SONIA SIORDIA

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Murrieta, CA **562

Cell: 951-***-****

Email: acdli0@r.postjobfree.com

ENGINEERING ADMINISTRATION / PRODUCT MANAGER / PRODUCTION MANAGER

Extensive experience in Engineering Administration and Production Management. Managed all

phases of product life cycle from quick turn R&D prototypes to release to production, to end-of-life.

In depth knowledge of Engineering document control, production flow, inventory management and

MRP. Excellent team, project management, supervision, coordination, and communication skills.

Initiative to solve problems, increase visibility, and reduce cost.

Expertise includes:

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Engineering rapid prototype purchasing Product cost and margin analysis

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New product introduction Product data report analysis

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Revision / document control Product forecast / MRP

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ECO process and coordination Contract manufacturing coordination

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Bilingual- English and Spanish MS Office Excel/Word/Powerpoint

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Agile, Peoplesoft/Oracle, MINX LEAN MFG-Kaizen, JIT training

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Harris Broadcast -formerly Harris Corp & Pacific Research & Engineering, Vista, CA (1989- 2014)

Engineering Administration / Product Specialist (1999-2014)

Sole person responsible all engineering administrative support, including purchasing for rapid

Prototypes, document control, and production support. Handled product introduction from

prototype to production release in a fast-paced engineering environment. Created bills of

materials, purchased all materials for prototypes, communicated and coordinated changes with

contract manufacturers and production. Managed and established cost for all materials.

• Consistently met deadlines to introduce products at conventions and to market.

• Achieved high accuracy in product data in database with quality prototype results.

• Developed a central records system to manage revision controlled documents.

• Regularly performed component engineering analysis

• Routinely handled end-of-life component challenges.

• Met target product cost and margin goals.

• Developed custom reports to analyze product data including sales activity, sales backlog,

inventory turns, purchasing activity that was critical to day to day product decisions.

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Production Manager / MRP Planner (1994-1999)

Managed staff of 25-30 assemblers. Responsible for scheduling production through the factory to

assure customer sales orders shipped on time. Prioritized work flow as needed. Performed all

new hire interviews and employee evaluations.

• Analyzed shop productivity and efficiencies to assure standard run times were met.

• Coordinated quality control meetings to minimize cost impact as a result of scrap.

• Handled daily troubleshooting issues to maximized productivity and meet goals.

• Reduced work orders needed per project by 75% by designing and implementing new

process to eliminated non-value-added activities.

• Managed and maximized cross training efforts to improve labor capacity.

• Coordinated with Purchasing to determine lead-times, minimum-order-quantities (MOQ)

and economical-order-quantities (EOQ) for all materials.

• Held meetings with Sales to evaluate forecasts to increase inventory turns and minimize

inventory balances while meeting sales order demands.

• LEAN Mfg-KanBan, JIT training

Stockroom Supervisor (1989-1994)

Supervised stockroom staff of 10 employees. Assured work-order kits were picked for

Production’s daily needs. Transacted inventory through our system as raw materials and finished

goods. Responsible for accuracy of inventory.

• Oversaw inventory cycle counts and physical inventory for Auditors.

• Maintained a 94% + inventory accuracy levels.

• Created inventory stocking locations throughout the shop to minimize discrepancies.

• Implemented policies that assured all incoming receipts were stored in proper inventory

locations daily.

• Implemented FIFO policy (First in-First-out) method to improve inventory disciplines.

• Reduced “damaged goods” inventory by proper dispositions by 60%.

EDUCATION

High School Diploma

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