David D. Email & Phone Number

Aptos, Ca, Us

Fremont, California, United States

Chief of Staff to the Vice President of Supply Chain Operations acting as the main liaison for current and future collaboration relationships with the internal team as well as IT, Sales Operations and Account Management as well as external groups/firms. Main operations buffer to lead any ad-hoc projects with urgent closure needs. Break down complex operations problems into actionable and operationally value-added paths. Pro-active project lead for any un-exploited opportunities that would solve long term operational issues from concept to implementation. Conceptualize, craft, deliver and lead internal and external facing communications such as emails, presentations, Excel or info-graphics/visualizations. Conceptualize, craft, deliver and lead major user and executive management change management and training efforts on critical operations projects. Represent the organization and be a subject matter expert (SME) for Business intelligence, data visualization tools and capabilities (Tableau, Excel, Alteryx), Business Object (BOBJ), EDW, Oracle Enterprise resource planning (ERP), ops cost control, inventory management and program management. Implementation of Supply Chain Planning (SCP) Supply Chain dashboards, maintenance and new implementations. Facilitator of the company S&OP processes from the Global teams up to the Senior Executive level.

Cupertino, Ca

Drive Supply Chain and Planning process improvements, including implementation of new planning tools and bridge processes to aid and improve process efficiency and accuracy. Develop detailed production reports for upper Management to review aligned metrics against Sales Forecasts, and adjust and communicate plan revision to the team as needed in support of dynamic business requirements. Provide leadership and direction to production planners on supply/demand issue resolution. Support established process controls and continuously work to improve them. Utilize existing dashboards and reports and formulate revisions and improvements as needed to achieve optimum results. Interface with the Sales/Sales Operations and Operations organizations to assure alignment to current objectives.

Sunnyvale/Santa Clara, Ca

Main responsibilities included overseeing the purchase of all non-production goods: electrical and mechanical components, business computer systems, services and engineering equipment, MRO, CAD tool and business software, etc. Experience with equipment lease agreements and purchasing agreements with strategic suppliers. Broad range of experience throughout the management of business operations, including the implementation and monitoring of RFQ processes and RFP Bid proposals. Managed planning responsibilities for in-house Evaluation and Development board kits for externals partners and customers. Production purchasing responsibilities included; teaming with various Engineering groups on cost analysis, volume forecasting, early planning and order placement for support of product development and early ramp of new products with foundry operations. Purchasing site lead for Oracle 11i implementation project. Successfully initiated and completed $1.5M Freight RFP process. Supervised an organizational spend of $150M+ in CY2005. Purchasing Oracle champion/project lead for process improvement, future system development and implementation.

Scotts Valley/San Jose, Ca

Purchasing of components for development of rigid HDD for Scotts Valley/San Jose design centers. Main focus on MaskROMS, Logic/Linear devices, capacitors, resistors, PCB's and other support devices for HDD PCBA builds. Department project manager for qualification process of new components for production support. Member of corporate cost negotiation team representing San Jose design center. US design center coordinator for quarterly PCBA forecast roll-up and competitive cost analysis. Experience with major industry manufacturers and distributors. Member of site core team coordinating conversion from ASK/ManMan to Oracle.

Scotts Valley, Ca

High volume manufacturing planning duties included collaboration with Scotts Valley design center engineering, purchasing, strategic suppliers and overseas factories. Created and implemented detailed plans for product ramp up, ongoing production and end-of-life operations for all high ends ASIC and IC production requirements. Coordinated JIT supply chain with factories as Master Schedule changes were released. Expedited direct deliveries when needed, including interaction with Shipping, Traffic, and International Trade departments. Successfully implemented departmental inventory reduction program and custom Mask ROMS planning packages. Coordinator for Bill of materials costing for Scotts Valley design center. Department coordinator for I.S.O 9000 guideline manual preparation. Internal Auditor for I.S.O. 9000 Corporate certification.