Ashley Truong Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California

Vietnam

- Take charge of purchasing OS&E during pre-opening period, involving preparation of scope, schedules, budgets, negotiation and purchasing.- Work with Starwood Operation Team to forecast procurement needs including materials, parts, supplies and equipment for the hotel and fully understand specification requirement.- Survey competitors’ prices and products to compare and leverage best option offer.- Review quotation, negotiate prices, delivery terms with manufacturers and suppliers to obtain best import and Inco-terms in a timely manner and cost effective method while maintaining appropriate quality standards and specifications that meet Brand’s standards. - Plan purchasing budget to present to the Boards of what inventory plan is and how much inventory it plans to hold over in a certain period of time.- Initiate and design department policies and procedures in developing and implementing purchasing strategies for products.

Hochiminh City, Vietnam

- Monitored market trends and participated in advertising and marketing activities to ensure the right message was delivered for the firm’s products. Together with Sales & Marketing team, PR and Advertising agencies to develop the company’s brand values, established strategic plan aligning with business objectives and vision to increase customer awareness as well as to guarantee the company image obtained, especially in product launch and promotion events.- Supervised the sign off of marketing literature and campaigns, liaised with legal and compliance of brand owner, ensured the designs and messages met the company brand and regulatory guidelines.- Frequently monitored store activities. Collaborated with Store Managers to ensure the delivered key strategy messages for the stores are consistent and clear and weekly summarized revenues growth in each store.- Supervised recruits and hiring, conducted the performance appraisals and compensation. Also managed staff training and development, directed work flow to make certain all organizational processes performed smoothly as well as the completion of department goals and objectives were achieved. - Established strategies and provided systems that assisted staff to work toward achieving the goals of each project such as controlling risk management to reduce inventory shrinkage, monitoring of trades in the portfolios to ensure all online/offline trading transactions were transacted properly, designing promotion programs to increase revenue and reach targets in each season, developing work plans for project management staff in terms of cost effective. - Coordinated the overall business functions including procurement, operations, contracts, timetables and budgets.

Milpitas, Ca

Freight auditing and cost reduction analysis- Conducted monthly logistics freight costs (3 PL costs & freight costs) by business units and regions.- Processed and audited freight invoices.Logistics Management- Controlled the stock distribution within the supply system and performed weekly/monthly inventory reconciliation in compliance to SOX requirements.- Analyzed freight shipping quotes from freight carriers to assist management in cost controls.- Reported on-time delivery performance and track claims ratio.- Forecasted requirements and orders products to meet sales demands.- Conducted meetings, prepared and presented reports, and provided information to identify logistics/supply chain requirements, established business plans and performance objectives, and reported performance against plan and business objectives.- Benchmarked of logistics/ supply chain providers and implemented best practices throughout the enterpriseStrategic planning- Coordinated with Demand Fulfillment team to implement shipment schedule and transportation arrangement based on the back-log report to meet customers’ deadline requirements.- Closely participated with RMA team to streamline the return process including but not limited to inspecting and assessing returned shipments, shipping returned materials back to warehouse and replaced materials to the customers.- Interfaced with Procurement team to place material purchasing requisition order through Agile and SAP- Liaised with Accounts Payable Department to ensure accurate and timely payment of invoices, as necessary for the business with the third party Logistics (3PL) providers.

Managed to track supplies of raw materials and finished products, ensured that all deliveries arrive on schedule, and kept logistics costs as low as possible.Analyzed and adjusted plans and schedules for the actions needed to meet customers' requirement in a short delivery cycle.Forecasted and developed logistics action plans for delivery to the contracted customers.Resolved logistics issues for shipments in transit and returned in a timely manner to reduce unexpected delay costs.Maintained inventory accuracy through the execution of proven inventory control procedures in compliance with SOX.

Provided outstanding customer services by offering a friendly environment, maintained solid product knowledge and all other aspects of customer services.Maintained an awareness of the company's new merchandise advertising and promotion. Participated in year-end inventory and cycle counts.Achieved Top 10 Employees of the Month Award for outstanding customer services with a high number of new customers who opened Gap credit cards.

Liaised effectively between the varying stakeholders of business related, including present and target customers, colleagues, suppliers and partner organizations in order to expand resources and maintain the firm to be a leading one in a rapidly changing industry.Promoted and monitored profitability of existing product brands.Oversaw product development and conducted market research studies to identify customer needs around new product as well as quality and pricing, and suggested optional course of action.Developed pricing strategies with the aim of leveraging the firm's profits while satisfied customers' demands.Presented alternative channel of recommendations for new business opportunities.

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