- Lead efforts to procure and ensure availability of custom precision machined parts, PCBAs and hardware to support manufacturing needs. - Manages material planning and procurement activities during NPI or prototyping. - Proven ability to plan and implement supply/inventory management strategies that result in lower inventories achieving overall greater profit. - Proficient in lean manufacturing Technics and processes, MRP, KPIs, Push/Pull method. - Results-oriented, driven, initiative focused and quality conscious approach with an appropriate sense of urgency and attention to details. - Increased on time delivery from 62% to 95%+ in my first year. - Decreased on hand inventory value by 60%. - Developed Steiner eOptics' first production capacity planning database. - Regularly interfaced with sales team to insure financial goals and customer expectations are met.

- Planned all aspects of production orders from materials needed and delivery of materials to keep production line flowing with minimal to no line down situations. - Instruct purchasing department on items needed for procurement and delivery time frame needed. - Communicate with sales department on estimated delivery dates on sales orders to make sure production can produce item in the time frame needed based on customer expectations. - Adjusted production schedule as needed to maximize department effectiveness

- Purchased and planned material delivery schedules for incoming parts needed for customer orders. - Developed new supply chains to increase on time delivery and keep quality standards maximized. - Established ISO 9000:2001 guidelines for procurement. - Implemented a vendor score card system to help both our company and our vendors understand any areas that may need improvement.

- Conducted monthly cycle counts and end of year cycle counts to insure accuracy. - Created a cycle count code system based on high dollar and high volume frequency items. - Implemented Steiner eOptics’ first ERP/ MRP system for inventory tracking.