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Lewisville, Texas, United States

• Managed Oracle EBS/ASCP Supply Chain deployment across multiple manufacturing facilities. Leveraged existing Oracle functionality, conducted gap analysis and developed custom tools/processes replacing JD Edwards ERP.
• Developed scheduling tools and processes to support both batch scheduling and continuous flow manufacturing. Implemented scheduling systems capable of accommodating multiple BOM structures and build complexities in.
• Collaborated with Configuration Engineering to standardize product BOM structures and system attributes. Enables new product configurations to drop seamlessly into MRP and Scheduling systems reducing queue times from.
• Established stock strategies for configured reuse and non-configured items through safety stock, min/max, Kanban, and make to order strategies.
• Led or supported multiple cross functional process development initiatives such as outside processing, intercompany supply channels, make/buy alternative sourcing, change order management and capacity planning.
• Formed Planning Departments to consolidate and improve Planning/Scheduling activities. Authored training materials, procedures, checklists and process documents. Trained and mentored personnel in scheduling, inventory.

Austin, Texas Area

• Led United States structural heart division distribution improvement initiatives. Developed inventory stocking strategies, control mechanisms, and review processes for warehouse, consignment, depot, and trunk stock.
• Managed lifecycle risk mitigation processes and execution. Collaborated with global structural heart stakeholders to minimize end of life inventory exposure and ensure successful new product introduction service levels.
• Coordinated consignment optimization efforts with Sales and Marketing teams. Established baseline stocking levels, exception processing, and consistent inventory turn reviews and stock returns. Principle liaison.
• Standardized shelf life return processes and managed re-label/re-test backlog. Increased on time delivery and reduced sunk costs associated with reworking excess inventory.

Austin, TX

• After leading the successful deployment of global cost reduction, risk mitigation and process improvement initiatives I was promoted to Americas’ Planning Manager. Managed Americas’ Planning team in achieving customer.
• Led Austin based manufacturing supply chain shut down efforts shifting America built product to Penang, Malaysia and Debrecen, Hungary.
• Developed global excess and obsolete inventory identification and financial reservation tool.
• Championed Manufacturing engagement across multiple business areas.
• Steered efficiency improvement and waste elimination as a member of Global Lean Office and Kaizen Coach.
• Served as global supply chain representative in officer level Critical Situation Team mitigating revenue impact due to product, process, raw material and act of nature events.

Austin, TX

• Successfully guided planning team in achieving on time delivery, stock out, and inventory level targets. Managed global safety stock levels for multiple warehouses and sales branches. Developed inventory management.
• Led Japan Tsunami raw material risk assessment and resolution efforts resulting in $0 revenue impact at quarterly financial ends. Architect of component specific global allocation plans to conserve high risk material..
• Led third party manufacturer procurement process revamp with cost avoidance of $1M+ annually. Collaborated with Business Administration team streamlining anomaly identification and establishing error modes in.
• Drove Austin manufacturing inventory reduction project eliminating $1M inventory value and achieving $1.4M cost avoidance annually.

Austin, TX

• Developed new Planning methodology and tools improving delivery of National Instruments’ custom built systems in support of European operation expansions. Resulted in company-wide delivery accuracy improvement of 23%.
• Created product classification methodology and stocking strategy increasing system on time delivery from 83% in 2006-2007 to 93% in 2008 and 96% in 2009. Conducted root cause and failure mode analysis identifying.
• Retooled Oracle canned available to promise infinite supply programming decreasing book to ship error from 15 days in 2006-2007 to 12 days in 2008 and 10 days in 2009. Restructured infinite supply windows based on.

Austin, TX

Managed fastest growing most complex product line in National Instruments’ portfolio. Improved team chemistry and knowledge transfer by relocating to Debrecen, Hungary for three months. Coordinated production floor prioritization, resource deployment, scheduling, and overtime decisions.

Austin, TX

Increased PXI/VXI on time delivery from 86% to 95%. Developed process to reuse system components at customer cancellation. Migrated custom system process from Oracle assemble to order to pick to order functionality.

Austin, TX

Defined role and processes as National Instruments’ first Manufacturing liaison to R&D. Reduced component delays from 11.8 to 2.8 days for R&D prototypes. Owned new product supply chain until stabilization in production.