Supply Chain Management

D AVID R. ROCKHOLD

**** ** ****** ***** ~ Corvallis, OR 97333

541-***-**** ~ *****.*.********@*****.***

S U P P LY C H A I N / M AT E R I A L S M A N A G E M E N T

Results-oriented supply chain / materials management / business development professional adept at creating and

implementing processes and procedures that improve productivity, decrease costs and increase profitability. Proven

track record of working across organizational channels and collaborating to achieve objectives. Known for meeting

costs, quality and availability while delivering the highest level of client relations excellence.

Areas of Expertise:

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Expediting Inventory Management Capital Equipment

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Negotiations NCM / Obsolete Management

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Supplier Selection Tooling

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Quotation Requests Logistics

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Technical Expertise:

PC, SAP, UNIX, Apple, Mozilla, Oracle, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Great Plains

“David approaches each challenge with enthusiasm and creative problem solving. He’s a team player with excellent

business acumen and is always willing to take on responsibilities and development opportunities.”

Royal Cleland, Sr. Supply Mgr, Sun Microsystems

SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Reduced maintenance costs by 15% by renegotiating with local vendors.

Accelerated discrepant inventory from over 30 days to 10 by converting to on-line tools and aligned processes

to corporate best practices.

Global Supply Chain experience with sources located in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Operations/Supply Chain Manager, CEDAR TREE TECHNOLOGIES, Corvallis, OR 2014 – Current

Leadership of Operations, Supply Chain and a Business Development team member.

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Start up experience: Key contributor in managing Cedar Tree Technologies ramp up to a full time operation.

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Work to understand customer and market requirements for products and product performance.

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Established inventory stock levels and solid supply chain to meet delivery metrics to customers.

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Responsible for approving, scheduling and releasing of purchase orders and assembly work orders.

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Works with Executive Team to understand key financial metrics and how supply factors effect it.

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Attendance in person meeting with suppliers and customers for both Juniper and Cedar Tree.

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Buyer-Planner II, Trimble Navigation Limited, Corvallis, Oregon 2012 – 2014

• Responsible for planning and managing the inventory and supply of selected parts and commodities in a timely

and efficient manner.

• Production scheduling, ECN implementation, purchase order management, supplier performance, cost

tracking, and inventory turn performance.

• Identify and report operational deficiencies while utilizing MRP for production scheduling, ECN implementation,

and customer order commitments.

• Generate Purchase Orders to Trimble Suppliers and manage open Purchase Orders for on-time deliveries.

• Monitor sales orders and backlog.

• Resolve discrepancies with logistics, pricing and accounting issues with supplier.

• Lead effort to resolve quality issues and coordinate return of material to supplier.

• Drive suppliers to meet delivery and quality goals.

• Develop a supply chain that minimizes inventory while maintaining product availability.

• Interface with Quality, R&D, Manufacturing, Program Management, SCM, Commodity Management, Sales,

Accounting, and Director of Product Operations - ensuring business area and supply chain needs are met.

DAVID R. ROCKHOLD – PAGE TWO

P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E Continued

Purchasing Manager, KNAUF INSULATION GmbH, Shasta Lake City, CA 2010 – 2011

Generated purchase orders, resolved purchasing related problems and ensuring deliveries were made

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according to schedule.

Inventory Management: Daily monitoring of raw materials, store room and receiving dock to resolve

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quality/quantity discrepancies with suppliers.

Interfaced with Production Planning and Production Manager to best optimize factory capacity, raw material

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sources and shipping goals.

Assisted with and recommended invoice resolutions with A/P.

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SUN MICROSYSTEMS, OR and CA 1995 – 2010

Buyer-Planner III, Customer Systems Integration, Hillsboro, OR, 2004 – 2010

• Served as operations interface with key OEM accounts: Xerox, Wall Street and Telco ensuring orders were

scheduled, built and shipped to department metrics.

• Managed internal and external manufacturers, 3p supply chain on delivering product to consistently supporting a

15 day lead time book-to-ship goal.

• Tracked and updated 3p parts in internal databases to ensure accuracy of Bills of Materials (BOM), drawings,

manufacturing part numbers, approved vendor listings and Engineering Change Orders (ECO) to avoid delays in

production releases.

• Daily inventory management – monitoring consumption, adjust supply accordingly to meet current demand and

MRB review to optimize inventory.

• Outsourced high volume/low dollar inventory to national vendor-management inventory company.

• Consistently managed Inventory, Expense and Tooling orders are delivered on time.

Buyer-Planner II, Servers, PCBAs, Memory, Power Supplies & ASICS, Hillsboro, OR, 2000 – 2004

• Worked with key commodities on both Sun's Starfire and Starcat Platforms to manage $20M quarterly inventory

meeting production targets.

• Advised senior management on critical part shortages, extended lead times and quality issues which potentially

impact product releases to the production floor.

• Participated in product NPI and EOL teams to meet production pilot builds and identify parts for recovery.

• Collaborated with vendors to streamline returns and improve return processes .

• Drove suppliers to meet lower costs, improved quality and availability goals .

Buyer-Planner II, Beaverton, OR, 1999 – 2000

• Coordinated procurement on common and supplier parts required for Starfire production which included NPI,

expense and tooling charges .

• Streamlined regional ordering and procurement process for Oregon and California including collaboration with

material owners and suppliers.

• Managed inventory levels in CA, OR, Scotland & Holland sites on parts owned .

• Met Excess and Obsolete goals as directed by senior management .

Global Materials Analyst, Hard Disk Drives, Newark, CA, 1998 – 1999

• Managed worldwide procurement and inventory of assigned hard disk drive line; actively participated in global

commodity team providing required input and assisting in new product implementation process.

• Facilitated transfer orders, material transfers, EOL and Excess and Obsolete materials to meet deadlines .

• Issued and maintained Forecasts, Purchase Orders, and delivery schedules to suppliers .

• Communicated to suppliers the global and site-specific supply requirements .

• Reduced aged MRB from 3 months to 3 weeks resulting in 500K savings .

DAVID R. ROCKHOLD – PAGE THREE

Financial Customer Service Representative, Newark, CA, 1995 – 1998

• Managed order activity in sales for higher education assigned accounts and ensured sales support requirements

were met in a timely and effective manner.

• Collaborated with Order Management, Revenue Management, Area Business Managers, and Logistics to help

meet quarterly financial goals.

• Supported backlog management and logistics to achieve on time delivery .

E D U C AT I O N / T R A I N I N G / P R O F E S S I O N A L A S S O C I AT I O N S

BA, Radio-Television-Film, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Cross-Cultural Communication

Problem Solving & Process Improvement

Effective Presentations and APICS Foundations

Member, Institute for Supply Management, American Purchasing Society

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