SENIOR OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PROFILE- Over 20 years of experience in semiconductor / capital equipment manufacturing and disc drives.- Track record of continuous process improvement, with measurable contributions to productivity and profitability. Commitment to cost-effective, high-quality, on-time product delivery.- Ability to extract data, process it in Access or Monarch and generate management-level reporting.- Effective team building, leadership and cross-functional communication skills.- ERP systems implementation / utilization experience: SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Syspro and ManMan.ACCOMPLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS- Ramped from $10 to 64M in revenue per quarter over 2 years while increasing on time delivery. - Integrated and streamlined operations of three acquired companies (two offshore and one US)- Increased operational turns on core products from 1 to over 5 turns in two years- Productized a server (Nanogen) into a turnkey product resulting in the highest product margin.- Reduced World Wide Inventory by $43M, while maintaining bin fill rates of over 95%- Implemented processes increasing on-time bin replenishments from -9% to 86% in 5 months- Developed excess utilization process yielding a $1.5M increase in cash flow for first quarter. - Spearheaded an NSO process that decreased past-due lines from 600 to 13 within 6 months. Increased on-time delivery to 95% in that period and to 97% the next quarter. (Applied Materials)- Streamlined the internal customer order flow by re-engineering the order management and configuration engineering flow, which reduced labor while increasing accuracy. - Implemented and documented ISO 9001 and 9002 processes.- - Achieved greater than 95% on-time product delivery record.- Contributed to a $20 million inventory reduction by creating reports to identify excess inventory and interacting with IS and other departments to determine root causes.
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Director Of Supply Chain And LogisticsNanometrics Sep 2006 - Mar 2013Milpitas, CaAreas of Management: Supply Chain and Subcontract Management, Master Scheduling, Production Control, Customer Service and Support, Warehousing and Logistics, Forecasting and Analytics-Managed the material spend of over $130M annually and all aspects of supply chain management including: cost reduction initiatives, supplier negotiations, contract negotiation, copy exact principles and management of subcontracted manufacturers throughout the world.-Increased delivery performance from 75 to over 90 percent on time to first commit.-Implemented processes and procedures to streamline and validate the build plan process.-Reorganized the customer service and customer support functions to be aligned with their processes.-Developed Inventory Forecasting, On Time Delivery Metrics, Worldwide Cycle Quarterly Cycle Count Processes and Reporting, Excess and Obsolete Analysis, Product Build Out and Valuation Analysis. -Shut down two offshore factories, integrating their builds and processes back to the US. -
Sr. Manager, Global Logistics And Spares PlanningNovellus Systems, Inc. Sep 2002 - Sep 2006San Jose, CaAreas of Management: Worldwide Logistics and Spares Planning; Business Analysis.-Managed worldwide logistics and spares planning on an inventory of $120M.-Implemented SAP. Modified fulfillment processes and metrics for the new system structure.-Drove down unforecasted logistics demands from 25% to 6% in four months.-Implemented Logistics Inventory Optimizer (LIO) which enhanced the core planning algorithm.-Continuously improved the spares fulfillment process reducing the bin fill reaction time by 3-6 months. -
Production, Planning & Control ManagerApplied Materials, Inc., Cmp Division Apr 2000 - Feb 2002Santa Clara, CaAreas of Management: Master Scheduling; Configuration Engineering; Order Administration; NSO Fulfillment; Business Analysis; Supply Chain Management; Inventory Analysis.-Managed 30 employees performing master scheduling, configuration engineering, order management and non-system order (NSO) / spares fulfillment.-Defined the NSO process with a cross-functional team effort and completed ISO process registration.-Identified and corrected issues that drove approximately $23 million of excess material.
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Planning & Logistics ManagerHeadway Technology, Inc Sep 1998 - Apr 2000Milpitas, CaAreas of Management: Master Scheduling; Offshore Supply Chain Management; Order Administration; Traffic and Shipping; Stores; Business Analysis; Forecasting.-Master-scheduled and planned wafer fab and offshore supply chain activity covering 10 product lines in a fast-paced production environment, with an average program life cycle of 6 months.-Participated in selection of a corporate ERP system and implemented the PeopleSoft Order Entry module. Modified business processes to accommodate necessary order entry changes.-Generated a Manufacturing Response to Forecast, including master schedule and revenue forecasting.-Initiated materials planning for the onshore pilot line.
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Customer Service & Planning ManagerElectroglas, Inc., Oct 1996 - Sep 1998Santa Clara, CaAreas of Management: Master Scheduling; Order Administration; Business Analysis; Forecasting.-Managed customer service, worldwide forecasting, capacity and revenue planning. Initiated quarterly bookings and revenue forecasting by product line. -Reduced configuration errors, increased demand visibility and ensured that proper configurations were entered in the master schedule by streamlining and enhancing the Prober Scheduling process.-Reorganized the customer service function to improve processes and performance quality.-Teamed with IT staff to convert the corporate order entry system from P-Entry to Omar.-Established weekly spares reviews with Intel to address delivery issues and corrective actions.
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Scheduling & Logistics ManagerAsyst Technologies, Inc Feb 1995 - Sep 1996Fremont, CaAreas of Management: Master Scheduling; Customer Service; Order Administration; Traffic and Shipping; Business Analysis; Inventory Control; Forecasting.-Managed scheduling and logistics responsibilities during growth from $12 million to $75 million.-Developed metrics for measuring department cycle times, order entry and invoice accuracy. -Created a monthly management-reporting package that included quarterly revenue tracking, revenue by region, and top ten booking and billings data.-Played a key role in an ERP system conversion and initiated other changes that turned around a late-delivery situation originally linked to strong customer dissatisfaction.-Established and documented compliance with ISO 9001 certification guidelines. -
Business Analyst/Customer Order Management SupervisorParadigm Technology, Inc. May 1994 - Feb 1995San Jose, Ca
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Business Analyst/Customer Order Management SupervisorLsi Logic, Inc Sep 1990 - May 1994Milpitas, Ca
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