in alignment with 3rd party assembly house to support sales forecast and customer demand.