Kali Audio is a manufacturer of best-in-class audio technologies for the consumer and professional markets. Based in Southern California, our team has been responsible for some of the most successful loudspeaker products.

Sourcing for Harman Professional for following categories:Outsourcing - ODM/CMElectronicsElectro-MechanicalRaw MaterialsChemicalsPackaging

Develop, maintain, and analyze a weekly Purchasing-Sales-Inventory report that projects available inventory to promise and highlights any shortages or excess of inventory to be expected.Bi-Weekly calls with team in China discussing supply related issues such as unforeseen increase in demand and the effects on supply.Eliminated excess inventories and reduced shortages through a global perspective by re-distributing inventory amongst different regions. Developed tools to provide our warehouses with correct Inbound Delivery Notes prior to shipment arrival. This reduced the overall communications regarding discrepancies in planned receipts vs. actual receipts and reduced the time material remained on the dock by 60%.Developed tools with IT team, which allowed the buyer to mass upload vendor-committed dates into SAP instantly. Work closely with our 3PLs to ensure on time delivery and to expedite hot orders. Maintained the functionality of EDI to properly update SAP. Created and maintained the Material Master data files in SAP.Worked closely with some of our key accounts to provide them with information regarding order status and product ETAs. Helping customers by satisfying rush orders without compromising the factories capacity, raw materials, and promised inventory to customers who forecasted. Managed the consolidation of our Decentralized warehousing model in the United States to a Centralized model. Responsible for managing the conversion of purchase orders into the new warehouse while reducing the incoming inventory of the old warehouses. Responsible for identifying slow selling finished goods and managing the physical transfer to the new warehouse. Managed the integrity of the data between our 3rd party warehouse service provider’s WMS and SAP by maintaining IDoc accuracy and manipulating IDocs to post correctly in case of errors.

Supply and Demand planning for production assemblies and machined parts.Production planning including work order prioritization and shop floor planning with respect to FIFO.6S, Kaizen, and Kanban strategy implementation.Program Management of largest contract for the plant.Directing buyers to purchase raw forgings, complete assemblies, and out side processing operations such as heat-treating, chrome plating, etc.Directed the flow of work on the floor for high priority customers.Daily use of JD Edwards MRP to schedule receipts and deliveries.Was responsible for 25% of the revenue for the month of March 2012. The goal was achieved.Operate in a very lean manufacturing environment where inventory levels must be maintained at verylow levels and where machines have very low capacities.Engaged in daily and weekly conference calls with customers to ensure satisfaction by providingstatus updates through waterfall charts.Answering planner messages in JDE which include releasing or closing work orders, attaching BOMand routers, expediting, and increasing or decreasing work order quantities.

Negotiate commodity prices quarterly/monthly with key suppliers.Material planning, forecasting, and purchasing using Macola Purchasing and Inventory system.Purchasing various commodities for production such as; cables, drives, faceplates, hardware, support, and critical production components. Implemented cost reduction on purchased parts by negotiating with current suppliers and developing new vendors.Negotiated blanket terms with cable suppliers to help control inventory. Inventory analysis of Raw Materials, Work in Process, and Finished Goods.Lead weekly inventory reduction meetings. With the cooperation of department managers, decreased inventory from $11 million to $6 million in Q3 2010.Helped implement 5S (Six Sigma) philosophy and helped reduce Raw Materials physical square footage by 50%.Daily production requirements with our main Contract Manufacturer and weekly shortage reports from main CM.Created and managed a global inventory database. Communicate updates with our inventory hubs worldwide. Created and managed a customer support database for all 3rd party support customers. Special projects including researching, negotiating, and purchasing new capital equipment such as a forklift (ROI 2.30 years), and stretch wrap machine (ROI 2.45 years).

Financial data entry such as purchase orders, expenditures, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and many more.Filling Financial data on a daily bases in date order.Have organized by date all of the financial data since the 1998/1999 fiscal year.Created several accounting forms for reconciliations, accounts, student financials, and journal entries to balance funds using Microsoft Excel.Work in a fast pace environment and complete all tasks on time.

Contracted at this business representing HT Computer Services.Installed all network accessories such as routers, switches, printers, Xerox copiers.Maintained the well being of all computers in the facility along with the satisfaction of the users.Assisted with all computer issues and provided a professional analysis of any given situation.Answered phone calls regarding customer service and provided assistance to clients.

Created an entirely new database including over 1,000 patients using Dentimax.Billed all completed jobs to the corresponding insurance companies.Electronically requested authorization for certain procedures.Documented all financial data that was processed, pending, and expected.