Objective:
A senior management level position in a forward-looking Purchasing organization.
Summary:
Over 10 years of managing high powered Purchasing and Customer facing organizations within the high tech arena handling backlogs in excess of $100M. An experienced professional with a demonstrated record of success in lowering costs, growing customer satisfaction, and increasing the bottom line potential by utilizing my strong metrics and relationship building skills.
Strengths:
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* Strong Negotiations Skills |
* Supply Chain Management |
* Creating Strong Partnerships |
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* Oracle 12i - Purchasing |
* Metrics |
* Cost Reductions |
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* Team Builder |
* Customer Focused |
* Communication at all levels |
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* Proactive Mindset |
* Process Improvements |
* Tech Savvy |
Experience:
Corporate Procurement Manager/Oracle SuperUser/Travel Manager
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA
Corporate Procurement Manager
* Controlled annual purchases of over $50M
* Led cost reduction efforts, on major contracts, that reduced costs by 17%, year over year
* Created metrics to measure cost reductions and track on time deliveries
Oracle Key Business Partner
* Leader of the worldwide purchasing organizations for the Oracle implementation
* Managed a group of 20+ Buyers, worldwide
* Coordinated and wrote the Business requirement documentation
* Created training materials and held worldwide trainings for Purchasing personnel
* Acted as the liaison between SunPower employees and the Oracle consultants
Travel Manager
* Acted as the SunPower Travel Manager for all US based locations
* Negotiated travel agreements with travel agencies, hotels, car rental companies and airlines
* Created the worldwide SunPower travel policy
* Trained all US personnel on the Travel System
* Managed all day-to-day travel related items with regards to SunPower’s travel agency
Senior Manager, Global Customer Support/Program Management
Vishay Siliconix, Inc., Santa Clara, Ca
* Managed a group of 6 Program Managers handling the top 20 customers with backlogs in
excess of $100M
* Created metrics to drive the on time delivery initiatives
* Raised the on time delivery performance from the high 50% range to over 98% in < 1 year
* Leader and key contributor on process improvement teams including customer audits and
score carding
* Coordinated all budget activities, including creation and tracking, for the Global Logistics
department
Manager, Customer Service
Three - Five Semiconductor, Tempe, AZ
* Created the Customer Service department for Three - Five Semiconductor, an offshoot of
National Semiconductor
* Established procedures for handling worldwide customer inquires from the rep sales force and
the distributors partners
* Liaison between Three-Five and suppliers including GE Optoelectronics and Rohm
Allocation Supervisor, Customer Service
National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA
* Managed a group of 3 customer service representatives creating the priority of shipments to
National’s worldwide customer base
* Tracked and monitoring National’s direct ship programs from 5 worldwide warehouses
* Created rules for allocation priorities and controlled the system protocols
* Led a cross functional group to rewrite National’s programs with regards to shipments and
allocations
Supervisor, Distribution Customer Service
National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA
* Managed a group of 6 Customer Service Representatives handling National’s largest
distributors Hamilton-Avnet and Schweber Electronics with backlogs in excess of $100M
* Coordinated and drove the initiative to have the distributor partners recognized as true
customers
* Acted as the metrics expert for the distribution group by designed specialized reports using the
Focus software platform
Employment History:
Corporate Procurement Manager - SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA 2007 - Present
Self Employed, REALTOR, Campbell, CA 2002 - 2007
Distribution Marketing Manager - Pericom Semiconductor, San Jose, CA 2000 - 2001
Senior Manager - Vishay Siliconix, Santa Clara, CA 1997 - 1999
Corporate Marketing Manager - Bell Microproducts, San Jose, CA 1994 - 1997
Distribution Sales Manager - Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, CA 1992 - 1994
Product Manager - Arrow/Schweber, Inc. 1991 - 1992
Product Manager - Wyle Labs 1988 - 1991
Customer Service Manager - Three-Five Semiconductors 1986 - 1987
Supervisor, Customer Service - National Semiconductor 1983 - 1986
Customer Service Account Manager - National Semiconductor 1978 - 1983
Education:
* Bachelor of Arts in History: Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Awards:
* Awarded PM of the Year by Cypress Semiconductor
Skills:
* Oracle 12i SuperUser - Purchasing
* MS Office including extensive usage of PowerPoint, Excel, Word Publisher, and Outlook
