Senior Director of Supply Chain Operations

• Sep 2022 - Present

Senior Director of Operations and Site Leader

• Aug 2020 - Sep 2022

Lead the IoT Services Business Unit Operations team across the entire order to cash cycle. Own and manage the customer experience, product and process quality across the operation. Lead the S&OP process and work with the sales team to accurately forecast MFG requirements and meet revenue plan. Implement tools and process that reduce COGS and improves inventory turns. Lead the IoT Services Business Unit Operations team across the entire order to cash cycle. Own and manage the customer experience, product and process quality across the operation. Lead the S&OP process and work with the sales team to accurately forecast MFG requirements and meet revenue plan. Implement tools and process that reduce COGS and improves inventory turns.

Senior Director of Supply Chain Operations

• Nov 2018 - Aug 2020

Oversight of multiple manufacturing sites across Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, and California. Coordinate planning, inventory management, working capital turns, purchasing, supplier performance (OTD), customer satisfaction, delivery, materials, receiving, warehousing, shipping, and distribution center operations. Manage materials movement and control, cycle count program, in support of the Business Unit and manufacturer. Maintain various KPIs including safety, supplier performance, on-time deliveries, inventory, associate engagement, and cost mitigation. • Directed operations with 250 personnel, a $15M budget, and over $3.5B in revenues. • Drastically improved Finished Goods inventory levels and significantly improved customer satisfaction more than 50%. Show less

Director of Procurement and Materials - Operations

• Jan 2016 - Nov 2018

Helmed responsibility for strategic sourcing of indirect and direct materials, OEM planning, component life cycle management (EOL), supplier relationship management, operating margin expansion Value added Value engineering (VaVe) team. Facilitated risk management, OTD, quality control, payment terms (DPO), and service providers. Minimized manufacturing stock outs by established buyer standard work and enforcing team accountability. Focused on safety, cost, supplier on-time delivery, world-wide finished goods, OEM inventory, cost, associate engagement, cycle count accuracy, and customer OTD KPIs. Successfully managed over $200M in annual spending and saved $7.5M in purchase part variance (PPV) costs, $1.2M in payment terms improvement (DPO), and indirect spend savings of $930K. • Slashed inventory locations by nearly 50%. • Boosted cycle count adjustments accuracy leading to $600K in reduced material adjustment costs. • Launched two inventory kaizen events to pinpoint more than $9M in reductions. Show less

Director of Strageic Procurement - Operations

• Jun 2014 - Dec 2016

Orchestrated strategic sourcing of indirect and direct materials, OEM planning, component life cycle management (EOL), supplier relations management, operating margin expansion VaVe, and blood services. Oversaw team to manage operations with annual spending of more than $200M in direct material, while saving $5.7M in 2014 and $9.3M in 2015. Organized payment terms improvement (DPO) of $1.5M and indirect savings of $250K. • Drove a 7% YOY cost reduction by implementing Daily Management Standard Work in the Sourcing department. • Improved material sourcing lead time by 40 days. • Reduced last time buy, end of life material inventory by more than 50%. Show less

Senior Manager – Instrument Manufacturing

• Mar 2012 - May 2014

Directed new and re-manufacturing operations of instruments, OEM, and spare products such as large, mid-line and small systems, core technology sub-assemblies, aperture, blood sampling valves, wire harness, and flow cells. Spearheaded annual production of more than $121M in instruments and spares with 261 associates, a budget of a $12.3M, and over $467M in revenues. Coordinated and implemented several Kaizen events leading to 50% productivity improvements and 15% inventory reduction year over year. Focused on various KPIs including safety, internal and external quality, on-time delivery, worldwide finished good inventory, and cost. • Successfully reduced supplier lead times, negotiated minimum order quality, and introduced Kanban processes. • Improved OTD by nearly 70%. Show less

Manager – Instrument Manufacturing

• Jul 2009 - Mar 2012

Leader of hematology instrument value stream handling the manufacturing of new and remanufactured instruments and spares. Facilitated production of large, mid-line and small instruments , core technology sub-assemblies, apertures, blood sampling valves, and flow cells with over 226 personnel. Executed $118M in instrument and spare part production with a budget of $11.7M while focusing on safety, quality, on-time delivery, inventory, and cost KPIs. • Successfully transitioned two new products from R&D into Manufacturing. • Eliminated instrument Past Due Back Log of over 250 instruments. Show less

Manufacturing Operations Manager

• Mar 2004 - Jul 2009

Spearheaded precision manufacturing group with over 149 personnel in support of Diagnostics and Life Science BU production. With a $7.9M budget and over 284K annual production hours to complete manufacturing of PCBA, core technology sub-assemblies, wire-harness , and flow cells. Built strong relationships with service managers and external customers to facilitate valuable experiences. • Recognized as instrument manufacturing KRONOS site champion for the seamless implementation and training of all associates. • Integrated Lean and 5S training methods for all instrument manufacturing associates in three sites (Kendall, Hialeah, and OpaLocka). • Named site Inventory (IMAG) champion for both LS and Dx BU due to high quality training, facilitating, and leading of Daily Management (DM) meetings. Show less

Manager of Manufacturing

• Apr 1999 - Mar 2004

Manager of Operations

• Nov 1995 - Apr 1999

Lead the PCBA manufacturing operation. From component preform, automatic insertion machines, manual insertion, wave solder, SMT machine, system and test box testing and software duplication process. Lead the PCBA manufacturing operation. From component preform, automatic insertion machines, manual insertion, wave solder, SMT machine, system and test box testing and software duplication process.