CHRIS COOKE

**** ****** ***, **** **** CA ***** * 650-***-****

Email: x8xpv5@r.postjobfree.com

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GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

MATERIALS MANAGEMENT/PLANNING & FORECASTING/NPI/ORDER FULLFILLMENT

CONTRACT MANUFACTURING MANAGMENT/TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT/ LOGISTICS

RESULTS/SOLUTIONS

Work history demonstrates continued growth and effective problem solving through teamwork and strong communication in dynamic Start-up, OEM and Contract Manufacturing environments.

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Professional Experience

Manufacturing Operations Commodity Manager Optics, July 2011 – October 2011

(Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA. Contract Position)

• Worked directly with Fujitsu, Oclaro and Sumitomo to clear material shortages to meet build and revenue plan

• Managed Optics for Contract Manufacturing partners Jabil Penang and Celestica Thailand

• Provided weekly updates to global commodity team

Materials Manager/Facilities Manager Sept 2007 – June 2011

(LensVector Inc. Mountain View, CA an OEM for optical lens based on wafer scale technology)

• As the first operations hire, built a successful supply chain/operations department from the ground up

• Established a JIT/KANBAN inventory system that met a unique set of material requirements based on forecast and experiments

• Ran weekly material build readiness meeting analyzing raw material availability against build plan, tracking and closing critical actions

• Commodities managed: Thin glass substrates, Polyimide, Solvents, UV Adhesives, Photolithography chemicals, Precious Metals

• Managed all consumable supplies for a thriving production manufacturing line driving efficiency

• Placed, confirmed and managed thousands of purchase orders

• Created and managed custom part numbering scheme and KANBAN cards for internal use insuring effective inventory levels

• Negotiated and purchased semiconductor manufacturing equipment both local and internationally and owned all aspects of the transportation logistics

• Saved over $100k in capital equipment negotiations in the last 18 months

• Managed the procurement and installation of a class 1000 modular clean room working with the City of Mountain and contractors bringing up the Mountain View facility

• Managed and performed all shipping and receiving activities including outgoing and incoming international shipments

• Worked with freight forwarders to establish proper import and export documentation including: ITN, SED and EIN/Tax identification number insuring smooth transactions through Customs.

• Conducted monthly and annual inventory counts interfacing directly with the financial auditors

• Worked with the Director of Quality to define appropriate incoming inspection procedures and practices

• Purchased hazardous materials working in conjunction with the Safety Officer insuring proper storage conditions

• Managed inventory with FIFO methodology

• Strived for ISO 14000 Global Green Standard

Sr. Material & NPI Specialist/Sr. Buyer/Planner July 2004 – Sept 2007

(Ditech Networks, Mountain View, CA)

• Manage tier one CM for NPI and sustaining products issuing purchase orders in accordance with forecast and MRP managing all aspects for a successful supply chain

• Develop and report CM performance standards and present at QBRs

• Operations Cross-Functional Team leader presenting weekly status of the PVP program with Power Point slides

• Proficient in results oriented Supply Chain Methodology developing strategic supplier partnerships

• Establish appropriate safety stock levels for finished goods and strategic long lead-time items enabling the company to react quickly to unforeseen market demand

• Monitor the cost, schedule and performance for all aspects of Ditech's major subcontractors

• Excellent planning and organizational skills with particular strength in problem solving, multi-tasking, team building and process streamlining

• Results-Driven NPI material leader working closely with engineering and operations to meet all milestones of prototyping through production

• Collect monthly and quarterly metrics on ECO impact, excess and obsolete, open orders, on time delivery, rolling forecast and annual spend

• Manage MRB and RMA and EOL product life cycle buys

Supply Chain Specialist/Sr. Buyer/Planner Sept 2003 – Jan 2004

(Intuit Inc, Mt. View, CA) Contract position

• Manage supply chain to insure forecast met volatile market demands during the peak and off-season

• Directed thousands of Internal Customer orders insuring critical delivery schedules were met for sales and marketing

• Increased internal and external customer satisfaction and efficiencies by developing support structure reporting

• Coordinate logistics requirements to ensure optimal material availability for launch shipments

• Collaborate and coordinate with sales and marketing to identify roadblocks to forecast increase and resolve

• Minimized excess and obsolete material by reacting quickly to market downturn

• Conducted daily production call with supply base

• Validated quarterly Bill of Material costs for 60 plus SKU’s and input costs into Oracle

• Issued and maintained purchase orders in accordance with forecast output

• Maintained effective working relationship with turnkey partners

Sr. CM Material Specialist Feb 2003-May 2003

(Procket Networks, Milpitas, CA. Laid off in May, 25% work force reduction)

• Managed materials to support FCS builds at Celestica including highly tactical daily activities

• Drove strategic materials on excel based supply/demand MRP report insuring build plan was met

Commodity managed Sheet Metal, PCBs, Power Supply’s, Cooling Trays

• Recognized that Celestica was not using their global resources to meet Prockets material requirements and activated Global Supply Chain

• Conducted Clear to Build meetings identifying material shortages and working those shortages to resolution

• Performed ECO impact analysis

Sr. CM Material Specialist/NPI Material Manager 2000 - 2002

(Extreme Networks, Santa Clara, CA, laid off October 2002)

• Managed materials for Extreme’s three contract manufacturers insuring production schedule met the Marketing forecast and revenue targets were realized

• Commodity managed Power Supplies, GBIC’s, SFP High Speed Connectors, negotiated long term cost reduction strategies and aggressive inventory practices

• Leveraged contract manufacturers global spends for optimal supply chain performance

• Managed internal ECO impact analysis, phase in or cut in, minimizing financial impact, excess and obsolete materials

• Developed and executed "early engagement" process for NPI, launched NPI projects on time and under material budget

• Ran Clear to build material meetings identifying key material shortages and resolved those shortages

• Negotiated Safety Stock Agreement with Finisar increasing customer satisfaction with on-time delivery to any forecast increase

• Managed and reported inventory levels of all suppliers including excess and obsolete

• Lead the effort to decrease excess inventory reducing company exposure by 67 million

• Managed Material Transfer from Solectron Milpitas to Flextronics Guadalajara

• Forecasted strategic "A" Components insuring supply chain was optimized

• Super User Agile Product Sourcing, Quotation software, wrote training manual

• Managed PPV requests tightly saving company money

• Quality and reliability team member, resolved issues and helped recover damages

Sr. Buyer/Planner 1998 - 2000

(Jabil Circuit, San Jose, CA, Global Contract Manufacturer)

• Lead Buyer for Kestrel Solutions, HP, Gateway, Intel, Lucent, EFI, turn-key buyer

• Execute MRP, track and expedite orders ensuring on-time delivery and build readiness

• Manage purchasing team of 5 for Kestrel work cell

• Managed material logistics for single source enterprise model, Cisco prototype

• Negotiate long term price reduction strategies and maintain strict cost standards

• Responsible for data base maintenance and accuracy including BOM entry

• ECO analyst including phase in plan and associated cancellation charges

• Resolve AML/AVL issues. Expand customer AML with qualified sources

• Maintain and strengthen supplier relationships

• Managed “smart” inventory levels averaging 12 turns annually

Sr. Buyer 1997 - 1998

(CMC Industries, Inc., Contract Manufacturing, Santa Clara, CA)

• Managed purchasing and material logistics for two major accounts

• Expand customers AML

• Negotiate component pricing and implement long term cost reduction strategies

• Implemented statistical analysis program for materials/manufacturing fallout

• Managed over forty vendors

• Managed 1200 line items

• Resolved accounting issues, MRB and vendor returns

• Managed efficient inventory levels, JIT and optimal lot sizes

• Read and react to MRP reports, place purchase orders and evaluate/approve/reject ECOs

Materials Manager/Program Manager/Production Supervisor 1992-1997

(Gyration, Saratoga, CA, miniature gyroscope Start-up Company)

• Managed and purchased all incoming material for manufacturing, FAB, sheet metal, Swiss screw machine, elec. components, custom cables, injection plastics for prototype and production

• Worked directly with engineering to optimize the AML

• Managed Vendor relationships including Turn-key manufactures, foreign and domestic

• Negotiated with Pacific Rim supply base

• Orchestrated delivery of consigned material to Malaysian manufacturer, Mitsumi

• Program manager to Diamond Multimedia for “Gyros-Mouse” Free space pointer

• Managed production planning, responsible for internal/external kitting for production and managed work order input and closure

• Managed Gyropoint Pro production line so that schedule was met

• Managed shipping and receiving, local and international

• Team Player

• Documentation logistics expert

Operations Manager 1991- 1992

(RAD Technologies, INC. Mt View, CA, UNIX software Start-up company)

• Controlled functions necessary to compete in UNIX software market

• Negotiated facility lease, implemented telephone PBX system

• Responsible for employee payroll and health insurance

• Orchestrated Price-Waterhouse financial audit to successful conclusion

• Responsible for accounts payable and accounts receivable

• Negotiated and purchased all software packages for resale

• Managed diverse supply base

• Managed shipping and receiving

• Reported to President and Chairman of the board, Jim Morgan, CEO Applied Materials

COMPUTER SKILLS

Excel, Word, Internet, Agile Product Sourcing, Agile CM, Outlook,

MRP Data Bases: Oracle 11i, 10.7, Dataflow by Data Works (UNIX), PCMRP (DOS), Impcon (UNIX), QAD

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS, Davis California.

FOOTHILL COLLEGE, Los Altos, California

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