Chris Waters

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Mar 1992 - Oct 1996

  Aerospace Ground Equipment Mechanic

  Performed maintenance, scheduled, and unscheduled; inspections on over 700 pieces of aircraft equipment valued in excess of $30M. Directly supported intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions over Saudi Arabia. Diagnosed malfunctions and repaired equipment using Technical Orders, schematics, flow diagrams, and blue prints. Dispatched aircraft equipment in support of NATO transient aircraft.

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  Dell EMC

  Feb 1997 - now

  Managed Dell's Extreme Scale Infrastructure outsourced manufacturing with an annual spend of $1.3BNegotiated savings of $950K on $10M transformation costDeveloped, negotiated and implemented an Enterprise Solutions Group contract template for Dell’s Outsourced manufacturing partner to prevent continuous negotiations over non-standard language saving GCMs multiple weeks of work for new product launchesManaged a Request for Information (RFI) solicitation from multiple vendors to assess our L10 and L11 cost position resulting in new cost targets for Dell’s Outsourced manufacturing partnerImplemented a new process for funding expedites to remove cost variability from purchased parts resulting in more stable and accurate pricing to our end customerReviewed purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policyDrove outsourced manufacturing partner to improve their scorecard performance resulting in a 12 percent increase in cross-functional performance Show less Met with Dell Extreme Scale Infrastructure's largest customer to present and review supply availability as well as assess and communicate risks to customer on-time delivery Led a team that designed and implemented new supply chain processes to support customer needs enabling $1B in revenue Managed supply to support $750M in spend at Dell’s outsourced manufacturing partner Coordinated with buyers, finance, sales and commodity managers to ensure end of quarter inventory aligned with targets Conferred with supply chain planners to forecast demand and create supply plans that ensured availability of materialsMet with suppliers to discuss performance metrics, provide performance feedback, and production forecasts or changesAnalyzed supplier performance and procurement program success Show less Led a worldwide team to prepare, enable and launch Windows XP across Dell’s Client Product Group portfolioLed a worldwide team to coordinate, test and implement consolidated projects to ensure manufacturability of new productsDetermined root causes of failures using statistical methods and recommended changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methodsProvided technical expertise and support related to manufacturingIncorporated new methods and processes to improve existing operationsReviewed product designs for manufacturability and completenessCommunicated manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other information to facilitate production processesPrepared documentation for new manufacturing processes and engineering proceduresApplied continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, and cost-effectivenessInvestigated or resolved operational problems, such as material use variances and bottlenecks Show less Led a worldwide team to prepare, enable and launch Windows XP across Dell’s Client Product Group portfolioLed a worldwide team to coordinate, test and implement consolidated projects to ensure manufacturability of new productsDetermined root causes of failures using statistical methods and recommended changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methodsProvided technical expertise and support related to manufacturingIncorporated new methods and processes to improve existing operationsReviewed product designs for manufacturability and completenessCommunicated manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other information to facilitate production processesPrepared documentation for new manufacturing processes and engineering proceduresApplied continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, and cost-effectivenessInvestigated or resolved operational problems, such as material use variances and bottlenecks Show less

  • Program Manager

    Dec 2019 - now

  • Global Commodity Manager

    May 2014 - Dec 2019

  • Global Supply Manager

    Feb 2011 - May 2014

  • Global Operations Engineer

    May 1999 - Feb 2011

  • Technical Support Specialist

    Feb 1997 - May 1999