Supply Chain Management
Resume:
Bruce Ragsdale
Email: abpqc7@r.postjobfree.com
Address: **** ***** ******* **
City: Round Rock
State: TX
Zip: 78681
Country: USA
Phone: 512-***-****
Skill Level: Director
Salary Range: > $250,000
Willing to Relocate
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SUMMARY:
Highly experienced professional leader with 20 years of progressive experience in operations management. Experience includes a strong background in engineering, global materials and supply chain management, project/program management and manufacturing management including product life cycle, asset productivity and risk management. Extensive experience in building, deploying and managing high performance teams. A team player and natural leader with an intense drive for personnel and organizational development, business process reengineering and implementation. A recognized work ethic, and a multi-cultural global perspective.
MANAGEMENT SKILLS:
* Project Management * Product life cycle * JIT Processes * Maintenance and reliability implementation
* Staffing Negotiation * Customer Support * Oracle & SAP * LEAN MFG, Six Sigma, DMAIC
* Sourcing & Supply Chain Management incl. SSQA * Change Management * Statistical Process Control * ISO 9000 & 14001
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Applied Materials, Singapore
Sr. Director / Asia Expansion 2007 - Present
Responsible for the selection, qualification and development of a comprehensive supply chain capability in Asia. Responsibilities include:
* Design, construction, staffing & training for a 300,000 sqft manufacturing facility in Singapore. Organization sized at 300 - 500 employees. (Volume based)
* Interface and negotiate with the Singapore Economic Development Board for the optimization of Applied Materials regional presence.
* Design & execute optimized product road maps consisting of manufacturing process design & supply chain strategy (in-sourcing vs. out-sourcing decisions).
* Sourcing selection, product transition & consolidation of US operations.
* Design and development of optimized world wide logistics processes.
* Manufacturing Operations and over all order fulfillment.
* Lead Asia infrastructure development from concept through construction, staffing, product transitions & ISO 9000 & 14001 certifications.
Applied Materials, Austin, Texas
Director / Manufacturing Operations 2004 - 2007
Direct a comprehensive 24/7 organization responsible for supply chain execution, product assembly, integration & test of semiconductor capitol equipment in excess of $1,000,000,000 per year.
* Designed manufacturing and supply chain management strategy shift that decoupled AMAT products and enabled the introduction of an outsourced contract manufacturing delivery strategy. This shift enabled a merge in transit delivery model and the introduction of an Asia based supply chain.
* Conceptualized and implemented comprehensive asset productivity (LEAN) program resulting in a 10% increase in equipment availability, 20% improvement in team productivity, 50% reduction in overtime costs and exceeding all production goals.
* Product life cycle management responsible for R&D interface, DFX review and approval and overall manufacturing volume release through end of life execution.
* Manage a direct staff responsible for 300+ production technicians, production cell leads and a global staff of professionals including process engineers, equipment engineers, sustaining engineers, Material Procurement and logistics specialists. Staff resides in the US, India & China.
* Manage projects for the development of comprehensive maintenance management systems including Master Equipment List, Work Order Management system, Failure Condition Analysis, FMEA analysis, reliability improvement and risk mitigation strategies.
* Served as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) support for process development, personnel development, ISO 9000 documentation, and training development projects.
* Manage and negotiate staffing requirements and budgets for a comprehensive manufacturing organization
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued):
Applied Materials, Austin, Texas
Sr. Manager / Materials ( Supply Chain Management) 2001 - 2004
Led a global materials organization in the execution of:
* Capacity Planning
* Material Planning and Forecasting
* Global Procurement
* Global Sourcing Selection (Including pricing and contract negotiation)
* Supplier Development & Continuous Improvement (SSQA)
* Master Scheduling
* Configuration Management.
* Change management including ECO primary planning and inventory control
* Product transition into internal Manufacturing and external suppliers. (In-source / Out-source optimization)
Applied Materials, Austin, Texas
Operations Support Manager, Etch Product Business Group 1997 - 2001
Managed an organization consisting of 3 Managers, 22 Project Managers & 4 Order Administrators. The organization was responsible for all aspects of Customer Order fulfillment including:
* Critical manufacturing priority decisions to ensure the proper allocation of resources.
* Coordinate globally the alignment of the business forecast.
* Purchase Order Management (including booking & revenue recognition)
* Interfaced daily with Marketing & Customer representatives to negotiate and establish build requirements.
* Performed root cause analyses and developed corrective action plans for delivery and quality issues.
* Led business process re-engineering team to improve business unit gross margin.
* Delivery & Revenue commitment and execution
* Led project to transition the sales and marketing organizations from Legacy based Management System to an integrated Oracle based ERP system.
* Managed the execution of all aspects of change
* Led project team tasked to integrate a newly acquired company into the Applied Materials infrastructure melding the two corporate cultures to achieve optimal results.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued):
Applied Materials, Austin, Texas
Special Projects Manager/Senior Manufacturing Project Manager 1995-1997
Managed staff project engineers. Responsible for the configuration engineering and on-time delivery of semiconductor manufacturing capital equipment projects in excess of $30,000,000 per fiscal quarter.
* Managed a matrix workforce to ensure the successful execution of the order fulfillment process for delivery of semiconductor capital equipment.
* Conceptualized, developed and implemented -expert- team to perform customer site engineering analyses for complex semiconductor equipment upgrades and retrofits including maintenance and spare parts requirements.
* Planned and managed budget in excess of $1,000,000 per year.
* Managed changes during project life cycles including coordination with both internal and external customers.
* Created and executed both short and long-term corrective action plans.
Manufacturing Technologist /Final Test Engineering 1994-1995
Accountable for the functionality and troubleshooting of $60,000,000 of semiconductor wafer processing capital equipment.
* Developed functional knowledge of both Etch and Chemical Vapor Deposition systems.
* Utilized material management system to allocate and track material used in system testing.
* Conducted extensive failure analysis and developed short and long-term corrective action plans.
* Performed process improvement as member of business process re-engineering teams.
Production Plus, Phoenix, Arizona
Manufacturing Engineer 1992-1994
Developed and improved assembly and production methods used in manufacturing electronic circuit board and cable assemblies.
* Designed custom tooling for use during short and medium run contracts.
* Maintained high level of quality control throughout the assembly cycle.
* Performed test and troubleshooting prior to shipment.
EDUCATION:
Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree
Emphasis in Technology/Project Management
University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona
Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering Technology
DeVry University, Phoenix, Arizona
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