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Milpitas, California, United States

Menlo Park, California, United States

Santa Clara, Ca

Newark, Ca

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

-Managed purchasing, demand planning, quality assurance, and international order fulfillment – 114 SKU’s across 3 factories in China and 2 third party warehouses.-Implemented a new forecasting model and purchasing policies, which eliminated $2M of excess purchase orders.-Reduced production and quality inefficiencies which increased on time delivery from less than 50% to 98%.-Led Sales and Operations planning and process improvements; monitored performance to forecast and recommendations to senior management.-Coordinated with Product Development to revise all core products in a margin improvement project which resulted in 30% increase to gross margin and completed on time launch of third generation product line.-Identified key vendor performance issue and transferred products to a better performing vendor, which resulted in 75% reduction in warranty replacement costs.-Led planning, production and logistics team in successful on time launch of third generation product line. -Led sourcing of multiple new products and new vendor qualification as part of the Go To Market team.

Newark, Ca

 Implemented Bill Of Materials database which improved operational efficiency for Compliance, Product Development, and price negotiation. Led planning, production and logistics team in successful on time launch of third generation product line.  Implemented a new forecasting model and purchasing policies, which eliminated $2M of excess purchase orders. Drove production and quality efficiencies which increased on time delivery from less than 50% to 98%.

San Jose, Ca

 Managed 3 teams (18 people) within the Integration Plant – RMA, production planning, and material handling. Part of cross-functional team in companywide transition of ERP and work order systems. Managed kitting process improvement project which resulted in 3 day reduction in Led time, which increased on time orders from 75 to 98%.Re-organized RMA team which increased efficiencies and reduced past due backlog from $1.5M to less than $20K. Directed material buys and scheduled production orders to customer forecast on several large and mid-sized accounts simultaneously. Served as escalation point for critical issues affecting production and delivery.

San Francisco Bay Area

Milpitas, Ca

 Managed the relocation of office and factory from San Jose to Milpitas.  Coordinated financing and contract negotiation for the construction of the new Milpitas location.  Led the restructuring of the operations team, hired and trained office personnel, which helped to increase sales and capacity, doubling annual revenue.  Implemented inventory management system which reduced excess inventory and increased operational efficiency.

San Francisco Bay Area

 Managed customer communication and internal requirements for the return and repair program. Drove resolution on $3M of past due backlog and maintained cycle time requirements Developed a system to properly define warranty claims which turned around $250k worth of annual credits to customers into $100k worth of revenue.

San Francisco Bay Area

 Worked in a diverse manufacturing environment and performed assembly and test of voicemail equipment. Ensured high quality manufacture of equipment through use of policies and procedures.

San Francisco Bay Area

 Worked in a diverse manufacturing environment and performed assembly and test of voicemail equipment. Ensured high quality manufacture of equipment through use of policies and procedures.