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Temecula, Ca, Us

Temecula, Ca, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Direct the sourcing, purchasing, and procurement for complete product line representing over 1K product SKUs. • Manage product line and the strategic planning and acquisition of raw materials and supplies.• Identify and source suppliers and ensure timely materials movement.• Collaborate with stakeholders in materials identification, timeline requirements, and quality characteristics.• Deliver timely and consistent integrated communications with internal and external stakeholders.• Achieve optimized vendor pricing through market analysis, competitive intelligence, and results-driven negotiations.• Ensure unimpeded flow of materials, manage critical supplier relationships, and anticipate market pressures.• Monitor and manage the performance of vendors, ensure quality of materials, identify performance and quality deficiencies, and deploy processes and negotiate terms to mitigate risks.• Achieve cost reductions through improved vendor selection, bidding processes, and terms negotiations.• Leverage volume and growth opportunities against improved pricing.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Originally tasked to turn around underperforming channel through developing and deploying holistic change management program including policy, process, personnel and cultural improvements.• Built consensus with senior leadership on strategies to rehabilitate brand.• Managed a team of three, identified priorities, and deployed personnel to rebuild and cultivate critical relationships with suppliers, partners, resellers and consumers.• Provided personnel with improved program collateral and tools including value pricing, promotions, incentives and increased engagement.• Instituted a range of optimized policies, practices and cultural improvements to grow efficiencies, improve engagement and rehabilitate marketplace presence.• Provided regular and special reporting to senior leadership.

• Tasked to reverse several years of declining sales and marketplace present through the aggressive pursuit of new product opportunities, new customers, and comprehensive optimization program.• As Member of the Senior Management Team Member, developed product, operations and strategic sales plans in partnership with Technical, Operations, Sales and Marketing leadership.• Exceeded forecasted divisional performance through deploying winning marketplace value propositions, increased engagement with customers, and a range of cultural, operations, policy and process improvements.• Coordinated new product development initiatives with customer R&D and internal stakeholders to leverage improved utilization of partner resources and time to market.• Managed team of four, changing customer-led passive strategy to a fully engaged and responsive paradigm.• Successfully negotiated new supply agreement contracts and extended partnership with key distributors while rehabilitating partner, supplier and consumer relationships.• Leveraged core business manufacturing competencies into a new product line of remanufactured drum unit cartridges developing a new revenue stream.• Successful liaison with international co-workers and suppliers in Asia and Mexico.

Us

• Business Group Manager for Laser Technologies, a division of Mitsubishi Chemical Imaging Corporation, a remanufacturer of toner cartridges for color laser printers representing $7M in annual sales. • Project Lead directing the planning, transition, move, facility improvements, operations and production from Pennsylvania facility to Tijuana, Mexico while reporting directly to company President.• Improved and optimized all supply chain functions related to the opening of production facility in Tijuana, MX.• As a Co-assigned position within MCIC, directed business group functions including P&L accountability, sales, product management and business planning.• Achieved 56% phased growth in annual sales through directing transitional management team following several years of financial losses. • Developed and cultivated key relationships with strategic accounts that provided stability to expand business operations.• Optimized production operations in Mexico through introducing a range of lean operating programs including Six Sigma and Total Quality Management (TQM) improving Group cash flow through optimized inventory control and production, supply chain, process and policy improvements.

• Provided leadership and guidance over manufacturing and production operations including spearheading move to production operations from Philadelphia to Tijuana, MX.• Directed and oversaw capital improvement projects, personnel hiring, and initial start-up, daily operations, management and phased improvements of operations, training, personnel, and policies.• Managed 1st shift and team of over 120 production associates and two production supervisors ensuring the efficient, safe, and timely manufacturing of divisional products.• Delegated assignments, managed divisional and individual performances, and deployed a variety of change initiatives to grow efficiencies, improve processes, improve retention, and drive production.• Performed ongoing operations, personnel and process audits to ensure compliance with delivery, quality, cost, specifications, and profit objectives using multiple lean manufacturing methodologies.• Provided regular and special reporting to executive leadership team.