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o Provide overview and direction to global commodity team in accordance to the organization's policies and procedures.o Empower employees to take responsibilities in achieving individual goals and provide guidance through regular conversations.o Make business decisions based on financial analysis and be accountable in accordance to company policies and procedures.o Regular communications with cross-functional groups to review productivity, goal achievement and overall effectiveness.o Analyze, develop and execute inventory planning and improvement based on goals established and periodic status reports.o Establish and maintain current purchasing and inventory processes to provide seamless service to customers.o Participate in development and execution of asset and inventory business plan.o Manage global non/slow-moving inventory and monitoring distressed inventory.o Analyze risks and opportunities from emerging product and channel trends to maximize profit.o Develop professional working relationship with sales team and internal service providers for market share gain.o Able to share best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve product, pricing, service and process.o Provide Market Intelligence for internal and external customer.

Responsibilities and Accomplishments:1) Inventory and material planning by acquiring market intelligence to optimize efficiency and minimize risk2) Follow closely on market situation and trends in making critical Inventory replenishment3) Non/slow-moving inventory management; draw up plans for resolution4) Key vendor management5) Align suppliers’ product portfolio with customers’ needs6) Draw up flowchart for relevant internal processes7) RMA management for parts reject; working closely with inside sales and suppliers8) In-depth technical and application knowledge for critical parts9) Organize training for purchasing team to enhance competency10) Relationship building and negotiation with suppliers for special terms11) Manage a team of purchasing assistants as backend support for purchasing team; for suppliers’ payment, expediting and shipping route

Responsibilities and Accomplishments:1) Drive business growth in Semiconductor and Test & Measurement product lines2) Develop marketing programs to exceed target sales revenue and gross margin:- Design and execute “Dev Kit to Silicon” campaign. Leverage on dev kit to accelerate sales growth in semiconductor- Design and execute “Semiconductor” campaign. Increase share gain in targeted accounts through understanding of passive and emech purchase history- Run promotions and bundling programs- Run “Lower Price” campaign to clear excess stock- Design and produce training materials by product and supplier as sales kit- Organize sales training to enhance product knowledge and market intelligence- Co-organize Annual Sales Conference for SEA region. Invite key suppliers to strengthen partnership- Co-organize Roadshows to promote company’s value and product offering3) Relationship building and negotiation with suppliers for special terms4) Advise pricing team on strategies under different market situation for different products5) Work with supply chain for stock profiling and inventory management6) Quarterly review with strategic supplier (QTR)Product Lines:1) Semiconductor2) Test and Measurement

Responsibilities included:1) Drive business growth in multiple product lines for APAC region2) Design marketing programs to increase suppliers’ market share in strategic accounts:(a) Run promotions and sales incentive programs to increase mindshare(b) Strategize share gain through competitive intelligence(c) Price matrix by densities and branches (countries)(d) Product cross referencing to replace competitors3) Relationship building and negotiation with suppliers for best market costing and stock allocation to ensure business profitability4) Organize training for sales team to enhance product knowledge5) Cross business unit collaboration for supplier’s package deal6) Quarterly presentation and business review with executive management (QBR)7) Work closely with sales team to secure new businessesKey Accomplishments:1) Grow topline sales by >160% from Y2009 to Y20102) Winning Supplier’s Award for programs that contribute significant sales growthProduct Lines:1) Memory Chips (DRAM,SRAM, NAND/NOR Flash, EEPROM)2) MCUs3) USB Controllers

Responsibilities included:1) Perform cost estimation for ODM projects based on customers’ requirement and specification (electronics & mechanical parts, injection mold and production cost)2) Constantly review and negotiate pricings, trade terms & conditions with vendors3) Identify cost-savings opportunities with alternate source of supply4) Propose and discuss new pricings and terms to customers.5) Preparing cost breakdown and quotations6) Ensure all purchase orders raised are issued to vendors on time7) Monitor and ensure on-time delivery of product and supporting documentation8) Material sourcing upon project confirmation and handling of samples delivery9) Follow up on customer’s costing enquiry10) Collaborate with project engineers, shipping department and production team in China for mass production and shipment