Supply Chain

Zihe Meng ********@*****.*** 919-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/zihemeng/ 15330 Bammel North Houston Road, Houston, TX 77014

EDUCATION

Duke University Durham, NC 12/2014

Master of Engineering Management GPA: 3.84/4.0

Renmin University of China (RUC) Beijing, China 06/2013

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics & Applied Mathematics GPA: 3.43/4.0

INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, CO Transportation Intern 05/2014–08/2014

Assisted in “Reinventing Fire: China,” a project aimed at improving energy efficiency, in transportation sector

Conducted research and analysis on vehicle efficiency improvement through lightweighting and

electrification; examined value chain and identified barriers and potential solutions to implementation

Supported planning an industry-oriented workshop targeted OEMs, Tier-1s and academia to foster international

collaboration, with focus on advanced lightweight material, and created spreadsheet to maintain key player data

Completed 5 working decks that would serve as preparation and reference materials for the project

Presented final outcome to the institute at the end of internship

Daimler Greater China Ltd. JV Production & Logistics Intern 10/2012–04/2013

Supported SAP rollout project in MM & PM modules, focusing on non-productive material and preventive

maintenance; involved in business operations and developed insight of system integration

Collected system design requirements and accomplished demand analysis phase of the project and plans for

the system to go-live in new Benz plants for production enlargement

Provided onsite support of system tests and demonstrations, and solved problems encountered by end users

Involved in customizing system user interface of the project by translating 10,000+ fields for UI

Provided daily support to other SAP projects in production and quality control within the team and

coordinated local/overseas, internal/external colleagues and consultants

Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor Co., Ltd Tech Intern 07/2012-08/2012

Maintained MRP together with two colleagues, paying special attention to BOMs and back-flush

Analyzed data of material back-flushing and offered explanation for exception reporting

Provided recommendations for warehouse optimization, which would result in cost reduction

RELEVANT PROJECTS

Practicum with FHI360-Duke University Student Consultant 01/2014–04/2014

Recommended solutions to create solid relationship among departments across organization to better engage

them in global projects, especially in the context of Country Centered Delivery Model

Designed awareness program and outreach plan for its Business Solutions Group to improve efficiency of

communication among Operations Groups and technical department

Conducted 19 phone/video interviews to gather and analyze current situation and requirements across FHI360

Lab of Economic Information Management, RUC Research Assistant 10/2011 – 05/2012

Explored financial market prediction based on online opinion ensemble; paper accepted by Pacific Asia

Conference on Information Systems as third author

Developed a novel approach to simulate the impact of Twitter users’ sentiments on stock market by using

BPNN together with 3 researchers

Mathematical Contest in Modeling Team Leader 02/2012

Utilized a heuristic approach to solve a multi-objective planning problem resulting in designing itineraries to

maximize tourism; awarded Honorable Mentions in the contest

Collected, studied existing theories/algorithms and applied to given problem, and completed thesis to present

our approach; allocated and coordinated sub-projects to members

EXTRACURRICULUAR ACTIVITIES

Career Development & Alumni Relation Member Duke University 09/2013–05/2014

Conducted informational interviews and published findings to students in professional graduate program

Searched for alumni working in the field of data analysis to facilitate an Excel workshop for students

SKILLS & INTEREST

Language: Chinese Native, Basic Spanish (DELE A2)

Computer: C, SPSS, SQL, MS Office; experience with SAP

Interest in music, reading; good at tennis and Guzheng (Chinese zither)

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