GREGORY LOPEZ10318 Amaro Court

San Diego, CA 92124(858) 467-0851 home (858) 380-8594 cell

gregorylopez@sbcglobal.net

CAREER SUMMARY

Materials Management, Production Planning, and Manufacturing Engineering, professional with experience in Defense Aerospace, Bio-Medical device. Comprehensive knowledge of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems (SAP, FlexGeneration4, Macola, Maxcim), MRP (Materials Requirements Planning), the MPS (Master Production Schedule), WIP (Work In Process) tracking database, Shop Floor Work Center orders and scheduling and Capacity planning. Excellent comprehension of Process Specifications, Drawings, Bills of Material review. Working with Engineering Change Notice systems (Windchill, Agile Advantage 2006).

EXPERIENCE

SEACON BRANTNER AND ASSOCIATES, El Cajon, CA July 2009 – April 2015(The first division within the SEA CON® Group) Manufacturing underwater Electrical and Fiber Optic connectors and cables, design, engineering, manufacturing, quality control and testing operations.

Project Coordinator / Material, Production PlannerProduction and Material Planner for a high volume high mix of connectors and cable assemblies driven by Customer Purchase Orders, Allocated and planned material based on existing orders and computer generated allocations, ordered Metal fabricated parts through internal sources and purchasing when needed using cost versus schedule techniques, provided status of progress for each customer PO and developed appropriate reports and analysis to support visibility of WIP and on time delivery goals. Engineering Bill of Materials entry based on Internal and customer’s drawings, Macola Item Master entry and database review, ECO material and BOM review.

Documented operating process and procedures for the Project Coordinator, Shipping and Receiving, Stockroom areas for our ISO 9001-2001 successful initial approval effort.

Created and documented procedure for capturing on-time delivery, created areas for improvement based on statistical cause and corrective action request.

Maintain method for establishing Project Coordinator assignment and visibility to performance and work load, and balanced the tasks based on skill set.

PRECISION ENGINE, San Diego, CA August 2006 – April 2009(a Hamilton Sundstrand company) $26 million annual sales, Manufacturer of products and services for the industrial and marine engine market

Material AnalystProduction and Material Planner for the CRM (Customer Returned Material, RMA) team, Allocated and planned material based on forecast and actual demand, provided status of progress and developed appropriate reports and analysis to support visibility of WIP and on time delivery goals. Production and Material planner for the SMT (Surface Mount Technologies) work center, using the MPS and MRP. Engineering Change Order review and sign off for “material cost impact” and assigning “best effectivity”.

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Increased on time delivery commitments for Customer Returned Material from 63% to 95% in FY2007 by

increasing visibility of planned material requirements to the MPS and the actual usage. Maintained 95% on time delivery commitments in FY2008, while inventory turns were increasing, and lean inventory goals were being met.

Improved the Customer Returned Material average turn around time (days in house) from 30 days to 26 days in FY2008. Created schedules and visibility to “shared resources”. Provided daily status reports and metrics using spreadsheets keeping the team focused, and Management informed using “cross-functional” team meetings.

MOLECULAR BIOPRODUCTS, San Diego CA July 2005 – June 2006Manufacturer of laboratory products for Bio-medical and Life Science Industry

Material Planner Established the Production Schedule of an Injection Molding work center based on the MPS (Master Production Schedule) and Sales and Marketing demand. Reported performance output and status to Operations, Production, and Management using online meeting software and spreadsheets.Assigned Engineering Change Notice “best effectivity”, updated Bills of Materials and Routings using Macola MRP system, and maintained the “item master” file with appropriate planning information.

Reduced un-planned machine change out and multiple set up by creating a systematic approach to review the MPS and specific part number component requirements to ensure tooling and raw material was available to meet the Operations goals.

REMEC MICROWAVE, San Diego, CA 1989 - August 2004(Defense and Space) Designer, developer and manufacturer of custom RF, microwave and millimeter wave products for defense and aerospace applications

Manufacturing Engineer (1996 – 2004) Provided Manufacturing Engineering support to achieve business objectives, resolved technical issues quickly working with Engineering and Manufacturing, wrote ECN’s and ECO’s to product drawings and specifications.

Developed automation approaches to manufacturing using new ideas and methodology, successfully reducing 160-hour manufacturing lead time to 40 hours, and saved 75% of required lab area.

Production / Material Planner (1990 – 1996)Coordinated material in a fast paced Engineering and Test environment. Expedited materials internally through production work centers or externally working with Purchasing.

Implemented computerized tracking and planning system using routings, work center, and bills of materials using Maxcim MRP database.

EDUCATION

Certificate in Materials ManagementSan Diego State University, San Diego, CA

APICS certified MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and JIT (Just In Time)

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