
Supply Chain Management, Consultancy
San Francisco Bay Area

Supply Chain Management, Consultancy
San Francisco Bay Area
•Trainer, Mentor, Educator and Facilitator in my areas of expertise.
•Closed Loop S&OP Process improving overall inventory
•Implement inventory management processes and systems
•Identify and manage to key performance metrics
•Have effectively built, led, mentor and motivated team(s) or department(s) to achieve projects that deliver higher work performance, efficiency, cost management, profits, quality, and safety
•Implement MRP, generate policies and procedures for six sigma results
•Prior experience in managing contract manufactures and ODMs required
•Review production, reverse logistics, materials costs, and product quality, to maintain cost effective operations
•Develop plans, budgets, policies, and procedures.
•Select, develop, and evaluates vendors and personnel to deliver the most effective, efficient and lean operation
•Have worked with warehouse, distribution, and traffic operations
•Expansions with standardization of warehousing and operating procedures for better warehouse management consistency
•Optimize supply chain: inventory usage and turns, demand forecasting, cost, distribution and third party logistics
•Implement strict controls in accordance with regulations governing publicly held companies
•Define and implement standard operating procedures for installation processes
•Six Sigma in cost savings and efficiency allowing to identify, implement best practices across all operations including Marketing and Sales.
•Partner with product teams to help develop technologies that lead to better overall practices.
•FAR and DFARS experience.
•Speak and writes Spanish and French.
Supply Chain Management, Expert Negotiator, International Expertise, Cost Savings, Implementation of MRP and ERP, Purchasing, Inventory Management, Project Management, Program Management, Manufacturing re-rejuvenation, Operations restructuring, Closed Loop S&OP Process.
(Construction industry)
2002 — Present (7 years )
Reduce budget variances from 13-18 % to 2 % by renegotiating existing contract and Engineering Change Orders. Reduced materials, labor and contract manufacturing costs over 10 % by securing flexible long-term contracts. Managed supplier selection, bid requests and awards; supply chain and inventory; transportation and logistics requirements; as well as the distribution warehouse operations for the construction and casino divisions. Developed procedures for Engineering Change Order approval and critical path analysis. Conducted postmortem analysis on projects and contracts. Implemented standardization and metrics, to meet customer and company growth expectations while consistently exceeding customer quality expectations and insuring profitability.
(Real Estate industry)
2001 — Present (8 years )
Traveled all over the USA for WAMU to train the operations centers on how to use the systems. Trained the sales people on the use and application of new software.
Certified by Washington Mutual and Countrywide to do construction loans.
Commercial and Retail Real Estate. Financial Solutions to buyers and sellers.
Business broker, found buyers for businesses and helped manage the transition between owners.
(Privately Held; Government Administration industry)
2008 — 2009 (1 year )
Volunteer Facilitator and Co-Facilitator of the PM JumpStart Team. Pro-Match is an all volunteer organization that promotes training, educational job search skills and activities for unemployed people. Promotes self confidence and reinforces awareness of personal skills to help people in the program to find new jobs.
(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
Recruited by Sun to set up the supply chain management of a new acquisition to support global fulfillment centers to respond to customer requirements within 48 hours of customer request. Setup consigned inventory at HUBS and at customer site reducing lead-time, increasing material availability, and resulting on invoicing increase of 65% over the previous year. Requested to take over a CPU product line to replicate success achieved with the previously assigned product line. Increased on time delivery from 9 days to 2 days and decreased total cost by 15% in 5 months
(Computer Hardware industry)
2000 — 2000 (less than a year)
Recruited to direct the operating turn around of a start-up company. Challenged to plan and direct the turnaround and return to profitability of the operation. Resolved long-standing quality and delivery issues implemented key management strategy and revitalized business relationship. Restored credibility with the top customer generating over $7 million of unplanned revenue. Designed business development and operating systems to transition from R&D to full-scale manufacturing.
(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
Directed the international commodity sourcing team on source selection and new product development of key technology commodities. Led the team to outsource manufacturing activities to foreign contract manufacturers. Enhanced and upgraded the Materials Department by implementing computerized MRP processes and inventory procedures. Reorganized the Operations Department to allow maximum growth with minimum overhead and reduced lead-time. Qualified new suppliers on a worldwide basis in order to meet customer needs at a reduced cost. Setup a worldwide Logistics Department again reducing lead-times and increasing customer satisfaction. Extensive travel
(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years )
Recruited to develop and implement a worldwide material handling process to support value added requested by customer. Managed the implementation of 3 new product processes in Thailand, Hungary and the Netherlands, for 3 customers, within 12-week span also implemented hubs in Holland and Scotland. Identified and qualified new suppliers to reduce cost and lead-time using qualified end customer suppliers. Created and implemented material and capacity strategies, in Hungary and United Kingdom, to support the transition from outside sources to IBM manufacturing facilities and logistic centers. Presented plans to customer as part of qualification requirements and lead customer through qualification process. Extensive travel
BS , Economics
MBS , Procurement and Contract Management
Two classes shy of graduating at St. Mary's College, program canceled.
Linkedin, Plaxo, Xing, APICS, NAPM, Perfect Netrworker, ISM
IBM received three awards for customer recognition, from HP, Sun, and Compaq.
Motorola, received award for highest cost savings implemented in division.
Award received at Litton for best MRP implementation and MRP training.