Senior Manager, Global Contract Manufacturing and NPI Program Management:Oversaw Tier 1 Contract Manufacturers in China (2012-2016) and in Mexico (2017-2020):• Managed weekly and quarterly build schedule, On-Time-Delivery (OTD), Product Standard Costs, Transformation Costs, Quality, E&O, and Inventory Dollars.• Established and recommended Vendor Management Inventory (VMI) and safety stock for long lead parts that significantly improved availability of critical material and ensured timely supply from EMS. It also allowed for un-forecasted upsides in demand.• Communicated supplier performance in the quarterly business review (QBR) via a scorecard to measurably improve Infinera’s expectations on cost, quality, delivery, and technology.Managed a team of NPI Materials Program Managers (2017 – 2020):• Collaborated with Design, Product, and Systems Engineering, Commodity Management, Product Management, and Contract Manufacturing for ramping NPI to volume production.• Drove BOM risk reviews with Component & NPI Engineering, Manufacturing Project Management, and the Strategic Materials group.Miscellaneous Projects (2012-2020):• Developed a Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) tool to identify critical parts with supply risks and to recommend contingency plans to mitigate risks.• Managed, analyzed, and recommended to the Material Sourcing Board the Last-Time-Buy (LTB) for End-of-Life (EOL) components to ensure uninterrupted supply while an alternate source/component is being qualified.

Lead a team of procurement and planning professionals to improve gross margins and on-time delivery performance for this complex manufacturing operation with a large offering of catalog parts (20K+) and engineering build-to-print designs.

- Orchestrated comprehensive annual procurement for a hard disc and semiconductor equipment manufacturer with worldwide and global offices in U.S., Singapore, China, Japan, Malaysia, and Korea. - Forecasted quarterly and annual System Gross Margins in collaboration with Business Development, Manufacturing and Finance. - Introduced a supplier selection and score card process to facilitate the selection of strategic partners based on their technical, financial, and production capabilities, and responsiveness.- Averaged total material savings of 30% with significant improvement in gross margins. - Achieved 100% on-time shipments for 3 years in a row after implementing key performance metrics for purchasing, and supplier delivery and quality performance.

Spearheaded the transition of products to volume manufacturing from the strategy definition to hands-on coordination of all related program management functions. Optimized gross margins by engineering and executing material cost reduction strategies. Partnered with divisional General Manager to formulate cost reduction and gross margin strategies as well as operational performance metrics.

Held numerous responsible and highly visible positions at company's main manufacturing site in Bangkok, Thailand.- Directed production control, Planning and Program Management for large volume manufacturing of 80M+ disk drive heads with annual revenues of $900M.- Lead a team of 15 Program Managers and Planners tasked with primary interface with customers, production schedule, on-time delivery, manufacturing yield, and product quality.- Lead a team of engineers and manufacturing staff to transfer all new products to volume manufacturing.