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 Adept in supply chain, materials management and production operations control. Excelled in applying concepts to reduce costs while optimizing efficiency, productivity, and profits. Developed performance-based, cost-effective solutions while incorporating innovative management techniques. Lead multi-functional teams to complete projects within time and budget constraints. Established long-term quality relationships focused on teamwork, service level, and cost containment. Have in depth knowledge of MRP and buyer/ planner workflow and posses familiarity with ERP systems. Strong communication and personal computer skills with a basic knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma and ISO 9001 or AS9100 quality system structure and purpose. Have had training on FAR & DFARS as well as EAR & ITAR

CAREER SUMMARY

 

NORTHROP GRUMMAN Navigation Systems Division (NSD), Woodland Hills, CA 2001 – 2010

Manager, Operations and Planning Space Products                                                  2009 – 2010

 

Directed and coordinated day-to-day operational aspects of the business focused on material planning, production planning, material stores and master scheduling for inertial navigation space products commercial, scientific and military customers including leading the daily material and production status meeting.

 

·      Orchestrated weekly material shortage status meeting with supply chain management (SCM) to meet schedule and contain costs.

·      Monitored and controlled Excess WIP, scrap and attrition metrics with production planners and manufacturing engineers with a 50% reduction in excess WIP, 10% attrition and 5% scrap.

·      Managed operations with a 270 % sales  increase over past year by shipping 19 scalable space inertial navigation systems in 2009, (average sale price 2.5 million),

·      Coordinated and resolved several high profile material stop orders including machined castings and printed circuit boards with mission assurance, quality assurance and supply chain on with positive resolutions to get production back on track.

·      Reduced material shortages by 50% on 10 million dollars of inventory by coordinating with supply chain in joint effort to bring in needed components on time to meet production schedule.

 

 

Production Planning and Scheduling Analyst                                                         2010

 

Coordinated and controlled inertial navigation systems between offsite customers and NSD, get units repaired or upgraded and sent back to customer. Track control and reduce Excess WIP,

 2 times lead-time WIP and scrap in military and Space production.

 

·      90% reduction in excess WIP by in 6 months by mentoring and collaborating  with production planners and manufacturing engineers

·      Managed and coordinated weekend overtime work goals for $20,000,000 worth of sales for Space and Military Inertial Products in assembly and test areas.

·      Tracked and controlled 30 per month Military Inertial Navigation Systems between NSD and other Northrop Grumman sites as well as external customers (U. S Armed Forces)

·      Processed & tracked 30 O & R units per month  from receipt through the facility to back to the customer

 

·      Responsible for execution of weekend work goal setting and performance evaluations of work accomplished during the weekend on space and military inertial systems to ensure on-time delivery.

 

Warranty Bid and Contracts Administrator                                                                   2004 – 2009

 

Provided expert oversight to customers for quotes and status of the repair on the unit. Communicated with freight forwarders and Import Management. Expedited units through shop value chain. Coordinated with engineering getting them involved when needed. Assisted finance on collections. Prioritized and initiated Warranty Contracts for Inertial Navigation Systems foreign and domestic customers. Communicated with import/export management and traffic to get units to and from customer under ITAR or EAR.

 

·   90% of units were returned or exchanged on time

·   Corresponded with  over 100 Commercial and Military Customers with 30-60 units in the repair cycle at any one time by hands on approach throughout the repair cycle

·   Recommended a Sales & Customer Service design to create a Web page for customer access for quotes and status as part of my master’s thesis with UOP.

 

Material Planning Specialist                                                                                     2001 – 2004

 

Coordinated and controlled material for both London and Woodland Hills service centers for piece parts, assemblies units, and test equipment.

 

·   Efficiency improved 20% in shop! Key Lean manufacturing team member did motion studies, 5SVisual for tools and equipment. Set up Kan Bans, assisted in design and maintenance of flow charts and value stream mapping resulting in redesign of shop floor and elimination of non value added waste (Muda).

·   Obsolete components team-founder. Initiated an obsolete components team with supply chain and components engineering to proactively deal with parts obsolescence instead of reactively. Cost savings of thousands of dollars in getting life time buys or substitutes parts instead of board redesigns

·   Key member for commercial systems on the supply chain management team for the installation and training of Resonance software for procurement to interact with suppliers electronically for quotes and purchase orders.

                                                                                            

EDUCATION

Masters in Management (MM)  

·                  University of Phoenix   Woodland Hills, California    

 

Bachelor of Science in Business/Management (BSB/M)

·         University of Phoenix  Woodland Hills, California  

TRAINING

·         Northrop Grumman –Front Line Leader

·         UCLA management certificate

·         Six Sigma team    

·         Lean manufacturing team

·         APICS  Supply Chain Theory