• Implemented projects on time and on budget by setting clear expectations and goals for team members, tracking project against timeline, milestones, and budget, revising the project plan when needed, and by reporting weekly progress to executive management. • Instilled Customer confidence in Vanguard’s ability to meet their requirements and objectives.• Successfully managed all aspects of 9 Customers programs including P&L, product pricing, business forecasting, inventory management strategy, manufacturing and agreements.• Developed and maintained strategic account plans for key Customers

*Managed five product lines involving automated test equipment, subsystems, sensor signal conditioners, clock distribution drivers, and signal integrity, from design phase trough execution (full product life-cycle) with annual revenues over $75M.*Successfully negotiated development contracts with multi-million dollar guaranteed revenue by identifying the competition, assessing the value the product had for the customer, and by determining if the customer was able to pay Non-Recurring Engineering Fees (NRE’s).*Achieved annual cost reductions of 2-4% year over year by initiating test time reduction projects, changing to a multi-site instead of single site testing, eliminating testing if specific criteria were met, and by changing and implementing cheaper package options when available. *Successfully managed several 9+ month projects as PM for ATE and Subsystem new product introductions.*Implemented projects on time and on budget by setting clear expectations and goals for team members, tracking project against timeline, milestones, and budget, revising the project plan when needed, and by reporting weekly progress to executive management. *Achieved forecast accuracies 10% above company averages for both short and long term forecasts. Managed efforts involved analyzing customer provided forecasts, tracking/monitoring past ordering trends, staying abreast of current market conditions, conducting market projects, and monitoring customer market share.

*Initiated a new production flow reducing cycle time by 1 week and transportation costs by 50% by creating a new production flow process within the company’s current system to better support the flow and delivery in which wafers which required die coat were processed and distributed globally.*Reorganized and downsized department into the business units reducing annual labor costs by $150K. Achieved this goal by identifying efficiencies and aligning them to customer service representatives by business unit instead of by customer base. *Managed a team of four Customer Service Representatives who were accountable for handling over 50 customer specific products within 3 business units. Provided ongoing staff and team training, effective leadership support through coaching, mentoring, open, straightforward, and clear communication and by leveraging strength based leadership approach.

*Negotiated annual cost reductions with various suppliers. *Ensured just in time delivery for weekly production requirements by proactively reviewing the weekly Material Requirements Planning (MRP) report against inventory on hand for the products cycle time and by placing orders at the contractual lead time to ensure they arrived one week prior to the scheduled production week. *Kept excess raw material costs to less than 4% of WIP by working collaboratively with designated vendors to set up a 10% safety stock at their location for accessibility to materials, offset quality problems, and to keep excess of raw materials to a minimum.

*Scheduled production runs with 96% on time deliveries to customers. Efforts involved ensuring raw materials were available to meet the production runs.*Collaborated with a team of software developers that developed and implemented a new computer inventory and planning system. *Purchased raw materials for production by reviewing weekly Material Requirements Planning (MRP) reports against inventory on hand for product cycle time and placed orders at contractual lead time to arrive one week prior to the scheduled production week.