John C. Email & Phone Number

San Jose, California, Us

30 + years in Human Resources, Recruiting, IT management, Operations, Manufacturing, NPI, Materials & Supply Management in a mediums size organizations. Managed, Human Resources, Recruiting, IT, Purchasing, Logistics, Production Control, Master Scheduling, Quality, and Facilities. Experience in high to medium volume electronic production equipment.

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Re-organizing the Production Control, Purchasing, Stockroom and Shipping & Receiving Departments. Developing a team of professionals to be knowledgeable in MRP concepts and computer skills. Defining policies and procedure to provide proper controls and disciplines within the Materials Department. Develop outsource teams for Turnkey of major sub-assemblies and Lead Supplier Development Steering Committee to manage critical supplier base.Established weekly meetings devoted to reducing shortages and have successfully reduced them by over 55% in 4 months. Responsible for quarterly excess & obsolete analysis, management of inventory goals and inventory reduction programs. Develop Kanban programs and Demand Flow Technology programs to manage the supply of material. With such programs, I have reduced inventories by 30% in 6-month period.Collaboration with the marketing, sales, finance, customer service, and engineering management teams to develop a product cost and launch strategy through a well-defined NPI teams. Developed internal and outsource processes and procedures for scheduling, purchasing, assembly, test, system integration quality, NPI, documentation, rework/repair depot, and logistics requirements.

Manage and direct activities in Purchasing, Stockroom, Shipping, Receiving and Components Engineering departments. Lead NPI teams from conventional to full production. Establish operating procedures, policies and guidelines for departments. Responsible to develop and implement corporate strategy on key material and manufacturing services. Primary strengths lie in the ability to negotiate, motivate and accomplish major objectives. Excellent experience in global strategic sources and cross-functional teams skills. Have made supplier visits to the Far East and Europe. Organized the Purchasing department to have teams of Program Managers with Product Line Buyers reporting into them to procure materials for their respective product lines. Results: Responsible for qualification of turnkey suppliers and managed all outsourcing programs. Taking 98% of production activities outside and documenting the process of 4 turnkey suppliers. Achieved a $5M product cost reduction and developed strategies to minimize company inventory liability exposures. Restructured program management at Scitex, and out-source manufacturer to reduce costs and increase control and efficiency.Develop and negotiate corporate material and outsource services strategies for Scitex Israel, and Scitex U.S.A. Developed and implemented a detailed cost analysis program, for multiple product lines, allowing a rolling four quarter cost impact analysis for finance, marketing and engineering use.

Develop small startup company to full volume production. Work closely with engineering teams on a New Product Introduction process from conception to full production release. Manage and direct production activities in Assembly, Test, Production Control, Purchasing, and Document Control departments. Recommend and participate in company strategy and direction planning. Establish operating procedures, policies and guidelines for departments. Purchased and managed as MIS manager the HP 917LX computer 6to run ASK/MANMAN system. Develop a Turnkey Supplier Program.Developed a monthly build plan. Negotiated all major vendors contracts. Coordinated engineering proto, pre-production builds, and manufacturing releases. Responsible for qualification of turnkey suppliers and managed all outsourcing programs. Managed a complete product line from engineering proto’s to full production through one Turnkey supplier.Developed, implemented and maintained a highly successful EDI system. This on-line electronic information system allows on-line MRP communication between Manufacturing and Key Suppliers to meet weekly material requirement schedules.Results: Personally responsible for establishing the Key Supplier Automated Purchasing system. Doubled factory throughput while freeing buyers to shift from emphasis of “placing purchase order” to “managing supplier relations.” Reduced buying activities for purchasing personnel by 50%. These Purchasing/Supplier partnerships ensure parts availability in both tight and abundant markets. As a result of going turnkey, went from 2.5 to 8 inventories within 6-month period.