Sirena Yufei Cao MBA

289-***-****

acxjxt@r.postjobfree.com

HIGHLIGHTS OF SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Over ten years supply chain management experience and project management experience in Telecom/IT Networking/Telematics industries

Solid procurement, sourcing, planning, forecasting and inventory control experience

Over eight years contract/SLA/SOW negotiation, authoring and revision experience

Excellent communication, negotiation, organization, leadership, interpersonal & analytical skills

Experienced with vendor management and contract management

Engineering & MBA education background with strategic thinking and tactical execution

Familiar with Telecom/IT Networking/Telemetics products & its mfg process as well as related commodities such as Power Supply, Cable, PCB, PCBA, discrete Magnetics, Mechanical parts and etc.

Customer/result oriented with rich experience in supporting internal & external customers

Proficient in LEAN, ERP systems (e.g. Oracle, SAP & BAAN), MS Office, Hyperion, ION, E2open, Kinaxis, Demantra, Agile, ARAVO and etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IMS Supply Chain Manager 2015.12– present

Semtech Corporation Sr. Supply Chain Planner 2014.07– 2015.07

Cisco Systems Global Commodity Manager 2010.05 – 2014.04

Cisco Systems Program Manager 2008.06 – 2010.05

Bookham Technology Co. Ltd Purchasing Manager 2007.09 – 2008.06

AluminArt Products limited Buyer 2004.02 – 2007.09

Accton Technology Corp., Procurement Manager 2001.01 – 2003.02

RESPONSIBILITY

Intelligent Mechatronic Systems 2015.12– present

Company Profile: IMS is a leader in Connected Car™ technology providing OBD and mobile applications to customers such as Insurance Company, Government, Fleet and etc.

Supply Chain Manager -- Reporting to Supply Chain Director

Lead a professional SCM team in procurement, vendor management, contract negotiation/management, planning, logistics, inventory management, and participate in operating rhythm, skill & career development, and performance management

Strategic sourcing for key categories and services; proactively identify risks, mitigate risks and and resolve strategic suppliers’ performance issues to ensure customer satisfaction

Negotiate, draft, manipulate and manage contract/SLA/SOW and related amendments with suppliers such as service provider Rogers and KORE; interpret the contract/SLA to ensure mutual understanding; Review and revise the SLAs that to be signed with customers from SCM stand point, make sure the final billable to customers is aligned with the SLA; continuously drive cost saving

Develop, implement and optimize SCM related processes to make sure meet or exceed KPIs, matrix such as total cost of ownership, quality, OTS, timely claim management and etc.

Develop strong stakeholder relationships to facilitate delivery of services and achievement of contractual requirements (savings targets, SLAs)

Review S&OP with internal key stake holders and determine the rolling 12 months forecast demand; work with OEM on monthly basis for supply/demand review to secure supply

Have Led and finished some projects on time within budget: successfully migrated 3PL from A to B; implemented Smart Select Program for Nationwide and USAA for 2G/3G device fulfillment

Semtech Corporation 2014.07– 2015.07

Company Profile: Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of high-quality analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products.

Sr. Supply Chain Planner -- Reported to Operations Director

Engaged with Sales and Marketing on weekly triangulation meeting to work out 12 months consensus forecast; Triggered wafer demand and vendor/subcon forecast

Worked with internal and external counterparts to make sure OTS and deliver revenue

Hosted/facilitated routine projects management such as NPI, ECO, EOL, LTB, NCMR and etc.

Led and successfully drove two big projects accomplished on schedule on budget: Converted the business model with key supplier Hisense from subcontracting to VMI; Launched and migrated from old SAP to new advanced SAP for GPG BU.

Established and improved and documented the procedures: how to plan for the products with more than one subcon; Canada produced products’ planning process. Those procedure and process would help to quickly bring clear analysis of financial result to senior management team

Managed subcon and suppliers based on metrics e.g. price, services, OTD and etc.

Executed supply chain management activities: procurement, inventory management, capacity review, process optimization, cost management and etc.

Cisco Systems 2008.06 – 2014. 04

Company Profile: Cisco Systems is one of the top provider for network products and solutions.

Global Commodity Manager 2010.05 – 2014.04

Reported to Global Supply Chain Manager

Developed predictive and preventative strategies for the responsible commodities to ensure the commodities' expense within the targeted/committed budget, supply availability & flexibility

Strategic sourcing for the responsible commodities and projects/products based on company strategy, BU strategy as well as considering vendors’ strategy. Successfully sourced and qualified both Leoni and Molex for the high speed cable for project Archimedes

Led and participated the quarterly negotiation with suppliers as well as the negotiations for NPI, EOL, ECN and other assigned projects; drafted/revised contacts, amendment and etc.

Worked with suppliers for components co-planning to make sure right supply-demand level; QBR with component suppliers and CMs

Delivered rapid resolution for escalations tickets (shortages and excess) through interacting with internal & external cross functional teams. The ticket average closure time had decreased from 35 days to 15 days.

Interlocked with key stakeholders to improve component supply management efficiency and led some initiatives such as CT2R & MOQ optimization

Projects Management: supplier rationalization & optimization project, value engineer projects, CNY risk mitigation project, supply crisis management projects and etc.

Managed supply disruptions, maintained the good relationship with vendors and evaluated suppliers’ performance with measurable/implementable improvement plan.

Set up year over year total cost reduction target 6% and had successfully met/exceeded the target for 2012 and 2013.

Developed the strategy to build up strategic inventory in the third party during 2010 global supply crisis, which had eventually helped Cisco and Cisco customers survived from 2011 Japan tsunami and 2011 Thailand flood

Program Manager 2008.06 – 2010.05

Reported to Supply operations Manager

Led and managed contract manufacturers (Foxconn & N.W.E.) to reach Cisco goal and manufacture metrics/KPI

Weekly practiced with contract manufacturers to review 12 months EDI, capacity & materials availability to confirm production schedule and commit revenue. To go through the whole process whenever had big deals from Cisco customers

Quarterly practices: PCBA and chassis BOM cost management, PPV verification, NRE, E&O management, QBR with CMs and etc.

Negotiated with CMs for ECN, NPI, OT, EOL, LTB cost and other unplanned cost; authored and revised those cost related contracts or amendments.

Closely interacted with cross function teams, CMs and suppliers for the projects such as EOL, product lifecycle management, LTB, CT2R reduction BU inventory and etc.

Took timely actions for ECO implementation and CPAT resolution by working with internal and external counterparts

Established the process for Chassis supply operation management and set up chassis global site transfer process for AGBU

Reduced AGBU chassis CT2R from 90 to 45 days for 3 DF sites which led AG chassis inventory reduced from $4.46M to $2.68M

Bookham Technology (Oclaro) Co.Ltd. 2007.09 - 2008.06

Company Profile: Bookham was a leading developer, manufacturer and provider of fiber optic

solutions for Networking/Telecom industry. It was changed to Oclaro after combined with Avanex

Purchasing Manager -- Reported to Supply Chain Director

Managed and led purchasing department’s daily work to secure company’s operation smooth and efficient which include direct and indirect materials as well as services

Negotiated price reduction and favorable terms and conditions of supply in line with the company’s strategy and target; authored, revised the SLAs for MRO and SLA/amendment for non-production related stuff and services.

Mentored and coached team members in procurement concepts, financial analysis, inventory control techniques/practices and world-wide market analysis.

Planned & led team to implement special projects and driving the team to reach the target timely

Worked closely with Commodity management and SDE on supplier feedback, performance and supplier rating

Keep close loop communication with Planning, Finance, Logistics & other internal/external stakeholders for supply chain related issues

Work together with cross function teams for NPI & EOL projects and some bidding projects

Decreased monthly over purchase from US$1.2M in December to US$397K in March.

AluminArt Products limited, Brampton 2004.02 – 2007.09

Company profile: storm doors and windows manufacturer

Buyer -- Report to Director of Strategic Planning & Logistics

Responsible for hardware, aluminum & vinyl extrusions, and MRO components procurement.

Issued purchase orders and delivery schedules to suppliers. Track PO’s status and expedite; resolved delivery, receiving and invoice discrepancies issues

Implemented special OEM project by working closely with engineering, marketing, finance, QA, customer and suppliers

Succeeded in developing an aluminum extrusion supplier from China as the company’s primary aluminum extrusion supplier.

Controlled the vinyl materials cost increase below 15% with the fact of petrochemical market increased at over 30% between 2004 and 2007.

Accton Technology Corp., 2001.01 – 2003.02

Company Profile: EMSI, OEM & ODM services for networking products;

Procurement Manager -- Reported to General Manager

Set up the long term and short term Department target (lead-time, cost reduction, inventory turnover, safety inventory level) according to the corporation’s strategy.

Implemented corporation’s supplier localization strategy by sourcing, developing local quality suppliers. Worked closely with R&D, QA, Marketing, and customers to finalize the new vendors.

Negotiated with material suppliers and contract manufacturers; authored the contract and related MPA (mass purchasing agreement)

Developed new vendors and resulted in cost reduction of PCB, Case and Power Supply by 12%, 9% and 7% respectively, which led to better quality and services

Audited/ranked vendors & subcontractors regularly and maintained good relationship with them while ensuring they offered competitive price and good service

Shortened inventory turnover from 30 days to 22 days and decreased inventory from US$1.7 million to US$0.88 million

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

PMI Enrollment in PMP 2015

Salem International University MBA 2007

PMAC had taken and passed the mandatory CPP 2004

courses in Seneca College

APICS had passed below modules of CPIM 2005

Basics of Supply Chain Management

Master Planning of Resources

Hunan Engineering Institute Electrical Engineering 1994

Lots of professional trainings at work in last 10 years such as

LEAN system, Negotiation, Influence skill, PMP courses, E2open

Six Sigma, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and etc.

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