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• Leading and managing the development and implementation of procurement related strategies for business turnover worth USD20 million.• Accountable and responsible for action planning and execution of sourcing and supply chain strategies. Ensuring the sourcing of products from any global location.• Establishing and implementing departmental policies, objectives and procedures to manage the business needs.• Driving the decisions for process improvements and quality management for all procurement related functions.• Providing leadership and managing the teams operating within the sourcing, quality assurance and supply chain domains. Continually reviewing the individual and team performance and driving the team members to achieve key deliverable. • Conducting market and competitor studies to benchmark other supplier players and drive cost improvement initiatives to achieve a strong market position.• Working on identifying, evaluating and qualifying new vendors to support the expanding product needs.• Building and maintaining strategies for effective supplier management and driving strong business relationships with key suppliers.• Handling and managing the allocated business portfolio and ensuring achievement of customer and client needs in a timely, efficient manner through the delivery of high-quality service.Notable Achievements• Successfully developed, implemented and managed the overall policy and system strategies to maximize tendering and contracts management as well as supplier performance management.• Achieved significant cost saving for strategic sourcing plan initiatives and introduced new suppliers for new projects. • Successfully achieved an annual increase of 15% growth in budget and overall business growth.

• Led and managed the sourcing and operational strategies for business turnover worth USD70 million.• Handled and executed responsibilities to identify, evaluate and qualify new vendors to support the expanding product needs thereby driving the achievement of the company’s strategic objectives and customer needs.• Involvement in conducting detailed analysis for calculation of the procurement costs and making recommendations/suggestions to reduce the expenditure.• Worked on building relationships with new suppliers, managed the negotiation process and ensured clear communication of all elements.• Conducted market and competitor studies to benchmark other supplier players and drove cost improvement initiatives to achieve a strong market position.• Collaborated and coordinated with the vendors on product pricing and recommended was to reduce the costs of components.• Built and maintained strategies for effective supplier management to drive strong business relationships with key suppliers• Managed the operations department covering the sourcing, merchandising and shipping team. Reviewed the individual and team performance and provided support to achieve the performance objectives.• Ensured effective management of the customer needs to achieve a timely and high quality of service delivery.Notable Achievements• Successfully developed and implemented strategies to move and expand the business operations to emerging markets of Vietnam, India, Indonesia and North China. • Introduced strategic sourcing plan initiatives and achieved 10% (USD3 million) cost saving. • Successfully expanded the supplier base and introduced/launched at least 25 new suppliers to support projects.• Achieved an on-time launch and presentation of over 1600 products for customer’s selection.