WORK EXPERIENCE
SEMTECH INTERNATIONAL AG April 2005 – August 2020
(A Semiconductor Company)
Senior Buyer/Planner
Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Manages the company’s Purchasing, Supply Chain Management functions and activities in Asia.
Responsible for the company’s SAP roll-out for Procurement and maintenance of SAP’s PR/PO system.
Trains employees on SAP PR/PO System
Releases and formulates the company’s monthly capacity analysis and strategies including turnkey spending forecasts.
Conducts annual high-level negotiations with key partners to drive lower costs and faster cycle times.
Manages and documents the movement of the company’s fixed assets located in Asia.
Works with the receiving and logistics team to ensure that all receipts meet pricing targets and quantities agreed with the various suppliers.
AMI SEMICONDUCTOR PHILS. June 1998 – April 2005
(A Semiconductor Company)
Section Manager – Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Directs and formulates the company’s overall strategy in terms of assembly and test subcontracting.
Responsible for the company’s SAP implementation for subcontracting and planning.
Implements and monitors action items that will enable the company to be compliant with the Sarbanes-Oaxley requirements.
Responsible for the roll-out, implementation and maintenance of I2 on the subcontractor scheduling aspect.
Controls, forecasts and monitors the company’s overall subcontractor spend.
Conceptualizes and implements procurement strategies and controls to ensure materials and services are procured at the right price, meeting the required quality levels and delivered on time.
Works with existing suppliers for continuous improvement and develop new suppliers while keeping control of the supplier base. Develops and maintains alternate supplier program to minimize the risk of shortages and capacity constraints.
Senior Planning Specialist – Subcontractor Logistics
Oversees the management of all local and offshore (Asia) subcontractors to optimize cost, quality and delivery performance.
Works with the subcontractors to drive and support continuous improvement projects affecting cost, capacity, delivery and process simplifications that will complement the company’s competitive advantage.
Develops job competence among five (5) subordinates through internal training and external exposure to maximize employee productivity and sustain a high level of morale, initiative, flexibility and independence.
Works with the Corporate Customer Service, World Wide Planning, Package Engineering and Procurement to support new package development, subcontractor qualification and company-wide cost containment and reduction efforts.
Support Business Planning and Sales by driving loading and on-time delivery to avert customer line stops, reduce delinquency and meet customer delivery requirements.
Ensures that correct and accurate system transactions and corrections are made to produce an accurate, reliable loading plan for subcontractors.
Ensures that long-term action items are closed and implemented to automate the planning system and to minimize manual interventions.
Reviews process changes, deploys spec changes and updates certification requirements of the group.
Champions and manages the company’s over-all expedite system.
Planning Specialist – Production Planning and Scheduling
Responsible for developing device-level loading strategies and capacity allocation to smoothen the loading at Test on a weekly basis.
Allocates volume per subcontractor and determines the economic lot size before shipment transfer to balance costs, cycle time and inventory level.
Plans, projects assembly starts and measures compliance to the committed schedule to fulfill customer orders in a timely manner with due consideration to Test capacity.
Formulates loading schedules for Front Test production and measures them according to established priorities, critical ratio indices and customer requirements.
Assesses and determines the capacity allocation among several devices to develop a recovery plan for major delinquent product lines.
Evaluates and assesses the Front Test capacity requirements against the monthly revenue forecast to determine feasibility.
Responsible for determining the viability and rationale for purchasing additional testers, handlers and kits to support the monthly and quarterly revenue requirements.
Provides and coordinates weekly qualification requirements, material requirements and other reports to various support groups to guide them in their support activities.
Analyzes and improves the respective scheduling systems to effectively capture all scheduling needs.
Analyzes and determines the reasons for the early or overbuild of inventory to revise and improve various scheduling practices.
Planning Specialist – Asian Subcontract Management
Responsible for performance monitoring the cycle time of sub-contractors and delivery to ensure that they remain competitive and consistent with the company’s needs.
Monitors, controls assembly fast track lot requests to ensure that they are qualified, reasonable and cost efficient.
Expedites and monitors Work-in Process at assembly to guarantee on-time delivery.
Performs Quality Systems Audit to ensure the subcontractor’s consistency and compliance to quality requirements.
Support the Test group’s requirements relative to assembly to alleviate and relieve process bottlenecks.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Semtech SAP Roll-out for Procurement
Semtech SAP Capacity Analysis and Mapping
Semtech MV200 Refurbishment Program
Semtech Factory Loading Plan Implementation
AMIS-P SAP to Promis Integration Project
AMIS-P Expedite Management System
AMIS-P Expedite Management System Guidelines and Procedure
AMIS-P Front Test Scheduling System
AMIS-P Assembly Loading Schedule
AMIS-P Assembly Loading Guidelines and Procedures
AMIS-P Assembly Loading Procedure for Ceramics
AMIS-P Sort and Test Capacity Model
AMIS-P Assembly Costs Model
AMIS-P Tray Recycling Program
AMIS-P Tube Standardization Program
EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND
PERSONAL INFORMATION
1989 – 1994 De La Salle University, Manila
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering with a
Minor in Mechanical Engineering
Religion: Roman Catholic
Citizenship: Filipino
Civil Status: Married
Birthdate: April 19, 1973
Joseph Wendell L. Cereso
Blk 3 Lot 6 South Haven Townhomes, Yugoslavia St.
Better Living Subdivision, Parañaque City
Mobile #: +639**-******* E-mail: adh4ae@r.postjobfree.com