Supply Chain Program Management

KIP KYLER

Ellensburg, WA ***** 360-***-****

***.*****@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kip-kyler-16b15715

Materials and Manufacturing excellence

With experience in Supply Chain management, Program management and Manufacturing management, I will keep things running smoothly and on time with standardized processes, tool usage, actionable indicators and proactive communications. All this experience is with Board and Systems manufacturing, including everything from purchasing, warehousing, and production.

• Supply Chain Management • Cross-functional team • Operations Management

• Supplier management • Process Improvement • Program management

EXPERIENCE

Sr. Materials Program Manager – Intel Corporation (17 yrs)

Develop and execute material plans for launch of Test Interface Units (TIU)

Manage strategic materials (long lead, IP sensitive, joint development, high value)

Work with suppliers to negotiate price, lead time, engineering samples

Work with engineers and commodity managers to select parts for quality, cost and availability

Manage vendor relationships with strategic suppliers: machined and sheet metal

Coordinate onsite supplier business review meetings with key suppliers

Manage Second Source efforts to ensure cost competitiveness and supply assurance

Production Manager – Intel Corporation (2 yrs)

Manage the daily operations of the Systems Manufacturing production floor

Track & deliver on factory performance indicators

Monitor and control spending to meet quarterly budget

Staff and manage 6 production supervisors, with a total of 200 Technicians

Designed and delivered several supervisor training sessions to address HR legal issues

Implemented a factory Process Control System that included operator ownership

Production Supervisor – Intel Corporation (4 yrs)

Supervise a team of 32+ nonexempt employees to produce competitive results

Staff, Train, Performance Manage, and Develop employees to set and meet goals

Completed a transition/staffing plan to coordinate a department move to another state.

Production Supervisor – Epson (6 yrs)

Responsible for 3.5 million dollars’ worth of capital equipment and maintenance budget

Managed factory layout project - design and implement the factory floor layout

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ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Warehouse Management - Warehouse Manager – Intel (5 yrs)

Manage the daily warehouse operations of the raw goods warehouse

Deliver on warehouse performance indicators, Gross Unit Variance, Net Dollar Variance

Monitor and control spending to meet quarterly budget and headcount requirements.

Lead the warehouse team through the implementation of SAP

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

A.P.I.C.S.

Basics of Supply Chain Management Nov. ’97

Inventory Management certification review course Feb. ’98

Master Planning certification review course May ‘98

Intel - U ’94 - ‘98

Managing Through People, all MAI courses, Situational Leadership

Project Management I & II, Statistical Methods, Intel Improvement Strategies (instructor)

All ERT & IRT courses, Ergo-Factory / Body Mechanics

Panasonic Machine Training ’90 - ’92

SMT & Through Hole, Paste printing, Placement with vision correction, Re-flow oven

Oregon Institute of Technology ’84 - ‘86

Courses taken towards Electronics Engineering

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