OBJECTIVE:

To showcase my proficiency in a technical manufacturing environment where my skills in NPI costing, price negotiation, supply chain, international logistics, inventory management, and my longstanding relationship with vendors and customers, can be showcased.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Member NAPM/ISM 2009 to present, Six - Sigma Green Belt certified, Certified APICS Member, KARRAS Negotiation Certified, Oracle 11i/12i Business Applications/MRP Super User, Agile Engineering Applications, Hyperion Reporting Certified, 4D (4th Dimension), Costpoint, MACOLA, MAS 90 (BEST Software), Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Access Database Building & Maintenance, Visual Basic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Contract Manufacturing Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage the import of bulk set top box satellite receivers for worldwide distribution for Confidential Network and Confidential Communications
• Direct the international supply chain for contract manufacturers in China and Mexico.
• Assist Commodity Mangers with part shortages at factory locations.
• Work with brokers in finding parts, and negotiating prices to keep PPV at a minimum.
• Communicate with warehouse managers and manage dock appointments for receipt of deliveries from all contract manufacturers.
• Work with Planning Team to keep imports within Confidential quarterly forecasts and budget, as well as keep product within a 6 - week inventory level for worldwide sales. Direct weekly conference calls with China and Mexico CM’s to discuss weekly production levels, and any shipping, engineering, component, and quality issues.
• Instrumental in creating a Supplier Scorecard and Quarterly Business Reviews to measure on time delivery, quality of product, discuss CM business plans and measure manufacturing matrices to further the lean manufacturing and Sigma Six processes.

Business Manager

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Managed a 688-unit complex.
• Responsible for all day-to-day operations, vendor contacts, price negotiation, maintenance, and janitorial needs.
• Provided marketing support by shopping competitors to find out what they were offering potential residents.
• Responsible for all financials related to property including collection of rent and bad debt, capital expenses, invoices, tax collection and write-off. Implementation of all IT and telephony systems including software, hardware, interconnection, and maintenance of servers.
• Maintained occupancy at 98% within the first month as manager.

Materials Manager

Confidential, Louisville, CO

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for procurement and delivery schedules of computers, software, peripherals, and external hardware for integration into end product per customer specifications.
• Liaison between customers and computer manufacturers to ensure that custom build-ups of computers were carried out correctly. Incorporated a "3 bid" process in which potential vendors/suppliers submitted pricing for contract with Confidential .
• Worked with vendors in returning obsolete inventory thereby reducing overhead by $1,000,000 in fewer than 3 months.
• Worked with Sales and Engineering to price and incorporate new technology in to end product.
• Worked with ISO auditors at yearly review of procedures In Materials Management.
• Maintained ISO procedures for Materials Management regularly to ensure that Confidential was ISO compliant.
• Managed purchased and consigned inventory to ensure the correct components were issued to the right sales orders for customers.
• Supervised supply chain from product launch, approval of Bills of Material, procurement of custom items for customers, and inventory management of all components.
• Worked with Design Engineers in determining the vendors that would be used for all electro mechanical purchases, software installation, and fabrication of sheet metal enclosures per customer specifications.

Business Manager

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Managed a 114 Unit Apartment Complex. Responsible for purchasing, leasing, hiring of staff, directing maintenance and janitorial duties, and budgetary needs.
• Worked with Regional Director of Operations in marketing properties to create exposure in Denver Metro area thereby generating revenue.
• Directed renovation of Recreation Center for current residents and used it as a Marketing tool for luring new residents to property.
• Increased occupancy for 69% to 88% in the first 4 months as manager.

Senior Buyer/Planner

Confidential, Thornton, CO

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all daily purchasing of electro-mechanical parts, sheet metal, machined parts, and all kanban materials. (i.e. tie wraps, labels, adhesives) Worked with material handlers in maintaining accurate inventory numbers, kept manufacturing cells with correct number of components, and interfaced directly with cell leads in cases of short or damaged parts in order to expedite new parts and ship orders to customers on time.
• Worked with Sales and Marketing to ensure that parts needed were on order, and kept in constant communication if dock dates changed from the need dates Sales generated via the MRP system.
• Responsible for all new vendors to ensure they met all quality requirements set by Quality Engineering and ISO 9002 standards.
• Visited vendors to audit their processes and in-house quality standards, flow of manufacturing, storage of parts, and picking of parts for shipping to end users or contract manufacturers.
• Instrumental in reducing excess and obsolete inventory by 90% over a 2-month period.

Senior Technical Buyer

Confidential, Boulder, CO

Responsibilities:

• Directly responsible for all engineering and production purchasing as well as planning for all long lead items as it related to the scheduling of prototype and production builds of products.
• Responsible for creating Approved Vendor Lists for turn key manufacturers to keep projects within budget as well as being a liaison between contract manufacturers and the approved vendors.
• Worked directly with receiving to ensure that components critical for production runs were expedited and delivered to responsible points of contact.
• Worked side by side with software consultants in incorporating Costpoint to further streamline the Procurement Planning, Purchasing, and Receiving function.
• Trained in Purchasing and Receiving for Confidential .

Electronic Technician II

Confidential, Boulder, CO

Responsibilities:

• Assembly of wire harnesses for government and commercial programs, including the Advanced Camera for Surveys for the Hubble Telescope, Quickbird and Quickscat programs for Earthwatch and JPL, SAGE III satellite program, and Confidential for the Department of Defense and the Air Force.
• Trained in all aspects of Flight Manufacturing Certified and trained in ESD practices and clean room procedures. (100,000 ppi and up) Maintained all necessary Confidential specs and certifications including NHB 5300(3H).
• Trained in all phases of flight documentation including Production, Quality Control and Integration for all space flight hardware.

Electronic Technician/Materials Planner

Confidential, East Windsor, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Planning and assembly of wire harnesses for government and commercial satellite programs.
• Extensive knowledge of clean room practices (100,000 ppi and up) Worked closely with Integration and Test teams with the incorporation of engineering change notices ( Confidential ) as they related to the integration of harnesses to the spacecraft.
• Maintained necessary Confidential certifications.
• Involved in incorporating drawings and prints to three-dimensional spacecraft mock ups that the harness technicians would reference during manufacturing.