Director Of Operations (Vp Operations During 10 Yr Hittite Microwave Tenure)
Analog Devices / Hittite Microwave Inc
Chelsmford, Ma
• Member of senior management staff, officer of publicly traded microelectronics component company.• Responsible for management of high-volume component semiconductor operations consisting of Test, Assembly, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Engineering, Inventory, Logistics, & Facilities; Managed and directed Cost Accounting functions on dotted line basis. Scale: 3 x 5 shift operation, 65M$ annual spending budget (labor, materials, services, discretionary & capital equipment).• Developed and executed strategic operations plans driving +20% annual compounded growth rate, scaling operations from 40M$ to +300M$ sales revenue over 10-year period, consistently delivering quarterly gross margins >70% and net operating margins >40%. • Developed, qualified, and managed global outsource foundry & assembly subcontractor service / supply relationships. Negotiated annual vendor pricing agreements (+40M$ annual spend). Negotiated +20M$ cumulative material cost reduction; Secured multi-year sourcing supply agreements as part of business risk mitigation and qualified multi-sourcing sites of technologies to ensure risk mitigation and continuity of global vendor supply chain systems. • Established manufacturing asset-lite strategy through outsourcing and vendor management of test operations, creating offshore turn-key assembly, test, & F/G shipment model on high volume production SKU’s, enabling cost avoidance of +20M$ in capital spend. • Directed and lead ERP implementation project across enterprise. Key redesign / implementation initiatives included: Item Masters, Customer Sales Masters, BOM’s, Cost Accounting, Forecasting, Sales & Operations (SOP) business planning models.• Quality improvement / performance accomplishments: OTD +15% pts; Production Yields: 89% to 94%, COGS reduction of +4M$; DPPM from 200 to < 50; 2.5M$ revenues per employee, thru deployment of 7S quality tools & principles.Additional career information background & experience available upon request