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Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Bridging trade routes between the East and the West. PivotteAsia operating both from Shenzhen (China) and in Singapore covers the Asia regions with little time differences. With experience in many fields of purchasing and commodity management gives advantage in providing these trade and consultancy services. Proficiency in different languages and Asia dialects, apart from English, narrows the gap in culture and communication

China

Manages key commodities in the Smart card anf telco industries.Manages OEM suppliers for this industries located in Greater China and East Asia.Build leverage position thru identification and introduction of alternative sources of supply. Promote cooperation with other business units to exploit corporate purchase power.Support Asia market and supply chain intelligence. Negotiates supply/frame agreements with suppliers of key components and subcontractors.Make annual assessment on supplier's financial health to evaluate supplier's financial sustainability.

 Develop and deploy commodity strategies to the global purchasing sites of Philips CLS. Managed the supply risk of global supply base (all China-based) for Electro-mechanical commodities (EM Com) and specializing in Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) by ensuring supply base are financially and environmentally sustainable ; proper deployment of capacity mapping strategy and manage the sourcing and development of new suppliers in anticipation of future technological requirement. Create strong tension model negotiation position to ensure lowest total cost of ownership and sound supply chain. Manage suppliers’ relationship with Philips purchasing sites and EMS companies.  Publish regular market intelligence to global sites for realistic market expectation with quarterly globally alignment with purchasing managers from sites in Singapore, China, Europe and Brazil.

 Based in China, manage the global supply base of Electro-mechanical commodity with the China team for cost improvement program to localized foreign supply base into China supply base; negotiate with local Chinese and international suppliers for cost reduction. Supervise our China colleagues on their purchasing operations and negotiation and conduct training session to bring up international purchasing knowledge of China colleagues. Establish the logistics route originating from China to USA, Europe and Thailand factories for assemblies. Introduced the Multi-National Corporation (MNC) way of working for the China purchasing operations and bridge the gap of eastern and western way of working in this multi-cultural organization.

 Manage the supply chain activities such as purchasing and supply of raw materials and PCBA from suppliers and subcontractors to customers. Deal with supply agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and sales agreement for the company. Quality management of issues from customers. Oversee the sales of products to Europe and USA customers to ensure good customer satisfaction. Involved in the day-to-day running of the manufacturing operations. Evaluated the feasibility to implement Navision ERP solution into the company wide application. Involved in the expansion of the factory’s capacity.

 Source,develop Strategic Vendors for the supply of OEM finished products to compliment our offering to the retail industry. Establish and implement new business and supply route with suppliers, with our 3rd party logistics transporter and customers to ensure a smooth supply. Establish and manage the reverse logistics of defective products and its quick replacement to the customers including the warranty provision OEM products.  Identify new customers’ requirements for OEM products and manage the Sourcing activities and eventual Supply of these new OEM products to Asia Pacific countries. Interface with customers to market such OEM products to Asia Pacific countries through close working relationship with country managers in Asia Pacific.  Distribution of OEM products to meet demands of Asia Pacific customers  Have 5 years of hands on experience with the ERP system, SAP.

 Conduct international sourcing, market research and selection/development of vendors for Mechanical commodities , electro-mechanical parts, PCB. Plan and ensure sufficient tooling capacity and vendors’ capacity to support high volume production. Perform value-engineering activities at design stage and value analysis activities for on going projects with early-supplier-involvement. Perform annual negotiation in an international setting and have handled negotiation of commodity value of over USD40 million. Benchmarking of suppliers for capability and pricing in the global context. Perform internal audit in preparation for surveillance and re-qualification audit by external ISO auditors. Headed the electronic and electrical purchasing section for about 2 years before moving into Sourcing department.  Have hands on experience with the ERP system, ASK ManManPerform market research

 Perform day-to-day purchasing and inventory control of direct materials to support manufacturing activities.  Handled the procurement activities for commodities like plastics, metal stamping parts, turning parts and packaging materials. Handled overseas purchasing from USA, Europe and Asian countries through both sea and air shipments. Implement JIT program on packaging and large bulky items which successfully reduced the inventory level. Perform suppliers’ performance rating on a monthly basis to benchmark and monitor their performance so that appropriate corrective action to be taken.  Have hands on experience with the MRP system, Copics.

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