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Georgetown, Tx, Us

Georgetown, Tx, Us

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

• Manage and execute NPI purchases for engineering• Responsible for training new buyers• Coordinate credit card purchases and required paperwork with accounting• Help manage cash flow priorities with finance• Coordinate first article builds for new parts and new revision changes for current production material.• Responsible for procurement, build schedules and shipments for customer warranty and spare part orders• Manage purchase orders and deliveries from our Germany headquarters• Work with supply chain team to clarify and implement processes• Responsible for submission and approval of ECO’s (engineering change orders)• Cost Bill of Materials for NPI and Production• Participate in new supplier qualification for NPI and production needs• Responsible for quoting and ordering build to print material for both NPI and production for just in time builds.• Provide bill of materials analysis for different project assemblies be released from NPI to production• Responsible for processing and maintaining weekly open order reports to the suppliers.

San Jose, California, United States

• Responsible for Production / RMA Laser support• Ensure execution of material orders and commits for Power Supplies and material needed for production build plans.• Coordinate/procure material needed for global customer sales orders• Responsible for coordinating supply executions with contract manufacturers for New Product builds for Transmission/Transceivers Group• Work with engineering and change management to update non-existent and incorrect AML’s (approved mfr. List) in Agile• Work with cross functional teams to insure alignment of material supply• Participated in and completed Kaizen Academy training • Responsible for non-conforming material being returned to the suppliers for credit or rework

• Responsible for TAA compliance for 3 different business units • Work with Marketing and New Product Program Managers to decide which products require TAA Compliance• Publish weekly status reports to management• Work with change management on the policies and procedures of TAA Compliance• Work with Cross functional teams to ensure alignment of Product Road Map, technology road map and Cisco supply chain strategy to insure TAA Compliance

• Responsible for box build and board level supply chain build plans for 3 different factories in Guadalajara Mexico, Fremont Ca. and New Hampshire Conn. (High volume / High mix)• Managed 4 different material procurement groups• Worked with Component Engineering on second sources or to limit supply interruptions.• Managed product returns from internal factories back to the different contract manufacturers.• Worked closely with the different manufacturing operations on unexpected demand increases and decreases.• Planned product transitions of new product assemblies moving to production.• Tracked excess material that could be used between factories limiting additional spend• Ensured contract manufacturers loaded and executed to monthly build plan for both NPI and production.• Managed PPV approvals by business units for upsides in the build plan• Participated in Quarterly Business Reviews for each factory.• Responsible for making sure the quarterly cost roll pricing was implemented at the factories• Provided week contract manufacturing linearity and alignment charts for management by assembly• Trained employees how to do the linearity and alignment charts

• Responsible for all New Product /Production material requirements for the top 2 Strategic Customers• Work with Supply Chain Partners to lower Bill of Materials costs• Track ECO Impact Studies and implementation for all New Product / Production products• Manage critical meetings with for both internal and external customers addressing concerns/concerns for builds and shipments.• Participate with customers and focus teams for all NPI Kick Off meetings for New Product builds.• Negotiate contracts and cancellations due customer build plan/demand changes• Worked fluidly in a highly cross functionally team environment involving manufacturing and product development teams, as well as material planners and manufacturing engineers.• Was and active team member in developing on improving internal process

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