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Santa Clara, CA, US

Santa Clara, CA, US

Built a high performance global strategic procurement organization from scratch managing $3B+ of direct and indirect spend. Effectively managed internal/external relationships; reduced cost of goods sold (COGS) and expenses by $200M annually while forming win-win partnerships, ensuring supply, mitigating risk, and securing strong legal and commercial terms.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• Lead cross-site global supplier management team of 50+, overseeing $1.5B+ annual spend and 7 global locations. Drove cost reductions of $120M+ across supply base through aggressive negotiations.
• Successfully planned merger savings synergy of $160M annualized through collaborative efforts to reduce redundancies and implement ‘best-in-class’ supply chain practices and terms from both corporations.
• Negotiated complex $150M+ overseas supply chain agreement, driving cost down by 20%, and negotiating a solid multiyear contract to ensure supply and mitigate risk.
• Increased cost efficient terms for merging company, ensuring lower cost with improved lead time, inventory, risk mitigation and supply.
• Created strong, reliable, cost effective sourcing pipeline for new business utilizing outsourced partners. Ensured qualification of multiple sources through creative negotiations, influencing suppliers to invest in.
• Established world class supplier management process, strengthening partnership relationships through executive alignment, on time supplier rating and business reviews – Cypress viewed as “customer of choice”.

• Promoted to manage entire FMO supply base (largest procurement spend $235M/annually with cross-site organization of 22.
• Achieved $42M cost savings (15%) in 2009, significantly exceeding goal of 7% during difficult chapter 11 environment.
• Maintained supplier material OTD >95% with no impact to production or revenue – achieved through strong supplier relationship building along with internal team success.
• Improved average net terms from 5 days post chapter 11 filing to current net 28 days through optimizing company financial status communication and frequents supplier meetings.

• Promoted to lead cross-functional organization consisting of BU, SCM, FMO and GSM to ensure supply during critical period before and immediately after chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
• Achieved 30% savings in substrates (largest DM spend) through driving cost buildup activities and value engineering projects.

• Managed FMO Direct Material spend of $85M/annually – achieved consistent cost savings of > 10%/annually. Established e-TSR (Total Supplier Rating) system for GSM organization to rate and evaluate TQCFS supplier.
• Drove initiative to consolidate subcontractor suppliers from 8 to 4 and led value engineering learning projects resulting in 20% cost reduction.

• Led developed and implemented tactical and strategic vision of supply chain with focus on total cost reduction and business process improvements.
• Saved $9.8M by development transfer process and leading product transfer of high volume products to low cost international regions.

Houston, Texas, US

• Managed global supply partners for PCB assembly from product introduction through mass production. Managed supplier selection, procurement and contract negotiation for $170M annual purchases.
• Achieved $14M annual cost savings by proactively leading and implementing cost improvements through competitive benchmarking activity, BOM analysis and negotiations.

Bachelor Of Science, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Masters, Industrial And Systems Engineering, With Minor In Business Management