Maxine Yang, Ms/Mba Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, Us

Leading the Global Supply Chain (GSC) Planning team to ensure long lead equipment supply for 200+ datacenters across Americas, Europe and Asia for Microsoft’s Cloud Operations and Innovation organization (~$100B annual revenue)Leader of a Global team of 3 Regional Directors (Americas, Asia, Europe), Director of Production Planning and Director of Data Center Integration (5 directs, total team size of 14)-Set vision for supply chain planning strategy and execution across entire global portfolio, including identifying critical process gaps and driving solutions to close -Accountable for Planning Rhythm of Business to align cross functional leadership discussion on demand and supply, risks and mitigations, including GSC Demand Planning, Security of Supply, and Production Planning -Develop and drive digital transformation, including development of data visualization in PowerBI dashboards and SAP IBP implementation -Develop team culture, ensure members feel challenged and fulfilled, have role clarity, and career path to meet their ambitions

Veldhoven, Nl

Defined the Business Planning vision, processes, capabilities and roadmap and implementation plan and aligned with key cross sectors (production, program management, finance, other factories, and supply chain planning). Managed hiring and set vision to build a high performing 50-person team.Established a new business planning organization to align execution (shift planning team), mid range planning (production planning team), and long range planning (master planning team), planning improvements (planning expert), and data analytics (business engineering team) across a manufacturing facility supporting all 4 business lines for a $20B annual revenue organization, reporting directly to Factory Site Head VP. Incorporated master planning processes: monthly demand and supply cycles (1.5 year horizon), alignment with finance for headcount planning (5+ years horizon), alignment with program management for investments (capex and headcount). Initiated operational processes: material disposition to the manufacturing, constraints planning for on time start. Launched business engineering processes: site processes including labor hour, cycle time, inefficient inventory, move rate modeling, weekly and monthly reporting site dashboards, and data analytics to support Wilton Site staff member. In the annual employee survey last year, Business Planning received 91%, the highest score across Wilton Factory.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Launched and led 2 large workstreams for Supply Risk and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) to align global strategies across 4 BUs within a global matrixed supply management organization with $12B annual spend, monthly reporting of program health and compliance to VP level leadership and CPO. Launched and led global supply risk steering committee to monitor and mitigate supply risk. Drove implementation of global supply continuity program by assessing business impacts, continuity risks, and development plans. Drove implementation of supply continuity and led global crisis response (COVID19, etc.) to ensure supply of critical products and services. Led evaluation, pilot, testing, and implementation of Enterprise Supply Chain Risk Management software infrastructure to enable realtime risk monitoring and effective and timely crisis response and proactive supply risk assessment.Developed and implemented business processes, tools, and templates to manage supplier relationships covering Supplier Stratification ranking, Governance process, Supplier Performance, and Supplier Excellence to drive continuous improvement.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

Hired and managed 6 direct reports, built a 20-person team for FDA inspections, Consent Decree strategy and response. Led program execution using standard PMO tools: resourcing models and tracking key milestones using MS Project Prepared dashboards and presented status weekly to Andover Site Leadership, dashboards reviewed by Philips CEO. Promoted in just one year. Facilitated DMAIC process for cross-functional teams for Quality Improvement Programs and CAPAs.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

Selected to join the Philips Operational Leadership Development Program for High Potential individuals.Completed executive summary dashboard for across the Philips Patient Monitoring Business Unit and aligned with all four Procurement Business Partners within business unit. Dashboard measures 8 metrics across categories of quality, supplier performance, cost, and NPI success. Dashboard is now in use by all business partners in Patient Monitoring.

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

Led global launch for Imlygic drug by driving site manufacturing production plan with Heads of Manufacturing and Quality and with supply planners across 3 sites to ensure on-time launch for 23 SKUs in US and Europe. Led Quarterly Supply Chain Site Review to Amgen Woburn Leadership Team to report out on supply chain status. Supply Chain Graduate Research Fellow, Master’s Thesis for startup of Amgen Singapore Manufacturing plant 2014. Developed a warehouse model to improve utilization: 4 lots of VMI reduced storage by 20%, increasing delivery frequency to 12 weeks reduces cycle stock storage by 50%, and random storage location instead of “zoning” saves 27% in storage space.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

(Masters thesis project)• Developed optimization models for Amgen Singapore Manufacturing warehouse operations as part of Masters Engineering Thesis at MIT• Led a cross-functional team from materials science, supply chain, sourcing, transportation, and supplier quality, to partner with suppliers for a transportation qualification plan for disposable bioreactor bags.• Developed a warehouse capacity model, and identified the strategies to improve utilization: holding 4 lots of inventory with suppliers in Singapore would reduce storage by 20%, increasing frequency of delivery of materials to every 12 weeks would reduce cycle stock by 50%, and random storage location assignment instead of "zoning" saves 27% space.• Reported results biweekly to plant manager, and presented final recommendations to leadership through VP level.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Led product development roadmap of 2 direct reports for global portfolio of Gillette Venus razors, $1B annual revenue.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Developed process simulations of molded plastics to troubleshoot manufacturing issues, supported on-time launch for 10 initiatives, including Gillette’s first low-cost razors for India and Brazil, achieved cost avoidance of $200k/year.

Mba, M.S., Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Chemical And Biological Engineering, Biology Minor, Music Minor

Education record