Experience

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  Coastal corporation (el paso gas & oil) – houston, tx

  May 1991 - May 1992

  Senior procurement specialist

  • Provided inventory control for over 50 field warehouses• Responsible for issue and return analysis• Managed repair and return purchase orders• Provided repair analysis, requisition review, and item number assignment/maintenance• Conducted physical field inventories and reconciliation’s

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  Applied materials

  Sept 1992 - Sept 2005

  • Responsible for managing diverse group of 15 individuals in the following disciplines: Master Scheduler, Configuration Engineers, and Product Structure Engineers across three different product groups/locations. The three product groups contribute over $2.5 Billion (60%) of Applied Materials Annual Revenue.• Participate in Monthly Sales & Operation Planning Reviews and conduct monthly Supply Review meetings.• Plan requirements for purchasing materials or services, and ensures delivery of materials to production consistent with established schedules.• Work with internal customers as well as Contract Manufacturer’s to understand overall requirements, and develop and implement business processes to address short-term or long-term issues.• Ensure adequate headcount available to support business conditions; recruitment, training and retention of key staff.• Drive Continuous Process Improvements in the following areas: Cycle Reduction, Change Management, Lead-time, and Forecast Accuracy. Show less • Transitioned New Products from Pilot Manufacturing in Santa Clara to Volume Manufacturing in Austin, Texas.• Analyze and maintain master scheduling and/or slotting reports and measurements.• Initiate demand in MRP (dependent & independent) through creation of planning bills; monitor and validate MRP Accuracy to support the production schedule.• Coordinate the implementation of Engineering Change Orders; ensure timely updates to all bill of materials; set slot date for ECO cut-in.• Manage over plan material and update forecast as required.• Manage schedule changes including capacity constraints analysis. Show less • Key member of Supplier Development/Approval Team. Evaluated capacities and matched supplier qualifications with manufacturing needs.• Assisted contract administrator for PCB and Cable/Harness commodities. Contracting efforts resulted in over 700K savings in three-month period. Greatly reduced transaction costs by transitioning production materials to JIT contracts.• Managed MRP to schedule material deliveries and control inventory levels. • Maintain inventories at current revision levels and disposition all excess and obsolete inventories.• Worked closely with Supplier Engineering and PCB Contract Suppliers to implement engineering changes.• Worked with Contract Suppliers managing their finished goods inventory, work in process and raw material levels. Show less

  • Supply Chain Planning Manager

    Jul 2000 - Sept 2005

  • Senior Master Scheduler

    Aug 1996 - Jul 2000

  • Planner III – Contract Manufacturing

    Jul 1995 - Aug 1996

  • Production Control Planner II

    May 1994 - Jul 1995

  • Manufacturing Technologist II (Logistics)

    Apr 1993 - May 1994

  • Manufacturing Technologist I (Logistics)

    Sept 1992 - Apr 1993
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  Applied materials (amat)

  Sept 2005 - Jan 2007

  Commodity business manager

  Commodity Business Manager Sep 2005 – Nov 2007• Responsible for managing lamp, laser and sensor product commodity across Corporation.• Develop commodity strategies to support all product divisions.• Responsible for cost reduction initiatives and sourcing product to low cost regions. • Drive execution of all supplier management activities (preferred supplier assessment, supplier approval, contracting, performance management, disengagement).• Support Product Life Cycle efforts (NPI until End of Life). Show less

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  Atmi

  Jul 2008 - Dec 2008

  Materials management - contractor

  Senior Buyer – Contractor • Purchase capital expense equipment based on engineering requirements.• Created and Maintained part numbers and vendor maintenance of capital requisitions.• Invoice reconciliation – project assigned to reduce six months of aging invoices.• Engaged in supply management of major service suppliers – managed and created blanket orders/releases.• Various cost savings and travel projects.• Oracle 11i Procurement Modules.

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  L-3 communications integrated systems

  Jul 2009 - Aug 2010

  Manager ii - purchasing

  • Establish departmental objectives and operating procedures to support aircraft on ground (AOG) requirements of deployed aircraft at various domestic and international field sites with Quick React Capability (QRC) for procurement and logistics personnel. The AOG Team was a new department created to support the deployment of 37 aircraft in support of a USAF Program.• Create and Establish Repair and Return process of Government Furnished Equipment including Classified Items from all field sites in accordance with ITAR and Customs Regulations.• Establish Performance metrics that measure the cycle time from AOG request to field site delivery. Implement process improvement to meet customer goals.• Received L-3 MID Top Star Performance Award for Excellent Customer Service Support of deployed aircraft.• Supports Annual Bid Proposal by providing quotations for pricing. FY11 proposal included 2500 items within 30 days.• Managed 10 direct reports as working manager placing individual procurements of 600+ purchase requisition with total of purchase value of $14 Million for FY10. Show less

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  L-3 communications mission integration division - greenville, texas

  Jul 2010 - Feb 2014

  Manager iii - depot operations logistics and procurement

  Depot Operations Manager – Contract Logistics Support (CLS) Sep 2010 – Feb 2014• Developed Depot Organizational structure which includes Labor Bid Proposals through Tech Evaluation with USAF to support over 55 deployed aircraft across 6 sites both CONUS and OCONUS. Annual contract values at over $ 300 Million.• Tasked March ‘10 with developing transition plan to transfer material ownership from sub-contractor to be managed and executed by the prime contractor L-3 MID at contract award FY11. Plan consisted of staffing all field sites, implement training plan and conduct physical inventories at each site. Lead team that deployed to Afghanistan for 30 days for site set up. • Implementation of inventory management system at all field sites and Greenville Depot. • Develop department processes and procedures which comply with ISO, Division, Corporate Standards, and supports program requirements of 80% Mission Availability. Programs Mission Capability rate is over 98%.• Administrative and Operational responsibility for 55 procurement, logistics and shipping personnel that includes collective bargaining agreement members. o Team started in July ’09 with six and based on demonstrated performance scope of the team has been expanded.• Operational responsibility for all field sites logistics personnel (27).• Implementation of Demand Management process to align with sites maintenance schedule and unplanned scheduled maintenance.• Travel quarterly to each site to review and audit operational procedures. • Working Manager• Active Secret Clearance since October 2009 Show less

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  Applied materials

  Dec 2014 - Apr 2015

  Project manager contract

  Project Manager – Contractor• Responsible for interfacing with Business Unit, Sales and Customer on project configurations, costing and providing alternative solutions to reduce cost and lead time • Prepare project plans and coordinates the attainment of project deliverables from planning to implementation.• Drive project deliverables and task details by through the use reports, tracking charts and, checklists.• Aligns the activities of resources internal to the business unit to achieve on-time and within budget performance objectives for the project Show less

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  Durcon

  Apr 2015 - Mar 2018

  Global commodity manager

  Global Sourcing Manager/Commodity Manager• Source 100% of raw materials with annual spend of $20M• Provide weekly and as needed advisement and updates to executive management• Resolve supply chain issues on 24/7 basis by coordinating complex delivery systems to ensure stock levels met material requirements, available inventory space, and any/all other mission-critical factors• Conduct supplier selection and business reviews, global contract negotiations, supply chain management, lead supply chain projects Show less

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  Coombes equipment inc.

  Mar 2018 - Dec 2019

  Supply chain manager

  Supply Chain ManagerCoombes Equipment, Inc. – Odessa, TX 2018 to present – works remote from Austin, TX• Sourcing Manager of OEM product to the Oil & Gas Industries• Developed Category strategies by commodities• Negotiated Supply Agreements• Inventory Management – reduction of inventory cost while increasing on-hand products through JIT/Consignment agreements

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  Applied materials

  Jan 2020 - now

  Sourcing manager