Tao Liu Email & Phone Number

China

Qingdao, Shandong, China

+Setting up supplier development plan based on category purchasing strategy, resulted in around 120% year on year business growth with better sourcing options in sustainable approach+Won Best Product Improvement Award (Democratic Design Award)+Actively led supply chain cost reduction around 2 million USD yearly in material sourcing, products improvement, lean production and transportation improvement as details below:+Evaluating cost drivers, finding alternative approach to negotiating with suppliers to improve current sourcing options in wood material and fittings etc.+Knocked-down furniture part and reduce current packaging size to save total transportation cost in more sustainable and environmental approach+Effectively led a team through goal setting, communicate and coordinate between different parties including suppliers and headquarter

London, United Kingdom

• Performed supply chain data analysis on category business review and market overview, identify category growth ambition, current purchasing and supply network.• Benchmarked suppliers and sourcing unit cost drivers with analysis support to achieve optimal sourcing framework set-up, with minimum spend and investment to increase current industrial manufacturing footprint in the category.• Identified category supply chain competitive advantages via competitor benchmarking to improve the efficiency of current category souring network set-up and development.• Proposed cost savings on establishing Cross Regional Sourcing (CRS) network for Finished Goods and key Raw Materials, which is evaluated from suppliers benchmarking analysis.• Creatively introduced to CRS semi-finished products, which produced using cost effective raw materials from other region’s suppliers to avoid high import duty.

• Cost and environmental Excel modelling review of O2 SIM distribution operation.• Established alternative transportation models, totally estimated to achieve cost savings of £400k and 23% reduction in Carbon Impact.• Created standard EDI file for improving forecasting and customer service by 10%.• Improved delivery efficiency by switching to SIM VMI with cost effective distribution model, identified sustainable SIM collation with dispatch package.

• Evaluation based on Value Stream Mapping and Time Based Process Map.• Redesigned the layout by identifying and cutting its non-value adding time.• Improved productivity around 20% through Excel Based Crystal Ball Simulation.

• Responsible for all daily warehousing and operational issues, ranging from sales, stock control, ordering, banking and reporting to IT and Finance.• Generated orders replenishment by a K&H Herb Sales and Inventory System, which dramatically reduced the risk of out-of-stock and over-stocking by half.• Launched innovative advertising posters and successfully developed the company’s client base, resulting in approximately 15% income growth.

Master Of Science (Msc) Logistics And Supply Chain Management, Msc Logistics And Supply Chain Management

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba) Marketing And Accounting, Ba Marketing