Supply Chain Planner at ICON (2025-08 – 2026-01)
Coordinated manufacturing work orders and material supply requirements for production operations.
- Coordinate and release manufacturing work orders to the production floor, ensuring adherence to production timelines.
- Communicate material supply requirements to Supply Chain and Manufacturing teams to support the production plan.
- Participate in regular planning discussions with the Technology Operations leadership team.
- Report and address potential inventory discrepancies and work with the Inventory Control team to implement corrective actions.
- Drive discussions on risk, planning sensitivity analyses, and align on strategic decisions.
- Work to minimize excess and obsolete inventory while ensuring material availability for production and field operations.
Materials Project Manager at Applied Materials (2022-07 – 2025-04)
Managed outsourced production of semiconductor manufacturing components and resolved material shortages.
- Managed the outsourced production of gas panel and robot modules for semiconductor manufacturing system builds.
- Collaborated with engineering, logistics, and manufacturing teams to resolve material shortages and maintain build schedule.
- Monitored supplier performance metrics, verified invoice accuracy, and facilitated payment approvals.
- Provided weekly system status updates to the executive team.
- Worked jointly with manufacturing and finance to resolve billing issues and mitigate aged on hand inventory.
Buyer at Applied Materials (2020-06 – 2022-07)
Managed RFQs and procurement of materials and services aligned with MRP requirements.
- Managed RFQs, procured materials and services in alignment with MRP requirements.
- Collaborated with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery for manufacturing operations and escalated issues to management to address urgent material shortages.
- Attended daily production status meetings to provide delivery commit dates.
- Coordinated with engineering teams to ensure compliance with quality standards.
- Verified goods receipt and authorized supplier payments
Order Management Lead at Applied Materials (2017-08 – 2020-04)
Led order management team and conducted RMA improvement project reducing backlog by $1.12 million.
- Provided expedited parts to support Field Service on-site customer repairs.
- Led a team of ten global contact center representatives.
- Interfaced with finance, logistics, and suppliers to resolve billing issues.
- Responsible for the RMA improvement project, successfully reduced backlog from $1.2 million to $80,000 within 8 months.
- Managed call center dashboard communication of KPIs, important deadlines and events.
Production Control Planner at Applied Materials (2012-05 – 2017-08)
Conducted shortage analysis and managed work order releases for various business units.
- Conducted pre-shortage analysis and managed work order release for various business units.
- Provided daily status/commit dates of material shortages to manufacturing team.
- Facilitated weekly reviews of engineering change orders and shipment schedules with project management.
- Managed job costs and variances to comply with finance guidelines.
