Mechanical Sourcing business owner for Surface Laptop, Book and Studio product lines, Fabric and Thermal categories end to end from inception to end of life. Supplier Account Manager for our largest spend enclosure partner, serving as the focal point and leading supplier performance across Devices. Lead a team of Senior Sourcing Engineers managing execution of NPI and Mass Production programs, supplier portfolio and performance in terms of cost, quality, supply, technology and compliance.

Managed Plastic and Rubber commodities, end to end, for Advanced Technology, NPI and In Market programs across Device, Accessory and Pod categories. Led team of 11 Senior Sourcing Managers across North America and China, managing supplier portfolio and performance in terms of cost, quality, supply and technology. • Created and executed category sourcing strategy in support of a rapidly growing, high volume, global business, resulting in significant spend consolidation and supplier reduction. • Created North American regional sourcing strategy and execution plan, including partner candidate identification, supplier engagement, technical and commercial assessment, business case creation, securing cross functional and leadership buy-in and industrialization, delivering elimination of 25% tariff and logistics savings.• Drove adoption of a global tooling standard, enabling mold component interchangeability across suppliers and regions.• Deployed systematic adoption of should cost and transparent pricing methodologies within the team and the supply base and created a cost development pipeline for plastic and rubber.

Led the Mechanical Global Commodity Management team with cradle to grave mechanical component and supplier responsibility for EReader, Tablet, Echo, FireTV, Advanced Product, New Technology Product and Advanced Material organizations. The team consisted of 8 Senior Sourcing Managers co-located with the product development teams.• Led all mechanical sub commodities from concepting, supplier selection, development builds and ramp up through end of life. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to assess requirements and build consensus on supplier portfolio needs.• Created, communicated and executed mechanical sourcing strategy.• Managed supplier relationships to ensure the delivery of high quality, cost effective materials to support production requirements.• Managed supplier performance, capability development, cost and quality improvement in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders. Reformed the Supplier Business Review (SBR) process to bring additional value to suppliers and internal stakeholders. Designed and deployed a monthly operations review (MOR) supplier self-reporting process to enhance supplier management capabilities.• Created, deployed and managed a systematic cross-functional forum to assess suppliers’ technical capability, quality, delivery, social responsibility performance, resource availability, capacity and cost to select suppliers for our product programs.• Developed and deployed a transparent pricing model that enabled rapid decision making in product development, detailed cost bridging between milestones and ensured the optimal pricing from product ramp.• Initiated and delivered innovations in should cost modeling, transparent pricing, ramp simulation, capacity calculation, tooling cost management, asset management, design service agreements and request for quotation to raise the level of the organization.

Led mechanics sourcing activities in the definition phase of new products and in new technology development programs, serving on the site management team.• Provided leadership for local Mechanics Sourcing organization responsible for industrializing mechanics commodities on local product programs.• Acted as site Mechanics Sourcing Management representative, providing linkage between Global Sourcing Management and key supplier partner management.

Led the Mechanics Sourcing Management team with end to end mechanical component responsibility for the San Diego and Vancouver Product Development Centers. At the peak, the team consisted of 9 Mechanics Sourcing Managers with 1 located in Vancouver.• Built and led the San Diego Mechanics Sourcing organization. • Served as core team member in Global Mechanics Sourcing concepting management team to ensure common methods of working and developing consensus in technology strategy.• Balanced headcount with business needs, including justification of additional resource requirements, requisition creation, candidate selection, interviewing and hiring.• Set individual performance objectives in line with program, department and company goals, providing regular support and follow up to ensure that objectives were met.• Coached and mentored the team to ensure implementation of best practices and common ways of working within the programs.• Contributed to the Global Mechanics Sourcing team to shape and drive strategy, strategy implementation and ensure cross-site alignment.• Collaborated with Global Sourcing Management team to ensure cross-functional alignment.• Engaged with global and regional Supply Line Management teams to drive business objectives and mechanics supplier strategy.• Served as Mechanics Sourcing Manager in concepting phase of all new programs.

Led Strategic Commodity Specialist team with cradle to grave responsibility for metals, fasteners, packaging, print and converted components and suppliers for television, monitor, set-top box and audio divisions. Sourced injection molded plastics and tooling for television and set-top box divisions. Led development and implementation of mechanical sourcing strategy, supplier portfolio and performance management, capacity management, cost negotiations and value analysis initiatives.

Sold contract injection molding, assembly and decoration services for former AB Plastics facility after Thomson’s acquisition. Responsibilities included identification and development of new business opportunities.

Sold contract injection molding, assembly and decoration services for multiple sites, multinational custom injection molder, servicing the Television, Computer, Consumer Electronics, Sporting Goods and Power Tools industries. Responsibilities included identification of new business opportunities, development of new accounts and management of new and existing accounts. Major accounts included: Sanyo Television, Samsung Monitor, Samsung Television, ADI Monitor and Switch Sporting Goods.

Managed Engineering Department for a multinational, multiple facility custom injection molder, servicing the television, computer and business machine industries. Department roles included environmental, industrial, manufacturing, materials, plant, process, project, systems and sales engineering.Acted as Project Manager in the development and implementation of all new products. Customer accounts included Canon, Hitachi, JVC, Mitsubishi, Rain Bird and Sony. Responsibilities included coordination of project team efforts from initial customer contacts through successful product implementation, presentation of manufacturing and servicing capabilities in terms of quality, cost and delivery to potential customers, responded to customer inquiries and requests, negotiated with customers and vendors, communicated customer requirements, coordinated tooling, machinery design, development, procurement and trials, coordinated material development and testing, developed quality and manufacturing plans and estimated manufacturing costs. Acted as an internal consultant in support of continuous improvement programs including waste elimination projects, productivity analysis and control system implementation, material control system re-engineering, inventory reduction projects, visual factory (5S) implementation and flexible manufacturing system implementation.