Manager Management

H. Alice Chen

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Summary

Successful purchasing manager/ buyer with over 15 years of international and national experience in all aspects of product / iron casting parts/ precision casting parts purchasing/ raw material purchasing

Strategic Planning

procurement of goods and services,

strategic sourcing and cost savings,

contract management, supplier relationship management,

supplier diversity planning, execution and outreach,

compliance management,

Ongoing procurement field support and management of the procure to pay cycle.

Vendor development

International logistics

Skillful negotiator

Demonstrated openness to change, flexibility, and adaptability.

QA/ QC control

Vendor relationship / management

Specialized in Chinese /American markets

Inventory management

Forecasting with skillful accuracy

Strong oral and written communication skills and presentation skills.

Experience in international law and regulation

Great knowledge with CBP regulations

Excellent analytical, problem solving, and decision making skills.

Professional Experience

PURCHASING MANAGER /INVENTORY MANAGER

ADAMAX, INC. / CSM LINK

SAN LEANDRO, CA 2015 - PRESENT

Scope of the company: small startup with strong eCommerce marketing, 7 employees

Annual purchasing volume : $4.5 to $5.5 million dollars

Accomplishments: successfully negotiated with existing vendors with payment terms, expanding the cash flow capacity for the company. Expanded the margin from previously 20% to 37.5% in a few weeks. Continuously expanding the payment terms and margin for the current company. Successfully developed 2nd tier vendors and backup suppliers. Containers delivery accuracy. In overall, saved the company close to $750,000 in just 8 months of current employment with $3.2 million purchasing.

Strategic purchasing under tight budget.

Establish trust and relationships.

Implemented infrastructural purchasing system from ground up.

Establish procurement/supplier milestone schedules and insure schedule adherence as agreed upon by overall cross functional team.

Successfully trimmed and leaned the international freight cost by almost 75%

Inventory inflow control.

Serve as the primary interface with strategic suppliers, building strong business relationships, possess solid business acumen and an effective communicator.

Negotiating with overseas vendors.

Executing the company’s overall marketing inventory vision

Front line with E-commerce marketing, sale volume monitoring daily outflow volume

Forecasting with fairly accuracy with 85 to 90% target hit.

P/L report

Manage crisis almost in daily basis successfully without any additional cost.

Record breaking stringent delivery to our clients’ demand.

STAY AT HOME TO RAISE 5-YEAR-OLD SON

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 2009 -2015

PURCHASING OFFICER/ BUYER

BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM, LLC

BOSTON, MA 2001- 2009

Scope of Bendix: 1.2 Billion to 1.55 billion annual sale

Employees: 3,500 employees

Managed, planned, and executed annual purchasing budget $550 million to $575 million from Chinese vendors

As a key member of the company’s management team actively participate in development of manufactures’ objectives, oversee all aspects of daily factory production and maintenance activities to optimize factory performance, and provide administration and direction for factory projects.

Margin expansion to further 11.25% to 17.55% upon the previous purchasing infrastructural platform.

Master knowledge of international iron casting and aluminum casting manufactories

Maintain of over 250 ocean containers per month with 96.5% accuracy.

Working closely with both end users’ chief engineer and vendors’ chief engineer to ensure the purchasing QA/ QC/ accuracy and precision.

Chemical analysis of iron casting and aluminum casting parts.

Demonstrated drive and initiative.

Strong strategic thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills.

Persuasion and negotiation skills.

Sustainable management (i.e. compliance with laws and regulations).

Professional competence (i.e. knowledge of the industry and cross-functional understanding.

Provide input to plant capital plan and operation plan and effectively manage budget and costs.

Successfully diverted pitfall and snare for the international volatile metal market

Actively support and play a leadership role in the several manufactures ’ safety program and ensure compliance with company and factories policies regarding purchasing, work order planning and contractor management are adhered to

Managed a team of 45 to 55 associates.

Prepared and forecast P/L directly reporting to CEO

Foresee international and global economic semi-precious metal trend.

Vertical integrations including upstream and downstream, forward and backward integrations.

Implement and execute an identified sourcing strategy to support the objectives of attaining and maintaining the lowest total supply chain cost.

Negotiating with major vendors with price, performance, delivery time

Chinese business regulation and law

USA CBP regulation and import export codes.

Keep abreast of the current vendors ‘capacity and productivity.

International logistic management

Crisis control.

Stringent deadline delivery

Develop the necessary supplier base (including 1st and 2nd tier suppliers and components) to support on time and on-budget new product introduction.

Strategical allocation of purchasing power to achieve the maximum result for the production lines.

Communicate and interact with all disciplines within the business unit, including company Shared Services, to ensure understanding of the set strategies, set goals and targets, and attain a degree of consistency and effectiveness in the sourcing activity.

Each part and integrity of overall purchasing -weekly/ monthly / quarterly / annually P/L financial in-depth reports.

Part Manager / Account Manager

Wellesley Plumbing and Heating / HVAC company, Inc.

Wellesley, MA 1998-2001

Scope of the company: annual sale $10 to $15 million

Employees: 35 to 40

Accomplishment: successfully researched and developed the most cogent Water heater brand and heating system from the previously integrated brands. Hence successfully expanded the company’s market dominion in greater Boston suburban area.

Expanded the company’s dominating presence from lower tier brands to high end market brands in water heater and HVAC system.

Implemented brand consciousness to the overall company marketing strategic structure.

Negotiated with new vendors with much better payment terms, from cash upfront to net 90 days. Locked in exclusive deals from major vendors’ agreement in New England area.

Expanded the company profit margin to further 15% and maintained that margin.

Import/ Export Trader/ Agent

International Castings and Equipment, Inc.

Roswell, GA 1996-1998

Scope: annual sale: $7 to $10 million

Employees: 8

Accomplishment: Successfully negotiated with Chinese vendors with problem solving result. Achieved to void unnecessary lost due to misunderstanding and miscommunication.

Chemical metallurgical analyst of the trading products to ensure QA/ QC inflow inventory

Vendors’ relationship

Worked under CFO to prepare weekly P/L financial analysis.

Education

Bachelor degree of Marine Chemical Engineering

Xiamen University (Amoy University)

Xiamen, Fujian, China

Master degree of Chinese Ancient literature

Xiamen University (Amoy University)

Xiamen, Fujian, China

Bachelor degree of Business Administration

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA, USA

Master degree of Chemical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA, USA

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