Product Leader for Infrastructure Gateways portfolio, where I worked on Product vision/strategy to introduce Edge traversal to complement Cloud Solutions and put a product roadmap in place.

Managed several supplier relationships supporting the networking and unifying communication across the Business Units. Responsible for all aspects of the supplier relationship from costs to total spend including delivery and quality. Managed supplier base to align and support on-going and future business. Analysed spend of suppliers by category to identify any opportunities for cost reduction and/or component rationalisation. Managed contract manufacturers, ODM (Original Design Manufacturers) and component suppliers. Negotiated Master Agreements, SOWs and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with suppliers.Notable Achievements• Delivered year on year product cost reductions of over 5% on portfolios • Brought disruptive suppliers into the supply chain to facilitate an increase in competition, consequently improving quality and reducing costs• Onboarded suppliers through the digital transformation process, electronic data exchange setup and Kinaxis• Successfully onboarded supplier base to VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) and reduced payment arrears by working with the Finance department on a common payment window• Managed responsible suppliers through a difficult period when the company filed for Chapter 11 protection, to, eventually, emerging as a listed company

Managed a Team of 26 which included Program Management, Supply and Production Planning. Customer interface on all matters regarding cost, quality and delivery. Responsible for gross revenue, cash to cash cycles (days of sales outstanding) and inventory turns. Managed returns for key customers in the United States and the Mexico facility. Drove operational improvements and Lean Six Sigma/Kaizen projects to improve labour overheads and margins.Notable Achievements• Grew greenfield operations in China to USD680M in 6 years• Coached team enabling them to grow and take on more responsibility, eventually moving up to becoming Program Managers for Business Units • Improved cash cycles, inventory turns and payment terms• Led improvement projects on operations to improve quality, reduce overheads and enhance flexibility

Actively involved in working to support Distribution Centre requirements with short lead times while challenging diversity across several countries. Managed the mechanical plastics and assembly commodity, working on purchasing the parts necessary to bring on board the required quality of supplies to Motorola supply chain. Managed Class A memory and CPUs with a global spend of USD 1 billion. Worked with product lifecycle and commodity teams to understand requirements and secure strategic and tactical requirements that support Motorola's requirements.Notable Achievements• Successfully negotiated with suppliers to bring them into Motorola's super managed inventory program• Worked with suppliers to deliver supply assurance to Motorola's supply chain• Consistently drove the Engineering and Quality teams to ensure resolution of critical issues that guarantee critical supply for materials