Ariel Tan Email & Phone Number

• Support Product Management team to source and develop new products, and onboard new overseas vendors. • Establish internal process for onboarding new overseas vendors and new product set up.• Establish and manage the internal and external workflow for sourcing new products for proprietary brand. • Oversees the inventory levels of outsourced items and resolves procurement issues. Works with Inventory Management team and Warehouse Operation team to ensure smooth flow of opening PO and replenishments.

United States

• Manage tier 1 vendors in BISS GL that generated $190 million annual revenue. • Support business growth by sourcing & expanding product selections with vendors, monitor inventory levels and resolve procurement issues. Work with Instock Team to issue JIT and Long-Term POs to mitigate supply chain challenges.• Manage planning/forecasting for promotional and marketing events such as Prime Day and Black Friday, monitor purchase order flow and deliveries to ensure inventory level for peak events. • Problem solving and trouble-shooting profitability suppressions, catalog issues and supply chain bottlenecks to maximize business growth.

• Manage a team of 7 Supply Chain Project Managers and guide them on their daily tasks. • Oversees variance project types across over 350+ overseas vendors, including sourcing new materials, cost analysis and strategic planning & contract negotiations. • Collaborate with Purchasing Team to build purchase strategy for key items and achieve target OTC. • Partner with Expeditor team to ensure smooth delivery and inventory level for BTS, Holiday Sales and Retail promotions. • Work closely with Quality department to resolve quality issues with overseas vendors and avoid conflicts that could impact vendor relations.• Provide support to RD& D team for problem solving when issue arise during product development with international suppliers. • Supervise the team in daily basis to help each team member to achieve Year-end goal for all their projects, which include Price Negotiation Saving, Defective Inventory Rate, Quality Issue Ticket Completion, Vendor Credit Compensation etc. • Participate in weekly Vendor Issue Meeting and Supply Chain Update Meeting with Senior Director and CPO and provide stats and updates for key projects for direction and decision making.

• Manage over 110+ international vendors. Build and strengthen supplier relationship. Source and onboard new vendors in China and UK and educate new vendor with company operation and quality expectations.• Support Purchasing team to manage challenging vendors and negotiate and maintain key terms. • Work with overseas vendor to solve quality issue and partner with Quality team to ensure implementation of corrective action. • Support Merchandizing team and RD&D team on special tasks such as price negotiation, logistic analysis and new vendor onboarding & training.

Orange County, California Area

• Responsible for purchases for all buyout products that are imported and procured from outside vendors domestically and internationally. • Operates the Order to Delivery Protocol for products manufactured in internationally. • Supervises China Operations Manager and assists with payroll, personnel and employee manager in China• Oversees international suppliers, interfaces with China Operations Manager and Arlon internal operations as it relates to ensure timely delivery of products and freight optimization. • Responsible for maintaining high levels for detail and efficiency with the supply chain. • Responsible for raw material purchasing and transportation coordination for outside coating operation to meet scheduled delivery dates. • Assist with Materials Manager and outside warehouses to maintain the accuracy of inventory levels for buyout products.

Shanghai, China

• Responsible for sourcing, product development, supplier development for buyout products. • Coordinate with R & D for product testing and design modification for product development.• Coordinate with Quality Control Dept. for Product Specification finalization with overseas vendors. • Follow up purchase orders with vendors to ensure quality production and completion of inspection. • Work closely with shipping forwarders to schedule transportation of finished goods to destination. • Hire and train China Quality Control Team to conduct inspection at vendor’s production line. • Support sales team to provide post sale 2nd tier customer service. • Work with logistic partners and warehouses to ensure smooth flow of goods and maintain high OTD %.• Total Purchasing volume increased from $1.5 million to $3 million in past 2 years.

Shenzhen, China

• Worked as a Merchandiser in Wal-Mart GP Shenzhen Headquarter. • Responsible for product development and order follow through for Department 25 ( Kid’s shoes )• Work closely with buyers and manufacturers for product design, modification and sample confirmation. • Support buying team with order release and PO data reviewing. • Follow up with vendors with order confirmation and production schedule.• Run sales data analysis and report to buyer and management team for market trends and buying strategy modifications. • Gained a systematic foundation of Global Sourcing & Purchasing, and laid a good knowledge base of both theory and practical skills in Supply Chain Management.

Shenzhen, China

• Develop new customers in US, Latin America and part of Europe market • Built up supplier base and organize supply chain for new buy-out projects for Sign Industry. • Re-organized and established Chart Flow for the new Out-sourcing projects for US partner. • Work closely with US partners and brought in more than 2 million Sales in 6 months.