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Emeryville, California, US

Drive formulation and execution of the operations and contract manufacturing (CM) strategies to support EKO health goals and objectives and deliver on its visionManage and grow the supply chain, including strategic CM partnerships, key material suppliers, and the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategy ( using Arena) to allow efficient coordination and.

San Jose, California, US

Drive continued improvements for $300M spend, covering procurement and handling of all electrical, mechanical, and fiber optic components and supply chain partners to meet and constantly rise above strategic goals. Orchestrate global team of 16, using best practices and one-of-a-kind strategies in managing total cost of all direct materials supporting and.

San Francisco, California, US

Oversaw Global Commodity group supporting electrical components, realizing regular gains to organization profits through innovative problem-solving. Guided 5 Sr. GCM’s in administering one-of-a-kind commodity strategies that support designs. Overhauled systems dictating usage of $385M total spend, including digital components, analog components, passive.

San Francisco, California, US

Championed excellence in conducting materials sourcing for electronic components for R&D of leading-edge sensing and low power wearable devices, attaining regular praise for navigating complex problems and facilitating growth. Collaborated with research scientists to find optimal equipment and materials. Negotiated crucial flexibility agreements that allow.

San Jose, CA, US

Maintained superlative performance in governing materials management/sourcing for electronic materials representing 20% of total annual revenue (~$2B business), innovating on outdated procedures to support profit increases. Gained extensive experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment and developed understanding of concepts surrounding NPI.

• Host and assist in the management of innovative communication and management tools focused on delivering efficient strategies for client to maximize ROI. Manage the development of software as a service software package.
• Conceived and pitched the concept of a software solution to asset management to a group of partner investors
• Built a demo to show to potential angel investors
• Successfully secured start-up capital to support our software solution.
• Spearheaded architecture and design of the SaaS application and first working code to customers on time and within budget.
• Main technical lead on all customer demo’s including conference and tradeshows

Coventry, England, GB

Recruited to turn around a supply operations organization. Accessed the skill set of an organization that has 25 individuals, Developed and implemented the plan to reorganize the supply chain organization to support a new global organization. Successful in building the new global organization to include management in Asia, and two other sites within the.

Cupertino, California, US

• Recruited to manage semiconductor suppliers supporting all hardware supporting iMac, and Macbook products. Oversaw contract development and negotiation with suppliers and published a monthly, forecasted cost reduction.
• Managed a global supplier spend of more that $200 million annually.
• Negotiated cost reduction with semiconductor suppliers, PCB, and other electrical suppliers
• Managed a staff of 6 Commodity managers
• Effected an annual cost reduction in excess of $1 million

Espoo, Southern Finland, FI

• Recruited to oversee supply chain organization within the Internet Communications Division. Supported demand without delay in a highly allocated market meeting a customer demand that regularly increased each month..
• Grew division sales from $11 million in 1998 to $450 million in 2001.
• Increased inventory turns from 4 annual to over 24 annual within 18 monthsAchieved annual cost reductions of 10% in 1999, 2000 and 2001.
• Increased revenues more than 300% and market share 60%.
• Grew organization staff from 1 to 20 in 18 months.

Palo Alto, CA, US

Recruited to manage memory semiconductor suppliers supporting all hardware products. Oversaw contract development and negotiation with suppliers and published a monthly, forecasted cost reduction model. Accountable for NPI development with suppliers. Performed as primary contact for external market analysts and for communicating market data to commodity.