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Lake Forest, Ca.

Responsibilities include - manage daily scheduling, uploading new daily orders, and assigning task to 63 employees. Follow procedures to complete work orders from start to finish and ship to the customer.

Buena Park, Ca.

Supply Chain Area Leader/SSC Operations, supervising 4 managers and 70 associates.

My responsibilities included Production scheduling, cross training staff, and working with Shipping & Receiving.

Direct a staff of 43 employees. Annually producing 4 million radiation detection Dosimetry badges for this NVLAP-accredited company. Manage 5 direct reports (the Shipping/Receiving Manager, Film Manufacturing Manager, Outgoing Process Manager, Receiving Process Manager and Procurement Coordinator). Interview, hire and train all levels of staff. Conduct employee reviews.Purchase badge components from vendors. Oversee assembly and QA testing of all components and preparation of package shipments to clients worldwide. Perform regular analysis of sales and financial data to prepare budgets and forecasts. Prepare and manage an annual expense budget of $2.5M with a capital budget of $700K. • Successfully passed all audits from governing bodies and clients.• Collaborate with 3rd party vendors i.e. property/building managers and shipping companies.• Achieved efficiencies resulting in the products’ profit margins over 40%.Projects Include:• Helped launch the new product “Instadose.” Worked with the Marketing Department and vendors to determine effective packaging and material pricing.• Negotiated shipping cost reductions with FedEx, UPS and USPS.• Planned and coordinated a major expansion of the facilities. Purchased new equipment and furnishings, and installed a new UPS system.• Integrated a competitors’ operation following acquisition, and incorporated their customer base.

DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING - DOSIMETRY DIVISIONManaged manufacturing operations during a period of rapid growth, in which ICN acquired 3 companies. Oversaw the movement of equipment from each of the purchased companies to ICN’s headquarters in Costa Mesa. Hired, trained and coached new staff in ICN procedures. Created schedules, planning and frequency runs for each of the company’s new products.Handled facility management responsibilities. Maintained equipment and negotiated with vendors to purchase new apparatus and operational materials. Passed all audits, and consistently met all profit goals. (2000 to 2004)• Scouted a new manufacturing location after ICN was purchased by American Capital in 2003.• Coordinated the major relocation of all ICN facilities in Costa Mesa to a new building in Irvine. Safely transported all equipment, computers and furnishings.• Played instrumental role in generating a 400% increase in sales volume

MANUFACTURING MANAGER - DOSIMETRY DIVISIONSupervised the assembly of customer badges for clients worldwide, as well as the receiving and processing of returned customer badges. Trained and scheduled a staff of 20. (1996 to 2000)

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