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New York, New York, United States

- Lead sourcing initiatives and managed supplier relationships in alignment with company objectives. Directly reported to the Vice President and CEO, providing regular updates on procurement strategies and performance metrics.- Play a key role in training and developing team members to enhance their skills and contribute to the overall success of the sourcing department. - Lead cross-functional teams to ensure markup goals were met without compromising the quality of goods. - Conduct weekly meetings with marketing, product development, brand management teams to align on product strategies and goals.Work closely with the president on a weekly basis to ensure goals are met on high-profile programs.- Analyze projections, raw materials, and solution quantities, leveraging market insights to refine negotiating strategies and improve overall sourcing efficiency.- Analyze foreign exchange rates and leverage negotiations based on market trends and the company’s sourcing strategy and projections.- Drive maximum profits by overseeing and approving final product placement with senior management.- Meet with new vendors, evaluating compatibility with USA Legwear through costing and development exercises.- Educate vendors on product lines and assisted in altering tech packs to achieve markup percentage goals.- Develop and implemented negotiating processes to reduce costs while maintaining strong relationships with overseas vendors.- Communicate with a portfolio of vendors to achieve internal markup goals without compromising product quality or brand integrity.- Ensure adherence to factory compliance standards, implementing measures to meet regulatory requirements and ethical sourcing practices.- Orchestrate day-to-day operations, managing negotiations, strategic planning, product development, design/sales direction, factory compliance, and final factory allocations to optimize profit margins.

New York, New York, United States

- Pioneered sustainability strategies on packaging, waste, and deforestation to meet Walmart expectations on Sustainability Index and Project Gigaton.- Aligned production team of 4, discovered market trend and cooperated with multiple departments on product development processes of multiple seasonal programs at a time.- Oversaw factory audit and product quality testing processes, as well as reviewed corrective action plan to ensure that all procedures are compliant with customer protocols and criteria.- Delivered suitable costs and IMU by executing enhancements and modifications of designs and materials based on engineering knowledge while maintaining product aesthetic and quality.- Achieved timely delivery by planning and monitoring production T&A calendar for multiple seasonal programs at a time, anticipating possible problems and providing crisis solutions, and sharing information efficiently between vendors and departments.- Attained customer expectations and instructions on final products by uniting oversea vendors, operating execution at production stages, and organizing samples at development stages.- Lessened warehousing costs by establishing monthly buy plan according to sales forecast and warehouse storage capacity, managing inventory and making sure daily replenishment orders can be well fulfilled.- Completed and submitted yearly purchasing reports to enhance executive decision making.

New York, New York, United States

- Ensured profitability for volume buys by negotiating costing, deliveries, and MOQ with oversea vendors based on specific price points.- Sustained customer satisfactions by managing samples from all stages according to instructions, building product development and production schedules, and tracking order and production progresses to achieve quality products and on time delivery.- Decreased 20% of expenditure on air express shipping cost. Conserved freight costs by arranging proper shipping method according to total volume of shipment.

Taipei City, Taiwan

- Conducted research in the project Development of a resonance micro-cantilever beam bio-sensor.- Established the fabrication process and offer advantages including the miniaturization of devices, the improvement of stability, the reduction of environmental impacts and coats in the study.- Experienced in a fabrication and a process design of MicroElectroMechanical systems, can manipulate cleanroom equipment and have conception of process functions.- Cooperated with Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute and confirm the effect on detection of a resonance micro-cantilever beam bio-sensor.- Brought up a long-term researchable goal to advisor and research team to develop this study deeply.

Tainan City, Taiwan

- Conducted research in Experiment and simulation analysis of one-stage thermoelectric cooler, comparing results of experiments and simulations among a thermoelectric cooler which was electrified three different currents, and finding out the model with the highest cooling of performance.- Assisted in setting up well-appointed experimental equipment to enable this study goes complete

Certificate, Sustainable Design Entrepreneur

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Certificate, Product Development Manager

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Master Of Science - Ms, Applied Mechanics, 4.0/4.3

The Institute of Applied Mechanics, College of Engineering in the National Taiwan University, was founded in 1984 under a special.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 3.57/4.00

Activities and Societies: Yearbook Editor Committee, ElectroMechanical Systems Camp The Department of Mechanical Engineering at National.