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Spearheaded the Global Procurement & Supply Chain Cost Reduction Initiative that was created to improve cost savings, reduce time and enhance efficiency. The scope of the project included component cost consolidation, strategic sourcing and the transition of inventory and logistics flow from manufacturing facilities in Mexico to various other international manufacturing facilities located in China and Central and South America. This project was successfully completed 8 months ahead of schedule with a cost savings of $7.4M. Managed cost estimating, sourcing, evaluating, and expediting of various components through strategic suppliers, vendors and broker markets to minimize material shortages and reduce the delivery timeframe of manufactured goods by 32% to end customers. Improved efficiency by 24% by developing sourcing strategies ensuring continuity of supply by optimizing clear to builds, level loading & customer forecasts. Managed daily supply chain development activities that included end-to-end mapping and optimization, sourcing management, benchmark analysis, distribution network optimization and inventory management.  Chaired weekly meetings with manufacturing facilities in China, Mexico and Brazil evaluating material shortages and rebalancing inventory across various product lines ensuring customer order fulfillment requirements were met. Coordinated efforts and directed engineering to examine component substitutions/equivalents to meet RoHS compliant requirements. Supervised the process of selecting, packing and auditing of material being transferred from one manufacturing facility to the others

Successfully managed the overall business operations responsible for delivering an annual revenue target of $165M associated with the broadband and narrowband product line. Directed team comprised of supply chain, product development and product unit to establish and implement cost tracking processes and evaluate cost reduction strategies ensuring target costs expectations were exceeded or attained. Lead materials management group to expedite and prioritize delivery of products for various customers focusing on achieving customer satisfaction and meeting/exceeding the business unit’s revenue targets. Managed the broadband and narrowband software process to ensure newly developed software media and right to use licenses were created, tested and made orderable for mass production and customer distribution. Developed and maintained product database while reducing global inventory of finished goods and raw material in excess $26M. Provided market information and analyzed balance between possible R&D redesigns and lifetime buy decisions to provide the necessary recommendations for all broadband and narrowband products affecting lifetime buy component purchases.

Established and organized a deployment team for the North American region within a short timeframe, successfully managed it to ensure that the revenue representing over $150M per year resulted in major wins and growth in the market. Ensured delivery of customer commitments for all North American projects including product delivery to forecast, feature development, logistics, resolution of field technical issues and other customer requirements. Managed product line from cradle to grave, developing sales forecast, and product pricing, launching new products to the marketplace, justifying new product development investments and determining new product requirements. Developed strategy, ordering process and legal agreement with third party vendors to implement cabinet solution for product line. Managed relationships with Avaya, Tyco, OEMs and other vendors to ensure third party products fit the strategy, cost targets and delivery schedule required to compliment Access Network products.