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San Francisco, California, Us

Fortunate to lead the function focused on Strategic Sourcing/Category Management, Procurement Operations and Travel & Expense across DoorDash, globally

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Team Leader supporting Software and SaaS Category across SFDC enterprise• Serve as category expert for Enterprise Software and SaaS.• While two days are never the same, I represent Salesforce's interests to a highly varied and complex SW and SaaS supply base. My scope ranges from commercial negotiations with high value and/or strategic vendors to performing Market research, stakeholder engagement, benchmarking, cost modeling, RFx and the influencing of senior leadership on technolgy decisions; I aim to drive efficiency and value to the organization through strategic internal and external interactions.

San Francisco, California, Us

Category Manager for the Enterprise Software and SaaS space across Salesforce.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Strategic role tasked with guiding the growth of the product line by aligning the execution of the Supply Chain teams with the long-term business plan. Key Accomplishments:• Drive the operating plan team meetings with the key cross functional execution pieces of the Supply Chain • Align build and ship plans with manufacturing forecast based on the goals of the business • Drive quarterly material flexibility to support upside and product transitions throughout the life cycle of a product • Fire fight day to day business operational issues by interfacing with both marketing and supply chain functions supporting the product teams

San Jose, Ca, Us

As the x86 Blade Server Global Direct Fulfillment lead, I own the implementation of the integrated fulfillment strategy for server products in alignment with Supply Chain stakeholders. This role is responsible for the analysis, reporting and global orchestration of the fulfillment strategy of SAVBU allowing the business to meet or exceed revenue and customer delivery goals.This role requires me to use analytical skills, a global and customer focused mindset, and the ability to demonstrate strong leadership and influencing skills while working across functional boundaries to drive operational excellence in delivery and operational improvementsBuild long term partnerships and strong linkages with the global Mfg Ops, Product Ops/NPI, Central Teams and cross functional partners.Additional responsibilities:- Accountable for Build Plan, On-Time Shipment, Lead Time Attainment and Recommit Metrics. Exert influence to ensure supply continuity and optimal Delivery Lead Times and customer satisfaction across world wide DF sites. - Program manage as well as develop timely short term & long term solutions to address operational challenges of a complex nature which may require cross-functional/cross organizational issue resolution- Manage and deliver the Metrics Package of worldwide DF sites to Senior Level Management.-Leveraging MFG Partners (MPa) expertise to context tactical order management and supply operations activities. Manage MPa planners to match customer requirements (products, quantities and delivery dates) to supply availability. Partner with MPa purchasing team to ensure supply continuity.

San Jose, Ca, Us

- Manufacturing Engineer at Cisco Systems working with the Server Access Virtualizaiton Business Unit that manages the Unified Computing System (UCS) product family at Worldwide Cisco CM's and distribution centers. - Areas of Focus: - Manufacturing quality - End to end process/yield optimization - On Time ShipmentProduction is managed from the NPI/Design for Manufacturing process through Maturation.- Improved End to End Yields by 10+% on a highly configurable, short lead time product- Ensured both functional and visual product specifications were met by ensuring incoming supply quality and improving the the manufacturing process.- Executed the reconciliation of $2M+ in salvageable bone pile materials.- Manged the transition of 2 generation changes within multiple MPa's globally

San Jose, Ca, Us

Strategic Process and Operations - Collaborated with all seven functional teams within the Global Manufacturing Operations organization (Customer Value Chain Management) to determine performance-based metrics.- Tracked organizational allocation of human resources and skills across all Run-the-Business and Project Portfolio activities. Results are shared with the VP of Global Manufacturing Operations and the Senior Leadership team. Information is used to ensure that 500+ resources are aligned effectively.- Drove process improvements in the headcount tracking tool to remove redundancies and drive efficiencies in the process.- Worked on a cross-functional team to define and map business processes of the Global Process Operations function to drive gap-analysis and efficiency within the function.

Bachelor Of Science, Industrial Technology

Minor, Packaging Science