Strategic Supply Chain Projects Manager
Irving, Texas, Us
Significant travel to China and India to facilitate relationship between Raleigh plant (Lead Product Organization) and Chinese and Indian facilities (Secondary Product Organizations) regarding supply chain, manufacturing, quality assurance and customer service. Delivered technology transfer from Raleigh operations to Suzhou, China and MM Nagar, India. • Negotiated supplier and customer contracts, resulting in 6% savings from suppliers and 3% price increase to market.• Decreased lead-time to customer from 26 to 8 weeks due to executing new sourcing plan.• Cut cost of product 45% through working with engineering to optimize and implement design-to-manufacture.• Initiated global sales and manufacturing strategy, based on customer need and geographic region, resulting in 18% sales growth.• Assumed control of project, from scope to accomplishments, that was 6 months behind schedule. Using creative logistics, manufacturing and supply chain resources, boosted revenue from $8M to $10M on-time and under budget.• Instituted formal LEAN practices in Raleigh shop, thus multiplying manufacturing throughput 4X.