Sales Supply Chain

Stephanie Lin Cell phone: 626-***-****

*** *. ********** **., **** A, Azusa, CA 91702 ***********@*******.***

Buyer/Purchasing & Logistics Supervisor

Profile: Enterprising, well-organized & distinguished Buyer, Purchasing, Logistics and Supply Chain with proven success in sourcing, buying, planning, managing & implementing processes/ procedures for company product purchases & logistics seeking to expand professional skills into a fast paced, interactive environment.

Bilingual communicator with oversea factories and office, the ability to rapidly develop excellent relationships with suppliers, sales team and top managements at all levels to build trust, facilitate them to an unrivaled manufacturer/ consumer industry. Furthermore, I am currently preparing for getting APICS Certificate.

Core Competencies:

Negotiation & Cost Management Self driven & Detailed Oriented

Supplier Relationship Building/Teamwork Facilitation Optimal Time & Deadline Management

Well Spoken/Persuasive Communication Team Player

Ability to cope with stress in the fast paced industry and prioritize task given

Professional Experience:

Eaton Aerospace-Fuel and Motion Control Systems Division Sept, 2016- Mar, 2017

Buyer

Prepare and send out RFQs/RFPs to the approved suppliers and evaluate/analyze/compare the quotes and perform formal negotiation at lowest possible cost w/o sacrificing the quality and bid award recommendations to better serve overall company business objectives.

Create and Place orders per MRP to the approved suppliers within lead time to make sure on time delivery. Send the drawings and make sure the suppliers have a clear understand of the specs.

Procure critical path commodities in support of various aerospace program

Execute expedite, de-expedite, cancel, order acknowledgement action messages on the report to ensure timely and economical completion of customer requirements and align with MRP. Maintain PO delivery date, price, QC-clause, ME note and any required info updates in the system.

Manage and maintain the relationships with suppliers to ensure responsive support on timely deliveries, providing quality products/better cost and any supports as needed.

Establish and compile documents for possible government audit on the military aerospace program in the future according to different dollar threshold on the POs.

Identify the areas for cost out opportunities by quoting out to multiple qualified suppliers, putting items on long term agreement through supplier’s schedule or consignment.

Evaluate and monitor current supplier performance in terms of quality, delivery and cost. Utilizing standard KPIs, to improve supplier performance. Support supplier quality assurance team to rate each supplier through supplier’s services, capabilities and technologies.

Communicate with Quality and Engineer team to process non-conforming or defective items back to suppliers. Obtain RMA# from suppliers and corrective plans as required.

Assist and resolve any supply chain issues, ex. invoice discrepancy.

Participate and conduct safety audit periodically.

Gibson Overseas Inc. Dec, 2014 –Sept, 2016

Buyer/planner-

Source manufacturers/suppliers overseas and negotiate the prices and terms. Identify areas regarding cost reduction and choose the reliable suppliers that better serve the company objectives.

Responsible for generating and executing the purchase orders based on the approved requisitions

Monitor product quality through each stage of pre-inspection, during inspection and final inspection in order to minimize the risk, cost and possible late shipment.

Forecast future demands and analyze-Review inventory level periodically and execute expedite/de-expedite/cancel orders with the suppliers when necessary.

Maintain the product information, quote, MOQ, carton dimension, container load qty and etc in the data base.

Implement all the guidelines and regulations from the customers to the suppliers.

Manage vendor communications to resolve any supply chain related issues

Research, compile, organize & present cost analysis to top management along with personal recommendations.

Compile daily, weekly and monthly shipping plan on a regular basis to the managements, salesman and customers.

Collecting the shipping docs from the vendors to the forwarders for cleaning the customs w/o delays.

Soleus International Inc. March, 2010- Dec, 2014

Logistics Supervisor

Reporting directly to top Management; tasked with training, managing & collaborating with team-members to achieve job duties as below:

Source new factories in China, research the quality of the products, negotiate/analyze the costs, and calculate the landing costs to meet our needs.

Receive orders from customers through EDI and place the orders to the factories in China.

Confirm the production dates, ETA, ETD in order to meet the customers’ requested ship dates.

Summarize/implement all the routing guides and compliance from the retailers like Lowes, Home Depot, Sears, BJ’s, Sam’s Club and etc. to the factories.

Cultivate strong communication & close relationships with factories, oversea office, sales teams, carriers and forwarders.

Negotiate the price with forwarders, carriers, and trucking companies. Compare and contrast which will be more cost-effective while preserving high-quality of service that meets corporate values.

Research, compile, organize & present cost analysis to top management along with personal recommendations.

Arrange & ensure incoming container deliveries are received, processed and dispatched in a timely fashion.

Generate shipment reports to the sales team, top managements, and customers for better monitoring the shipment status.

Generate & evaluate expense reports; analyzing & implementing cost cutting strategies by shipping and negotiating with all vendors to maximize profits.

Visit factories yearly to familiar with production line, container loading and shipping procedures.

Genius Tools Inc/Sentry Tires Inc. Oct, 2007-Sept, 2009

Purchasing/Accounting Coordinator

Receive, process and submit the orders to factories in China

Coordinate & follow up with factories on production dates, cargo ready date, ETD, ETA and inform to customers, sales team and top management.

Monitor inventory & provide forecast to factories for the upcoming containers.

Handle accounting-A/P & A/R, apply a loan and pay down a loan from the bank, on line wiring, on line bill payment and reconcile the bank statement

Follow up shipment status with forwarders and prepare the docs for customs clearance.

Arrange shipment delivery schedules with truckers.

Generate shipping labels from FedEx and UPS website

Compile & present monthly, yearly sales reports to the managements.

Assist and facilitate top managements with all related initiatives

Provide the general office assistance support for my boss and sales team as needed

Education

Taichung Institute of Technology University Bachelors of Art (B.A.), Taiwan, R.O.C.

Skills: Microsoft word, Peach Tree, QuickBooks, CRM, Oracle, MFG Pro ; Fluent in English & Mandarin

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