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Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Kitchener, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

• Optimized/reviewed monthly supply plans based on the demand forecast /company inventory goals • Updated weekly master production schedule with capacity limitations• Chaired daily production meeting to communicate priorities and operational needs between Quality Control, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, and purchasing • Ensured that raw material shortages are identified and resolved in a timely manner• Drove the resolution process of MRP exceptions, and resolves MRP discrepancies• Used DataLoad to perform massive updates for over 1500 raw material planning attributes• Generated various Oracle reports to assess/validate the system performance• Worked with all stakeholders to streamline the order placement process• Documented and standardized the Oracle operational Work Instructions (WI)

Toronto, Canada Area

• Leaded the shipment packaging solution analysis, developed new configurations to cut down the shipping cost per test by at least 6.7%, meanwhile improved packaging process time from 10 minutes to 7 minutes per parcel• Proactively identified and recommended cost reduction opportunities in outbound & reverse logistics process, accumulated more than $25,000 in savings to date• Implemented Kanban approach to improve the operational efficiency of material inventory handling• Created multiple Excel tools to automate departmental daily tasks and timely maintained the logistics related Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Toronto, Canada Area

• Interacted with internal/external parties (vendor, transportation service provider, custom, consignee, etc.) to facilitate smooth flow of inbound OEM components and to ensure the timely & efficient delivery of outbound customer orders• Resolved puzzles pertaining to supply chain related activities including transportation metrics analysis, inventory management, Return Material Authorization (RMA), Non-Conformance Report (NCR), and Corrective Action Preventive Action (CAPA)

Greater Los Angeles Area

*Established Startup door-to-door delivery system for customized Chinese cuisine*Took orders from multiple channels, and created relational database (RDB) with Access to mange more than 350 client profiles efficiently*Applied SWEEP vehicle routing algorithm with time-window and capacity constraints to order fulfillment, and achieved 9 stops per hour on area (SPHOA) on average.

Shiyan, Hubei, China

*Effectively observed and managed the dynamic inventory level of 142 transmission shafts SKUs*Monitored and updated operational performance at DC utilizing crucial KPIs: Inventory carrying cost, back order rate, and inventory turnover*Worked with supervisor to identify and implement lean production initiatives*Coordinated transportation modes of shipments to maximize efficiency and equipment utilization

Wuhan, Hubei, China

*Evaluated and analyzed the feasibility of 4 possible alternative routes from the original city (Yunxian) to its destination (Shiyan)*Leaded an intern field team to fulfill field reconnaissance tasks to collect elevation and coordinates of 26 control points*Participated in the alignment design of an 8 km sector in mountainous terrain

Master Of Science (M.S.), Civil Engineering, A-

Activities and Societies: Women`s Transportation seminar, Chinese Students and Scholars' Association (CSSA)

Master'S Degree, Management Science