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Chandler, Arizona, United States

Chandler, Arizona, United States

Chandler, Arizona, United States

Oro Valley, Arizona, United States

Recruited to lead the site Purchasing, Supplier Quality and Logistics teams, Implemented Purchasing Triage to stabilize the supply of parts for the factory, providing leadership to 8-person team, purchasing $30M in Direct and Indirect commodities to support the plants requirements for OEM, Spares, R&O, New Product development to office and laboratory supplies. Utilizing Meggitt Operating system to drive daily accountability and problem escalation/resolution.  Implement Kanban replenishment… Show more Recruited to lead the site Purchasing, Supplier Quality and Logistics teams, Implemented Purchasing Triage to stabilize the supply of parts for the factory, providing leadership to 8-person team, purchasing $30M in Direct and Indirect commodities to support the plants requirements for OEM, Spares, R&O, New Product development to office and laboratory supplies. Utilizing Meggitt Operating system to drive daily accountability and problem escalation/resolution.  Implement Kanban replenishment and ABC Entitlement resulting in a $800K inventory reduction Automated the Kanban replenishment process reducing days of buyer and planner coordination to minutes  Implemented tier accountability and standard work for the purchasing department to ensure focus on part ordering and supplier delivery, Improving customer OTD to 93% in Q1 2021  Improved the ERP (Visual) system to automate messaging for shortages and PO to place, roadmap established for alignment messaging, forecasting and automated PO release Show less

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Promoted to senior role, charged with providing leadership to 12-person team, purchasing $200M in commodities ranging from electronic components, integrated circuit cards to complete electronic displays and assemblies. Responsible for North America and Asia Pacific team operations utilizing Honeywell Operating Systems and daily accountability for actions, escalations and resolution. Drove reduction supplier past due by 70% for Albuquerque site in 6 months ($8M) Implemented… Show more Promoted to senior role, charged with providing leadership to 12-person team, purchasing $200M in commodities ranging from electronic components, integrated circuit cards to complete electronic displays and assemblies. Responsible for North America and Asia Pacific team operations utilizing Honeywell Operating Systems and daily accountability for actions, escalations and resolution. Drove reduction supplier past due by 70% for Albuquerque site in 6 months ($8M) Implemented replenishment methods to minimize customer delivery risk including Rate Base, VMI, ABC stratification over 6K active parts enabling inventory reduction of $4M  Designed and deployed procurement model splitting buyer function to PO Placement and Order fulfillment, remapping 30K parts to new buyer map Remotely managing staff of 17 direct reports utilizing tier accountability to drive daily actions and escalations to improve communications to the operations team of issues, risks and mitigation plans to support the weekly/monthly/quarterly revenue plan execution Mentored colleagues to improve FAR/DFAR order placement and documentation by improving use of competitive quoting and sole source justification Show less

Phoenix, Arizona Area

SIOP Sr. Manager Jan 2011- Nov 2013Promoted to take charge of inventory management and SIOP (Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning) for 8 sites that make up Honeywell America’s Mechanical Group ($1.2B Rev). Drove creation of multiple inventory reduction programs; reduced on hand inventory by 2% Implemented and maturing the SIOP process and driving actions to improve Inventory performance Improved Forecast accuracy by implementing monthly reviews of demand to find and… Show more SIOP Sr. Manager Jan 2011- Nov 2013Promoted to take charge of inventory management and SIOP (Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning) for 8 sites that make up Honeywell America’s Mechanical Group ($1.2B Rev). Drove creation of multiple inventory reduction programs; reduced on hand inventory by 2% Implemented and maturing the SIOP process and driving actions to improve Inventory performance Improved Forecast accuracy by implementing monthly reviews of demand to find and eliminate duplicate demand for firm and forecast orders, avoiding multiple millions in on hand inventory Show less

South Bend, Indiana

Provide daily leadership for the Materials team covering Purchasing, Planning, Logistics, Inventory, & SIOP Management. Annual Spend $330 Million. Responsible for driving behaviors in Material’s team to achieve site goals for Customer Satisfaction (OTD/OTTR), Working Capital (Inventory & Department costs), and Honeywell Operating Systems (HOS) implementation. Ensuring continuous employee accountability and development, by providing coaching, and mentoring to the staff.Key… Show more Provide daily leadership for the Materials team covering Purchasing, Planning, Logistics, Inventory, & SIOP Management. Annual Spend $330 Million. Responsible for driving behaviors in Material’s team to achieve site goals for Customer Satisfaction (OTD/OTTR), Working Capital (Inventory & Department costs), and Honeywell Operating Systems (HOS) implementation. Ensuring continuous employee accountability and development, by providing coaching, and mentoring to the staff.Key Contributions: • Implemented HOS for Department, Introducing Daily tier accountability to professional staff • Drove the creation of standard work for Buyers, planners and leaders on materials staff• Drove improved supply base performance, reducing past due by 1/3 ($4M) in first 2 months, incorporated supplier PD into daily accountability meetings• Transition of Purchasing administration work to low cost region• Establish MOS and driving accountability into weekly Site SQP and MPP SQP – Clear owners identified, standard work established Show less

Provide daily leadership for a team of 11 buyers purchasing a wide variety of commodities, from simple seals to complex welded sheet metal housings & assemblies for AALS Tempe. Annual Spend $90 Million. Responsible for staffing, employee development, coaching, and mentoring. Key Contributions: • Lead site OTTR Tiger team, driving a 10% improvement in site performance through creation of new standard work in all disciplines. Driving to daily accountability for OTTR… Show more Provide daily leadership for a team of 11 buyers purchasing a wide variety of commodities, from simple seals to complex welded sheet metal housings & assemblies for AALS Tempe. Annual Spend $90 Million. Responsible for staffing, employee development, coaching, and mentoring. Key Contributions: • Lead site OTTR Tiger team, driving a 10% improvement in site performance through creation of new standard work in all disciplines. Driving to daily accountability for OTTR performance.• Honeywell Operating System implementation in the office, leading by example, implementing tier accountability meetings the office environment, leading 5S activities, establishing standard work • Drove improved delivery for supply base through successful transitions. Moving $8M annual spend from low to high performing suppliers base in 6 months.• Lead the Material Management Career Path team. Focused on the developing career navigators for the Material Management organization and Material Manager Site Leader, as well as a developing a Mentoring program for Material Management. Show less

787 Supply Chain Leader responsible for troubleshooting supply chain delivery and quality issues. Driving corrective action to the source of the issue. Developing the supply base capabilities by providing company resources or consultants to assist in daily management of supplier operations, Improving supply base delivery performance, Developing team of project managers to sustain the supply base improvement activity, Development of key metrics and reports for Executive Management reviews.… Show more 787 Supply Chain Leader responsible for troubleshooting supply chain delivery and quality issues. Driving corrective action to the source of the issue. Developing the supply base capabilities by providing company resources or consultants to assist in daily management of supplier operations, Improving supply base delivery performance, Developing team of project managers to sustain the supply base improvement activity, Development of key metrics and reports for Executive Management reviews. Key Contributions: Developed the strategy and tactics for Boeing to intervene into the 787 supply stream for schedule recoveryCo-developed the processes used for measuring supply base readiness and supplier development plansLead engagements with supplier executive managers to drive desired behavior of supplierLead internal reviews with executive management on supply base healthLead internal meeting with multiple disciplines management including engineering, fabrication, finance, and final assembly focused on identification of supply base constraints for future production rates.Developed a team of procurement project managers to lead and sustain the supply base recovery activity for the company mapping of the 787 supply chainDevelopment of Best practice for supply chain readiness, recovery and reporting to Executive management Show less

Providing daily leadership for a centralized purchasing team of 15 buyers. Commodities included: metallic and composite build to print assemblies and detail parts for Boeing Commercial Aircraft. Annual spend $100 Million. Responsible for staffing, employee development, coaching, and mentoring. Ensuring the team completes their contracting and price negotiations within budget and time constraints. Key Contributions: Special project leader for Boeing Dreamlifter project where a 747 was… Show more Providing daily leadership for a centralized purchasing team of 15 buyers. Commodities included: metallic and composite build to print assemblies and detail parts for Boeing Commercial Aircraft. Annual spend $100 Million. Responsible for staffing, employee development, coaching, and mentoring. Ensuring the team completes their contracting and price negotiations within budget and time constraints. Key Contributions: Special project leader for Boeing Dreamlifter project where a 747 was highly modified to carry the 787 major structures.Lead the procurement activity for the new fuselage structureResponsible for staffing to support all integrated product teamsDeveloped the strategy and tactics that enabled simultaneous design, sourcing and contracting to support the short flow time of the program.Developed key metrics for contract completion that enabled additional management focus and drove the behavior of the procurement team.Achieved a 2% annual reduction in group spend through the use of hard nose contact negotiations, competitive bid procurement, strategic sourcing, and incorporating supplier suggestions to improve design for manufacturing,Met with key supplier leadership for annual improvement and lean manufacturing implementation plans that supported Boeings lean and cost reduction goals.Utilized metrics to monitor Buyer activity and supplier health in Delivery, and quality. Assigning actions to develop corrective action if required.Managed strategic work placement in South Africa and China.Lead a low cost manufacturing initiative for China and Korea which explored the cost/benefit for placing work oversees. Show less

Systems and Equipment buyer for supplier designed hydraulic and pneumatic hardware for Boeing Commercial aircraft. Negotiated contracts commercial terms and pricing. Worked with suppliers to develop quality systems implementation plans.

Methods analyst for Major structures assembly on the 767 wing line. Shop loads analysis, Precedence network and job sequence planning, workforce planning for production cycle changes, measuring actual performance to planned and development of recovery plans to move back to schedule.

Masters, Business Administration

Ba, Finance

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