Danbury, Connecticut, United States
Supply Chain and Manufacturing professional with 7+ years of experience in manufacturing environments, specializing in shop floor scheduling, material planning, MRP/ERP execution, WIP control, and cross-functional coordination. Proven ability to align production plans to capacity constraints, support on-time delivery (OTD), reduce past-due work orders, and drive continuous improvement.
Launched and operate an authentic Vietnamese food truck, managing end-to-end operations including budgeting, inventory, supplier relations, menu development, and customer experience, resulting in strong community engagement and a loyal customer base.
• Led production-related projects supporting manufacturing efficiency, capacity utilization, and delivery performance across multiple facilities. • Created and tracked project plans aligned with production schedules, budgets, and operational constraints. Key Impact: Improved production visibility and workflow alignment, supporting on-time delivery and lean objectives. • Partnered with Operations, Engineering, and Quality to improve throughput, ergonomic efficiency, and production visibility. • Developed reporting tools and dashboards used to monitor production output, workflow, and bottlenecks. • Supported global work instruction standardization across 15+ manufacturing facilities, improving consistency and execution.
• Managed short-term and mid-term material planning to support production schedules and customer delivery commitments. • Maintained MRP accuracy, inventory integrity, and material master data in SAP. • Collaborated with Production, Logistics, Quality, Engineering, and Warehouse teams to resolve shortages and prevent line stoppages. • Analyzed WIP, demand fluctuations, and capacity constraints to support schedule adherence and production continuity. • Facilitated cross-functional meetings to expedite critical orders and resolve execution issues.
• Manage a portfolio of over twenty domestic and international vendors. • Ensure supply and demand accuracy and integrity, inventory efficiency, and troubleshoot material shortages. • Host and contribute to inter-department meetings to analyze and resolve critical logistical situations. • Maintain Material-Master data and other settings and act in case of discrepancies. • Maintain proper SAP, MRP and Financial control. • Collaborate with PP, LSM, Warehouse Associates, PE, for material effectiveness.
• Plan work schedules with technicians and chambers. • Coordinate material with Planner and Production. • Collaborate with Quality, Fabrication, Assembly and Program Managers. • Cleaning and handling high value optics in cleanroom environment. • Operate coating chambers, load/unload high value optics.