Linn Lin

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Apple - Supply Demand Management @
Linn Lin's Location
Shanghai, China, China
About Linn Lin

18 years’ professional experience in SCM, especially in Supplier Management, Materials& Production planning. Good at Supply Chain strategy design&implement.New system implement experience(SAP, Oracle and Kingdee).Highly developed analysis, coordination, conflict resolution, problem solving and decision making skills. Good Project Management skills(PMP certified).Strong sense of responsibility to fulfill the works required. Working language can be either English or Chinese.

Linn Lin's Current Company Details
Apple

Apple

Apple - Supply Demand Management
Linn Lin Work Experience Details
  • Apple
    Supply Demand Management
    Apple Sep 2022 - Present
    Shanghai
  • Harman International
    Sr. Supply Chain Manager
    Harman International Sep 2021 - Sep 2022
    中国 上海市
    DTS is one of the third division for Harman and mainly focus on the software projects such as IOT.DTS Supply China focus on the software&hardware combined project.Main Responsibilities:Take charge of the hardware supply chain implementation including Demand&Supply planning, materials planning, supplier management &logistics.1. NPI support:set up smooth interaction with NPI team to develop a clear and efficient process to provide enough material planning/ordering/sourcing support to NPI on new project development.2. Demand management: Understand customer demand and translate into demand plan&purchase plan based on customer orders&forecast. Analyze and present customer driven trends and projections to properly define plant capacity。3. Supply Management:Supplier capacity management to meet on-time delivery target at peak season.4. Materials management: Monitor ODM/OEM suppliers’ key component stock by pulling in/push out, leveraging, re-allocation, etc. so as to fulfill Harman FG delivery plan.Phase-in/out management in terms of material stock at supplier side.Coordinate product changes and inventory levels to assure minimal obsolescence.Assure high level of data and transactional integrity in the MRP system.5. Process Define:Define the processes such as Customer Order Review, Demand Plan Review&Spot Buy.6. Logistics Management.7. SAP implementation.Main Achievements:Build up a tool for materials management besides MRP system due to constraint materials supply status, since MRP could only run by unconstraint materials. Successfully answer the " what+ how many to make on when" question. Successfully lead the SAP system implement.
  • Chaodian-Bilibili
    Supply Chain Director
    Chaodian-Bilibili Dec 2019 - Sep 2021
    Shanghai
    As part of the bilibili group, Chaodian is a company which aims to lead the new life style of the Z generation. The main business includes the MCN agent, exhibition(BML&BW)&Animation Derivative Development, covers several IP and the revenue for 2020 is 75M(Animation Derivative only).Main Responsibilities:1. Take charge of the whole product realization process, covers the function of Purchasing, Logistics Management&Quality control. Reduce the cost and shorten the NPD cycle time through process&system review.2. Organization Development: Build up the Supply Chain team&Develop the goal.Seperate the people from several product units and build up the Supply Chain team from scratch.Setup the goal based on the company strategy.3. System Development: Implete the Kingdee&Guanyi System.Lead the Kingdee&Guanyi system implementaion, strengthen the process control and provide the data for management decision.4. Process Review and refine.Review the purchasing process and refine the processes.Review the quality system and refine the process.Lead the S&OP meeting and improve the communication.5. Supplier Review&Integration.Integrated the Suppliers from over 210 to around 88 through Supplier performance review. Main Achievements:Build up the Supply Chain team from scratch, develop the organization, system&process, define the Supply Chain strategy and make sure it align to the company strategy.Supplier on-time delivery is 94%.Cost down rate is 9%. Lower down the cost and shorten the NPD cytem time through Supplier Integration. ---from 210 to 88 via Supplier Analysis and Performance review.Shorten the NPD cycle time for around 40%, successfully complete 524 SPU development in 2020 while around 300 SPU in process.Clean up around 426M overstocked inventory: analyze the stock age&sale history, work with sales and draft the promotion plan to clean up the overstocked inventory by around 31%.Quality control: The test and the inspection rate are both over 80%.
  • Solaris Children Care(Shanghai)Co.,Ltd.
    Supply Chain Manager
    Solaris Children Care(Shanghai)Co.,Ltd. Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
    Shanghai
    Main Responsibilities:1. Review the whole supply chain process, adjust the supply chain strategy to meet the company goal and lead the planning, purchasing&logistics team to achieve the implementation.2. Demand Planning:Communicate with sales/marketing to decide the demand planning logic(NPI&Normal demand/seasonal demand) according to the business model.Lead the monthly S&OP meeting and make sure the smoothly communication with sales&marketing team.3. Purchasing(direct&Indirect) Management: Review the process&improve the system:Review the processes&system.Complete the circle from supplier category,supplier evaluation, supplier selection to supplier performance review.Supplier Management:Maintain the supplier relationship(1 internal&19 external suppliers ), build up the communication channel and identify the supplier capability to benefit the company strategy. Enhance the supplier performance review, find out the issue and assist to solve.Indirect purchasing: support the indirect demand such as IT, marketing and ect. 4. Warehouse&Inventory Management:5. Logistics ManagementSetup the forwarder KPI and performance review system.Main achievement:Set up the regular Supplier performance review system, improve the supplier chain implement, the OTS improved from 88% to 92% and the accuracy is increase from 7 days to 1 day.Manage around 20 suppliers(1 internal, indirect ones do not include),cost down for 0.7%(around 600K/yr with around 90M RMB overall purchase)based on value analysis&negotiation.Save around 10%(1000square meter,420K/yr) for Warehouse space and 32% (around 620K/yr) for labor through integration.Decrease the inventory for around 8.3%(around 7M) through enhanced planning&supplier chain implementation capability without service level decline, and the inventory turnover increase from 1.74 to 1.89.(around 8.6%).Save the express freight cost for around 8%(around 100K/yr) through data analysis.
  • Cisco
    Repair Supplier Manager
    Cisco Jul 2011 - Nov 2018
    Shanghai
    Repair Supplier Manager is the main contact window for repair suppliers in Cisco. Need to manage multiple contract repair suppliers to achieve and sustain desired levels of performance. Receives broad direction and guidance, develops strategic use of Repair capabilities to meet APAC business needs and in support of Global Repair goals. Main responsiblities:1. Strategy making:Strategy-making for China Local Repair based on China service market demand. 2. Operation Management:Manage 5 suppliers including both CRM and ODM.Responsible for all operation issues that can impact on time order delivery of repaired parts. Improve delivery though process review and close monitor and keep the OTS.3. Performance Management:Conduct Monthly Operation Review and keep close communication with SPQ, TSM, STE, Planning functions,to make sure Supplier’s Performance meet target and drive the improvement plan implementation if not. 4. Escalation management: Collaborate cross functionally with manufacturing, TPL, Planning managers to address issues related to urgent orders, umpires, purges, service quality, logistics and field escalations5. On site audit: Conduct the on site visit to ensure compliance with Cisco standards6. Project management: Manage Projects such as new site establishment,sites consolidation, process improvement, NPI, cost saving, compliance. Successfully achieved the project of “DGI Deep Dive”,” ACE saving” and earned “Pinnacle award” and “CAP award”. Main Achievements:Expand 6 new product lines and drive the local repair from 5% in 2011 to around 40% in 2017, with over 60M tax saving.Maintain the OTS on over 98% VS 95% globally by average.Successfully lead the sites consolidation project and bring the site performance back within 6 months(50% ahead the target). The project refers to 2 big supplier integration and over 10 product lines including the high end chassis, the overall amount is over 2M USD.
  • Amphenol Times Microwave Electronics(Shanghai)Ltd.
    Logistics Supervisor(Supply Chain)
    Amphenol Times Microwave Electronics(Shanghai)Ltd. Jun 2006 - Jul 2011
    Smiths Interconncet (Shanghai) is the company focus on Coaxial Cable, belongs to Smiths Group. Major customers included China Mobile, ASB and ect. It has been acquired by GE since 2007, and transferred to Amphenol Group from May,2009.Worked for the company started as a Planner&Buyer, then promoted to Master Planner, finally became the Logistics Supervisor. Set up the Logistics department from None. And the main responsibility included: Customer Service; Planning, Purchase, I&E, Warehouse management. Main Responsibilities: 1. Purchase &Supplier Management:Build the Supplier Performance Evaluation System.Manage more than 20 suppliers with over 400 kinds of raw materials. Ensure the Supplier on-time delivery through close communication with Customer service, quality and production.  Negotiate with Suppliers base on the market investigation and cost controlAssist Quality department to solve the quality problem2. Inventory Control:Monitor and control inventory levels to target levelsAnalyze the inventory structure at intervals, and deal with the slow-moving parts.3. Planning: Translate customer demand into materials &production plan. Lead cross function --sales and production planning meetingCheck the BOM accurateUse MRP to come out the requirements for raw materials and develop planning schedule for purchased part, make sure the buyer will get them properly.Coordinate with production, balance the sales requirement, materials, manpower and the productivity, develop planning schedule for production part.4. I&E and Warehouse managementMake sure the I&E process goes smoothlyManage the broker and forwarderHandbook managementManage the warehouse, such as cycle count. 5. Others:Oracle implement: Lead the Oracle implement project as the key user, good at the OM, PO, SCP, WIP, BOM function.Customer Service such as customer order fulfillment
  • Shanghai Delteq Digital Technology Co, Ltd.
    Buyer
    Shanghai Delteq Digital Technology Co, Ltd. Jun 2004 - Jun 2006
    Deteq is a JV invested by a Singapore company. The major business is to distribute Storage Equipment.(EMC/Legato).Main Responsibilities:1. Import process handle: Place order to vendor abroad and handle the whole import process2. Vendor chosen: Assist Operation Director to chose and estimate the local vendor, and then build the Vendor Data3. Cost analysis: Assist Operation Director to analysis the cost and play down.4. Finance operation : Arrange the payment plan. Cooperate with the Finance Department to achieve the ERP operation5. Inventory Management: assist manager to make the purchase plan based on sales forecast

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