Greater Sydney Area
PERSONAL SUMMARY: As Procurement Professional, I have over 20-year procurement experience in world-renowned multinational companies. With strong cross-functional and cross-culture collaboration skills, I work with teams both on-site and remotely dispersed across countries. Known as a problem solver, I deliver results. I have world-class knowledge of indirect &direct procurement, SAP, BP Reporting, LucaNet, a proven track record in the implementation of change management and large-scale transactional processes combined with broad experience in procurement of indirect materials and services across electronics manufacturing, chemical, software, medical device, hand tools, etc. AREAS OF EXPERTISE • Procurement strategy • Contract negotiation • Strategic sourcing • Risk management • Category management • Supplier management • Cost analysis and saving • Project procurement • OEM manufacturing • Electronic bidding • Merger and acquisition support MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Manage 100+ OEM manufacturers throughout Asia Pacific. • Drive direct purchase price down average 3% by half a year. • Consolidation OEM manufacturers 20 in the 6 months. • Managed AUD50 million annual purchase volume across Australia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, India and S Korea for 4 business units, 2 plants, 6 selling offices. • Global champion of cost saving in 2017 with saving rate more than 7%. • Global commodity lead of Travel, Marketing, MRO and Office Supplies. • Consolidated indirect spend across APAC countries by half a year. • Generated the largest numbers of savings measures in Siemens Industry Software global team. • Electronic bidding champions globally in 2013 and 2014 with average saving rate 15%. • Payment term improvement champion average 15 days extended in 2015. • Optimized supplier base from roughly 600 to 200 in 1 year.
• Sourcing: Research and select the most qualified suppliers to meet 100% of the technical specified requirements. Ensure a detailed evaluation is conducted and documented with authorised sign-off on all prospective suppliers prior to formal engagement according to company purchasing procedures. • Supplier Development: collaborating with strategic suppliers to improve their performance. Increase capability and capacity in the areas of product development, social compliance, manufacturing, B2B digitalization, product quality and delivery. • Drive digitilazation and automation of procurement processes with suppliers. • Developing Global, multi-agency supply relationships. • Handle procurement training, system upgrade, and reporting of KPIs. • Roll out local sourcing processes to meet up business needs. • Support procurement audits and supplier auditing. • Support regional sourcing policy development, compliance compendium, and process improvement across procurement categories and regional sourcing teams. • Cost reduction: Achieve the agreed cost down target. Implement strategies to drive cost reductions from suppliers. • Supplier Relationship Management: Maintain strong relationships with selected supply partners and monitor performance on an ongoing basis. • Contractual control and management: Ensure that relevant activities with suppliers have contractural agreements in place and that the suppliers are adhering to KPI's and SLA's, whilst internal stakeholders are fully utilising the contracts throughout their life-cycle. • Purchasing Project Support: Working collaboratively with stakeholders you will implement purchasing strategies to deliver considerable business improvements across a number of finished products, commodities and parts. • Analytical: Implement strategies through analysing the current market trends, supplier and product performance. Working with engineers to rationalise the existing supply base and standardise purchased parts.
• Play a key role in managing all aspects of the procurement function including sourcing, commodity management, negotiating commercial terms, and developing and implementing best practice tools and methods resulting in increased profitability for the business. Manage both strategic and operational procurement activities daily. • Key commodities: Spare Parts, Motor, Gearbox, Cable, Radio Control System, CAPEX, Marketing, IT, MRO, Equipment Leasing, Office Supplies, Professional Services, total purchase volume $40 million. Major responsibilities in detail: • Delivering cost efficiencies to the business through effective management of supplier performance via KPIs reporting and analysis. • Support regional sourcing policy development, compliance compendium, and process improvement across procurement categories and regional sourcing teams. • Strengthen procurement compliance efficiency across regional sourcing teams. compliance enhancements across regional sourcing teams and category managers. • Proceed operational procurement activities (orders, invoices, delivery, inventory, payments) such as Purchase to Pay (P2P) process. • Systematically reviewing existing contracts with suppliers and vendors to ensure on-going feasibility. • Performing risk assessments on potential contracts and existing agreements and taking pro-active action as necessary to mitigate any risks that could adversely impact business performance. • Procurement data analysis and supplier analysis. • Preparing and issuing requests for tenders and maintaining an in depth understanding of legislative requirements associated with tender processes. • Leading procurement commodity management, such as IT, MRO, Equipment Leasing, Office Supplies, Professional Services, total purchase volume $40 million. • Monitoring procurement process to ensure efforts are aligned with the requirements of the business particularly in regards to cost, delivery time, productivity and accuracy targets.
Title: Director of Global Procurement. • In partnership with regional stakeholders, I am responsible of achieving strategic procurement objectives, operational requirements and business goals aligned with global supply chain strategy, further mange supplier identification, preferred supplier agreements, leading negotiations, and providing analysis across the globe. • Major responsibilities in detail: 1. Develop global procurement strategies to reduce costs and improve quality and service and meet goals and objectives. 2. Lead global projects of productivity improvement, cost saving, one order consolidation, supplier consolidation, Net Stock &Net Suite champion, factory audit, 3PL warehouse. 3. Mange all direct procurement and act as a business partner with functional leaders across Australia, UK and USA from Group CEO, CIO, CSCO, CFO to regional CEO, R&D manager, finance controller. 4. Handle sourcing, playbook, defining and maintaining all suppliers across the globe. Be in charge of annual spend volume over USD 20M with typical commodities Diamond Tools, Concerting Tools, Bricklaying Tools, Plaster &Rendering Tools, Tiling Tools, Striking &Struck Tools, Measuring Tools, Site Tools, Safety, etc. 5. Run global procurement center of excellence (CoE) to perform knowledge-based services on a one-to-many basis to procurement (and to broader stakeholders) in order to drive scale, repeatability, and best practice. 6. Be accountable for all projects, goals, supplier relationship management as director. 7. Work with regional purchase teams to implement global procurement strategies and projects. 8. Manage supplier lifecycle management including qualification, KPI scorecard, consolidation. 9. Source in emerging countries (China, India, Viet Nam, Thailand) adherence to high quality, factory management, and innovative design. 10. Market intelligence regarding raw materials trend, potential suppliers identification, labor cost monitoring.
Title: Asia Pacific Indirect Sourcing Manager. Report to Global Indirect Procurement Director. • Drive all indirect procurement and act as a business partner with functional leaders across APAC. Lead sourcing, defining and maintaining Travel, Marketing, MRO and Office Supplies across the globe. The APAC region contains production facilities and selling units across Australia, China, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Be in charge of annual volume over $70M with typical commodities are Travel, Marketing, Professional Services, Facilities, IT and MRO. Lead one China based Procurement Specialist. • Major responsibilities in detail: 1. Develop, implement procurement and commodities strategies designed to reduce costs and improve quality and service and meet goals and objectives. 2. Lead procurement budget in the region. 3. Achieve yearly objectives consist of project savings, commodity management, project rollout, customer voice, Kaizen workshop and leadership. 4. Identify and work out project saving funnels and execute projects. 5. Lead workshops and kaizen events across the APAC. 6. Act as Global Commodity Lead of Travel, MRO, Marketing and Office Supplies. 7. Manage, evaluate consolidate current key vendors whilst develop new quality suppliers. 8. Develop and negotiate purchase agreements with suppliers to meet the short, mid, and long- term needs for the business. Agreements must deliver the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) while allowing flexibility. 9. Prepare and conduct tenders utilizing RFIs, RFPs and RFQs. 10. Lead multi-site negotiations and develop contracts. 11. Research supply markets and trends (e.g. industry trend, cost drivers, out-of-date technology, current suppliers, lead time, global pricing) and interpret the impact of these trends on company strategies. 12. Implement robust communication mechanisms with internal functions to gather their business requirements 13. Monitor compliance to procurement activities.
Report to APAC Procurement Manager. Major responsibilities in detail: 1. Implement categories strategies to ensure sustainable and cost-efficient supply of materials and services to internal clients. 2. Implement global or business procurement policies and procedures in assigned countries / units. 3. Monitor the markets in region to create a basis for deciding the optimum sourcing strategy and cooperate with the best suppliers. 4. Contribute to the optimization of the souring process by actively seeking timely collaboration with internal clients prior to specifications and supplier selection steps. 5. Lead procurement budget in the region. Define and implement procurement strategies based on conducted demand, market and supplier analysis to ensure long-term, cost efficient and reliable on- time supply and quality. 6. Prepare and conduct negotiations for medium to high Purchasing Volumes to obtain higher feasible savings, and mitigate risk and ensure compliances. 7. Plan, monitor and report KPIs per Siemens methodologies to contribute to the success of the business and make results transparent. Lead and prepare RFI, RFP, RFQ, E-auctions/biddings and cost/price analysis. 8. Manage supplier lifecycle including qualification, selection, approval, evaluation, development, and classification of suppliers in high standards. 9. Drive internal stakeholder’s business relationships, influence and persuasion and external partnership at all levels. 10. Forward systematically all relevant Procurement related project information to keep all participants up to date. 11. Coach and develop and lead outsourced buyers.