Management Manager

MATERIALS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Materials Execution, Supply and Commodity Management, Supply Chain Re-engineering

Leading materials teams supporting manufacturing operations in demanding cost and schedule environments. Change agent with lean and process improvement experience.

Process improvement: Created B2B based process to generate 30% buyer efficiency improvement and eliminate stock-outs. Replaced spread sheet planning with ERP to standardize process and eliminate planning errors.

Supplier management. Improved supplier delivery performance more than 20% by establishing a focused supplier measurement and management process that also built stronger relationships.

International/outsourcing experience:

oLed Brazil materials team. Established new business processes to improve business performance, reduce late customer orders and significantly improve customer satisfaction.

oCreated and led centralized buying team in Mexico supporting U.S. operations to reduce procurement costs 20%.

oMaster planned materials activities in U.S. and Costa Rica during in-source transition.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GALT MEDICAL, July, 2013 to present

Materials Manager, planning, purchasing, kitting and warehousing functions.

Implemented MRP planning to replace spread-sheet based management. Improved scheduling, production visibility and reduced planning errors by30%. Eliminated non-moving work orders.

Established MRP approach for management of outsourced and in-sourced products.

Identified and executed materials project actions supporting transition of some manufacturing operations to Costa Rica. All IT capabilities and personnel training in place when manufacturing operations began.

Revised U.S kitting processes to improve flow, status visibility, and reduce errors.

SPECIAL PRODUCTS AND MFG., INC., October 2011 to May 2013

Materials Manager, Responsible for purchasing, planning and warehousing functions,

Supported 50% year over year growth.

Improved material management processes: Changed warehouse issuing processes to improve inventory control and accuracy, including implementation of kanban point of use stocking for standard parts to reduce stock errors by 10%.

Standardized and automated setting of finished goods reorder points to improve consistency, reduce inventory and prevent stock-outs.

Led the creation and development of Supply and Operations Planning (S&OP) function to improve demand supply balance and improve understanding of business dynamics.

INDEPENDENT AND CONTRACT CONSULTANT, Austin and Arlington Texas, August 2008 to September 2011

Made specific recommendations to small businesses to improve business operations and profit.

Analyzed causes of excess inventory in a rapidly growing company in the cellular industry. Identified strategies to reduce days of supply by 20%.

FLEXTRONICS (AEROTEK), Louisville, Kentucky, May – July 2008

Purchasing Manager, Flextronics Service Center, Led procurement team.

Standardized procurement processes to reduce performance variation and enable cross training.

Introduced ABC stratification and other basic materials management concepts to better focus resources.

SOLECTRON/FLEXTRONICS, Austin, TX April 1996 – December 2007

Solectron was a contract manufacturer supporting major electronic brands at both board and configured levels.

Director, Americas Region Supply Chain Business Processes Team (2003-2007), Region scope (U.S., Canada, Mexico and Brazil). Leader for common procurement and planning tools and processes in the Americas.

Created and led regional strike team of planning, procurement and data mining experts.

Managed regional “planned vs. shipped” tracking to assure site inventories balanced vs. customer orders..

Created centralized procurement group in Mexico supporting U.S. sites to reduce operation costs 30%.

Also led U.S. centralized buying team for site common parts. Purchased 25,000 SKUs across North American locations. Reduced operational costs by 10%, improved corporate negotiating leverage.

Purchasing Manager, Austin Operations, Austin Texas, 1996 – 1998, 2000 - 2003

Managed site procurement team. (60 employees procuring >$1.0B per year for Austin Electronic Manufacturing Services business).

Created supplier management processes to support demanding customer cost and schedule targets.

oImplemented formal supplier management and review process. Enabled stronger supplier relationships, improved supplier overall performance and enhanced supply assurance.

oReduced inventories through the use of supplier managed inventory and automated B2B programs that reduced lead times and costs of operations by 30%.

Covered critical customer requirements during multiple allocation periods for key components.

Developed commodity team leaders with strong supplier management and understanding of markets.

Materials Manager for Brazil Operations, Sao Paulo Brazil 1998-1999

Emergency assignment to lead and train materials team at a new site.

Corrected significant business process issues, including shortage management, order processing and follow-up to achieve objectives of customer delivery performance and operations support.

Upgraded materials team leadership and provided training in standard materials processes.

Significantly improved customer satisfaction, and successfully grew revenue during the period.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration University of Texas, Austin Texas

Bachelor of Arts, Plan II Honors Program University of Texas, Austin Texas

Leadership Development Program Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, CO.

STRENGTHS

Business Assessment Strategic Planning Tactical Execution

Strategic Supply Chain Management Commodity Management Lean Manufacturing International Experience Cross-Cultural Team Building Procurement Reengineering Multi-site Operations Cost Reduction/Avoidance Cycle and Lead Time Reduction Coaching/Mentoring MRP S & OP

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