DAVID J. YANG, MBA

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Vice President of Operations

Executive with over 20 years of experience who has turned around underperforming organizations and taken new startups from concept to operations. Experienced in international supply chain management, financial planning and analysis, and information technology management and design, in both entrepreneurial and corporate environments. Highly skilled in planning, directing, coordinating, and overseeing activities in the organization, ensuring development and implementation of efficient operations and cost-effective systems to meet current and future needs of the organization. Optimizing business processes, including constantly reviewing external trends and identifying internal opportunities for continuous improvement. Continually exceeds expectations by creating valuable partnerships and collaborates well with people at all levels of the organization, including stakeholders, customers, vendors, and team members.

Core Competencies

Collaborative & Agile Business Leader

Strategy Formulation & Implementation

Driving Change Management & Best Practices

Building Teams & Managing People

Information Systems Planning & Design

Project Management & Contract Negotiations

Performance Management & Improvements

Distribution & Warehouse Management

Sourcing Suppliers & Managing Vendor Relations

Financial Planning & Analysis

Budgeting, Forecasting, & Cost Reduction

Strong Analytical & Data-Driven Decision Making

Executive Experience

Vice President of Operations 01/2016 to Current

ETi Solid State Lighting, Inc – Wheeling, IL

Establishing, implementing, and communicating the strategic direction of the Operations Division of this American subsidiary of a publicly traded international company, while collaborating with Executive Leadership to develop goals.

Supplying expertise and guidance on operations projects and systems, as well as spearheading infrastructure and process changes to support 300% revenue growth from ‘16 to ‘20.

Relocated the office and warehouse in ‘19 into a facility 3X the size, including design/layout of the new building to optimize efficient operations, producing $500K savings on inbound shipping costs in ‘19, with expected $1MM in ‘20.

Negotiating agreements with freight carriers, reducing rates by 20% and savings of over $200K annually.

Successfully negotiated and executed multiple facility leases, including the new building, as well as ancillary and temporary warehouse facilities, supporting the continuing expansion and growth of the company.

Creating KPI's and implementing dashboards for data driven and fact-based decision making.

Optimized outbound order fulfillment reducing ship time from 3-4 days to 24-hour turnaround time with better warehouse space and process management.

Implementing Saleforce.com for better contact and sales pipeline management, as well as serving as the Architect and Project Manager for the Oracle NetSuite ERP implementation for the US subsidiary.

Developing and implementing an inventory management process for the products sold domestically to major retailers and commercial and industrial customers, reducing out of stock items from over 15% to less than 5%.

Effectively reducing inventory nearly 50%, with inventory turns going from 2.1 to 4.5 over 3 periods from '16 to '18, as well as maintaining a 4+ turn rate in '19 and '20.

Introducing the company to sales demand forecasting models and developing methods of measuring forecast accuracy, resulting in increasing the accuracy of demand forecasts from below 50% to over 80%.

Director of Operations 07/2014 to 10/2015

Shure Products, Inc – Chicago, IL

Served as Head of Supply Chain Management for a privately held company in the manufacture/wholesale distribution of educational toys sold to national and international retailers as well as direct to consumer through online web sales.

Devised and implemented strategy ensuring operational capability to deliver business plans profitably, as well as to meet and exceed regulatory, customer, and other stakeholder requirements.

Strategically sourced and purchased with suppliers in China, including identifying certified and auditable vendors who were qualified to do business with major retailers.

Managed the IT infrastructure with outsourced vendor services and project managed the rollout of a new accounting system.

Efficiently managed the production, import, and logistics of all foreign produced goods to major domestic and international retailers, including producing a 5-15% cost savings on key product lines by engaging new suppliers.

Developed the processes and procedures for costing of all products including issuing and managing RFQ's and RFI's.

Re-launched 2 dormant product lines by finding qualified suppliers for the manufacture of the items and led the company to outsource domestic fulfillment operations to a third-party logistics company, saving $150K annually.

General Manager 09/2004 to 05/2014

Leisure Partners, Ltd – Mount Prospect, IL

Owned and operated a privately held company with 2 retail locations, selling chemicals, parts, and supplies for swimming pools and spas, as well as a service center, providing onsite repairs services.

Acquired and merged a competitor, integrating the company systems and processes while identifying “best practices”.

Directed and managed the organization's business activities, and developed then implemented effective strategies and programs, resulting in achieving 10% year over year growth in the retail stores from ‘04 to ‘09.

Successfully improved profitability through revised product pricing strategy, after conducting market and competitor pricing analysis, leading to an average product margin increase from 33% to 41%.

Consistently increased sales revenue from 10-15% annually from ‘05 to ‘08 through new product and service offerings, including residential new pool construction, remote pool management service, and equipment leasing.

Managing Technology Director 08/1998 to 05/2004

Allstate Investments, LLC – Northbrook, IL

Led applications development and systems integration for the Investment Systems division of the Allstate Insurance Company, in support of a $100 billion investment portfolio.

Owned all strategic IT planning, ensuring alignment of systems initiatives with departmental objectives.

Efficiently managed a staff of 150 project directors, project managers, programmers, and systems analysts.

Directed several major systems initiatives including the replacement of the investment accounting, data warehouse/decision support, trade entry, pricing, and portfolio management systems.

Managed vendor relationships and negotiated contracts, securing a $1M rebate from a “Big Six” consulting firm.

Created and administered the departmental budget of $10M to $14M annually, cutting costs significantly by changing the employee/consultant ratio to be more reliant on direct hires and specialty contractors.

Professional Organizations, Activities & Leadership Experience

Member, Board of Director – Highsight, Chicago, IL – 01/1999 to 01/2001

Instructor & Adjunct Faculty Member – Harper College, Palatine, IL – 01/1992 to 12/1993

Education & Certifications

University of Chicago – Master of Business Administration, Chicago, IL

DePaul University – Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Chicago, IL

Project Management Institute – Project Management Professional Certification – 2003 to 2006

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