Manager Supply Chain

DAVID G. GUERRA

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202-***-**** mobile; abo1av@r.postjobfree.com

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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