Jim Klaassen has been a Senior Director Global Operations at Spirent Communications since 2007. Additionally, Jim Klaassen has an employment history at more than six companies in the relevant field. Jim has a total work experience of 11+ years. Jim Klaassen studied at the Kansas State University. Nowadays Jim Klaassen lives in Los Angeles, California region. Find Jim Klaassen's current phone and email through our search.
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James Klaassen
Last updated May 25, 2024
Contact Information
Last Update
Jul 7, 2022
Email
ji**@spirent.com, jo**@yahoo.com
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Company
Workplace

Senior Director Global Operations
Sunnyvale, CA
Industry
Telecommunications, Mfg Radio/TV Communication Equipment, Other Telecommunications
Colleagues
Work History
Senior Director Global Operations
2708 Orchard Pkwy SUITE 20, San Jose, CA 95134
Recruited to restructure and create world-class supply chain for cost efficiencies and profitability.
Directed internal manufacturing, contract manufacturing, supply chain engineering, and...
Aug 2007 — Dec 2009
Vice President, Global Operations
2708 Orchard Pkwy SUITE 20, San Jose, CA 95134
Direct all global operations encompassing internal manufacturing, contract manufacturing, sourcing, demand planning, supplier relations, purchasing, quality, supply chain engineering, engin...
from Nov 2009
Operations Program Management and Supply Chain Engineering Director
Appointed to lead global operations program management for $280M broadband access product portfolio, supply chain program management, and product industrial engineering for Access Network D...
Dec 2006 — Jul 2007
Operations Manager | Product Team Lead, Product and Component Engineering Technical Manager
Recruited to lead Lucent’s Access Networks Supply Chain Product Team with two primary product lines that generated ~$221M in annual revenue.
Owned entire North America supply chain managem...
Oct 2005 — Nov 2006
System Integration Center Supply Chain and Engineering Manager
Led all material management/procurement, electronic manufacturing services (EMS), operations management, integration center warehousing, shipping and receiving, and SIC financial process en...
Sep 2002 — Sep 2005
Manufacturing Operations Supply Chain and Engineering Manager
Managed high volume final assembly, wire, and test for mobile and fixed wireless equipment operations generating $1B+ in annual revenue.
Provided oversight and direction to teams of ~510 p...
Jun 1998 — Aug 2002
Occupations
Executive
Vice President
Senior Director
Chairperson
Sales Specialist
Supplier
Chief Executive
Senior Manager
Operations Manager
Services Professional
Sales Representative
Skills
Manufacturing
Program Management
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management
Telecommunications
Procurement
Strategy
Vendor Management
Management
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Six Sigma
Lean Manufacturing
Change Management
Continuous Improvement
Product Management
Process Improvement
Wireless
Operations Management
Engineering
Manufacturing Operations
Process Engineering
Product Development
Testing
Manufacturing Engineering
Contract Manufacturing
Mobile Devices
Business Process Improvement
Ip
Spc
Outsourcing