Sacramento, California, United States
• A dynamic Sourcing professional with more than 15 years proven industries experience and project delivery in the areas of Commodity Management, Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Quality Engineering and Supplier Quality Management. • Ensures that the robust design of the Supply Chain Network drives capabilities to manage increased complexity of growth, delivers top quality and cost efficiencies in supply and procurement and manufacturing of BlackBerry sub-assemblies. • Management and delivery of complex product programs from NPI Management, Program Launch to mass production working with global suppliers, including extensive project management, supplier assessment and effective negotiation. • Improving delivery performance globally, reducing costs through the whole Supply Chain network. • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to deliver and communicate effectively at all levels of an organization. A track record of delivering complex projects on schedule and to budget using a balance of strategic thinking and “hands-on” practical approach. KEYS SKILLS and ABILITIES: • Excellent Analytical Skills constantly adding value to the business. • Strong foresight to avoid future problems arising by taking preventative actions. • Positive decision maker utilizing knowledge and skill to assess risk and impact to business. • Ability to adapt quickly and effectively to change in accordance with business needs. • Excellent at planning and organizing through prioritizing tasks and assignments. • Sees the bigger picture by integrating and synthesizing information from different sources. • Procurement and Performance Management of Outsourced Services Suppliers • Supplier relationship leadership • Supplier Selection • Should Cost Analysis • Cost Reduction based on Should Cost Model • Global Capacity Analysis • Materials Quality and Risk Management • Negotiation / Influencing • Cross-cultural communication • Inventory Control
• Supplier Quality Development – Responsible for Amtrak New High Speed Train Interiors Suppliers - Alstom FRP-Painting-Gluing Technical Expert – Alstom Supplier Quality Lead Auditor - Alstom International Group. Perform supplier evaluation and qualification per product of the identified suppliers by sourcing management. Monitor supplier’s performance with other functions (Sourcing) to ensure that products and services provided by suppliers are in accordance with the quality standards and requirements, Development of strategic suppliers and Implementation of improvement actions in supplier’s quality system and manufacturing processes. Conducting regular supplier’s audits and participating in business reviews. Critically evaluate the quality performance of suppliers, recommend and implement appropriate development actions. Implementation of supplier development process in order to achieve the Quality requirements including training and coaching. Ensure QCD (Quality, Cost, and Delivery) targets achievement. Secure that corporate targets are reached through the global organization involved (SQPD, SQA, Engineering, and Sourcing). Active participation to commodity strategy and panel elaboration; Investigate, analyze and resolve supplier’s quality problems by conducting audits, analyzing trends and leading continuous improvement projects. Perform Supplier FAI in collaboration with the SPQD Team to validate and qualify the supplier process before the start of mass production.
• Commodity Manager Leader within BlackBerry Global Commodity Management team and primarily responsible for the following commodities: • Keypads, Dome Sheets, NFC Antenna, LDS Antenna, Stampings, Switches, Metal Die Castings Assembly Operations and FPCBA Assembly Operations. • Managed $300M USD Purchasing value per year. • Managed High Volume projects 6M / month (Bold 9790, Curve 9360, Gemini 8520) • Managed BlackBerry Flag Ship projects (Bold 9900, Torch 9810, P’9981, P’9982, P’9983,Q10 and Passport). • Managed overall BlackBerry keypads from ESI to Mass Production and through the overall life cycle of the program. • Managed BLS Can (Board Level Shield), LDS and MID Antenna, Fasteners, Flexes Assemblies, Mg and AL Die Castings, CNC Machining, Dome Sheet, Switches, Connectors, Thermal Spreader. • Managed Suppliers: Ichia, Silitech, SinCo, Alps, Panasonic, SMK, Citizen, Laird, Bi-Link, Foxlink, PSM, Molex, Tyco, Wistron. • Part Price target setting and Cost reduction based on the Should Cost Model. • Inventory Control at both Supplier Side and EMS Side. • Liability Negotiation • Lead recovery plans and execution when global supply falls short of demand. Drive continuous improvements and efficiencies across the whole supply chain and ensure full support throughout the service phase of the product life cycle. Monitor supplier’s financial health, evaluate supply continuity risks and develop plans to mitigate the risks. • Manage Supplier’s performance in Service Operations through the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) and Supplier Performance Index (SPI) process. Partner with the Commodity leaders in Operations to negotiate contractual terms in support of Service Operations business requirements in the areas of cost, continuity of supply, quality, and warranty. Drive suppliers to enhance their infrastructure in support of our developing business needs. • Experience in dealing with Outsource Manufacturing or Service Model with Overseas suppliers.
Member of the Commodities team to interface with peers and suppliers, helping to increase supplier efficiencies by driving improvement initiatives. • Improved supplier performance by analyzing and documenting manufacturing and secondary processes and procedures resulting in recommendations for improvement. Actively participate in manufacturing Design of Experiments (DOE) and process capability studies and utilize statistical techniques to assist suppliers in the development and execution of process control systems. • Successfully progressive and proactively taking on a variety of roles in order to master all aspects of commodity, sourcing, and supply chain management to optimize all functional areas of global supply. • Stepped up and embraced the challenge of NPI, Supply Chain Operations and successfully managed the ramp up on time in working with engineering and Quality. • Knowledge of Six Sigma, and technical understanding of supply base manufacturing processes; ability to understand complex technical product issues. • For the Antenna commodity related to the LDS / MID technology, managed the whole process related to the addition of two new suppliers on board (Laird and Wistron). • Managed, develop and implement strategies and goals for assigned commodities which support department objectives for quality, cost, and supplier development. • Keypads and Dome Sheet Commodity: Global sourcing and management of both commodities; develop and present year on year strategies for each commodity. • Ongoing monitoring of category spend and savings reports; develop and agree Contracts and stock agreements with suppliers. Regular reviews with suppliers to agree and monitor KPI’s; • Familiar with VMI. Managed the whole process related to the addition of a new Keypads suppliers to RIM AVL (Approved Vendor List).
• Directly responsible for the quality and throughput of the BlackBerry Products based on assigned programs. • Planned, proposed, and led experiments to produce timely and accurate analyses used to drive design, development, and Supply chain decisions. • Assessed suitability of a fabrication technology for a given part design. Plan validation exercises to demonstrate initial feasibility as well as manufacturing capability. • Reviewed progress of development activities at supplier locations and serve as point of escalation for critical process related issues. Assign follow up action items, as needed, to drive ongoing improvements to process capability. • Analyzed results of validation exercises and provide technical recommendations. • Acted as lead SQE for New Product Introduction to drive process development and capability assessment activities for product category. • Reviewed part design documentation to ensure alignment with process capability. • Assigned specific tasks and work with RIM Approved suppliers list to support process development and/or data gathering activities. Set clear goals for results and provide timely reviews of performance throughout programs • Established validation procedures to determine acceptance of tooling into development builds as well as mass production. • Reviewed supplier tool design, process flow, equipment selection, DFM, PFMEA, Control Plan and DOE proposals. Identify shortfalls and corrective actions to ensure design compliance. • Worked with supplier engineering teams to map out process development exercises, secure resources, and commit to schedules in line with program goals. • Assessed supplier readiness to support build events and production ramp. Identify potential execution issues and provide recommendations to mitigate risk. • Ensured processes and suppliers are performing as expected during production ramp, immediately addressing escalations.