Kyu Kim Email & Phone Number

Milpitas, California, United States

• Provided consulting services for KLA’s major program for the implementation of new supply chain system (Baxter) working with key stakeholders across the organization
• Identified and resolved gaps in the Master Schedule process that drives planning of $500M inventory
• Trained new personnel on comprehensive Master Schedule process

Milpitas, California

• Led a team of global, talented, diverse project members to deliver various project and program success to enable organizational transformation. Partnered with business and IT leadership to ensure prioritized project.
• Engaged in annual corporate strategic planning process and develop the strategic goals and roadmaps for the inventory planning organization
• Received the Corporate Team Award for the transformation of spares planning team
• Developed a migration roadmap in M&A exercise between KLA and Lam Research as a SME for supply chain
• Improved customer satisfaction by implementing forecast horizon expansion for sporadic/intermittent demand
• Initiated and managed the program for the implementation of new system for service supply chain planning

• Reduced the non-reviewed TSL fluctuation by 70% through implementing the fixed target stocking level program
• Reduced override cycle time by 50% by developing and automating the process flow for the TSL(Target Stocking Level) override
• Contributed to the improvement of customer satisfaction index (fill rate performance) by 10% within 3month for the stocking hub in Asia
• Managed the entire process around inventory planning platform supporting >35,000 products and>100,000 SKU
• Saved $4.4 million of non-recurring demands through the demand & purchase scrub to avoid the excess inventory
• Received GM award for showing the KT core value of being indispensable and the perseverance for improving the customer satisfaction with Samsung, one of our major customers

• Managed the fill rate for Korea, China, and Japan above the regional target of 95%
• In support of inventory expense reduction goal during the economy downturn, successfully reduced SPO network investment from $110M to $80M without negatively impacting service level
• Played an integral role in closing key tool sales with a key customer by educating the customer on the KLA’s spares planning strategy in a negotiation meeting
• Received the Corporate High Performing Team Award for building and training the team of SPO planning system management
• Implemented inventory purchase control process (MQA) into SPO which prevented the increase of excess inventory and enabled more efficient inventory inflow management
• Successfully established new testing environments which allows SSCM to utilize trained resources to maximum efficiency by running multiple what-if scenario in parallel

• Developed and lead the marketing strategy for the virtual media solutions targeted for publishing and media industry
• Developed the enterprise contract sales channel in the North American market
• Bridged the gap between the market needs and product development engineering Key Accomplishments:o Managed a team of 4 sales associates that produced the highest revenue from enterprise sales and contributed up to 90%.

• Conducted market research (competitive analysis, market forecast, price tolerance, etc.) by collecting and analyzing data
• Developed marketing presentations to increase customer acquisition and sales.
• Managed the creative process of the company's first advertising campaign and the creation of sales tools including corporate brochure, datasheets and presentation.
• Enhanced profitability through selective discount structures.
• Increased client base by over 200%.
• Developed domestic and international distribution channels.