New products and features introduction.Budget & forecast management. Trade-in Plan management.Quality management.

-Manage the Charge Spots supply chain.-New Product Introduction (NPI): Early engagement with the R&D and strategic suppliers till launch to mass production. Ensure product is best designed for DFM / DFT/ DFA.-Manage contract manufacturers (EMS) and suppliers, mainly in China. Commercial negotiations.-Master BOMs, ECOs, purchasing, product cost management.-Define new life cycle process for gates-based product development.

-Manufacturing product management leadership through product lifecycle: Lead cross functional teams (engineering, marketing, manufacturing, demand planning..) supporting shipping products ( revenues: $100M a quarter) .-Systematic follow up and continuous improvement of supply continuity, factory quality yields and field quality (RMA, DOA) and product cost management. Monitoring, reporting and managing critical product lifecycle metrics.-Track record of cost reduction / value engineering of shipping products.-Processes definition robust track record.-Experienced in LEAN manufacturing environment.

-Team leadership introducing key products from concept phase to mass production, achieving shortest time to market, highest quality, test yields and lowest cost.-Work with both design engineering teams and with contract manufacturers to ensure the product will be manufactureable on day one at production.-Extensive experience in new product introduction (NPI) projects leadership.-Broad experience working with largest contract manufacturers (EMS partners) globally: Thailand, China, US, Canada.-Experienced in leading acquisition integration, merging the acquired manufacturing organization into the acquiring company.-Leadership of cross-functional teams around the globe; True global player.

Managing the supply chain end to end: material & demand planning, procurement, production , final assembly and test, shipments to customers. ERP implementation key user. Succesful manufacturing acquisition integration into Cisco.

Led project to optimize and redesign the in-house manufacturing assembly and test floor layout and flow. Capacity planning & optimization. Budget planning & Control. Filled role in ERP implementation project covering the entire suppy chain and business processes.