Ernest Teng Email & Phone Number

Singapore

Leading the Procurement Engineering and Purchasing functions for manufacturing of Agilent’s life science instruments/solutions in Singapore. With accountability in• Commodity Sourcing/Engineering• Supplier Relationship/Quality• Material Planning/Assurance• Material Management/Cost• Supply Chain Development/Performance

Singapore

Platform Manager for Consumer Printers (Envy/Officejet Platform)• Operation oversight on all manufacturing/supply-chain/supporting functions, for delivery of New Product Introduction (NPI) objectives including product/quality/factory/capacity/supply-chain/cost/shipment readiness. • Delivered manufacturing capacity of 570K/month for Envy/Office-Jet products in South China in 6 months, through strong engineering execution, as well as partnership/collaboration with the R&D, operation, procurement, and manufacturing partner.• Drove timely execution for factory capacity installation, product qualification, production stabilization and quality/yield initiatives.Engineering Asset Manager for EE/Scan Product Engineering• Oversight on the prototype build/ramp support for 2011/12/13 programs for all HP inkjet products, ensuring timely completion of the EE/Scan manufacturing tasks and closure of design/assembly issues. • Drove site start-up strategy/infrastructure on SMT/PCBA and Scanner Production for new factories in Chong Qing (2012) and Thailand (2013). The move project completed timely with excellent readiness for ramp.• Developed the global framework/strategy for scan module quality improvement project, including test solution/strategy, and scanner development life-cycle. • Standardized the financial planning/budgeting framework for the EE/SMT/PCBA investment for production start-up. It significantly reduced the lead-time for budget planning with good accuracy, and supported scenario study on the fly.Strategic Partner Management - Flextronics• Led the development of the Strategic Partner (Flex) factory resource strategy, including site space/infrastructure planning, factory expansion planning, technical staffing and assignment, as well as the execution of technical training/knowledge transfer. This ensured factory readiness to support HP business in 2011-15.

Singapore

Strategic Partner Performance Management• Led the first High Performance Supplier Scorecard exercise for IPG-Ops with all strategic partners. Developed framework, processes, and survey questionnaire across R&D/Manufacturing/Procurement/Purchasing/Planning/Quality. Managed the data collection from GBU/Ops/regions, score analysis and performance reporting.• Delivered executive level messaging for yearly performance appraisal, leading to business allocation to key partners.Strategic Partner Development – Jabil• Led the CM to ODM Transformation for HP/Jabil in procurement engineering, manufacturing, Current Product Eng, and product testing/development domains.• Developed engagement framework across LaserJet consumer/commercial R&D, Ops, and WW Sourcing functions with the corresponding teams in Jabil.• Managed priorities/resources/timeline, manage communication/expectation at all levels, as well as drive implementation in HP/Jabil across Boise/SanDiego/Taipei/Huangpu/Singapore. • Developed understanding and actively influence Jabil’s resources/investment/organization decision to align with HP business objectives.Strategic Partner Development - Foxconn• Led the Vertical Integration PMO for inkjet product manufacturing with Foxconn.• Developed engagement framework, high level schedule, performance measure, VI tool sets, and spend analysis across inkjet products to drive prioritization.• Managed the business/technical collaboration among HP Ops procurement/CDP and various Foxconn subsidiaries/ affiliated suppliers.• Jointly developed multi-year resource/investment plan for Foxconn to align to HP’s commodity outsourcing strategy.Strategic Partner Development – New Kinpo Group• Led a taskforce to develop CDM contract with NKG for inkjet products.• Managed the business/legal requirement and conflict resolution for a win-win outcome between HP/NKG.

Shanghai City, China

Manage the Wordwide Manufacturing operation for Scanner Product Category.• Responsible for the manufacturing operation for all HP scanners in Asia, with yearly cost-of-sales in excess of USD 150M.• Managed the product/supply-chain cost and shipment performance from factories to regions.• Led the transition of operational responsibility from Singapore to Shanghai.• Set up and coach the Shanghai operation team (product/process/procurement engineering, purchasing, and planning).• Managed the new product transfer from the US R&D lab in collaboration with ODM/OEM/ CDM partners in Asia (Japan/Taiwan/Singapore/China).• Managed the manufacturing start-up with new and/or existing partners.• Managed daily-operation of scanners manufacturing in North/South China, Singapore, and satellite production centers in Japan/USA.• Drove manufacturing-partner and supply-chain strategy to optimize cost and supply-chain performance. Key decisions include partner selection, business negotiation/award, and business loading among factories.• Successfully established a Shanghai local team with local manager to assume worldwide manufacturing role for scanner manufacturing in 3 years.

Singapore

Manage the service delivery operation of the consumer hardware support business in Asia Pacific.• Responsible for the customer experience in hardware support throughout product life-cycle. Led and managed the strategic supply-chain set-up from scratch. • Oversaw the service-order fulfillment, and inventory management for product categories single/multi-function printers, scanners, digital cameras, and digital-projectors in Asia Pacific.• Delivered 49% cost reduction of end-to-end supply-chain cost in 3 years; through business transformation, inventory reduction, 3PL/4PL outsourcing, and start-up of new in-country delivery logistics operation, as well as reverse logistics in Asia.Managed the supply-chain/distribution operations for HP consumer business in APJ.• Responsible for both global distribution and channel return operations in Asia Pacific.• Spearheaded the start-up and management of the Global Distribution operation (laserjet products) for EMEA – ISE regions.• Oversaw the customer order and delivery performance for HP OEM business to Korea, Japan and China.• Managed the end-to-end production return operation from customer/channel interface, strategic supply chain development, order fulfilment, reverse logistics, and credit release for all HP product categories in Asia Pacific.