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Greater Los Angeles Area

Establish domestic transportation and distribution divisions to provide port-to-door transportation services. Develop a national network of trucking and warehousing vendors. Create lane specific strategies to ensure market competitivity. P&L responsibilities; managed 14 employees with four direct reports.• Negotiated and signed trucking service contracts with 16 national and 29 local and regional transportation vendors at discounts averaging 85-93% under retail pricing, resulting in 28% average profit margin on LTL shipments and 45% on truckload shipments.• Developed lane specific ground shipping services to 110 Amazon FBA warehouses, 85 Walmart DCs, and 24 Sam’s club DCs.• Led division to profitability by December 2017, with current net profit margin of 25%. • Opened and managed primary warehouse in Carson, CA to provide distribution and transload services. Specialties:Supply Chain, Process Improvement, Systems Implementation, Manufacturing, Logistics, Operations, Vendor Relationship Management, Gap Analysis, Strategic Initiatives, Team Management, P&L, International Business Development, Product Lifecycle, Change Management, Pricing Strategy, Negotiations, Strategic Partnerships, Performance Improvement, Communications, Mandarin

Greater Los Angeles Area

Provided strategic leadership, strengthened supplier relationships, and customized quality assurance standards to ensure customer satisfaction.• Hired and developed international team of Chinese and American professionals to manage three supply chain offices located in China and the United States. • Independently built a multi-Industry supply chain network with over 580 manufacturers across China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.• Established a complete supply chain solution for US Vapes LLC, an American based electronic cigarette wholesale distributor with over 125 Electronic cigarette suppliers, resulting in an active product list of 1200 product items and over 27,000 SKUs. Specialties:Supply Chain, Process Improvement, Systems Implementation, Manufacturing, Logistics, Operations, Vendor Relationship Management, Gap Analysis, Strategic Initiatives, Team Management, P&L, International Business Development, Product Lifecycle, Change Management, Pricing Strategy, Negotiations, Strategic Partnerships, Performance Improvement, Communications, Mandarin

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Improved communication efficiency between UTStarcom's US, China and India teams. Identified key gaps and created solutions, managed three employees and $50K budget.• Produced five innovative training programs which reduced intra-company miscommunication errors by 75%; decreased communication related project delays 45%. • Led team of 17 to deliver over 30K-person hours to 1500 employees, accounting for 50% of the training department's total output at 40% under budget.Specialties:Supply Chain, Process Improvement, Systems Implementation, Manufacturing, Logistics, Operations, Vendor Relationship Management, Gap Analysis, Strategic Initiatives, Team Management, P&L, International Business Development, Product Lifecycle, Change Management, Pricing Strategy, Negotiations, Strategic Partnerships, Performance Improvement, Communications, Mandarin

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Performed Chinese domestic marketing research to improve Xizi-Otis's product marketing program. Supported strategic development initiatives with regional sales and marketing offices. Negotiated pricing and resolved concerns with key customers. • Developed client visitor program, increased customer conversion rates by 15%.• Hosted 62 VIP clients at the Hangzhou factory with an 85% successful contract signing rate.Specialties:Supply Chain, Process Improvement, Systems Implementation, Manufacturing, Logistics, Operations, Vendor Relationship Management, Gap Analysis, Strategic Initiatives, Team Management, P&L, International Business Development, Product Lifecycle, Change Management, Pricing Strategy, Negotiations, Strategic Partnerships, Performance Improvement, Communications, Mandarin

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

•Supported Guangdong government's international public relations initiatives through English language culture and educational program development and delivery. • Co-produced and hosted Guangdong's first live English language radio Broadcast program "Guangdong Tonight" airing province-wide five nights per week to audience of 30 million. • Achieved Radio Guangdong's 12th highest rated program based on viewer count and sponsor investment in fifth month on air.• Edited and presented "Guangdong Today,” Radio Guangdong’s English news program airing five times per week, three times per day, and on four different radio frequencies.