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Shanghai City, China

• Lead a complex individual supply chain sub-category, including data and industry analysis, report results to senior managers. • Lead an international, cross-functional team. Meet with Stakeholder senior managers to understand business priorities and translate them into supply chain strategies.• Lead supplier selection activities. Drive supply base optimization. Identify challenging contract risk areas. Negotiate acceptable contracting outcomes using known solutions. • Meet all business requirements by working with internal partners (engineer, planner, Ops NPI and R&D project team) and external partners (manufacturing partners and suppliers). • Assess the supply base capability. Monitor and evaluate supplier performance. Responsible for day-to-day operations of large, moderately complex suppliers. Partner with suppliers in minor strategic development.• Manage supply base risk, develop business continuity plans and execute risk mitigation. • Analyze set of inventory reports from CM(contract manufacturers) to understand overall HP inventory exposure. Timely E&O review and validation with CM’s to identify and mitigate HP exposure. Manage scrap process to ensure timely disposition on obsolete materials. Perfect execution on last time buy and EOL to achieve lower excess and liability.

Shanghai City, China

• Responsible for ThinkPad Notebook Global Procurement activities including ODM sourcing strategy, source selection, cost analysis/negotiation, contract terms & conditions management/negotiation, and supplier relationship management. • Work with cross functional teams to explore opportunities on cost reductions. Maintain all necessary records of purchases, quotations, and deliveries. Ensure accurate cost forecasting to Business Unit.• Work with SQE, procurement engineers closely to on-site audit tier 1 and tier 2 key suppliers, review manufacturing process, ensure suppliers to deliver high quality products and processes in time. Ensure on-time delivery, quality goals and performance measurements are met.• Manage Purchasing role in supporting technology plans and requirements for New Product Introductions. Implement Lean Six Sigma approach in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures. Ensure new products launch into the market timely.• Global Contracts ownership. Consult with legal counsel as required. Have knowledge of contract law, rules and regulations and ability to assess contract compliance and performance.• Develop and maintain high level contact with key suppliers. Engage suppliers to enhance and ensure the Brand Product Portfolio current and future objectives are achieved. • Lead cross functional World Wide teams in integrated assembly sourcing decisions, and manage ongoing supplier Quarterly Business Reviews. Manage supplier performance to meet or exceed Lenovo Systems Quality, Cost, Delivery and Service requirements.

Shanghai City, China

• Responsible for project management of new product introductions for HP notebooks, and ensure smooth transition of new project from research and development, system integration to mass production and sustaining.• Monitor and track progress of project in order to meet customer's requirements; areas to oversee include material availability, engineering readiness, production equipment and production personnel preparation, manpower allocation and quality assurance. • Conduct process optimization for production and set critical parameters, balance resources and performance objectives. • Develop control systems, report measure progress, identify potential problems and implement timely corrective actions to ensure that commitments are met.

Shanghai City, China

• Responsible for supply chain process improvement, rationalize the supply base, improve supplier relationship. • Liaise with Quanta plants and supplier on materials logistics operation - shipping, receiving transportation and inventory-related reduction, order backlog, supplier lead time and handling miss shipment.

Master’S Degree, Management Science And Engineering

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Management