Jerald C. Email & Phone Number

Santa Monica, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Lead direct materials sourcing team to achieve world class supply chain by enabling supplier partners to successfully develop and launch new programs.

Director, New Product Development, Enterprise Managed US and overseas procurement organizations for all Enterprise class disk drive programsDeveloped strategic supplier sourcing plan for all mechanical and electrical componentsResponsible for the origination and implementation of all General Agreements and Statement of Work Contracts for entire supplier base Managed cost reduction activities to achieve targeted quarter to quarter cost reductionsFacilitated all ongoing production level material constraint and pricing issues with overseas facilities

El Segundo, Ca

Primary technical and business interface between program and supply chain teams Responsible for all procured items relating to cost, lead-time, and quality Managed successful early delivery schedule of critical supplier components and assemblies for assigned programs to achieve early progress based payment milestonesIncorporated earned value cost tracking matrix internally and at supplier base

Managed design and feasibility engineering teams from prototype to mass productionOversaw engineering technical interface for company's largest customer Led engineering transfer teams from U.S. facility to Thailand manufacturing site resulting in highest yielding program within company

Managed Head/Media Supplier Engineering functions thru company's three design facilities ensuring commonality in defining qualification matrixes to meet Product Life Cycle requirements Successful launch of programs in all three sites that were essential in the manufacturing of millions of drives per quarterOversaw customer failure analysis efforts that resulted in #1 quality rating with OEM customerDeveloped supplier processes and component designs that 100% met all company's cost objectivesPart of management team responsible for the successful launch of initial server type disk drives

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial Technology

Mba, Finance

Finance and Accounting Concentration

Jd, Law

Corporate and Intellectual Property Law Concentration First time California Bar Exam Passer (February 2011)