Supply Chain Department Manager
Palo Alto, Ca
Leading a team of people responsible for overall Supply Chain management in the procurement of space related RF Subcontract hardware and commodity waveguide: Approved global supplier base of 35-40 companies. Annual procurements totaling 150 million in subcontracted hardware and 10 million in waveguide machining productsRF Electronics Products Mfg and Test Department Mgr 2001-2009Responsible for the management, technical direction, and coordination of a cross functional group of process engineers, Test Engineers, Assembly/Test technicians, and a management staff of ten. Responsible for coordinating with support organizations including Planning, Quality, Finance, and Program Offices. Developed and implemented a strategy to move Product line to support a 50% increase in production output. Additional duties included generating capital/labor budgets; manpower planning for forecast business, and WAD/CAS generation/maintenance (direct and indirect budgets) for an organization of 140 people with an annual operating budget of 50-100 million dollars.