Abby Cheng Email & Phone Number

- Assist in the development, review, and maintenance of procurement policies, procedures, and records across the procurement lifecycle- Investigate and respond to procurement and contracting compliance risk issues- Conduct periodic internal reviews / audits to ensure procurement decisions and activities comply with relevant policies, practices and standards- Perform and deliver the required analytics to support data-driven reporting- Participate in the development and maintenance of integrated end-to-end tools, templates, and processes that support the procurement lifecycle

-Responsible for purchasing all software and hardware related to the assigned customer portfolio; -Review and process requisitions in a timely manner and in accordance with established procurement policy and procedures; -Ensure Purchase Requisitions are converted to Purchase Orders using information from customer quotes and reseller margins; -Match vendor invoices to purchase orders, including verification of units, prices, and margins; -Ensure sales invoices are paid by customers prior to ordering software; -Develop working relationships with all software and hardware vendors including Sage, Acumatica, Criterion, and other third-party vendors; -Assist the Payables team with ensuring timely payment of vendor invoices; -Assist in negotiating and purchasing a range of items including electronic components, systems, hardware, metal, equipment, machinery, and office supplies, etc. from vendors both domestic and international; -Provide documentation of purchased items that are billable to customers; -Monitor and process all renewal contracts, including cloud subscriptions and third-party software maintenance, and ensure all documentation is in compliance with revenue and company policy; -Review and compare prior year pricing of customer software subscriptions and maintenance; -Create and maintain a highly efficient, strong, and positive relationship with internal and external stakeholders.-Provide training to other VMS and act as a mentor.

New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

-Responsible for purchasing all software and hardware;-Review and process requisitions in a timely manner and in accordance with established procurement policies and procedures;-Place, confirm, and close purchase orders ensuring clear requirements documentation;-Match vendor invoices to purchase orders including verification of units and prices;-Ensure sales invoices are paid by the customer prior to ordering software;-Develop working relationships with all software and hardware vendors including Sage, Acumatica and 3rd party vendors;-Track software renewal dates and help facilitate software renewals in a timely manner;-Review and manage client contracts to ensure the terms and prices are correct;-Assist Accounting with ensuring timely payment of vendor invoices;-Assist in negotiating and purchasing a range of items including electronic components, systems, hardware, metal, equipment, machinery and office supplies from vendors both domestic and international;-Provide documentation to accounting for invoicing purposes;-Establish standard operating procedures for purchasing; monitor the effectiveness of procedures; revise and improve purchasing processes;-Maintain up-to-date documentation of purchasing procedures;-Assist in large and small internal projects;

Vancouver, Canada Area

-Provide procurement support for goods not for resale. Prepare, revise and receive purchase orders forinternal stakeholders and act as the communicator between stores and vendors.-Assist accounts payable to ensure invoices are being paid on a timely manner.-Provide expert advice on procurement and contracting processes, and manage these processes on behalf of the stakeholders.-Lead all aspects of contract management including working with internal stakeholders and departments to develop and execute on contract negotiations for contracts, contract extensions, dispute resolution and change order management.-Manage travel and expense program and corporate card functions within the company. Perform day-to- day production and operational support of program management. Assist and support special projects related to travel and expense functions.-Act as the primary responder to policy and compliance incidents for each program. Assist with the expense reconciliation and responsible for preparation of expense reports and month end journal entries.

Taipei City, Taiwan

-Provided procurement support with SAP system, focused on multiple simple-to-complex, as well as specifictechnologies to develop expertise.-Collaborated with internal and external partners (e.g., finance, legal) to meet business objectives and ensuredcontrol and compliance requirements across businesses.-Performed tasks as assigned and applied experience to align individual work with overall strategy usingdiscretion and judgment.-Collaborated with teams to maintain and enhance the current operations and processes. Executed processimprovements.-Worked across multiple countries and businesses; regional or sub-regional engagement.-Assigned moderately complex procurement responsibilities.

Taipei City, Taiwan

-Worked in conjunction with project staff, assisted with the implementation of programs and projects. -Typical duties consisted of planning, developing, implementing and evaluating programs and projects, coordinating project activities, collaborating with project team members, developing measurable project goals and objectives, and monitoring progress toward achievement.-Analyzed research data to find the root cause of a problem or defect.Responsible for providing employee performance to identify gaps between core competency models for specific roles and actual performance.-Presented findings and facilitated discussions, identified performance gaps, created solutions, and assisted in implementing solutions to keep departments performing at top levels.-Ensured that all issues related to the projects were clarified and completed to avoid confusion and interruption during execution of projects. Evaluated the nature and condition of projects and make useful suggestions to the team members/management on the best practices and strategies to apply in project execution.