Management Manager

Visionary Supply Chain Manager

Comprehensive global experience in major supply chain functions, including Sourcing / Procurement, New Product Introduction, Test, Project Management, and Contract Manufacturing Management. Sourcing professional with multiple complex category management experience, including displays, imagers, batteries, semiconductors, connectors, PCB/Flex, acoustic, and plastic. Solid experience in electronics system development and manufacturing, including semiconductor design, PCB design, firmware development, and testing and debugging. Key Strengths include:

Strategic Sourcing and Procurement

Price and Contract Negotiation

Project Management

Cost Modeling and Analysis

Material Planning and Management

Six Sigma and Quality Control

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MOTOROLA MOBILITY, Chicago, IL 2010 – 2015

Category Manager 2014 – 2015

Responsible for ~$60M annual spend in Bluetooth headsets sourcing, including sourcing strategy development and execution, suppliers relationship management, price and contracts negotiations, and supply assurance and operations.

Partnered with portfolio management, engineering, and other stakeholders to build and execute new supplier selection strategy and process, delivering best quality at competitive cost within 2 months. Introduced 2 new suppliers with technology innovation and disruptive cost capability to meet business need.

Applied fact-based negotiation and competitive bidding at RFQ stage, ensuring best cost and most favorable contract terms at launch. Achieved 10%+ launch cost reduction by "should be" cost analysis, platform design, 2nd source introduction, design for cost/manufacturing optimization, and spend consolidation.

Achieved 95%+ new programs on time launch by collaborating with engineering, PM, NPI, operations, quality, and business organizations, resolving design/manufacturing issues, driving material/capacity readiness, expediting sub-components supply, and solving quality spills at different stages.

Google Sourcing Lead 2012 – 2013

Led Google Glass and Chromecast EE material management, including supplier selection, price negotiations, and proto and production material readiness.

Reduced Glass and Chromecast EE BOM cost 10% through price negotiations, 2nd source introduction, and design for cost optimization.

NPI Sourcing Lead/Program Manager 2010 – 2014

Accountable for 10+ Android smartphones, tablets and wearable devices electrical and Electro-Mechanical NPI material management.

Launched 20M+ units on time, on quantity and on quality by collaborating with engineering, program management, and suppliers on proto and production readiness, including program planning and execution, design lockdown/release, capacity planning, quality/yield improvement, and resource management.

Drove cost saving initiative through detailed cost breakdown and BOM review, common platform design, design for manufacturing optimization, alternate source introduction, yield improvement, and supply chain optimization. Achieved average of more than 3% product gross margin improvement.

Mitigated components shortage by working with sales and operations(S&OP), procurement, and engineering on forecast and capacity alignment, long-lead time material management, 2nd source qualification, and yield improvement.

Led risk management and recovery activities for Thailand flood and Japan earthquake. Worked closely with suppliers and engineering daily to outline and execute recovery plans and expedite logistics and 2nd sources qualification, minimizing line down situation 50%.

TELEDYNE LECROY, Chestnut Ridge, NY 2008 – 2010

Senior Design Engineer

Participated on next-generation oscilloscopes chipset development and verification.

Designed PCI Express and DDR3 controller, covering coding, simulation, synthesis and timing analysis. Validated the design on FPGA before tape out.

SPARTON ELECTRONICS OF CANADA, London, ON 2005 – 2006

Electrical Engineer

Accountable for PCBA yield improvement and test optimization.

Drove three products FTY (first time yield) and DPHU (defect per hundred units) to meet target, through in-depth understanding of circuit design, test implementation/optimization and Six Sigma methodology.

EDUCATION

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Master of Business Administration

Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

Master of Applied Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering

China Institute of Metrology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Bachelor of Electronics Engineering

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