# Graham Donaldson > Cyclist and Global Supply Manager @ Planet Location: San Jose, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/grahamdonaldson MBA and Master of Engineering graduate with diverse work experience in engineering, operations, and supply chain. Comfortable collaborating and developing strong relationships with internal teams, external suppliers, and customers. Continually developing my ability to integrate business and engineering knowledge and skills to solve problems, manage risk, and deliver results on strategic goals for my teams. ## Work Experience ### Global Supply Manager @ Planet Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Lead Material Program Manager, Production and Sustainment @ Raytheon Missiles & Defense Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Tucson – Lead MPM production and sustainment team with five direct-report MPMs and >$1B total contract material value. – Manage and report financial and operational metrics (estimate at complete (EAC), annual operating plan (AOP), material requirements planning (MRP)), and represent Supply Chain on the production leadership team. Create strategic plans for material deliveries to support factory operations and achieve or exceed production goals. – Lead multiple hardware management teams (engineering, quality, subcontracts, operations, planning) to develop and sustain supplier relationships by communicating, prioritizing, and expediting technical and financial needs. Mitigate impacts of supplier nonconformances by implementing recovery plans and monitoring failure investigations. – Support or lead government contract proposals, depending on scope: led five >$25M efforts, including subtier supplier proposals for assembly redesigns and lifetime buys; and supporting a >$250M proposal by leading supply chain content (>$150M). Develop material strategies (pre-proposal, Gate 4) and execution plans (post-award, Gate 5) to proactively manage budget risks. – Coordinate with Production Control, Finance, and Engineering to manage contractor-acquired material inventory and ensure compliance with FAR/DFAR regulations for material purchasing; and with subcontract managers to support release of RFQs/RFPs. ### Material Program Manager @ Raytheon Missiles & Defense Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Tucson, Arizona – Manage material acquisition and supply chain relationships for StormBreakerTM development, integration, and production program teams, including multiple suppliers with >$50M/year in spending and some classified hardware. – Manage material forecasting for production suppliers and coordinate with Finance team to manage R&Os and EAC to AOP. Mitigate financial risks by partnering with suppliers to align production schedules for mutual benefit. – Partner with Production Control, Finance, and Engineering IPT leads to manage contractor-acquired material inventory and ensure compliance with FAR/DFAR regulations for material purchasing; and with subcontract managers to support release of RFQs/RFPs. – Represent program leadership during negotiations with suppliers for long-term contracts worth over $100M. – Support prime contract proposals worth >$1B for long-term full-rate production of defense hardware. – Develop and sustain cooperative supplier relationships by communicating supplier needs across the hardware management team and program leadership at large, and expediting internal actions, whether technical or financial. ### Senior Manufacturing Engineer @ Raytheon Missiles & Defense Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Tucson, Arizona Supplier engineer for electro-optic seekerhead components, including advanced lenses and mirrors (aspheric surfaces, high speed optical polishing, diamond turning, ZnS and Ge materials), diffraction films, laser detectors, optical encoders, and infrared imagers; circuit card assemblies; and RF hardware. Responsible for working with supplier companies to optimize cost, quality, and schedule - pursuing affordability initiatives to lower cost (through both drawing changes and capital investment), auditing processes to ensure adherence to drawing specifications, and keeping the factory supplied with on-time deliveries of hardware. – Lead supplier relationships for all electronic and optical components on StormBreakerTM, manage change in their RMS support teams, and interface with program leadership as the operations and supply chain lead for those parts. – Assess supplier readiness by organizing and managing audits to review production abilities and technical compliance. – Facilitate ~4X ramp in RMS production rate by pursuing both design and process changes at RMS and at suppliers. Gain concurrence from program technical leadership to qualification requirements and implementation plans. – Spearhead efforts to find alternative suppliers, both domestic and foreign, for obsolescence and cost reduction by working with internal SMEs, strategic sourcing teams, and customer and government representatives. – Drive cost reduction and affordability goals by challenging suppliers to find and pursue process improvements. Managed 10X reduction of supplier costs to return to quote price and increase production inventory a year ahead of need while making significant process improvements (increased assembly yield 70% and test yield 4x). ### Manufacturing Engineer @ Raytheon Missiles & Defense Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Tucson, AZ – Responsible manufacturing engineer for all Javelin CLU retrofit activities: daily evaluation and disposition of defects, routing nonconforming hardware for appropriate repair/rework, updating work instructions based , and communicating with DCMA representatives. – Created and updated factory work instructions and processes based off design engineering input, operator requests, and ongoing lean improvement initiatives. – Coordinate with factory staff (factory process manager, production control, design engineers, test engineers, quality engineers, and other manufacturing engineers) to balance priorities and ensure the factory continues to produce hardware that is on time and meets the high standards of Raytheon and its customers. ### Material Program Lead @ Raytheon Missiles & Defense Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Tewksbury, MA – Managed component and material list development for the Republic of Korea Air Force PATRIOT upgrade by working with engineering and supply chain teams to reconcile inspection records against as-built lists, generate new from-to documentation for the upgrade path, and file accurate acquisition requests for upgrade material. – Interfaced with international partners and Raytheon coworkers abroad to create plans for in-country induction inspections and support teams while onsite to obtain required results. – Completed R6σ project to record all hardware configuration data for current and future PATRIOT programs in a standardized PTC Windchill product structure, including supporting work instructions and Excel import templates. ### Mechanical Engineer @ Raytheon Missiles & Defense Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Indianapolis, Indiana Area – Contributed to final designing, drafting, and construction effort on Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense ICOFT (functional trainer) project – Adapted V-22 Osprey weather radio box to accommodate new retrofit components after obsoletion of existing radio – Led migration of existing IIS data to PTC Windchill-based content management system and participated in workshops creating Indianapolis workflow ### Gimbal Acutated VTOL Nacelle - Senior Design Project @ Drexel University Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 –Objective: Design an omnidirectional actuation system for a jet turbine nacelle (engine housing) to replace current propeller-based systems on future vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft –Purpose: Combine the maneuverability of small-scale UAVs and drones with the payload capacity and multirole capability of larger military aircraft in a design that utilizes current turbine engine technology –Deliverables: Biaxial gimbal actuator, automated position control system, and implementation in a prototype aircraft –Presented at AIAA-YPSE Conference, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11/15/2013 - Responsible for maintaining team organization and keeping the team up to date, as well as editing and providing final review for all submissions to Drexel senior design and other conferences ### Vehicle Performance Engineering Co-op @ Nevada Automotive Test Center Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Carson City, NV – Created custom upgrade components for the HMMWV (Humvee) as part of a ~$12 million trade study for the USMC – Documented HMMWV vehicle testing events and analyzed test results according to military-specified procedures – Supervised test scheduling, documentation and data processing for two other HMMWV testing teams ### New Product Development Co-op @ Southco, Inc. Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Concordville, PA -Created customized fixtures, gauges, and robotic end of arm tooling for use in the production of automotive access hardware, using input from designers, engineers, mold operators, and assembly line staff to optimize effectiveness -Fabricated and assembled these parts while learning manual machining skills through working alongside professional machinists in the onsite tool room, utilizing their 100+ years of experience to improve final part quality -Developed knowledge of injection molding methods as well as mold operation, features, and maintenance -Practiced design for manufacturing techniques in both part design, drawing organization, and mold layout ### Specialty Instruments Co-op @ Stryker Orthopaedics Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 -Created surgical instruments, drawings, and technical documents from surgeons' and sales representatives' requests. -Coordinated with production and quality control to ensure manufacturing, quality, and regulatory approval of projects. -Received supplier feedback and updated outdated prints and specs to allow processing and manufacturing of orders. ## Education ### Master of Business Administration - MBA W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University ### Master of Science (M.S.) in Mechanical Eng Drexel University ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering Drexel University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/grdonaldson --- Source: https://flows.cv/grahamdonaldson JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/grahamdonaldson/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05