Mountain View, California, United States
Senior manager with extensive supply chain, production planning and project management experience. Driven to excel in process simplification and productivity maximization. Execution orientated and performance driven. Emphasis on team building, cross-functional collaboration and dependability. Highly motivated and energized. Positive can do approach to all situations.
Reviewing and analyzing suppliers to ensure they meet Mainspring's standards for product life cycle support, technology, quality, responsiveness, delivery, and cost. Building and managing effective supplier relationships to source, validate, and manage the supply of various complex electrical components and assemblies, with the goal of delivering a cost-effective supply chain. Developing commodity strategies, identifying preferred suppliers, and implementing localization and optimization strategies in support of Mainspring's volume production factory. Negotiating pricing and vendor strategies throughout the product lifecycle, from initial R&D to long-term agreements for volume manufacturing. Managing suppliers and negotiating price and contract agreements to deliver budgeted/forecasted cost reductions by assigned commodity. Leading DFM and should-cost analysis projects for cost improvements, driving and reporting monthly cost reduction negotiations with each supplier. Coordinating commodity management meetings, publishing sourcing strategies, and conducting supply and demand analyses to ensure ample resources and capacity. Tracking and improving supplier performance in terms of quality, delivery, and cost to improve speed and flexibility in the supply chain. Monitoring global commodity industry trends and analyzing suppliers' strategies, key commodity cost drivers, and economic factors. Partnering with incumbent suppliers to develop new technologies and support new product development initiatives, and leading the resolution of material shortages and other commercial issues. Supporting other supply chain special projects as needed.
Managed Operations team for all NPI activities related to next generation products. Early engagement with Product Management and Engineering teams to drive DFM requirements into development of products. Manage Contract Manufacturer operations - responsible for scheduling, production, execution and delivery of prototype and pilot builds. Ensure all quality metrics hit / exceeded during prototype / pilot builds. Drive data driven quality improvements throughout NPI production. Collaborate with Supply Chain and Engineering to ensure timely implementation for all change orders. Drive proper disposition of materials at contract manufacturer as well as distribution centers. Implemented Readiness Review meetings to ensure all metrics hit / exceeded before moving on in release schedule. Responsible for contract manufacturing capacity to support multiple product families. Develop product bundling process at distribution centers for customer shipments.
Itron acquired Silver Spring Networks Jan 2018. Managed $90M+ international contract manufacturer supply chain with 97%+ on time delivery (OTD) and 2.5%+ annual cost reductions. Responsible for all planning, forecasting and operational metrics. Set annual metric goals for technology, quality, delivery, cost and environmental. Responsible to hit quarterly revenue targets. Drove monthly operations reviews and quarterly business reviews to assess progress to annual goals. Worked with Product Management, Smart Grid services and customers to define product requirements, negotiate quotes and contract terms. Drove monthly forecast cycle for accuracy and review monthly capacity planning cycle with contract manufacturer to ensure shop floor capacity supports demand. Oversaw record annual shipments of 6M+ units in 2020 despite Covid impacts to supply chain.
Manage operational relationship with contract manufacturer as well as 3rd party suppliers of smart grid devices. Responsible for all planning, forecasting and operational metrics with contract manufacturer. Work with Product Management, Smart Grid Services and customers to define product requirements, negotiate quotes and contract terms, and manage order fulfillment to meet quarterly revenue objectives and on-time-shipment.
Responsible for deployment, training and support of the portfolio & project management tool (Clarity PPM tool from CA Technologies) across Cisco Operations. Negotiated multi year multi million-dollar enterprise wide licensing agreement. Contracted with and managed a team of consultants to assist in tool deployment. Developed and built team of portfolio tool subject matter experts. Team has trained over 500 end users. Provide technical tool support. Work with portfolio managers to manage Operations portfolio. Team assembles Quarterly Business Reviews to show health of portfolio and project status. Provide portfolio scenarios based on business priorities.
Developed and built team to address growing inventory concerns due to economic conditions. Worked with planning teams to analyze demand forecast vs. supply forecast – cancel excess orders / negotiate extended delivery times on inside lead time orders. Team reduced total inventory 25% in 2 quarters. Team developed and implemented the Strategic Inventory and Inventory Planning Processes. Processes allow Cisco to better manage and forecast inventory projections, meet stated inventory dollar and turns targets.
Oversaw the day-to-day operations of various product lines. Managed both local production as well as remote outsourced production. Key accomplishments: growth / expansion of CRS-1 platform – 50% Y/Y growth – Sept 2006 to Nov 2008. Managed $25M facilities expansion project at Flextronics Austin – project completed on time and under budget – June 2008. Project lead for outsource move from San Jose to Austin, TX of all final assembly and test operations – July 2007. Received Manufacturing Excellence award for Excellence in Partnership for the relationships built within business unit team as well as Solectron – June 2007. Developed and implemented Last Time Buy process for MGX platform – Mar 2006. Additional responsibilities: Responsible for all NPIE activities with business units. Successful scheduling and build of proto types. All product lines consistently exceeded corporate goals for on time ship (98%), customer lead times (various), inventory accuracy (98.5%) and quality metrics (various). Managed annual budgets in excess of $5M.