Chemical Engineering

Suk Chin Leong

T: +60-19-317-****; E: *****.*******@*******.***; Linkedin: uk.linkedin.com/in/sukchinleong A young chemical engineering professional with an entrepreneurial spirit and a strong interest in technology and business operation. A creative problem solver with advanced numerical and analytical skills, currently looking for an intellectually challenging role.

EDUCATION

2014-2018 MEng (Honours) Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester (1st) Undergraduate course covering subjects such as Computation, Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Statistics and Calculus

• Won an annual scholarship of £1,000 for each of the four academic years due to outstanding A-level academic grades;

• Demonstrated creative problem solving and exceptional collaboration skills by obtaining a first-class grade in all Year 3 design group project reports, with the highest being 91%;

• Developed high level numerical and analytical skills through laboratory sessions and solving complex mathematical formulae

• Dissertation: Use of a renewable resource, rapeseed meal, as the carbon feedstock in Bio-plastic manufacturing industry June – Sept 2017 Business Consultant Certificate, International Association of Professions (IAP) Career College A Levels: Mathematics (A*), Physics (A*), Chemistry (A*), Biology (A) GCSE: 8A* (including Additional Mathematics, Mathematics, Principles Of Account), A (English) WORKING EXPERIENCE

Jan 2019 - Present Graduate Management Trainee, Synthomer

• Liased with an Australian vendor in the troubleshooting of a waste gas boiler. Successfully reduce the number of boiler trips by 95%

• Successfully implemented the new manufacturing cycle time data capture system in seven plant sites in Asia

• Conducted cycle time and root cause analysis to determine the production gap, and propose improvement plans (such as automation of certain processes) to the site manager and the operation team

• Led a team of 5 people in the commissioning of 10 hazardous pumps

• Applied Lean Six Sigma tools (such as Spaghetti Diagram) in workload analysis and helped a plant site to increase its manpower utilisation by 10%

• Assisted the management team in creating Project Excellence templates for Asia sites, and ensure that all the templates roll out was within the scheduled timeline

June – Sept 2017 Summer Intern, Timberlake Consultants

• Conducted competitor and SWOT analysis and presented findings on practical marketing strategies to the Board of Directors;

• Enhanced finance skills through usage of CRM to manage a large customer base and Xero to generate accurate invoices;

• Assisted in the digital marketing of professional training courses using Inomics and optimisation of Google Ads advertisement;

• Enhanced customer facing ability through dealing with customer phone payments and other client enquiries 2016 – 2018 Part-time online franchisor, Amway Global

• Made cold calls and arranged meetings with prospective clients. Built an online community with a £1,200 net monthly revenue;

• Mentored six junior business partners on a weekly basis. Successfully helped three junior business partners to build an online community with a net monthly revenue of £600;

• Retained an active customer base by adopting innovative marketing techniques, such as sending out e-birthday cards;

• Overcame sales plateau by organising brand experience events, conducting weekly public presentations, product demonstrations and by setting up a booth at the University freshers fair;

• Managed brand development by actively providing suppliers with customers’ feedback and increased website traffic by updating the website news sections and design templates regularly Aug – Sept 2016 Summer Intern, University of Manchester

• Managed and analysed large numerical datasets using advanced computer software such as X-ray diffraction analysis June – Sept 2015 Head Waitress, Little Hot Pot

• Responsible for the restaurant’s daily operations in the absence of manager, including management of table reservations, cashflow, designing the Facebook page and maintaining the social media reputation of the restaurant;

• Known for excellent customer service and learned to deal with customer complaints professionally and tactfully POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

2016 – 2018 Student Recruitment and International Development Student Ambassador, University of Manchester

• Led a team of five people to host various university promotion events, such as the refresher fair 2015 – 2018 Secretary and marketing manager, Robogals EMEA

• Promoted from Marketing Manager of Robogals (a non-profit organization that helps to promote female engineers) Manchester to Regional Team Secretary after a year to manage 14 Robogals chapters around UK and Africa;

• Expanded the volunteers database by 50% through publishing monthly newsletter, arranging monthly social events for volunteers and set up booths in campus fair;

• Demonstrated leadership skills through taking the initiative in resolving group conflicts and inspiring volunteers to be more engaged in workshops

2015 – 2016 Member, AIESEC’s Incoming Global Internship Program

• Convinced companies with potential partnership opportunities through networking events and cold calls. Obtained the first partnership agreement after two years;

• Conducted Skype interviews to assess the suitability of a student to the internship of a company ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND AWARDS

Language Skills Mandarin (native), English (business fluent), Malay language (business fluent) IT Skills Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Publisher (advanced); Matlab (advanced); LEGO mindstorm

(advanced), HYSYS (advanced), C++ programming (basic); DeltaV Operate (basic) Awards Winner of BCG’s Manchester mentor competition and dinner 2017 1st place in mock assessment centre led by CIMA

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