Manager Supply Chain

Miguel A. Castro

San Jose, CA

408-***-**** (C) ************@*******.***

SENIOR MANAGER

Over 16 years of supply chain, supplier and project management experience within the consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications industries. Distinguishing strengths include:

* Commodity Management

* Price/Contract Negotiations

* Strategic Supplier Management

* Performance Measurement

* NPI Program Management

* RFP Generation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SanDisk - Milpitas, California

SR MANAGER – CORPORATE PROCUREMENT 2007-2012

Oversaw a global supply chain with an annual spend of $250M. Managed NPI material procurement. Negotiated contract and pricing terms. Monitored and measured EMS supplier performance quarterly. Directed business allocation decisions for contract manufacturing services and critical material purchases.

* Achieved 4-7% cost reductions on a quarterly spend of $30M every quarter.

* Executed 8 contracts worth $100M for EMS services over a 4 year period.

* Supervised NPI materials purchasing staff in the US and China.

* Developed and implemented a procedure to formalize new supplier additions to the AML.

* Systematized supplier scorecards through the implementation of a web based tool.

* Led the enhancement of an Agile-to-SAP interface program which ensured bill-of-material data integrity.

Force10 Networks (acquired by Dell) - Milpitas, California

SR MANAGER – OPERATIONS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 2006-2007

Acted as Operations’ program management focal point on an ODM project. Directed Operations’ new product introduction teams from definition through product launch.

* Managed 3 concurrent product releases within one year.

* Communicated program status to product teams, engineering and executives on a weekly basis.

* Implemented product introduction processes that ensured time-to-market objectives were met.

* Identified schedule risks, managed scope/resource changes, and monitored progress against plan.

* Supervised program management staff.

SUPPLY BASE MANAGER - OPERATIONS 2002-2006

Oversaw the IBM foundry relationship for ASIC development and production along with other strategic materials – optics, IC’s and memory. Managed all key supplier metrics - cost, quality, delivery, support and compliance.

* Achieved over $12M in cost reductions over a 3 year period.

* Led contract negotiations on an ASIC development project that resulted in $5M of cost avoidance.

* Influenced R&D design standards and strategic component source selections.

* Developed forward cost projections to support Marketing product pricing activities quarterly.

* Managed an annual spend of $15M and achieved consistent cost savings qtr-over-qtr.

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RedBack Networks (acquired by Ericsson) - San Jose, California

SR. COMMODITY MANAGER – OPERATIONS 2000-2002

Oversaw the procurement of ASIC, Optics and Memory commodities. Managed all key supplier metrics - cost, quality, delivery and support.

* Managed an annual spend of $20M and achieved cost savings qtr-over-qtr.

* Improved material lead times from 22 weeks to 12 weeks while on allocation.

* Influenced Engineering acceptance standards and component source selections which resulted in a 20% savings on a $3M spend.

* Developed and implemented processes for supplier evaluation and improvement.

Hewlett Packard – Cupertino, California

STRATEGIC BUSINESS MANAGER – NETSERVER DIVISION 1999-2000

Acted as the division’s focal point on HP/Intel alliance for ongoing business and new projects. Oversaw the operational aspects of the procurement of Intel CPU’s, boards and systems.

* Oversaw an annual spend of $60M.

* Led the development of the Net Server business strategy and relationship with Intel.

* Updated Marketing on Intel product roadmaps to ensure correct timing of HP product launches.

* Conducted quarterly business and engineering reviews between the HP/Intel teams.

GLOBAL COMMODITY MANAGER – CORPORATE PROCUREMENT 1996-1999

Negotiated worldwide plastic resin price and supply agreements for the Inkjet, Printer and PC product lines. Developed and implemented global sourcing and cost reduction strategies for HP product lines.

* Garnered HP consumer businesses over $30M in cost reductions over a three-year period.

* Oversaw an annual spend of $110M and achieved cost savings qtr-over-qtr.

* Conducted price and contract negotiations in Europe and Asia quarterly.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Windows, Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and the Internet

EDUCATION

Bachelors Degree in Business Administration – California State University at Long Beach

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