Procurement Specialist Product Development
Resume:
Lesley Lin
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
OmniVision, Santa Clara CA
Contract Procurement Specialist(for six months) July 2023 - Jan., 2024
• Lead assigned sourcing activities by engaging users at early stage of product development.
• Understand demand requirements and provide expert advice of responsible commodities or outsourcing services.
• Solicit and evaluate quotes or competitive bids from suppliers; develop Request for Quotation
(RFQ) or Request for Proposal (RFP) as required.
• Develop supplier business agreements as required and facilitate internal (Legal and stakeholders) and external (suppliers) communications to ensure that company’s interests are protected.
• Lead commercial negotiations (Pricing and Terms & Conditions) and achieve optimum results in terms of performance and cost for the company.
• Collaborate with internal customers in supplier evaluation and selection.
• Prepare and present sourcing and evaluation results to management.
• Prepare and release Purchase Order (PO) promptly after receiving approved Purchase Requisition
(PR).
• Assist users to define ETA and ensure on time deliveries.
• Follow up with suppliers on delivery status and arranging product delivery as required.
• Monitor execution of supplier business agreements as required.
• Proactively carry out cost saving initiatives through price negotiation, production process and product design optimization
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Inc., Sunnyvale CA
Senior Buyer Apr. 2021 - July 2022
• Primarily support Engineering/IT to source new parts and expand repair process for cost reduction
• Support and coordinate the projects per Engineering/IT requirements
• Acquires and maintains technical understanding of products purchased
• Work with Equipment Engineering to drive the quoting process, new sourcing and tool uptime
• Manage to a supplier value matrix which includes evaluating vendor pricing, reliability, on time delivery, overall quality and terms
• Implement and manage sourcing for indirect spending
• Develops new supply sources where vendors and suppliers are deemed inadequate
• Gathers quotations, examines bids and makes awards
• Recommend cost saving proposals for alternative sourcing and vendor evaluation criteria
• Ensure compliance with sourcing policy/procedures and driving metric performance improvements
SAP Shanghai, China
Procurement Manager Jan, 2016 – July 2018
• Act as consultant and trusted business value enabler for key stakeholders
• Understand and determine business requirements
• Conduct strategic planning (demand & spend management)
• Responsible for definition of supplier and sourcing strategies as well as strategic sourcing events
• Trigger and support transformation into full managed and scalable 3rd Party IT Infrastructure Service landscapes
• Lead virtual team for the successful implementation and execution of related sourcing and supplier strategies on global scale
• Seek opportunities for improvements, innovations, and value generation
• Perform market analyses/benchmarking and explore market capabilities to gain market intelligence
• Drive value/performance improvements in collaboration with related LoBs(line of business, refers to a product or a set of related products that serve a particular customer transaction or business need.)
• Focus on business needs/values and relationship management of internal and external key stakeholders
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, Shanghai, China Indirect Purchase Manager, IT & Facility & General Procurement Dec. 2004 – Dec. 2015
• To streamline workflow and increase efficiency, and also to motivate team members into a value added team
• Identified and achieved cost saving based on benchmark and competitive bidding and negotiation
• To monitor and maintain inventory appropriate levels
• Continually identified and implement new opportunities for cost savings and cost avoidance that increase overall purchase cost productivity
• Sourced CAPEX equipment for IT and facility departments usage
• Tracked exist contracts expirations and to ensure contracts negotiations were completed prior to contracts expirations
• Standardized and coordinated purchasing tactics to ensure company interests
• Reviewed key suppliers annually and developed new suppliers in accordance to best practices to support business unit requirements
• Developed and monitored business unit satisfaction with preferred suppliers
• Managed and coordinated the purchase and other functional related items for all sites of company
• Monitor compliance of contractually agreed upon KPI’s and SLA’s annually
• Identified sourcing best practices to company and to ensure these best practices are company adopted
Sunrise Telecom, Inc., San Jose, California
Order Management Coordinator Jan. 2003 – Nov. 2004
• Managed and coordinated multi-region, cross-functional communication to ensure on-time delivery schedule and solve discrepant material issues or relative issues
• Negotiated price and ensure timely performance of suppliers to meet our customers’ and internal needs
• Coordinated the purchase of prototype items based on Engineers’ specifications and the purchase of capital goods
Inviso, Sunnyvale, California
Senior Buyer Aug. 2000 – Dec., 2002
• Coordinated between Engineering Dept and assembly houses to build the prototype products
• Purchased Engineers’ requested based on the B.O.Ms
• Maintained daily purchasing requirements & purchased parts based on MRP Mighty Micro, Inc., Fremont, California
Buyer Nov. 1998 – July 2000
• Purchased PC Peripheries and negotiated with vendors to get better prices
• Arranged products training as for sales department and shared know-how knowledge with the entire purchasing department
Dynavista Inc., Milpitas, California
Sales Jan., 1996-Oct., 1998
• Sold PC peripherals while providing the utmost customer care and competitive quotes
• Achieved and exceed sales quote at a regular basis EDUCATION
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management, Dec. 1995 DeAnza college, Cupertino, CA
Associate in Arts in Business Administration, Dec., 1993 License/Certification
• Acupuncture
• Reiki
SKILLS
• Interpersonal Communication Skills
• Sourcing Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Time Management Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Multitasking Skills
LANGUAGE
• Bilingual in Mandarin and English
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