(2000-2001) SENIOR MANUFACTURING
PLANNER
Celeritek, Inc., San Jose, CA
Senior planner for telecommunication products assembled
in the Philippines by an offshore contract manufacturer.
Tracked and expedited shipments of raw material to the facility,
ensuring timely delivery. Maintained monthly production
and build schedule, resolving production issues. Updated
computer system with required daily transactions, maintaining
MRP integrity. Interfaced with purchasing on material procurement
and shortage issues. Prepared shipping invoices and packed
material for overseas shipment. Contract position.
(2000) SENIOR PLANNER
MDC Vacuum Inc., Hayward, CA
Sub-assay planner, responsible for maintaining integrity
of MRP and tracking and releasing work orders. Provided
spreadsheet status report, expedited purchasing and ensured
timely shipping. Helped convert computer system from HP-driven
system to IFS, an ERP Oracle-based OP system. Contract position.
(1994-2000) HOMEMAKER
Brentwood, CA
(1989-1993) SENIOR MATERIALS
PRODUCTION PLANNER
Stanford Telecommunications, Santa Clara, CA
Managed material planning from component level through finished
product on eight highly visible projects. Provided weekly
spreadsheet schedules for mechanical assembly; maintaining
MRP integrity. Interfaced with project managers, engineering
and purchasing on project milestones. Scheduled third-party
contract manufacturing, providing kits, shortages and completion
status. Accomplishments include:
- Implementing ISO9000,
resulting in first-audit certification and conversion
to new MRP system
- Setting up JIT assembly
line and maintaining material and schedules
(1985-1989) MASTER SCHEDULER/PLANNING
SUPERVISOR
Celeritek, Inc., San Jose, CA
Maintained daily integrity of MRP, stockroom and cycle-count
transactions. Processed incoming materials and packing products
from final test QA. Interfaced with purchasing on material
procurement and shortage issues. Ensured kits were pulled
and shortage free, per the monthly build/ship schedule.
Accomplishments include:
- Planning multi-level assemblies
and maintaining status through assembly, test, QA and
shipping
- Setting up stockroom and
defining shipping and receiving procedures for startup
company
(1984-1985) SENIOR PRODUCTION
PLANNER
Narda/Loral, San Jose, CA
Planned top-level microwave amplifiers, following product
through assembly, test and shipping, providing a weekly
production schedule. Reported weekly shipments in dollars
and ensured shipments were meeting monthly goal. Interfaced
with engineering, purchasing and stockroom to ensure materials
were available as required. Assisted with system conversion
from manual to computerized MRP.
(1983-1984) PLANNER
Genrad, San Jose, CA
Scheduled assembly of cables and harnesses to contract manufacturing.
Maintained full status of assemblies through delivery to
the stock room. Planned a six-rack test system with multi
level assemblies, from kitting to delivery of fully assembled
system to test. Produced weekly assembly schedule to mechanical
assembly.
(1978-1983) PRODUCTION CONTROL
SCHEDULER
Avantek, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
Responsible for maintaining three-month rolling schedule
based on backlog commitment of marketing. Scheduled work
through assembly and test based on resource availability.
Supervision and Management,
Interpersonal Communications (Mission College, San Jose),
APICIS, TQM (Hewlett Packard), MRP, ERP, IFS, ISO9000, Windows,
Microsoft Works, Quicken, Lotus 123, Excel
