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Hacienda Heights, CA, US

San Jose, California, US

• Led Strategic Sourcing, Planning, Purchasing, Field Service Supply Chain and Supply Chain Analytics
• Established IBP process, including Product Lifecycle Management, Demand, Supply and Inventory Planning
• Revamped Field Service Supply Chain processes, oversaw 27 improvement projects that improved spare parts fill rates to 99%, reduced field inventory by 15% and implemented field service planning systems
• Implemented TADA digital twin for IBP, Supplier Collaboration and Field Service Planning
• Established business and supply chain processes and configuration strategy for expanding internationally

San Diego, California, US

• Led effort to establish and expand global contract manufacturing footprint to support 40% annual growth
• Established contract manufacturing (CM) network in Asia, expand CM network in North & Central America
• Managed capital investment of over $250M for capacity installment at contract manufacturers and suppliers
• Managed CM performance, planning, investments, technology co-development and technical improvements
• Established new external manufacturing facilities worldwide for largest product launch in company history

Board Member to LogiMed conference, the largest medical device supply chain conference in North America. Provided guidance on focus and direction of the conference, discussion topics, and helped attract speakers.

Kalamazoo, MI, US

• Led Global Supply Chain team, oversaw end-to-end supply chain from multi-country manufacturing to distribution across 70 countries
• Developed and implemented Integrated Business Planning process, including Product Life-Cycle Management, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Executive IBP
• Reduced finished goods inventory by 25% and Excess & Obsolescence by 40%
• Represented division in setting directions for Stryker global ERP and planning systems solution design
• Recognized as the division with the most advanced planning processes within Stryker

St. Paul, Minnesota, US

• Led strategic sourcing effort for Implantable Electronic Systems business unit
• Generated $12MM annualized materials savings through negotiations & consolidation
• Managed key supplier relationships, developed long-term partnerships and agreements
• Managed supply chain for Nanostim (acquisition by St. Jude Medical) business line, optimized supply chain processes and integrated it into St. Jude Medical

Abbott Park, Illinois, US

• Led three teams: Strategic Sourcing, Contract Management and Indirect Purchasing
• Generated materials savings and managing supplier risks for 300+ suppliers, supporting 7 manufacturing sites across 4 countries, with annual spend of $150MM
• Implemented division-wide commodity strategy, generated $7.4MM of materials savings per year through supplier consolidation, design standardization, and design for manufacturability
• Led effort to outsource large-scale manufacturing to Third Party Manufacturing provider

Abbott Park, Illinois, US

• Managed Purchasing, Planning and Material Handling departments, with 60 people in the organization, supporting 5 business units at a manufacturing site of 4,500 employees
• Led manufacturing site in effort to obtain Class A Planning Excellence accreditation by Q2 2011
• Implemented supplier scorecards, improved delivery performance from 70% to 95%

Abbott Park, Illinois, US

• Led a team of 575 people, consisting of operators, supervisors, technicians and engineers
• Improved production capacity by 56% in 7 months to meet market demand
• Improved service level to internal customer from 94% to 99% through scheduling process change

Abbott Park, Illinois, US

• Developed international manufacturing strategy across three sites for Xience drug eluting stents and the associated sub-assembly components in preparation for product launch
• Developed capacity planning process and systems, led organization to successful product launch

Irvine, California, US

Led initiative to prepare the global operations group for growth from $280MM to $1B in 6 years. Led Process Excellence initiative in Operations and Supply Chain, oversaw 12 divisional projects, including forecast accuracy improvement and manufacturing outsourcing.

Irvine, California, US

Managed Purchasing, Planning, Receiving Dock, and Material Warehousing for California manufacturing plant.

Irvine, California, US

Managed planning department, responsible for global operations planning, supporting manufacturing sites in Juarez, Mexico and Southern California.

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Implemented various process improvement projects such as kanban processes as well as i2 Advanced Planning Systems for clients such as Toyoga, Quantum, United Technologies, and JNI Corporation.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Operations Research & Industrial Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering