Supply Chain Continuous Improvement

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Seasoned Procurement, Subcontract Administration, Supply Chain Management professional, with a demonstrated history of working in the military test equipment, and both the military and commercial telecommunications industries. Skilled in Six Sigma, Strategic Sourcing, Manufacturing, Management, and Continuous Improvement. I am in pursuit of an opportunity to showcase the gained knowledge and experience to assist an organization to successfully achieve their financial and operational goals and objectives.

EXPERIENCE

PAF Consulting Service - Business Process Consultant – January 2019 to Current Valley Center, CA

Reviewed material staging operations for local well drilling company.

Created and deployed process improving job readiness that facilitated job site teams get on job site earlier, resulting in the reduction of wasted time and an increase in the field personnel productivity.

TrellisWare Technologies, Inc., -Supply Chain Manager – December 2006 to January 2019 San Diego, CA

Managed the complete material acquisition process; working with Quality and Engineering to identfying/selecting the complete supply base for goods and services at the onset of various programs through program closeout.

Established KPI’s to help manage the supplier’s quality, cost and delivery performance, while identifying opportunities to improve processes and enhance communication between parties.

Created and implemented the Weekly Open Order Validation Process to proactively verify shipment and establish an escalation path for items that have push out deliveries.

Supported Buyer/Planners team members in cross functional weekly Sales /Production /Master Production Schedule Review meetings.

Mentored team members by encouraging skill development and career enhancement, performance management, retention, and job satisfaction.

Working knowledge of FAR/DFAR and ITAR requirements.

Ability to negotiate freight rates with carriers and manage any issue that may come up.

Served as the company’s Subject Matter Expert, (SME), acquisition of goods and services.

Reduced on-hand inventory levels by 57.1%, from $2.8 million to less than $1.2 million.

- Implemented Vendor Managed Inventory, KANBAN, and Supplier Stocking programs.

- Sold off or scrapped excess and/or obsolete inventoried material.

- Converted from utilizing a EMS material consignment model to EMS full turn-key model.

Oversaw the multi-phased implementation of the QAD/EAM ERP System;

- Including the Plan-for-Every-Part activity

- Reducing component and sub-assembly inventory levels by shortening manufacturing lead times and improving availability of finished goods.

Maintained Master Production Schedule based on Sales/Contracts booked orders and forecast sales.

LightPointe Communications, Inc. - Supply Chain Manager August 2005 to July 2006

San Diego, CA

Transition the manufacturing supply base of Free Space Optical Link-heads from Dresden, Germany to San Diego, CA.

Within a nine month period, expanded the supply base's capability to support an increased sales growth from $5 million to $20 million annually.

Qualcomm/Kyocera Wireless Corp., Inc.- Sr. Procurement Manager July 1995 to August 2005

San Diego, CA

Managed the Electro-mechanical; Mechanical; Accessories and Packaging commodity teams; comprised of purchasing professionals; responsible for the development, implementation, and execution of strategic plans to support mobile phone platforms in a dynamic high volume and fast paced commercial engineering and manufacturing environment.

Utilizing Oracle’s EBS and Agile systems; managed supplier relationships between KWC/QC and its globally diverse supply base.

GDE Systems, Inc. - Senior Subcontract Administrator May 1986 to July 1995

San Diego, CA

In accordance to FAR/DFAR regulations; planned; scheduled and contracting of technically complex, high dollar sub-system subcontracts s

Oversaw the administration of the outsourcing of circuit card assemblies utilized in the Automated Test Systems for C-17, B1B, B2, F16, F111 aircraft, the SINCGARS Radio and M1 Tank Programs.

Participated in several successful CPSR audits.

EDUCATION

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

University of Redlands

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Lean Six Sigma Operational Metrics Seminar

The Transformation of Lean

Contractor’s Purchasing System Review Course

Anti-Bribery Compliance Training

Lean Initiatives; Continuous Improvement

ISM CPSM Exam Study Series

APICS- Root Cause Analysis, The Way Toyota Does It

Certified Scrum Product Owner

Professional Lean Certification Training Yellow Belt

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