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• Over 25 years of planning experience with Cohu Inc., a global leader in manufacturing of Pick and Place test handling equipment used by the semiconductor industry.• Responsible for monitoring, reviewing and converting a daily rough cut capacity master production schedule into a detail production plan by analyzing inventory availability, manufacturing capacity, lot size, sales trends and demand forecast by creating and releasing production orders to support manufacturing and customer shipment schedules.• Reviewed daily/weekly sales bookings to identify potential material discrepancies and coordinate corrective measures to balance requirements consistent with production forecast.• Coordinated with multifunctional groups to reduce production constraints, material shortages, lead time reduction, implementation of Engineering Change Orders, disposition of material discrepancy and flex work load prioritization.• Created, maintained and distributed material/production status report to facilitate and promote on-time delivery of materials, communication and coordination amongst Management, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Sales, Quality, Inventory and Shipping.• Strong and excellent working knowledge of MRP/ERP manufacturing systems (Oracle, SAP 6.0, ManMan, SYSPRO, Avante).• Key team participant in developing and implementing Lean Manufacturing Principles.• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel and Word).• Strived and achieved company goals of customer orders and spares shipments of 98% or greater.• Received many certificates of completion from APICS, Kiran Consulting Group and Cohu Inc.• Received several performance based award recommendations for work excellence from Cohu Inc.

Listed skills include Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, Materials Management, Supply Chain Management, and 9 others.