Christopher Chapple, Mba Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Lake Forest, CA

Company focal in subcontracts management and procurement. Serve as resource to supplier management team on contractual matters. Responsible for the strategic and tactical management of commercial subcontract agreement. Negotiate and administer subcontract agreements that establish or renew relationships with suppliers and/or consultants.

Irvine, California

• Managed Supply Chain activities on active programs and potential new business proposals. Managed material acquisition process and BOM fulfillment through competitive sourcing, proposal evaluation, and performance.
• Customers included: Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Gulfstream, and Learjet.
• Successfully achieved 24% BOM cost reduction for the Gulfstream fuel gauging system.
• Headed the collaboration software transition activity for the functional organization.
• Created procedure document and desk instructions for the Supply Chain Gate Process.

Paramount, California

• Managed Export Compliance functions for Paramount and three other sites. Managed existing portfolio of export licenses and applied for new licenses as required. Proposed and implemented new process for managing ITAR.
• Customers included: Snecma, GE, and Honeywell.
• Increased on-time delivery performance by 8% in three months.
• Successfully created and implemented procedures for handling ITAR-controlled hardware.
• Served as mentor to younger, inexperienced staff members.

Redondo Beach, California

• Managed development, manufacture, and delivery of spacecraft hardware from the pre-RFP through post-delivery phases. Executed all facets of subcontracting and on a portfolio of subcontracts, including source plan.
• Customers included: NPOESS Program (NOAA, NASA) and Advanced EHF Program (DoD).
• Achieved on-time delivery of critical spacecraft hardware despite numerous technical and schedule set-backs on the NPOESS Program, spacecraft bus segment.
• Successfully managed on-time delivery of compliant hardware for Advanced EHF Satellites No. 2 and 3.
• Participated in creation of the NGAS Subcontract Management Process Manual, which enhanced our company’s subcontract management performance by creating tools, better defining roles, and creating accountability.

Served as liaison between the Subcontract Management and Export Compliance organizations. Managed portfolio of existing export licenses, assisted with applications for new licenses and agreements, prioritized functional list of license applications, and provided export license training to end users. Reduced export license approval lead time by 20% over.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Business