Supply Chain Project Manager

David Zuo

***** ********* **, *** ***, Southfield, MI 48034 / abnpw8@r.postjobfree.com / 248-***-****

Project Management … Supply Chain … Asian Sourcing … Consulting … IT

SUMMARY

• 12+ years international experience in consulting, supply chain, manufacturing, and IT management.

• Demonstrated abilities in leadership, getting results, organization building, teamwork, strategic

thinking, negotiation, risk, change, and budget management, facilitation, training, public speaking and

presenting.

• Managed and experienced lean 6 Sigma manufacturing operations. Directed supply chain

continuous process improvement, China, Taiwan and India sourcing, and full life cycle project

management.

• Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, acquired global perspectives from managing, working with

multinational cross-functional professionals and companies in USA, Asia, and Europe, and traveling to

26 countries.

• Proficient in ERP, MRP, SAP, MS Office, RUP, UML, SQL, Oracle, Java, and other Information

Technologies.

EXPERIENCE

Contract teacher – taught Computer Science and Physics classes at college. 9/2008 to present

Contract Project Manager – GE Capital semiconductor extraction project, Taiwan. 5/2008 to 8/2008

• Managed 170+ international engineers’ team, US$12M project to resell 513 semiconductor tool units,

worth potential US $250M bought by GE from Taiwan Nanya semiconductor. Negotiated new contracts

among American, British, Japanese, Chinese and Taiwanese suppliers and OEMs, saving NT$1M.

Facilitated stakeholder meetings and managed client and contractor relationship among GE, Nanya,

FSR, Schenker Logistics, Nikon, Canon, Belfor, KLA-Tencor and other subcontractors. Resolved

logistics, custom and warehouse issues, improving cooperation and operation work flow process.

• Managed and resolved intercompany, intercultural and interpersonal issues, conflicts, and crises,

avoiding potential project failure. Mentored and trained team members to accustom Asian cultures,

organized cross cultural social activities, ensuring their personal and professional successes in Taiwan.

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Supply Chain / Operations Manager – Eaton Electrical, Asheville, NC/Shanghai, China 2007- 4/2008

• Managed and developed cost effective Asian direct material sourcing strategy. Consolidated

Chinese supplier bases, and established vendor selection metrics. Managed purchasing budget of $1M,

negotiated contracts with various suppliers and monitored their performance for make-to-order

manufacturing line redesign, increasing production capacity by 1,235 units, and annual sales by

$18.5M. Analyzed, identified and removed obsolete inventories saving $180K. Supervised, mentored

and trained people in KanBan, supply chain and lean concepts. Led Kaizen Events.

• Directed plant wide inventory reduction, cooperated with cross functional teams, utilized 6 Sigma

lean principles, MRP, ERP, MiniTab, MAPICS and continuous process improvement. Facilitated,

automated and drove supply chain process changes to reduce operational costs, with impacted annual

sales of $176M and potential savings of $3M.

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Strategy Manager – Capgemini Management Consulting, Detroit, MI 2004-2006

• Managed GM global auto parts Supply Chain ERP application compliance. Recommended

strategies to governance board, resulting in 10% faster new vehicle launches at reduced cost. Bid for

GM’s new global auto parts supplier selection project, negotiated new supplier contracts with

application owners in Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. Identified

priorities and redesigned supplier selection processing procedures, resulting in 18% faster compliance

time and $3M in savings.

• Managed and selected software outsourcing vendors, and led culturally diverse and cross-functional

software outsourcing teams in Atlanta, GA and Bangalore, India for Atlanta Light and Gas Utilities.

Collaborated and integrated project development, leading to $1M client savings.

• Conducted research on US entry feasibility, including market and logistics analysis for Delta

Electronics in Taiwan. Recommended against US expansion and saved client $10M.

Senior IT Consultant – Spherion Information Technology Consulting, Troy, MI 2000-2004

• Directed, analyzed, and designed SAP integration and certification process. Used J2EE and SAP

NetWeaver Enterprise to implement the ERP system, resulting in ASG’s Cypress Enterprise Content

Management (ECM) software partnership with SAP and subsequent 12% increase in market share.

• Managed National City Bank financial mortgage full life cycle banking system redesign. Interviewed

client, facilitated stakeholder meetings, created UML modeling diagrams, used Java, Oracle, and SQL

to implement the e-commerce web project, resulting 9% more lending and better customer satisfaction.

• Led 10 software engineers, trained and tutored Chrysler Canada’s clients with RUP, UML and other

web technologies. Used J2EE, SQL, Db2, and COBOL to integrate the legacy dealer order system to

the new $1M multilingual (English-French) dealer e-commerce web portal.

• Collaborated with IT consultants and end users, tested and enhanced existing application,

conducted User Acceptance Test, improving Detroit Airport parking revenue management system

efficiency by 5%.

• Participated $2.5M natural gas pipeline energy e-commerce web project for American Natural

Resource, evaluated Chinese software offshore vendors, reducing Java development cost by 60%.

Software Engineer – Steelcase Furniture Manufacturing, Grand Rapids, MI 1998-2000

• Coordinated cross-functional division projects including the analysis, design and development of

furniture manufacturing process C++ software programs, resulting in 12% more efficient operations.

Applications Engineer – Silicon Valley Semiconductor Group, San Jose, CA 1997-1998

• Provided semiconductor manufacturing photolithography operation research support, for IBM and

Intel in San Jose, CA; Motorola, AMD and Semitech in Austin, TX. Streamlined process to reduce lead-

time by 20% and optimized machine uptime to 95%.

EDUCATION

• MBA in Strategy and Supply Chain, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2007.

• MS in Computer Science, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 2000.

• MS in Material Science, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 1997.

• BS in Physics, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, 1995.

TRAININGS

• Business – Supply Chain, Lean 6-Sigma Green Belt, Lean Manufacturing, and Mortgage Banking.

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• Technologies – SAP Portal, Semiconductor Process, Software Quality Assurance and Testing,

Object Oriented Analysis and Design, and IBM Rational Unified Process and Unified Modeling

Language.

ADDITIONAL

• Participated in APICS Supply Chain, Toastmasters Speech Clubs, and Chinese Business

Associations.

• Taught part time 6+ years in Business, Computer Science, Physics, and Mathematics at

universities.

• Enjoy travel, nature, running, swimming, soccer, workout and sports.

• Certified in various IT process methodologies and published electronic material research papers.

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