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Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Koto-Ku, Toyosu, Tokyo, Jp

● Established and led a high-performing team of 8 members, fostering a collaborative and goal-driven environment.● Led the creation and execution of a robust revenue forecasting process and system, driving accurate sales projections and aiding senior management in making informed resource allocation decisions.● Collaborated with sales, BU, supply chain, and finance teams to align revenue targets by region / channel / customer and ensure accuracy, accountability and reliability.● Spearheaded the design and implementation of sales operations dashboards, enhancing real-time visibility into key sales metrics, performance indicators, and revenue trends.● Streamlined processes for point-of-sale (POS) management, channel inventory management, backlog tracking, and revenue planning, driving operational excellence and increased accuracy.● Collaborated with sales and distributors to analyze pricing trends and expectations.

Koto-Ku, Toyosu, Tokyo, Jp

● Analyzed manufacturing costs, overheads, and other relevant factors to optimize product margins. Made data-driven recommendations for adjustments to pricing strategies based on market dynamics.● Partnered with marketing, engineering, operations, human resource and executive teams to manage OPEX budget for a global sales & marketing group.● Advised the executive teams on potential financial impacts of strategic initiatives and business decisions, facilitating data-driven evaluations of investment opportunities and expansion plans.● Tracked business performance metrics and provided analytical insights on variance of YoY, QoQ, actual vs. forecast, driving timely decisions and actions to achieve business goals.● Drove initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting processes.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Spearheaded financial planning activities within mobile power and lighting business unit to meet financial requirements, including quarterly/monthly forecasting and estimates, management dashboard reports, and interaction with executive leadership teams. Provided the strategic view of business and processes by incorporating competitive analysis to drive financial performance. Chaired financial process initiatives to improve internal processes and efficiency. Represented Silicon Valley Analog group to work with cross-regional finance teams to drive company-wide consistency, efficiency, and best practice sharing. • Led financial and strategic review for double-digit-growing business and R&D budget every quarter and presented to general manager, finance director, and senior VP. • Built weekly RYG report to identify key drivers of revenue and expense variances versus forecast, leading to timely cross-functional plan execution to close business risk and achieve business target.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Collaborated with operational direct reports to develop and coach great people to drive best-in-class results for order fulfillment process. Spearheaded operational excellence to support revenue maximization, on-time delivery, and inventory management processes in dynamic business environment. Identified and executed actions to ensure supply support of revenue growth while controlling inventory and manufacturing cost. Directed full engagement with marketing and business development teams to understand market and customer to best support business priorities. Worked closely with manufacturing group in each step of processes for assurance of smooth supply and high customer satisfaction. Provided management with information and analysis to make sound business decisions. • Created scalable weekly supply/demand gap model allowing real-time what-if analysis, effective communications, and timely actions.• Built action-driven weekly dashboards identifying key business risk and revenue gap for new market opportunities.• Managed 12,000+ products and 1,000+ customers from personal electronics, industrial, and automotive markets.• Led and developed a high-performance international team of six operations specialists managing front-to-back order fulfillment.• Supervised multiple employee rotations, transitions, hiring, and trainings across Asia and US to execute talent development strategy while keeping smooth supply, with minimal disruptions to customer support.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Interfaced with TI major customers and acted as focal point in development, communication, and execution of new product ramping and long-term production plans. Worked closely with key account managers and marketing teams to proactively track potential business opportunities and risks. Oversaw all aspects of supply/demand matching activities for mobile power chips, including inventory strategy, capacity allocation, and production priorities.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Facilitated revenue maximization, on-time delivery, and inventory management processes in dynamic environment. Identified and executed actions to ensure supply support of revenue growth while controlling inventory and manufacturing cost. Engaged with product lines to understand market and customer to best support business. Collaborated with manufacturing process for assurance of supply.• Coordinated with different functional teams to create comprehensive forecasting model to estimate efficiently market demand per region, channel, and customers, saving 40% of forecasted process time.• Developed and implemented supply strategies and plans to support business growth. • Oversaw power chip demand from global PC markets and developed an efficient production model to reduce manual planning and increase on-time delivery.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Conducted operations and financial analyses for seven manufacturing entities in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Collaborated with engineering team to update manufacturing parameters and recalculate standard product cost for 10,000+ products. Worked with WorldWide Procurement & Logistic team to review pricing trends across numerous suppliers to identify cost reduction opportunities for both internal and external sites and to ensure cost efficiency. Conducted the month-end close process and the preparation of monthly financial reports.• Created automatic financial reports for forecasting, trending, and P&L analysis, resulting in more than 50% time savings during monthly closing.• Developed effective cost benchmarking model to optimize capacity between internal and external manufacturing plants

Designed and created cost analysis structure, profitability simulation model, and overall finance planning, processes, and systems for new solar business. Worked with R&D, engineering, production, marketing, human resource, and executive leadership team to develop a comprehensive business plan, including product roadmap, long-term financial projection, headcount plan, and capital injection plan. Modeled business scenarios to understand financial impact from potential business opportunities and risks and allow executive leadership team to make solid business decisions for both short term and long term.

Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nl

Collected financial data from various databases for month-end close and performed journal entries and account reconciliation. Generated and analyzed financial reports to offshore business units and factory controllers. Accessed and monitored an R&D department performance with Balanced Scorecard. Collaborated with the department manager to ensure efficient cost control and finance target objectives.