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Aliso Viejo, California, US

• Responsible for strategically managing the sourcing, negotiation, and procurement of goods and services to ensure cost efficiency, quality, and timely delivery. Cultivate strong supplier relationships, optimize supply.
• Established and led a high-performing Global Procurement team for both direct and indirect purchases, achieving an impressive 5%+ cost savings year-over-year.
• Formulated and implemented procurement strategies to sustain a global enterprise with a consistent annual growth rate of 15-17%.
• Optimized inventory management by skillfully negotiating delivery schedules, resulting in efficient material flow for production and resolution of shortage issues.
• Developed and managed supplier relationships, negotiating improved terms, lead times, capacity increases, Kanban volume, and more efficient processes, leading to significant cost reductions.
• Created and implemented robust Procedures, Policies, and Guidelines aligning with company procurement best practices to meet Quality, Regulatory, and Financial SOX audit requirements.

Foothill Ranch, California, US

• Responsible for developing and implementing effective strategies and procedures for sourcing and procuring good and services, optimizing supplier relationships, and ensuring cost-effectiveness. Perform market analysis.
• Led culture change and turned a new Sourcing Strategy role into a critical business requirement to support R&D and business growth.
• Introduced & implemented Design for Manufacturability (DFM/DFX) in R&D along with several improvement projects.
• Developed Supplier delivery-quality performance rating and risk reduction strategies.
• Established strategies for cost saving, improve supply chain, solved shortage issues, and strengthen supplier relationship.
• Created SOP for contract (NDA, exclusive, purchase agreement) administration and management with key suppliers.

Palo Alto, California, US

• Responsible for sourcing and negotiating the purchase of quality raw materials that align with the specifications and innovation requirements of the new products. Ensure timely and cost-effective purchases while.
• Led organizational change by establishing a Global Preferred Supplier Program to foster partnership with strategic suppliers.
• Within a year, established direct contact and good relationship with over 155 manufacturers to facilitate purchases, contract/price negotiation and expedite for on time delivery of parts.
• Negotiated purchasing contract terms and preferred vendor alliance contracts to save company money and allow cash back rebates from vendors.
• Established a Corrective Action Request process to track and monitor discrepancies from vendors.
• Implemented and Coordinated Quarterly Business Review with suppliers.

• Responsible for improving profit margin up to 10-20% by establishing a reliable and efficient purchasing team and working on cost reduction strategies and planning
• Help the company survive recession and increase their productivity by 40% in a slow market
• Lower RMA rates by 30% by finding and pre-qualifying new dependable suppliers
• Help recover 95% of money for pass unresolved RMA issues
• Increased the company cash flow by 25% by getting terms from suppliers all over the world Led organizational change by putting together a purchasing department from ground up. Hired, trained, and managed 3 buyers..

Owings Mills, MD, US

• Led company change by implementing a computer peripheral purchases group Managed inventory replenishment for OEM and contract manufacturer’s MRP and BOM. Responsible for outsourcing hard-to-find part, negotiating price.

Purchased electronic components and managed buyers

Executive Mba

B.S. Business Management, Business Administration, Management And Operations