Wei-Min (Will) Chen Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Cupertino, California, United States

Cupertino, California, United States

Cupertino, CA

Cupertino, CA

Cupertino, CA

• Drive and facilitate communication with internal cross-functional teams and external vendors to deliver the products to meet cost, schedule, and quality goals as per the agreed-to requirements
• Host weekly top issue meeting with cross-functional teams to review program progress, manage risk and mitigation plan and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes
• Manage and communicate the configuration of Build Matrix (BM) with the project team and external vendors and drive the deliverables for all engineering builds and identify critical build activities
• Create and maintain Bill of Materials (BOM), Approved Vendor's List (AVL's) and part numbers for multiple programs and communicate BOM status within the project team through engineering builds by archiving related.
• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) material readiness meeting to oversee vendor’s Clear to Build (CTB), logistics, Excess and Obsolescence (E&O) inventory and material allocation to support all engineering builds
• Review materials metrics for consistency and provide consolidated information to the project team and management for decision-making

Brisbane, CA

• Manage headphone and mobile category for Monster's flagship products including DNA, NCredible, Inspiration, and mobile accessories
• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) activities by working cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales, Product Area Management, Industrial Design, R&D, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Planning and Legal, creating and.
• Communicate with overseas OEM/ODM suppliers to resolve outstanding issues related to NPI’s as they arise and escalate critical problems to the core team
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to develop, drive and manage new packaging development from concept to launch including print and structure through sets of gate process and program schedule
• Present weekly to the executive team on project milestones, potential risks and mitigation plans
• Responsible to identify the root cause and work to bring the project back on track or get approval for the new timeframe if the project slips from the defined schedule

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Customer: Best Buy, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Asurion
• Managed all aspects of Supply Chain for New Product Introduction (NPI), including RFQ/RFI
• Responsible for contract negotiation, including pricing, as well as terms and conditions for mid to high range spend budgets with suppliers
• Analyzed contract documents to determine contractual obligations, preparing recommendations regarding acceptance or modifications
• Partnered with Product Management and Engineering to identify alternative solutions of material supply based on product configuration
• Negotiated cost reductions with suppliers based on quarterly targets for all regions, including USA, Mexico and China

Sunrise, FL

• Customer: Motorola Mobility & iDEN (North America & Latin America)
• Monitored and managed material supply and production planning for OEM/ODM Mass Production and New Product Introduction (NPI) projects
• Coordinated cross function team of Project Management, Product Engineering, Design Engineering, Production Planning, Material Controlling, Purchasing and Sourcing through sets of process and program schedule
• Interacted with customer to develop and Improve material forecast accuracy and delivery plan
• Provided guidance and leadership balancing current and future demand with manufacturing and supplier capacities to meet customer requirement on a short term and long term basis
• Supervised material planning by driving global procurement team to release purchase orders to meet customer demand

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Led a team of 7 members to develop a customer evaluation module based on 24-month sales data, product usage and customers portfolio
• Utilized different dimensions of the data including the customer behaviors and the product sales history to generate a sales trend analysis
• Developed and analyzed the evaluation module assist the company to modify the customer relationship management strategy based on the monetary value of current and potential customers
• Established and delivered marketing strategies to strengthen the relationship with the most profitable customers and to improve the relationship with other segments, resulting in increasing top-line growth by 15 percent

Taipei, Taiwan

• Led the Polyester sales division with two consecutive years of sales of $4 million and $4.2 million respectively in Australia, New Zealand, Israel, and Europe
• Developed strategic business plans to manage key domestic accounts with sales of $3 million and $3.6 million respectively
• Conducted and proposed the annual marketing plan and sales forecast to key decision makers, which generated $10 million of sales and over $5 million of repeat sales potential
• Planned monthly and annual production schedules and oversaw the division’s supply and operation to ensure consistent and effective services delivered to clients by coordinating a 10-person operation team based in.
• Worked with a team of 3 members to conduct market research and map raw material sales trends
• Built and managed key account relationships with major domestic/overseas clients and resellers

Master'S Degree, Technology Management

Ba, International Business

Activities and Societies: Vice President of External Relationship, AIESEC, Soochow University, September 2003–June 2004 Vice President of.

Bs, Sociology