Account Manager

• Sep 2018 - Present

Account Manager

• Sep 2018 - Present

Commodity Leader

• Apr 2017 - Sep 2018

Purchasing Leader

• Nov 2015 - Apr 2017

Responsible for purchasing of raw material and MRO items. Responsible for Supplier scorecards relating to cost, quality, and delivery. Responsible for identifying and managing short and long-term sourcing strategies, contracts and relationships with suppliers. Responsibilities include improving supplier delivery, quality and lead-time and reducing inventory in order to improve customer service and total cost of ownership. Responsible for developing and managing projects for the purpose of new product development, maintenance of line, and improving the supply chain. Leading projects in the areas of supplier risk mitigation, regionalization and/or cost containment. Responsibilities • Assess supplier capability, cost benefit analysis, issue resolution, risk mitigation, VMI programs and contingency planning • Responsible for strategic management of specified commodity including total cost optimization including, payment terms, inventory and lead-time reduction and supplier consolidation • Setup and manage VMI programs for MRO items and raw materials. • Coordinate technical and commercial reviews with Suppliers, Quality Assurance, Engineering, Supplier Quality and Materials departments • Manage projects through completion with thorough tracking and reporting • Assess and communicate technical risks, business requirements, deliverables and schedules supporting project initiatives • Drive Procurement initiatives to completion inside the estimated project schedule • Develop and maintain systems and processes necessary to maintain and drive supplier suggested cost reduction • Coordinate efforts between Suppliers, Engineers, Quality Assurance and Procurement Personnel to facilitate material substitutions, standardization, rework etc. of purchased materials • Forecasting and delivering cost reductions to meet division goals. • Maintain existing databases such as Oracle to ensure data integrity. Show less

Project/Program Manager

• Jan 2011 - Nov 2015

Responsible for the management, performance and completion of a major contract program. Financial forecasting and sales prospecting utilizing Salesforce CRM solution. Prospecting and development of New Business utilizing Salesforce CRM solution. Manages and direct, all phases of a program from inception to completion. Coordinates proposal preparation, and establishes and monitors production plans and schedules. Maintains contact with customer regarding technical specifications. Directs the integration of a program management team that may include: purchasing, engineering, quality assurance, manufacturing and administrative functional areas. Establishes and maintains contacts to ensure conformance to customer requirements. Program management for current and potential customers. Stabilize existing business and enlarging revenues from existing customers. Show less

NPI Project Manager/Buyer

• Jan 2007 - Mar 2011

Determined the purchasing needs of the organization. Collaborated with other parts of the organization to forecast demand and evaluate inventory levels, and take orders from within the organization.Negotiated directly with vendors to get the best possible pricing and payment options. Bid, award, and administer project supply, services, and construction subcontracts and purchase orders to suppliers. Cost management to identify areas of potential cost reduction and analyze the impact of pricing changes for goods and services.Responsible for the management of the inventory. Assist in the receipt of purchased materials and services, and retained detailed records of purchases and stocks. Carefully monitored deliveries and any past due shipments.Built relationships with suppliers and managed their performance. Conducted routine supplier business reviews, evaluating supplier performance and compliance.Facilitated the product launching and making it known to the customers.Collaborate with production of new products from project planning to its production.Evaluation of the products review given by the customers.Ensured that product schedules are followed during its development.Worked closely with other department from Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Logistics, Planning and others.Establish project cost estimates including the resources, capital and other requirements to make the project successful.Conducted meetings with suppliers to improve the new products. Show less

Drafter

• Jan 2007 - Jun 2008

Achievements:Developed a paperless ECO system replacing the old paper systemImplemented the use of MS Project Server to track projects schedule, cost, scope, and resource allocationsDesign of Drafting process for ManufacturingImplemented manufacturing systems such as Kanbans, Continuous Flow, Poka Yoke, and other systems and processesResponsibilities:Creating drawings using AutoCadAuthoring Manufacturing processes in Microsoft Word and AutoCadTraining of others on the concepts of Manufacturing such as Phantom BOMs, Routings, Configuration Management and many othersComponent Engineering duties identifying crosses for various electronic componentsUsed Valor and GC Place to analyze gerber files which I used to create Mfg prints and stencil drawings Show less

Tech III Lead

• Sep 1999 - Jan 2007

Achievements: Acquired vast knowledge of RF product design and theory. Starting in production and working my way into the Engineering Dept. Became the Lead Technician with the responsibility of training 15-20 other technicians domestically and about 20 technicians in Mexico Developed NPI/Prototype cell and to introduce new products into production Recipient of numerous stock option awards for performance Gained a great understanding of other cultures around the world by Transitioned existing product lines from manufacturing in the US along with new products coming out of Design Engineering to lower cost regions of the world Transformed a Push System on the Mfg Floor to a Pull System implementing systems such as SuperMarkets and Visual Control Areas which improved throughput, reduced scrap, rework, and chaos, balanced resources, and improved Quality metrics such as First Pass Yield Responsibilities: Supervision of 30-45 production personnel along with 15-20 technicians Training technicians on the job on products coming out of design Troubleshooting prototypes and developing troubleshooting guides Technical support for offshore facilities building various RF products RF testing of products using various equipment such as Network Analyzers, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, Power Meters, RF amplifiers, Oscilloscopes, Lasers and Multi-meters Working with Design Engineers taking products from proto to production Design verification testing and Product Qualification testing Troubleshooting of electronic assemblies involving fiber optics Design of Experiments for Design Engineering and Continuation Engineering on production products Extensive use of SAP and AGILE systems Show less