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Brea, California, US

• Responsible for transformation and continuous improvement of end-to-end global supply chain and operations, developing and executing strategies to drive organic growth and M&A to significantly increase competitive.
• Re-engineered the supply chain, developed strategic infrastructure and unique sourcing model, and drastically simplified the supply chain model and turnaround the business, built a cost effective, scalable supply chain.
• Lead global operations and supply chain improvement, navigated supply chain disruptions and COVID impacts achieving 20% over year over year growth with enhanced customer satisfaction, resilience and profitability.
• Developed and executed integration strategy of acquired business, consolidated supply base and 3PL and realized material cost synergies and established integration playbook for international expansion.
• Institutionalized new product development processes and platform, launching 500+ new products every year with superior speed to market and minimal development cost to maximize growth potentials.
• Drive initiatives to enhance margin, including supply base optimization, global sourcing, 3PL consolidation, freight forwarding improvements and a competitive COGS program to drive low-cost sourcing position to.

Mentor, Ohio, US

• Led a high-performing global operation team based in U.S. and China to manage P&L for the Asia sourced business of $150MM. Developed strategy and tactics, aligning with cross-functional stakeholders and consistently.
• Conducted strategic make vs buy analysis, developed outsourcing business model. Continuously reconfigured organization and processes, influenced top management and led global operation teams to support accelerated.
• Expanded a China-based sourcing team from 3 to 18, in 3 months which facilitated rapid entry into the Avery Home by Martha Stewart line of products. Launched 300 SKUs in only 8 months generating $15MM incremental sales.
• Developed productivity, cost savings and inflation mitigation strategies, provided guidance to project teams exceeding 5% year over year cost saving targets while preserving positive supplier relationships.
• Provided leadership for the day-to-day operations/planning team and improved line fill rate from 93% to 97% while improving inventory turns year after year.
• Led the team to implement office Enterprise Lean Sigma, developed and improved processes and streamlined work flow to elevate operational efficiency and raise problem solving capabilities.

Mentor, Ohio, US

• Built and managed a very challenging partnership, worked with corporate attorneys to negotiate a highly complex contract with strategic enterprise-wide impact generating $20MM incremental sales.
• Developed strategic sourcing and commodity strategies, established cost model and competitive bidding process and delivered $2.1MM savings.
• Led the team to develop and refine innovation process, established supplier selection, scorecard and management processes to enhance supplier performance.
• Established Asia-based operation and system connections that allowed the China Team to work with US Team seamlessly around the clock.
• Promoted outsourcing business model, influenced and convinced top management to shift growth focus on purchased finished goods area and launched over 200 SKUs.
• Completed 12 month “Foundations of Leadership” training for high potential senior leaders.

San Jose, CA, US

• Led 7 procurement professionals / planners and managed significant spend to meet growing demands worldwide.
• Executed supply/demand planning, developed inventory policies, and improved inventory turns from 4 to 8.
• Managed frequent product enhancements and long lead orders to support sales growth and achieve margin goal.

Anaheim, CA, US

• Identified Asia sourcing opportunities, performed make/buy analyses, leading to magnificent cost reduction
• Managed flow of materials from overseas suppliers through production to customers on a continual basis.
• Led key negotiations with vendors, promoted product innovation, speed to market, and competitive pricing

Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, HK

• Established inbound logistics strategies, managed carrier relationships and implemented consolidation program.
• Managed global supply chain and trade compliance to ensure the flow of 5,000 containers on a global basis.

Licensed attorney in China. Provided legal advice to international business

Mba, International Business

Bachelor, International Law

Bachelor, Computer Science