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Dongguan

• Working as a purchasing representative in project team, by doing the work from supplier selection to part qualificationto meet the project targets of material cost, quality and time-to-market‧ Being the member of value stream team to reduce cost or improve quality by optimizing the processes from supplychain to production to delivery‧ Searching new technologies or materials to make cost or quality benefits as innovation promoter‧ Driving Early Supplier Involvement during the stage of product concept to support design innovation, shortenproductdevelopment time‧ Leading and responsible for the cost reduction by using diverse methods including negotiation, newsupplier/material/technology introduction and VA/VE‧ Supporting on quality and deliver issues

Guangzhou

‧ Sourced, surveyed and developed suppliers for new projects or cost down purpose ‧ Persisted to drive cost out by negotiating, optimizing supplier chain and finding the opportunities of productivity improvement etc. ‧ Worked with other functional teams and counterparties in North America closely to meet the cost, quality and schedule targets of new projects ‧ Took action to make sure key new suppliers qualifications were completed in a timely manner to ensure the fulfi lment of cost out and supplier reduction ‧ Managed supplier relationship and implemented supplier strategies to drive suppliers’performance ‧ Negotiated and contracted annual prices with suppliers

Guangzhou

‧ Sourced, surveyed and qualified new suppliers for new projects with other functional teams‧ Supported R&D department by sourcing the needed materials or technologies with appropriate quality and cost‧ Interacted with new project teams to optimize design for manufacturing and cost‧ Released RFQs, compared quotations, negotiated prices with suppliers then selected the appropriate suppliers byconsidering costs, quality, delivery and technology performance‧ Participated in supplier system and process audits in compliance with company goals and objectives.‧ Supported to resolve quality and delivery issues

Guangzhou

‧ Met with design team to optimize part design by giving suggestions from tooling fabrication and part manufacturingangels‧ Checked tooling design to ensure part functions could be fulfilled under the right part/tooling costs‧ Made tooling schedule with suppliers and monitored manufacturing process and quality‧ Tested tooling and determined the appropriate molding conditions, solved part and tooling quality issues withsuppliers together‧ Qualified parts and tooling through confirming materials, processes, inspection data and pilot run results