DAVID G. GUERRA
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202-***-**** mobile; ****.*.******@*****.***
PROFILE
- 14 years of planning, procurement and program management experience in manufacturing
- Extensive experience in operations including purchasing, supply chain and project management
- Significant process improvement experience including concepts of Six Sigma training
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Outstanding negotiation skills as well as customer relationship building
- Proven organizational skills displayed through timely execution of project tasks
- Flexible, ethical, dependable, detail oriented and efficient
- Highly motivated, creative and resourceful
- Adaptable to new environments while remaining goal-focused
- Exceptional presentation skills
- Written and verbal Spanish fluency
SKILLS and ABILITIES
Project Management Program Management
Operations & Business Management Supply Chain Management
Business Development & Account Management Customer Support Management
Bid & Proposals Management Inventory & Production Planning
Master Scheduling Material Procurement
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
DRS Technologies, Inc. / Finmeccanica
Strategic Material Proposals Manager December, 2010 September, 2011
Managed a proposals team within the procurement organization in charge of quoting the material costs for strategic
bid efforts. The group was responsible for producing timely, accurate, complete and competitive material project
quotes that were compliant to internal and external regulations. Worked closely with Capture Manager, Business
Development and Bids & Proposals to map a strategy and execute the desired plan. Developed new,
comprehensive, tools to manage the entire bid process including the executive management approvals of
multimillion dollar proposals. Coordinated the Supply Chain effort to obtain the best possible value while meeting
the program s requirements and goals.
Program Manager April, 2009 November,2010
Managed a $20MM program of manufactured military ground systems products (including electronic equipment for
BAE System s Bradley Fighting Vehicle and other prime Department of Defense contractors). Responsible for the
profitability and sustainability of the program as well as customer s satisfaction.
- Ensure program performance meets contractual requirements and expectations.
- Develop methods and procedures to accomplish project s scope of work and coordinate with factory personnel
responsible for specific functions to perform the contract s requirements.
- Coordinate quotes with Bids and Proposals and develop appropriate budgets.
- Other responsibilities include pricing-audits, fact-finding, cost scheduling and negotiations.
LaBarge, Inc.
Program Manager March, 2008 February, 2009
Responsible for the overall health of $12MM account with Schlumberger as well as other service providers to the
oil and gas industry. Managed entire life-cycle of new and ongoing manufacturing projects. Starting from
engineering and design support at quoting, through contract negotiation and New Product Introduction (NPI), to
successful production implementation.
- Product margin responsibility for 10 different lines through careful monitoring of Cost of Goods Sold (COGS).
- Led the customer service team members to provide maximum possible customer satisfaction.
- Built stronger customer relationships based on clear communication, trust and an honest drive to meet their
evolving needs.
- Implemented a customer satisfaction measurement system to allow the division to track customer s perception and
implement process improvements based on their suggestions.
- Developed a tracking system to better manage the sales backlog to enable a new level of communication between
the customer and the factory.
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Sanmina-SCI, Inc.
Program Manager / Materials Planner January, 2003 February, 2008
Ensured program success of diverse technology platforms of semiconductor assembly modules in a contract
manufacturing environment with total annual revenue of over $35MM.
- Responsible for quoting new and existing product lines, managing customer demand signals and disseminating
information throughout the organization to meet or exceed customer s expectations.
- Daily collaboration with all other departments of the division to lead a concerted effort towards process
improvement and maximum efficiency while providing complete customer support.
- Provided feedback to customer on reschedules, engineering change orders (ECOs), pricing and new product
development and implementations (NPIs).
- Drove cost reductions through the product s life cycle to maximize return on investment (ROI).
- Tracked measure and improve on-time delivery (OTD) to the customer.
- Increased product line s inventory turns by running a lean operation and advocating for just in time (JIT)
deliveries or vendor managed inventory (VMI).
- Decreased excess and obsolete (E&O) material by tightly managing customer demand signals and carefully
scheduling change request as well as driving costs back to the customer.
CoorsTek, Inc.
Production / Materials Planning Lead February, 2000 December, 2002
Advanced materials and production planning for the materials organization of CoorsTek, Inc. (division merged with
Sanmina-SCI through acquisition).
- Responsible for the master scheduling of the facility in a highly competitive lean manufacturing environment.
- Executed extensive ERP data analysis and what-if scenarios to make recommendations on possible cost savings
and schedule commitments.
- Created numerous system reports to help clean or maintain system data as well as help guide other departments in
the factory.
Customer Support Supervisor April, 1997 January, 2000
Managed an ongoing project from inside main customer s location at Applied Materials, Inc., which included the
oversight of JIT deliveries of $40MM worth of annual sales.
- Represented the company on-site at customer s factory location while responsible for the inventory planning and
procurement of all contracted material from within the customer s organization.
- Duties included highly visible war-room style meetings with VPs and Directors to quickly resolve line-down
situations to prevent line shut-downs of main customer s operation.
- Managed a highly praised small team of field service technicians that provided around-the-clock support to
products after sales.
- Acted as business liaison between the two companies requiring utmost clear communication of goals and
expectations from high levels of management at both corporations.
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
- Planning, Project, Engineering and Reporting Software (e.g., Manugistics, Agile PLM, Discoverer)
- ERP Software and MRP Systems (e.g., Oracle, JDA Peoplesoft, Infor Mapics, QAD MFG Pro)
- Microsoft Office suite products (e.g., MS Word, MS Access, MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint, MS Publisher, MS
SharePoint, MS Visio, MS Project, and MS Excel (with concepts of VBA or Macros)
- Numerous other business software and online tools (e.g., IHS Global Insight, Google docs, Lotus Notes,
WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Adobe Acrobat, etc.)
EDUCATION
2012 (expected)
Masters in Business Administration
Penn State University, State College, PA
Bachelors of Business Administration 2007
St. Edward s University, Austin, TX
Dean s List: GPA 3.9/4.0
RELEVANT TRAINING
- Government Contracts and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2010
- Six Sigma Training (Green Belt) 2007
- Manugistics (Advanced Planning System) 2006
- Supply Chain Management (Introduction to CPIM) 2005
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