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California, United States

Santa Ana

Skills Used:Coordinated departments for manufacturing of heavy equipment. Co-authoring procedure and purchased testing equipment saving $1800 per test.Directed Purchasing on technical aspects of procurement critical materials.Scheduled logistics, packing, unpacking and shipping. Planned available resources for multiple facilities to complete projectsSupervised shop floor movement of materials from and to facilities.Recommended design changes to allow greater reliability and ease of assembly.Determined shortages risks.Reviewed contracts for Profit/Loss and ability to manufacture as per requested time constraints.Scheduled Production, Quality, and Machining DepartmentDrew up routers, bills of operations, including QA Holds, issued travelers and design changes (ECN). Reviewed and evaluated material costing, delivery and failure.

Santa Ana, California

Skills Used:Directed Manufacturing, Planning, Purchasing, and Machine Shop.Plant design, hiring and training of floor leads, planners, and assembly personnel. LNG fueling skids design review and correction during manufacturing.Improved designs with expected savings of $100K annually. (price drop from $58 to $8 per unit!)Initiated design change to allow lubrication level to be maintained without extravagant redesign. Successfully opened and transferred inventory to an off-site warehouse.. Assigned work load levels to accommodate shift work level.Streamlined multiple manufacturing processes to eliminate waste and errors on routing & process. Trained floor staff on proper loading and handling of components to avoid damage.Member of Performance Excellence Committee, followed test stand failure, cause & correction. Reviewed quality standards to determine compliance on project specifications.

Santa Ana, Ca

Skills UsedManaged a successful and diverse purchasing department, focused on customer service, positive attitudes, and solutions. Eliminated non responsive, non-factory authorized suppliers.Eliminated single source suppliers through the addition of tooling, or sourcing of similar service. Reduced test media price by greater than half saving $280,000 per year.Maintained a symbiotic relationship with Engineering, Planning, Machining and Accounting allowing a rapid transfer of information.Sourced cast and machined components globally with 48% cost reduction and low rejection rate. Reviewed complex mechanical drawings, and located suppliers for components, including castings, precision machined components, injection molded, stamped, forged, extruded, and spun material.Negotiated and oversaw purchase of capital equipment.Consistently lowered cost through effective supplier management. Managed outbound and inbound freight from suppliers including material from India and China. Shortened material transit time by 85% with a 5% increase on expedited international shipping. Arranged for the service, repair and purchase of all facility equipment, clean rooms, and tooling.Continuously reviewed methods and cost reports to see pricing issues and trends. Established, set, and allocated MRP for several thousand skews. Maintained inventory levels.Set policies, goals, forecast, and developed matrix (KPI) for the review of key projects.Wrote and implemented and maintained ISO 9001 criteria for purchasing department. Reviewed and tracked non conformance reports; corrected trends with suppliers as noted.

Santa Ana, California

Skills Used:Consistently reduced costs through analysis and supplier negotiations and process improvements.Trained buyers in effective negotiation techniques, uncooperative suppliers, and price negotiations.Internationally sourced unique products allowing a greater product mix and offerings.Negotiated exceptional shipping terms through various items, shortening lead-time from 90 to 60 days, providing greater control over stock levels.Audited supplier price increases; one supplier proposed an increase due to material and labor inflation in Canada. Reviewed the information through Canadian economic sources proving the data from the supplier was incorrect. I asked for a 3% price decrease and received it Controlled scrap by immediate review and disposition of material. Maintained ERP min/max and EOQ for several thousand components.Provided key commodities supplier capacity levels and material pricing reports.Corrected any and all quality issues from poor quality castings, incorrect valves to freight damage.Reduced carrying-costs by assigning inventory to suppliers, improving delivery and total savings. Sourced the production of castings and machined components throughout the world, including the United States, Italy, Germany, France, China, Taiwan, South Africa, India, and the United Kingdom.

Black Belt, Lean Manufacturing, Lean/Six Sigma

Lean Manufacturing training

Continued Management Training, Management Theory

Supply Chain Management Certificate, Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions And Contracts Management, 4.0

Supply Chain/Purchasing Certificate. Coursework included: Organization & Management Principles of Supply Chain Management Supply Chain.

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration And Management

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing, and Statistical Analysis.

Associate’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Business Administration, general. Deans List Worked for Rockwell part time (temp position.)

Mechanical Engineering

Prerequisite for ME, drafting, Cal, Phys, and Chem.