Business Management International

I have domestic as well as international buying with multi-modal logistics experience, utilized suppliers having certification standards to ensure processes are in place for reliability, quality, ethicalness, and reasonable costs. Worked with freight forwarders, trucking companies, customhouse brokers and air, ocean, and rail companies for any domestic/international logistics related issues, tracking and cost containment. Degreed in Business Management, International Business. Certified Six Sigma Green Belt.

Validated the process for accountability for new suppliers which are a necessary function of the procurement procedure. Obtained charge numbers for government based project funding. Encountered a sole supplier in the procurement process which was handled accordingly without prejudice. Tooling/molds accountability and management.

Managed technical drawings, Gerber files, schematics, engineering documentation, net lists, bills of materials for NPI (new product introduction) and ongoing manufacturability projects, signed off on ECN’s. Followed and walked through technical documents requiring approval, signed off by most departments before forwarding them onto the configuration management group for archival purposes along with a part number nomenclature or naming conventions assignment. This ensures correctness which includes revision levels, but there can also be engineering change orders that can eventuate. Such changes must be documented for completeness and becomes necessary for functionality, procurement, manufacturing as well as quality initiatives. Supported 20+ engineers in several different disciplines (RF, Digital, Networking, Geospatial, Mechanical, Electrical some having PhD credentials) for any and all procurement requirements for the OT-TES (Defense) project and other company requirements.

Strategic and tactical purchasing and procurement experience. Placed purchase orders quickly dependent on demand (Kanban, ROP, Rework, Standard, Framework), ensured purchase orders are acknowledged by suppliers while obtaining promise dates. Kept all purchase orders, RMA’s, QN’s/NCMR’s, debit memos, export/shipping documents organized and filed for easy retrieval and look back. Reviewed SCAR’s and CAPA’s. Resolved invoice issues and ensured that vendors are paid on time, obtained favorable payment terms with applicable discounting programs. Supported other buyers in cost saving initiatives, payment terms, and procurement endeavors to old, new, and future material requirements. Lead miscellaneous projects for supplier quality non-conformances and supplier corrective action to remediation, return to vendor for replacement, debit/credit issues or rework requirements. Provided purchasing with lot sizing, order quantities, flag (signal) levels inherent in a purchasing and production/material control capacity. Obtained certificates of compliance and signed resale certificates to suppliers for non-taxable material requirements. Conducted root cause analysis for issues related to Quality.

Advanced MRPII/ ERP information systems, software knowledge, and complex business procedure systems skills. Exceptional analytical and organizational skills. Effective written, verbal and presentation communication skills. Ability to learn quickly and prioritize appropriately to meet customer and company needs. Excellent customer service skills, detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment. Conducts all activities with the highest of integrity and ethicalness. Degreed in Business Information Systems and able to learn unfamiliar and new complex business systems and processes rapidly and resourcefully.

Diligent and hardworking and obligated to do whatever it takes to accomplish assignments by thinking outside the box, conducting root cause analysis, recognizing critical path issues and its impact, secure a fair and reasonable cost, and will strive to improve at all levels both internal and external to the organization.

Scheduled complex subassemblies, sales demand to production planning and shop floor for variable/firmed order time buckets and forecasts, and controlled and improved inventory turns consistent with management by objectives. Generated bar-coded work order release pick lists to kitting.

Implemented ECOs with engineering for BOM materials standardization, costing, maintenance, and worked with the engineers to improve Configuration Management best practices, essentially validating their documentation. Initiated comparative and process benchmarks, performance metrics, and/or balanced scorecards to suppliers if required. If there is a sole supplier where tool and dies might be of significant investment, this may require visits to the supplier based facility to actively engage in the manufacturing process for quality control or business process reengineering.

Years of experience within a logistics, production/inventory control, and materials planning/scheduling, supply chain management capacity within a manufacturing and engineering prototype environment to include aerospace/defense, biotechnology, medical devices, consumer electronics, and high-tech electronics manufacturing organizations utilizing computer integrated manufacturing, continuous and discrete manufacturing approaches to forward/backward scheduling of resources, necessitating the use of firmed and variable forecasted master planning of objectives.

The goal is to mitigate production constraints and scope creep, improve on-time deliverables, resolve AR/AP issues, improve cash flows, remain within the project’s reasonable budget for firm fixed price and cost plus type contracts, vendor relationship/management, and to provide total customer satisfaction.

Accomplishments:

Company # 1: Hitachi Home Electronics America, Inc.

Accomplishments / Recognition: Reduced overall inventory levels by 60% which impacted limited warehouse space both in San Diego/Tijuana facilities and inventory carrying cost. The caveat to this was that the supplier already committed materials and resources to fulfill orders, so it was initially a build-up of inventory, but restructuring due dates (push out/pull back) alleviated the build-up over time. Worked with accounting to enhance administrative and paperwork flow efficiency on 2% 10 Net 30 day’s accounts setup.

Company # 2: Sungmoon America, Inc.

Accomplishments / Recognition: Spearheaded cost cutting initiatives to generate much needed cash flow in a cash crunch situation by forming strategic alliances, negotiated favorable payment terms with suppliers saving 17% overall, improved cash conversion cycle from a Net 45 Days to a Net 30 Days A/R aligned with our A/P terms, reduced carrying cost by minimizing safety stock levels to two weeks rather than six weeks or more, and increased firm order time buckets from one week to two weeks (tried to increase to four weeks), enabling our financial situation to improve significantly for our Tijuana Mexico plant.

Company # 3: Kyocera Mita America, Inc.

Accomplishments / Recognition: Awarded recognition plaques and bonuses as a team effort for zero inventory discrepancies during three fiscal periods. No other regions (3) had ever accomplished this in history.

Company #4 San Diego Research Center/Argon ST Network Systems

Accomplishments/Recognition: Implemented a bill of materials costing structure for an engineering and development builds and sub-assemblies. Managed and assigned internal part numbers nomenclature to suppliers to include on engineering drawings and schematics in a prototype engineering environment for configuration management validation. Worked 13 consecutive weekends and overtime hours to bring the design and acquisition phase to the next PQ, IQ, and OQ level testing and implementation phase for C4ISR systems, signal detection, communications, and wireless Defense applications.

Company #5 Becton & Dickinson (BD) formerly CareFusion

Accomplishments / Recognition: Reduced $500,000 in A/P invoice issues alone, some very complex in nature, and $3.7M total for our tactical buying team in one week. Recognized by our Director of Manufacturing and all department heads for the Infusion group. Was recently assigned engineering Quality Notices (QN’s) management after only five weeks of being hired. Conducted Technical Requirement Reviews with suppliers, Quality Engineers, and Quality Assurance personnel for stop hold RoHS receiving issues initiative, alleviating constraints to production continuity. Applied continuous pressure to quality assurance FDA mandates, currently to two non-conforming production lot receipts and from additional past remediation effort issue discretions which resulted in the supplier issuing our company $111,000+ in a company check addressed to myself to where I forwarded it on to the appropriate party. Helped transition our Accounts Payables to India through accounting personnel training. Identified cause to our quality engineers for defective and rejected lots for ISO13485 quality standards through root cause analysis for housing pin insertion points criteria.

Company #6 Meggitt Control Systems North Hollywood

Accomplishments / Recognition: Alerted management on duplicate and triplicate (QMS) quality clauses entry records on Meggitt Control Systems binding purchase order documents. Upon further investigation through ERP SAP findings from system administration analysis, found over 7,700-part number inconsistencies that were potentially sent out to all suppliers within the supply chain in a given timeframe. Potentially saved the company substantial remediation and/or compliance recertification efforts had an ISO9001/AS9100 audit occurred and disclosed to the governing board registrar oversight committee for FAA and DOD applications. Facilitated transitive trade compliance through expediting with overseas suppliers from China, Hong Kong, and Italy.

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