International Sourcing Specialist, Manufacturing Procurement Operations Management Executive

Top performing executive with 8+ years of national and international experience in pricing, financial analysis, project management, logistics cost reduction, dealing with tariffs, and anti-dumping issues. Intuitive and pragmatic manager providing the highest level of commitment and product quality to high-visibility companies. Multi-tasker who regularly takes on special project requests while successfully executing scheduled projects in multi-locations. Recognized international manufacturing Manager in the vast area of auto parts, engine components, turbochargers, and heavy duty power transmissions, electric motors, who ensures successfully produced by castings, forgings, machining, stamping, and injection molding in a cost-effective manner.

Core Competencies

• College-trained in Marketing Management
• College-trained in Computer Information Systems Management ( Oracle and Informix Database)
• Multi-project Management in Multi-locations
• International Production Manufacturing Management
• Product Quality Control
• International Shipping/Transportation
• Contract Negotiations
• Low-Cost-Country Factory- database Portfolio Management
• Strategic Purchasing/Sourcing Plan
• Cost Reduction in Production
• Bilingual English/Chinese

Selected Accomplishments as a Manufacturing Procurement Operations Manager

• Restructured a production administration system within a month from a disastrous rate of 95% rejects to a rate of less than 1% of total purchased volume. Hundreds of thousand dollars saved, customer loyalty and satisfaction recovered.
• Turned around a production quality control system within two weeks from an unacceptable rate of more than 40% rejects to a reasonable rate of under 1% of total purchased volume.
• This saved GPC-Motion Industries approximately 1/2 million dollars in supply chain management.
• Maintained and won the sales at a 45% B2B gross profit with a well managed customer
• Structured and re-engineered QC process with a primary supplier
• Maintained a continuously healthy supply chain
• Strategically mapped out and executed corporate plan for sourcing procurement in China.
• Maintained a factory-base in China in strategic metropolitan areas of Southeastern, Mid and Northern China.
• Partnered with OEM factories that made parts for U.S. firms.
• Effective managed all facets of sourcing manufacturing procurement production
• Successfully forged partnership with the factories based on a vendor analysis, resulting in unexpected cost reduction by 50% by consolidating production with a single low-cost supplier. This saved GPC-Motion Industries $30,000 and quadrupled the profit margin
• Represented corporate fiduciary interests through research, contract execution, risk reduction, presenting offers and successfully negotiating agreements
• Nurtured and maintained strong business relationships at senior levels with all manufacturing firms communicating mutually beneficial corporate goals

Areas of Expertise and Career Contributions

Project Manager - International Sourcing/Manufacturing

• Confidential. Regional Branch in Kent, WA 2006 to 2008
• Participated in internationally manufacturing processes for multi-products of multi-projects from the branches operating all over the USA and Canada
• Prequalified international vendors by conducting completive price, technical capabilities, location, human resource and profitability analysis and regular onsite visits.
• Implemented the quality standard policy and monitored the manufacturing process; Coordinated with engineers, salespeople and technicians to clear various issues
• Developed and implemented procurement policies and strategies for sale of China to China products within the market in China.
• Developed delivery rules; worked with factory management to ensure a continuous emphasis on cost reduction
• Generated reports providing managers with recommended solutions to potential problems that include capacity management/cost/constraint scenarios and recommend resource requirements
• Chaired meetings in China and customers in USA to discuss the production plans, the requirements of the sourcing project and plan changes detail

Assistant General Manager

• Confidential, WA 2005 to 2006
• Managed diverse responsibilities encompassing customer service, quoting customer requirements, cost analysis, branch safety, scheduling, material acquisition, inventory control, and upper-management support for corporate material procurement decisions for products from China
• Developed new customer accounts through cold calls, working potential customer lists, contacting subcontractors in the area, contacting companies who previously rejected proposals
• Maintained positive relations and increased business with current customers

Sale Representative in USA for China based manufacturers

• As a sole Proprietary Business, Confidential, SC 2004 to 2005
• Proactively identified sales opportunities and designed tactical sales plan aggressively driving sales activity at the regional level
• Generated new business for new model of injection molding machines
• Consistently developed strong business relationships

Manager in International Sourcing and Manufacturing

• Confidential, 2001 to 2003
• Pioneered successfully market launch of manufacturing the OEM components and its aftermarket replacement parts within target companies. Negotiated contracts, budgeted overhead and administration expenses, guided products selection, evaluated budgets, and qualified offshore factories.
• Aggressively negotiated pricing, payment terms, shipping terms and delivery dates to ensure vendors meet and exceed profit margin goals
• Identified and engaged in manufacturing process to support procurement of product and supply items, secured multiple resources for quotations and production. Maintained direct relationships with factories
• Created and managed detailed strategic sourcing plans for all categories of product to meet inventory turns, purchasing, and shipment goals and meet or exceed product markup and margin goals. Source multiple vendors for each type of product, solicit and arrange multiple "apples to apples" quotations
• Created, with vendors, a production plan for each assigned product's supply by month or quarter. Established secondary supply strategy to support procurement project, and reviewed "time-to-market" calendar, creating efficiencies to ensure on-time production and delivery
• Consistently created strong, sustainable relationship with vendors in China and executive decision makers
• Established fast-track career progression and history of international manufacturing operations

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Business, Double major in Marketing Management and MS
• Bachelor Degree of Finance in Business Accounting
• Associated Degree of Law in the Business in China