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Milpitas, Ca

Work directly with development engineering, applications, and manufacturing teams both domestic and international in support of new tool design, development and test.Proven skills associated with the isolation, analysis, and root cause failure analysis of technical issues.Project manager for tool cost reduction program within RAPID division.Project manager for testing next gen optics package. Extensive experience on data mining and analysis applied to program evaluation and monitoring and implementing corrective actions.Managed and published quarterly software metrics within RAPID division Engineering Operations.Strong communications skills in keeping all organization levels updated on the progress of issue resolution keeping ownership throughout.Excellent written, MS Office and verbal communication skills.Contract position through Valley Engineering Group

Redwood City, Ca

• Manage the contract manufacturer, Jabil Circuit, with operational tools: Oracle, Agile, Noetix, MS Excel, Outlook, Access and PowerPoint. • Manage supplier sourcing, evaluation and selection, negotiation, performance monitoring, relationship management, and continuous improvement. • Direct the activities of buyers and supply chain expediters to meet company goals and objectives.• Approve purchases with contract manufacturers and vendors up to a specified dollar amount.• Establish, execute and report to senior management cost reduction goals for BOM components.• Work closely with Program Management and Product Development, developing and maintaining technology and/or commodity strategies for assigned materials.• Lead weekly review of supply & demand movements to align materials to planned manufacturing work orders (S&OP) and existing work in process (WIP).• Create, maintain and publish accurate production schedules for the manufacturing floor supporting the master schedule using Oracle, Noetix and MS Excel• Coordinate with Engineering and NPI to support new design and development, including ownership of supply chain readiness through the lifecycle process.• Set and meet TQRDCE (Technology, Quality, Responsiveness, Delivery, Cost, & Environmental) objectives for the suppliers/programs within the scope of the role and actively participated in Quarterly Business Reviews with contract manufacturer.• Track and report on supplier strategies, monitoring spend, business allocation, capability gap analysis and facilitate cross-functional review and evaluation.• Generate and present performance metrics to contract manufacturer, suppliers and manage corrective action and continuous improvement initiatives, lead time and cost reduction programs.• Perform and/or evaluate root cause problem resolution for all supplier related issues and ensure the integrity of corrective actions.

Fremont, Ca

• Responsible for NPI manufacturing of capital equipment (Titan and Disk Component Technology (DCT) programs), utilizing matrix style teams including SI Engineering, NPI and Operations.• Create, maintain and publish accurate production schedules for the manufacturing floor supporting the master schedule using SAP and MS Excel.• Schedule and monitor Work in Process (WIP) assigning production activities to technicians, and verifying that work was completed per Manufacturing Production Documents (MPD) and Standard Operating Procedures. Used Engineering Change system to drive modifications to both.• Establish performance metrics and benchmarks for measuring continuous quality improvement.• Lead team of contract production technicians for electrical and mechanical sub-system builds and system integration including clean room environment.

Fremont, Ca

NPI project team management for capitol equipment manufacturing, leading build team.

Manufacturing manager responsible for the day to day operations of thermoforming environment.

Santa Clara, Ca

Responsible for the management and development of a staff of 32 full time Help Desk employees, including three team supervisors / leads, covering a 24 x 7 work week, year round, plus added contractors based upon project level support required.