Supply Chain Manager

Chris (Chih-Hsiang) Chang

Supply Chain Manager of Electronics Manufacturing

832-***-**** / *************@*****.*** / linkedin.com/in/chris-chih-hsiang-chang-b6563217 Profile

Strategic Supply Chain professional with extensive experience in electronics manufacturing and retail/ distribution industries. Committed to applying extensive supply chain and sourcing domain knowledge, skills and experience to drive optimization, growth and profitability. Skills & Expertise

Program, Procurement, and Vendor management, Supply chain planning, Strategic Sourcing, and Quality Assurance, cross function team management

Proficient in SAP, Oracle RMS, Flex PLM, Excel, PowerPoint, Word

Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English

Education

Master of Business Administration / The University of Texas at Arlington; Arlington, TX 2010~2011 Concentration in Operations Management and International Business Bachelor degree in International Trade / Shih Chien University; Taipei, Taiwan 2000 ~ 2004 Professional Experience

Foxconn Industrial Internet Houston, TX

Supply Chain Manager 8/2024-Current

Manage buyers, planners, and RTV coordinators for procurement operations and performances.

As program leader for HPE programs of ODM, Kitting, Cray, power supply, and high value commodities and generated over 120 million dollars sales annually

Allocated procurement workload across supply chain department

Align supply chain activities including planning, sourcing, production, and delivery with demand

Monitor financial performance to ensure revenue and profit goals are met.

Track program performance to customer expectations and work with operations to address deficiencies.

Develop and implement corrective action plans for underperforming business metrics and ensure plans are met.

Program Manager 6/2023-7/2024

Lead a team with 5 people for procurement and RMA operations to ensure on-time and quality delivery

Generate 70 million annual sales by managing HPE high value commodity- CPU, Memory, HDD, SSD.

Coordinate and monitor all aspects of product build according to customer goals and due date, including manufacturing, quality, and supply chain.

Supply Chain Analyst 9/2021-6/2023

Create processes and develop effective methods to gather supply chain data, sourcing venues, shipping and logistics workflow, inventory control, product receiving and labeling, storage procedures

Analyze sourcing, logistics, product, inventory, and storage data to identify problematic areas and suggest and perform improvements to streamline process and workflow. Buyer/Planner 7/2018-9/2021

Manage and evaluate vendor performance and set up new vendors with finance department.

Prepare purchase orders and provide recovery plan for inventory shortages/overages, and other issues.

Coordinated RMA activities and verify timely receipt of materials with suppliers.

Work with new product supply chain team with the NPI (new product introduction). Academy Sports and Outdoors Katy, TX

Global Sourcing Manager 6/2015-7/2018

Responsible for achieving on-time shipment and delivery of import category to drive sales and increase private brand market share.

Analyze KPI's and develop corrective action plans to achieve strategic sourcing goals

Improve timelines, mitigate sourcing risks and conduct cost negotiations to achieve financial objectives by identifying production run opportunities, reengineering of products and consolidating suppliers

Lead supplier on-boarding and training process; analyze and recommend necessary changes to suppliers

Research, identify, and profile new suppliers and factories as potential sources for both new and existing products

Production & Sourcing Manager-Hardgoods 7/2014-6/2015

Partner with private brand product development and merchant teams to consolidate raw materials utilizations and projections

Work with import logistics, supply chain, quality assurance, accounting, and vendor compliance teams to ensure that all questions/issues from domestic/international vendors are solved

Assess category sourcing risk profile and recommend necessary changes to supplier base

Coordinate supplier training of Academy’s operational and compliance standards

Forecast and plan production for all items in category

Assess and report on supplier performance and supplier chargebacks Senior Product Developer - Camping 8/2013-7/2014

Develop private brand products to drive sales, increase margin, and improve market share.

Manage existing and new programs in working with merchant team to understand product needs, setting a timeline and execute product delivery.

Partner with global production, quality assurance, packaging design, vendor compliance, international logistics, and overseas vendors to ensure highest quality of products, on time delivery.

Negotiate cost to ensure price competitiveness to meet everyday low price goal Doskocil Manufacturing Co Inc. dba Petmate Arlington, TX Sourcing Coordinator 10/2011-8/2013

Coordinated product designs and specifications among qualified international and domestic suppliers

Involved in global sourcing activities to successfully implement new products to market initiatives

Responsible for sourcing and inbound supply chain analysis and coordination of supply chain activities pertaining to new product development projects

Assist with special supply chain projects, resourcing products, quality problems and improvements, cost reductions, supplier development, and inventory reductions

Coordinated the first article approval of materials arriving from international suppliers timely. Lih Lin Enterprises & Industrial Co., Ltd Taipei, Taiwan International Business Specialist 3/2006 ~ 7/2009

Conduct international export, shipment reports and pricing analysis reports for clients

Planned the shipment schedule that deliver to international clients

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