James M. Pacheco

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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688

C: 919-***-****

acfcdt@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

A dedicated, technology-oriented, and visionary operations leader and Lean Sigma black belt with comprehensive expertise in operations analysis, off shoring, quality assurance, supply chain, S&OP, program management, and technology transfer, looking for a permanent position. Develops solid, lasting relationships with international and domestic partners, driving the global expansion of products. Performs extensive business case studies to optimize the efficiency of processes while enhancing the knowledge base of personnel. A strategic and creative planner who consistently discovers new ways to succeed.

EXPERIENCE

DEPENDABLE DISPLAYS, Cerritos, California

Operations, March 2013 – October 2013

Responsible for all for all operational activities including production, supply chain, order management, logistics, and graphic proofing. Introduced lean manufacturing concepts including Kanban, value stream mapping, and pull systems. This has led to improvements such as:

o Improvement in production capacity of 40%

o Reduction of material waste of over 25%

o Improvement of outgoing quality of 10%

STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS, Mahwah, New Jersey

Supply Chain Operations, 2011- 2012

Responsible for all Supply Chain Operations for implants and surgical instruments.

Responsibilities include centralizing all planning and purchasing operations for Mahwah campus and the development of the instrument services purchasing group. Managing 120M annual spend across implant and surgical instrument products. Lead major improvement projects such as:

o Development of S&OP process for implant products and surgical instruments

o Integrate ASCP MRP process with Oracle ERP system

o Development Supplier Excellence Program

o Finish Goods reduction program

o Back Order elimination program

Reduced back orders from 6.1M to 1.9M in a 4 month time frame. While reducing past due POs from 6.4M to 3.9M during same period.

MERRIMAC INDUSTRIES, CRANE AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONICS, West Caldwell, New Jersey

Quality Assurance and Supply Chain Management, 2008 – 2011

Responsible for all QA and Supply Chain activities for the West Caldwell and Costa Rica facilities. Responsibilities include leading all efforts in Supply Chain, Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma process improvement programs as well as Merrimac’s ISO9001/AS9100 quality program. Established cost reduction and improvement programs such as:

o Reduced the material costs 25% annually by reducing supply base, established volume purchase agreements, and establishing a supplier excellence program.

o Established electronic purchase management system in ERP system, with electronic signature and vendor rating system

o Led Kaizen event reducing incoming material aging from 28 days to 3 days

SIX SIGMA CONSULTING

Senior Consultant, 2006 – 2008

Provide consulting and business coaching services in Six Sigma, Lean Sigma, leadership, and organization development for companies in the distribution logistics, bio-tech, high tech, and light manufacturing industries. Provide consulting in continuous improvement program implementation, by using lean concepts to improve manufacturing operations, inventory control, supply chain, and quality management system development.

SIERRA MONOLITHICS INC., Redondo Beach, California

Operations and Quality, (Consultant)

Developed the operational and supply chain infrastructure, as well as the operation leadership team for the BWA, Optical, and Microwave product lines.

o Restructured the military RF module, microwave, and Optical RFIC manufacturing lines for lean manufacturing, high yield, low cost operations, and developing quality management system including ISO 9001 registration. Over 4 month span have increased capacity by 35% while reducing manufacturing overhead by 20%.

o Established a supply chain organization focused on a cost reduced strategic supply base management strategy. This has resulted in over 2M savings in material cost of sales, representing 10 % of annual gross revenues.

o Teamed with Engineering in the development of NPI life cycle process resulting in shorter time to market, reduction in metal spins, and improved metric reporting with foundry (IBM).

o Developed Quality Management System for ISO 9000 Registration.

TEKELEC INC., Morrisville, North Carolina – 1995 - 2006

Strategic Operations and Global Supply Chain Management

Established company’s strategic operations in China, India, and Brazil. Developed business case analysis for developing international operational function, presenting results to executive team for approval. Created order fulfillment relationship with Chinese EMS partner. As director of signaling operations, oversaw manufacturing operations for Network Signaling Group and Communication Solutions and Services Group business units based in North Carolina.

Led manufacturing, supply chain, quality assurance, repair and maintenance, inventory control, production planning, and operations engineering organizations. Established and managed project team to transfer operations from Calabasas, California, to Morrisville, North Carolina, without disrupting service or revenue stability. Trained new personnel while achieving two consecutive record quarters in shipments and revenue. Created separate line for custom manufacturing and new product introduction, enabling the seamless transition of new products into mainstream manufacturing process.

o Established strategic supply partnerships in Brazil, China, and India

o Instituted project plan to establish process and policy to meet requirements of Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment directive and continue product shipment to European community.

o Collaborated with logistics team in France to develop take-back policy of electronic equipment from EC customers as well as waste management process with local environmental company in France.

Supply Chain Management, Calabasas, California,

Held responsibility for purchasing, quality assurance, document control, and reliability functions at California headquarters. Developed corporate purchasing organization into supply chain oriented organization. Built key supply partner relationships and transformed local consigned contract manufacturing environment to global full turnkey operation, resulting in an annual cost savings of over $4M.

Quality Assurance

Developed company’s ISO 9000 quality management system. Established reliability engineering program, including ESS testing program. Grew quality organization from two-person team to full service organization partnership with research and development, customer service, and manufacturing divisions, resulting in a 99% on-time delivery record with 99% out-going quality.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

TELEDYNE ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES, Marina Del Rey, California, Senior Quality Engineer, 1991-1995. Managed quality program for medical devices. Established the testing requirements for microelectronic hybrids used in pacemakers and heart defibrillators.

AMPLICA, INC., Newbury Park, California, Senior Program Manager, 1990-1991. Served as primary customer contact on major manufacturing programs, oversaw the development, manufacturing, and order fulfillment of radio frequency microelectronics. Major customers included GE, Westinghouse, Loral and Texas Instruments.

TELEDYNE ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES, Marina Del Rey, California, Senior Program Quality Engineer, 1987-1990. Quality engineered the radio frequency hybrid manufacturing operations, including provided sustaining support and primary customer interface. Performed customer contract reviews and flow down of quality and reliability requirements.

HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, El Segundo, California, Supervisor, Product Assurance, 1986-1987. Supervised 20 inspectors and 20 test technicians in the receiving inspection and test department.

Project Engineer, 1985-1986. Served as project engineer of the Laser Range Finder of the TOW missile project on the M1 Bradley Tank program. Oversaw the development and manufacturing of the laser range finder, including establishing test requirements, vendor qualification and manufacturing schedules for the project.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, 1983-1985. Served as technical arm of the material division and procured product for the electro-optical manufacturing operations. Supported contract administration by traveling to suppliers and resolving technical issues affecting the contract fulfillment process. Held responsibility for all active electronic components including integrated circuits, hybrids, transistors, diodes and cable assemblies.

Component Engineer, 1980-1983. Held responsibility for developing specification requirements of electronics used in the space and communication satellite programs. Identified and specified components that met the application requirements of the design. Teamed with Reliability Assurance to perform failure analysis of discrepant components.

EDUCATION

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, Los Angeles, California

Major: Hughes graduate fellow program – Physics,

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, California

Major: Biochemistry

CERTIFICATIONS

Villanova University: Six Sigma Black Belt Master Certificate

Villanova University: Lean Six Sigma

Villanova University: Six Sigma Green Belt

Duke University: Delta Leadership II

Duke University: Delta Leadership I,

AMA Executive Management Course: Leadership, Managing Managers

AMA Executive Management Course: Critical Thinking,

COMPUTER SKILLS

Oracle ERP Systems, Microsoft Office Suite, Project

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