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San Diego, California, United States

Managed workload and priorities for material planners. Planned, prepared, and controlled material requirements for electronic systems on Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD)• Prepared cost effective budgets, meeting objectives of LPD program.• Created reports advising operations, supply chain, and program management of material status. • Supported 100% on time delivery for Whole Life Engineering, delivering parts to ship during ship trials, which allowed for successful ship testing

Greater San Diego Area

• Improved delivery and quality performance of contract manufacturing suppliers by working closely with supplier to improve first article acceptance, thus resulting in improved WIP throughput time.• Negotiated favorable terms and conditions with manufacturing and freight suppliers, collaborating with key suppliers to remove shipping / handling charges from invoices and suppliers and agreeing to 2% 60 or N90-day payment terms.• Worked with suppliers to avoid line-down conditions during severe industry-wide part shortage circumstances, by providing forecast to suppliers who agreed to bond inventory based on said forecast.• Improved inventory accuracy from 60% to 95% and customer satisfaction through store personnel training that focused on kit pulling techniques and implementing 6S and daily cycle count