Jef Barnes

About Jef Barnes

A strong leader with progressive record (15+ years) of managing manufacturing and engineering businesses in the EMS industry in the areas of computing, medical, defense, industrial and telecom. P&L responsibility for accounts up to $160M annually. Highly developed expertise in global business management, focusing on customer satisfaction by ensuring operational excellence and bringing value added solutions to the table, that foster business. growth. I am a Business Unit Director/Manager that effectively leads cross-functional international manufacturing teams, consisting of Production, Supply Chain, Planning, Engineering, Quality and Logistics organizations. By developing a deep understanding of my customer’s businesses and their challenges, I work to grow the business by developing and providing targeted solutions to those challenges. CORE COMPETENCIES:• Operations Management• Business Strategy• Cross-functional Team Leadership• Strategic Planning• Program Management• Customer Satisfaction• Product Development* Supply Chain Management• Lean Manufacturing* Contract Management• MentoringACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Transferred 60% of a business from China to Mexico, bringing up a new building, securing new capital equipment, establishing a new supply chain and training new employees in 6 months, while meeting KPI targets.• Developed and drove the process to generate and deliver cost savings to the customer worth $525K annually and retained an additional $200K as incremental profit margin. • Exceeded net-profit target by 23% and delivered ahead of schedule a $2M+ test-engineering program, which led to new follow-on business of $100M

Experience

1. Director, Program Management

   Sanmina

   Nov 2023 — Present · Manchester, NH, US

   Direct the Program Management organization for the New England customer base operating out of our Manchester, New Hampshire factory. Manage a team of 10 responsible for all program aspects, ensuring customer satisfaction, order management and delivery, revenue achievement, business issue resolution, and business development.

Education

• National Technological University (Now Walden Univ.)

  Master of Science (MS), Management of Technology (High-Tech MBA)

• Clarkson University

  BSID, Engineering/Management

Skills

• Program Management
• Contract Negotiations
• Account Management
• Customer Satisfaction
• Rfq
• Rfi
• Manufacturing
• P&L Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Process Improvement
• Business Strategy
• Customer Relations
• Customer Expectation Management
• Customer Service
• Building Strong Teams
• Contract Negotiation
• Project Management
• Electronics
• Product Development
• Crm
• Proposal Writing
• Competitive Analysis
• Engineering Management
• Cloud Computing
• New Business Development
• Management
• High Performance Teams
• Strategy
• Customer Experience
• Lean Manufacturing
• Six Sigma
• Executive Management
• Product Management
• Business Intelligence
• Project Planning
• Continuous Improvement
• Business Process Improvement