Alex Cruz Email & Phone Number

Specialties:• Strategic Planning and Forecasting• Change Management / Turnarounds• Expansion / New Market Development• Team Leadership and Collaboration• Labor and Productivity Enhancement• Succession Planning

Anaheim, Ca, Us

Torrance, Ca, Us

•Provide leadership and responsibility for accomplishment of contractual objectives, such as target costs and profits, satisfaction of program milestones, and ensures all quality and technical goals are met and conducts regular program reviews, both internal and external, to report and track performance.• Provides program direction during all phases to accomplish all objectives and customer requirements, meet budgets and schedules, and provide the reporting and review system• Provides input to the company’s strategic planning process and recommends new business pursuits and/or possible expansions.• Efficiently utilizes existing organizational resources and personnel to build an effective project team• Performs project planning, implementation, and reporting• Serves as the customer point of contact and negotiates all changes to the project plan• Resolves all conflicts and provides tactical decisions that could impact the program• Functions as leader or as member of proposal teams to ensure adequate and acceptable proposal of program elements• Work within a team structure to achieve company and department goals.

•Establishing delivery dates, coordinating manufacturing activity to support master schedule and material requirements•Responsible for planning, updating and monitoring of manufacturing schedules•Maintains, audits and reporting processes, maintains, releases and closed manufacturing travelers in MRP system•Manage work order release in a timely manner ,tracks production progress and initiates corrective action when necessary•Manage CBO (min-max) program through internal and external data•Project point of contact, maintain and manage customer interface on all program activities.•Responsible for documenting program requirements and milestones •Conduct regular team meetings, establish action items and timelines for all program milestones•Communicate and present program reviews to management on status and achievements•Prepare and maintain program review reports for both internal and external distribution•Coordinates across functions to ensure process and production requirements are met•Assists in the development of new or improved manufacturing and production control systems•Establishes and maintains safety operations by adhering to procedures and policies

Radnor , Pa, Us

•Enter and approve all purchase orders by contract /customer requirements•Released all job travelers to shop floor, data entry, update pricing, part numbers and lead time•Provide customer support, troubleshoot any problems maintaining timelines•Reporting progress/ delays to senior management and coordinating efforts with affected departments•12-18 month forward/reverse planning, forecast customer demand to place raw material orders •Evaluate purchase orders to concur with quotes, customer and management focal contact for quotes, prioritize and expedite quotes, follow up with select vendors and suppliers•Improved process flow, support continuous improvement activities (Lean, 5S, Six Sigma)•Evaluate fiscal and operational performance of work; customer satisfaction performance-quality, price, delivery; compile departmental data for process performance and evaluation, profitability, identify improvements/weaknesses.•Project management of customer service improvements, project management of all work returned from customer for modification and /or rework, ensured accuracy and effectiveness of corrective actions from NCR’s•Report customer status, executive management support, confers with other all associates and managers to coordinate operations and activities to meet program requirements

Muscatine, Ia, Us