• Manage a unique responsibility of Footwear operations in 3 different countries with the largest scope (annual volume of 60Mio pairs and over 0.5Billion in source value) across a large portfolio of suppliers in Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar. • Coach and develop a large team of 40 employees with a high level of team engagement.• Successfully grew Cambodia’s production ramp up since 2011 to over 10Mio pairs annual volume and contributed to over $9Mio in duty savings by 2013.… Show more • Manage a unique responsibility of Footwear operations in 3 different countries with the largest scope (annual volume of 60Mio pairs and over 0.5Billion in source value) across a large portfolio of suppliers in Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar. • Coach and develop a large team of 40 employees with a high level of team engagement.• Successfully grew Cambodia’s production ramp up since 2011 to over 10Mio pairs annual volume and contributed to over $9Mio in duty savings by 2013. • Established Myanmar sourcing activity from the ground up in 2014.• With Pou Chen Vietnam, executed Boost Foaming production capability in Vietnam on-time in SS15.• Successfully consolidated Slides category production into Vietnam with significant productivity improvement thru adoption of ME technologies & layout.• Grew Pou Chen Vietnam’s technical product competencies thru successful transition of technical categories (Tennis, Reebok Basketball) and high-end technical products (Boost, Supernova, Gortex) into Vietnam.• Successfully transform Pou Yuen Reebok’s development capability and reputation into one desired by Canton HQ and won Agent business through pro-activeness in product engineering.• Supported Sourcing Director in the formulation of the Organizational Development & Planning or Centralized Development work stream. Successfully rolled out the new Centralized Development organizational structure and change management across LO Vietnam.• Regularly mentor Vietnam German University scholar student and internal LO personnel on career path and interpersonal topics. Show less

• Managed the end-to-end sourcing activities in Bangkok LO and acted as the country representative for Footwear onsite.• Was instrumental to bring the Reebok factory in Thailand to the next level in terms of quality, delivery and capacity. • Successfully and tactfully handled downsize and layoff of Footwear operations in Thailand in 2007 with high praise from HR leadership.

• Responsible for managing all operations at PouChen (PYV) plant with total sourcing volume and value of 12 mio pairs and $80Mio FOB.• Developed PYV factory from the least desirable development center into the largest development source for the Originals category through relentless focus on product execution and affiliation with the Originals DNA.

• Responsible for achieving target margins or required product costs for both apparel and footwear product. • Had a staff of six costing specialists reporting into the Head of Costing. Yearly $ value of price confirmed by Head of Costing ranges into $300M - $350M. • Transparent costing was initiated and implemented to reflect true and accurate costs for each product thus reducing arguments and increasing trust and collaboration between adidas and its production partners.• Built… Show more • Responsible for achieving target margins or required product costs for both apparel and footwear product. • Had a staff of six costing specialists reporting into the Head of Costing. Yearly $ value of price confirmed by Head of Costing ranges into $300M - $350M. • Transparent costing was initiated and implemented to reflect true and accurate costs for each product thus reducing arguments and increasing trust and collaboration between adidas and its production partners.• Built long lasting trustful and win-win partnership with the BU’s, Footwear Suppliers and Sourcing. Show less

• Responsible for managing material suppliers within the country's scope. • Developed Vendor Certification programs to enable consolidation of Vendors based on performance related with quality, delivery and price. • Initiated and conducted the first ever Vendor Materials Fair in Asia in year 2002. • Build the bridge between material supplier, factories and adidas HQ in order to establish understanding of each party.