Jennifer Smith

Oversaw all performance center functions and P&L, including business development, program management, quality, engineering, operations, environmental health and safety, supply chain management, and facility. Managed operation with over 200 employees in vertically integrated complex aerostructures site. • Grew revenue from 46% and operating income 382% by focusing plan on quarter / annual operating plan execution, strategic planning, cost management and forecast accuracy. • Raised rate readiness (90% output growth) and velocity on all programs, while reducing defects utilizing critical path elimination, risk mitigation and daily execution. • Won new customer and achieved Raytheon Partnership Award (see featured), Negotiated multi-year contracts from OEM customers with strategic pricing. • Increased direct to indirect ratio from 1.4 to 2.2 through direct labor engagement, role consolidation, and performance management. Provided people management and team building to cultivate inspired individual and organizational output. • Drove multiple areas to enhance compliance and efficiency, including environmental and safety compliance, 6S, energy optimization, preventative maintenance, and paperless planning deployment.

Managed customer satisfaction, contract management, and bids and proposals. Served as primary contact for customers and 4 direct reports. • Upgraded customer scorecard rating with Boeing (Red to Yellow then Silver as Site leader), Middleriver, and Bell Helicopter by level-loading customer demand, driving internal schedule and finished goods strategy, and identifying and eliminating internal constraints. Overall increase in site on-time delivery from 25% to 94%. • Drove revenue and GP projections and execution, including automation of processes and finalizing multi-year contracts.

Owned procurement, scheduling, supplier quality, inventory control / warehousing and shipping / receiving with focus on site performance metrics , including OTD, operating income, and cash flow. Oversaw up to $50M budget and 300 suppliers to support operations while complying with AS9100 requirements and internal controls. • Conducted production control audits, decreasing aged WIP and increasing Inventory turns from 4.3 to 6.0 on high-volume programs. • Led integrated SIOP review, resulting in past due decrease from $4.6 to $1.4M, Applied and sustained daily Gemba reviews to schedule. • Achieved cycle count accuracy of 99.8% and deployed various floor replenishment processes, eliminating stock outs and optimizing direct labor efficiency. • Transformed tactical procurement into strategic supply chain team through automation of low-dollar expenditures, procedure definition, standard work definition, and personnel growth. • Raised all supplier management indicators (on-time delivery, quality, cost, and inventory). Saved $6.15M through negotiations and benchmarking. Improved supplier OTD from 75% to 95% and DPO from 30 to 60 days. • Spearheaded continuous improvement activities for material management and material flow in Guaymas, MX manufacturing location to eliminate shortages and reduce expedited freight. • Optimized ordering by installing new purchase requisition system to reduce ordering time and improve compliance.

•Increased spend under continuous replenishment (i.e. Vendor Managed Inventory, Blankets) from 25% to 65% resulting in inventory reduction and increased material flow •Managed team up to 16 direct reports for direct, indirect, and new product development spend for $55 million annual spend for variety of spend categories •Established Purchasing and Buyer Scorecards to manage key indicators and drive organizational performance •Established On-Site Vendor to manage over 2,000 C-Class parts reducing internal management, inventory, and increasing material availability •Increased Supplier on-time delivery from 80% to 93% through establishing a supplier report card, corrective action process, supplier schedule audits and leveraging supplier development engineers •Documented and transferred transactional processes to central transaction team to increase team productivity and redeploy resources to new products and supplier rationalization projects •Documented and trained team on key purchasing processes to ensure requirements flow down, drive best practices, and align with corporate requirements •Directly negotiated or facilitated negotiations to realize cost reductions of over $4 million in the last two years •Established supplier communications including web-exes, letters, and reviews to improve supplier relationships and flow down contractual requirements •Drove over 125 suppliers to utilize document scanning software for quality certifications and implement barcoding on all incoming shipments

Global lead for $500 million electronics commodity in demanding automotive environment. Developed and executed short-term sourcing strategy to save $35 million in 2007. Transitioned supply base to long-term suppliers by negotiating key relationship principles to deliver the right technology, quality and cost. Led team of employees on research projects and process improvements to support implementation of these strategies and identify cost saving opportunities.