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Pacific Northwest

Fife, Washington

Auburn, Washington

•Oversees all Program interactions, provide and manage internal direction to meet customer requirements.•Manage integration of new and existing programs and products. •Quoting new and delta changed products.•Focal point for customer interface, technical interaction, schedule, quality and change management.•Manages proposed and negotiated changes through formal Change Board Process.•Provides internal direction, tracking, coordination and reporting. •Manage the internal direction needed to meet customers’ requirements•Monitor Programs overall progress- On-budget and On-Time.

Lakewood, Wa

Northrop Grumman Technical Services Lakewood, WALogistics Manager (2011-2013)• Oversee all site logistics operation, including technical, budgetary and scheduling.• Continuously lead and motivate employees to deliver results in manufacturing/fabrication environment. • Create an environment focused on associate development, mentoring and trust. • Continuously monitor and proactively seek new and innovative improvement techniques. • Attend/participate in continuous improvement projects (CIP) fostering an engaged workforce. • Embrace and adheres to company values of trust, mutual respect, dignity and integrity. • Applies Root Cause Analysis as foundation to Corrective or Preventative Action.• Adheres to requirements of ISO 9001:2008.

Lakewood, Wa

Materials Manager (2007-2011)• Direct and oversees Materials Resource Planning (MRP) and Supply Chain Management teams.• Communicates clear objectives and purpose in group or individual setting.• Effectively led teams to deliver results through clear objectives, resource requirements, goals, and deliverables to exceed customer expectations.• Scheduled material requirements and monitored adherence to meet production requirements.• Accountable to shortfalls as individual or team and utilizing challenges to adapt and promote improvements.• Quick to recognize and praise success in individuals and of team goals.

Fife, Wa

• Purchase and manage supply chain for multiple product lines from various vendors supporting a 24 hr manufacturing operation.• Negotiate vendor contracts, lead time and delivery schedules. • Work closely with account receivables/account payables to monitor vendor concerns. • Work with vendors, customers and internal engineers/quality control to ensure product specifications are met.Integrated with customer to forecast product requirements.• Developed Material Transfer and Material Return Authorization SOPs.• Represented purchasing/management in several LEAN and Kaizen events focused on improved product flow, quality and efficiency. • Employee of the Quarter June 2005.

Sumner, Wa

Extensive experience managing diverse groups of professional, technical and clerical staff. • Accountable for developing and managing multimillion dollar capital and expense budgets. • Monitor and report budget and year end goals to CEO and CFO.• Effectively manage direct reports establishing daily, weekly and monthly goals.• Program director for company 5S/continuous improvement programs.