Experience

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  Clearwire

  • Bellevue

  • Supply Business Manager

    • May 2010 - Jul 2012
    • Bellevue

    Responsible for strategic supplier negotiation, forecasting, budgeting and deployment of material and services to support nationwide deployment of wireless network. Duties included selection, negotiation and management of strategic supply chain via RFP’s, NDA’s as well as Authoring Supplier Contracts. Supported internal customer negotiations for materials and services to support Human Resourced, Engineering and VoIP department businesses. Managed select procurement staff resulting in excess of 15 million dollars in costs savings. Responsible for the redirection of excess materials resulting in positive annual cash flow via supplier buyback and brokerage contracts.

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  Synapse Product Development

  • Supply Chain Manager - Contract

    • 2012 - 2012

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  EZ Access Home Care Products

  • Algona

  • Director Procurement

    • May 2009 - May 2010
    • Algona

    Responsible for all facets of materials acquisition in order to support local manufacturing of Homecare Products, including aluminum ramping systems. Oversaw the complete manufacturing process, including raw aluminum extrusion, wheelchair accessories, hardware, custom plastics, rubber extrusions and other services. Supervised all procurement activities to support annual sales of $27 million. I was strategically involved with supplier selection in order to secure overall cost reduction in inventories which totaled over $4 million annually. Instrumental in securing offshore suppliers, implementing VMI and Kan Ban programs throughout the total supply chain. Implemented an inventory cycle count program to ensure cost of goods and inventory levels remained consistent against forecasting. Selected as a strategic member to author the mission, vision and value statement for the company.

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  Coinstar Inc.

  • Bellevue

  • Commodity Specialist

    • Feb 2005 - May 2009
    • Bellevue

    Responsible for commodities that support manufacturing of mainframe kiosk. Among the commodities that I was responsible for included but were not limited to sheet metal, plastics, machining, computers, monitors and printers.I worked to improve total acquisition cost of goods and reduce supplier base and lead times. Through my extensive offshore expertise, I reduced cost of managed commodities by 27%, resulting in an annual cost savings in excess of $4 million dollars by implementing VMI, Kan Ban and 3PL systems both domestically and internationally.Instrumental in repairing fragmented interdepartmental relationships between SCM, Engineering and Marketing.

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  Three Five Systems

  • Redmond

  • Purchasing Manager

    • 2003 - 2005
    • Redmond

    Originally brought in as a contract buyer and was quickly hired as the Purchasing Manager after displaying team leadership and supplier negotiation skills. Successfully realigned expectations from suppliers as well as implemented strategic cost down programs, resulting in repetitive kaizen events to further improve costing and time to market lead times. Enjoyed annual success in bringing cost of goods under budget during my 2 years of employment while successfully leading a team of 8 procurement professionals through teaching and strong ethical leadership practices.

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  Hathaway / Systems Northwest

  • Auburn WA

  • Purchasing Manager

    • 2000 - 2003
    • Auburn WA

    Recruited to take over the purchasing manager’s position in May, 2000. Was strategically involved to improve the cost of goods and reduce both the supplier base and commodity lead times. Was instrumental in the successful turnaround of the materials department, which helped lead to a 40% increase in corporate revenue. Through Senior Staff guidance, implemented Kan Ban purchasing strategies utilizing a Kaizen and 5S approach to strategically improve the operations of the materials department.