John Maher Email & Phone Number

Pleasanton, California, United States

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pleasanton, CA

• Managed operations for order fulfillment, inventory maintenance, production scheduling, new product introduction, purchasing, and customer support.Key Activities and Accomplishments:
• Purchasing agent for materials, contracts, equipment, instruments, suite improvements, office furniture, services, etc.
• Maintained ERP system, BOM’s, part numbers, and PO accounting functions for over 200 SKU’s
• Worked with over 50 suppliers for quotes, spec reviews, sample evaluations, costing, and planning.
• Proactively sought out new sources for raw materials and consumables to maintain daily Lab and commercial operation at start of Covid-19 sheltering.
• Researched and secured new sources for high-demand and scarce materials for Covid-19 product.

Pleasanton, CA

Display fixture purchasing for store remodels, new store openings, and special projects.

Pleasanton, CA

• Purchasing responsibility for both R&D and commercial operations for biotech startup.Key Activities and Accomplishments:
• Achieved cost-of-goods savings of $25K in one month and on-track to in-year savings of $100K.
• Reduced past due PO invoices from 30% to 6% through new ERP custom reports for PO tracking.
• Reduced PO creation time through ERP user interface improvements within 2 weeks of hire.
• Improved MRP cost performance using Economic Order Quantities on high-volume items.
• Generated from 15 to 30 PO’s daily for chemicals, specimens, instrument parts, consumables, services, clean room supplies, software, trade shows, etc., for over 100 SKU’s, and negotiated discounts.

Pleasanton, California, United States

• Desktop and Remote Support for Windows and other applications, User Training, Virus Eradication, PC and printer installation, plus Microsoft Server domain and Active Directory changes.Key Activities and Accomplishments:
• Initiated PO tracking using Google Apps to manage inventory for customer jobs.
• Created and implemented staging plan for all jobs to reduce job costs and time on site.
• Principle contact for telecom support of on-site and VoIP systems, voicemail setup and training, calling tree setup, and new installation project management.

• Purchasing responsibility for laboratory instrument components, sub-assemblies, electronics, custom weldments, sheet metal, machined parts, and custom glass pieces.Key Activities and Accomplishments:
• Implemented Silog ERP system at Setaram US office, created BOM’s, managed ECN updates, and tested all functions before going live.
• Decreased lead-time by 10-weeks by initiating supplier stocking agreement for high-cost components.
• Reduced lead-time from 12-weeks to 3-days on fabricated items through a supplier partnership.
• Managed instrument production schedules for US, China, South America, and France-based sales, coordinating with suppliers and manufacturing to meet deadlines.
• Reduced costs by creating new tracking processes for production and R&D WIP materials.

• Responsible for installation, cutover, and customer satisfaction for phone systems from 30 to 350 phones, single and multiple locations, traditional and VoIP systems.Key Activities and Accomplishments:
• Single Point of Contact to establish schedule and meet project milestones, successfully managed house and contract labor, equipment delivery, and system implementation and new system cutover.
• Reduced installation labor costs >50% by programming systems in-house and creating the Help Desk to resolve customer issues remotely in lieu of dispatching field technicians.
• Point-person for emergency issues, solution assessment and action, 24/7.
• Created original training materials for user and admin-level training to individuals and teams.

• Key Activities and Accomplishments:
• Increased Business Unit revenue >30% by synchronizing engineering, pricing, and ordering tools for North and South America.
• Improved order processing over 200% via custom software tools, and successfully led process re-design, software development, and deployment. Personally trained all users.
• Achieved 20% revenue increase by re-designing the product introduction process to include stakeholders from Marketing, Engineering, Operations, and Pricing teams.
• Led company-wide initiative recommending ERP improvements using BaaN, Aurum, i2, and Clarify.
• Increased forecast accuracy 50% by implementing i2 Demand Planner. Organized training on i2 modules using a customized course curriculum and user interface.

Richardson, Texas, United States

• Key Activities and Accomplishments:
• Corrected out-of-sync coordination between product and manufacturing teams to support product introduction dates through cross-functional team leadership.
• Removed the delay of configuration and pricing tool updates, enabling new products to be ordered on their published availability date.
• Created cross-functional team sessions to identify and determine solutions for removing blocks to system updates, then successfully implemented those solutions.

• Responsible for electronic configuration tool updates for over 100 distributors in US, Canada, Mexico, and South America:
• Provided electronic pricing updates to distributor groups 4 times per year.
• Maintained configuration tool with input from product management and rules design from engineering teams.
• Improved software design and engineering team's relationship to reduce tool updates and meet deadlines.
• Eliminated 3-week ordering delay by synchronizing rollout dates with Distributor pricing updates, meeting revenue projections for over 40 products introduced annually.Responsible for electronic configuration tool.
• Significantly increased customer satisfaction through met deadlines and reduced after-release updates.

Undergraduate Studies For Bs, Business Administration

Aa, Industrial Electronics Technician

Education record

Activities and Societies: • QuickBooks Manufacturing and Wholesale (GenTegra) – 2014 • Expandable ERP (integenX) Purchasing, Part, Vendor.