Director Global Supply Chain

• Mar 2022 - Present

Plant Manager

• Aug 2020 - Feb 2022

Production Control Manager

• Aug 2016 - Aug 2020

Appointed to lead production control activities for 3 factories. Responsibilities included Production Planning, material planning, inventory control, and process development. Acted as liaison between customer and production. Appointed to lead production control activities for 3 factories. Responsibilities included Production Planning, material planning, inventory control, and process development. Acted as liaison between customer and production.

Director of Logistics

• Jul 2014 - Jun 2016

• Managed 5 direct reports and 250 indirect reports; responsible for all distribution center logistics, inventory, fulfillment, warehousing, and facilities operations. • Achieved a 20%+ improvement in direct labor costs and reduction of defects to <250 DPM. • Improved safety metrics by 45%, with Total Incidents Recorded (TIR) reduced from 2.0 to 1.11. • Improved production metrics, achieving a Cost per Unit (CPU) improvement of 15%; Outbound Errors at Audit reduction from 12% to 6%; and a 48 hours reduction in Internet orders shipped. Show less

Business Unit Manager

• Mar 2013 - Jun 2014

• Managed a team of 7 direct reports and 60-120 indirect reports for a manufacturing unit of a global cosmetics company. • Reduced defects from 50K+ defects/million units to 3.5K defects by establishing procedures and a PDCA methodology for continuous improvement. • Designed and created an integrated floor scheduling system to automate integration, utilizing Access on SQL server with Oracle integration. • Developed productivity metrics that resulted in a 15% improvement in work order efficiency. Show less

Director of Planning

• 1999 - Jan 2013

• Retained and promoted subsequent to the acquisition of Mitsubishi Silicon America (2004) to direct a $500 million U.S. operation for a global silicon wafer manufacturer. • Supervised 4 direct and 36 indirect reports responsible for shipping, specification registration, routing creation, database management, and planning & scheduling. • Realized savings of $280,000/month by implementing and integrating the SAP Production Planning Module with the corporate ERP Sales/Distribution modules. • Increased productivity by $800,000/month and throughput by 10% by creating a reactor scheduling application used for facility equipment scheduling. • Improved customer satisfaction for on-time shipments from ~50% to 90%+ by developing an application to integrate business processes and system software in collaboration with IT. • Reduced order commitment response cycle time from 8+ days to less than 1 day, reducing lost income by $1.2 million annually. • Improved retained revenue from $34,000 to $725,000 in a one-year period by tightly managing order commitment process and shipping department activities. • Decreased qualifications/prototype order turnaround from 8 weeks to 2 weeks by designing and implementing an industry-leading quick-turn response system. • Reduced production cycle time from 14 to 8 days, decreased work-in-progress by 40%, freed up $990,000 in cash, and controlled inline inventories by implementing a cycle-time reduction program. • Managed the qualification process that resulted in achieving the Certified Cargo Screening Program (CSSP) designation from the TSA, reducing shipping times. • As Senior Operations Manager (1999-2001), directed polished wafer facility manufacturing operations, managing 6 direct reports, 260 indirect reports, and a $20 million monthly budget. • Increased output to $3.6 million in one year, a tremendous improvement over previous wafer output production. Show less