Kevin Jin

Global Sourcing Manager at British American Tobacco (BAT)

Shanghai, China

About

❑ Over 20years MNC working experiences in China and Asia Pacific ❑ Procurement, supply chain, regional quality and project management in complex, fast paced and dynamic business environment ❑ Team buildup in a creative and result oriented culture and condition ❑ Internal auditor, co-work with KPMG ❑ Manage T1 and T2 suppliers E2E throughout NPD/NPI, BAU and BCP ❑ Machinery, Automotive and e-Cigarette industry experiences ❑ Mechanical background ❑ Familiar with both high volume and high mix low volume (HMLV) business mode ❑ Experiences in M&A (merge and acquisition) integration project ❑ Supply Chain Management (CPIM, APICS) ❑ TS16949 (APQP and PPAP) ❑ Lean Six Sigma/Continuous improvement ❑ SAP R/3 PP and MM

Experience

  • Global Sourcing Manager for Vapor at British American Tobacco Asia Tech Center
    Aug 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

    - Supplier development and mapping for new projects and open innovation with aims at right quality, should-cost, shortened lead time and market intelligence; - Risk assessment and countermeasures in terms of supplier’s know how, finance, compliance, capacity/capex vs.liability as well as EMS; - Manage the global suppliers for Vapor including Smoore, BYD, CFU and the sub tier suppliers; - Stage gate governance to hit the targeted cost and planned launch schedule; - Supplier sustainability development with the global footprint in Southeast Asia; - MOU management

  • Regional Head of Quality in e-Cigarette at British American Tobacco Asia
    Sep 2018 - Aug 2020 · 2 yrs

    - Lead the quality initiative for e-Cigarettes devices and consumables NPD and NPI; - Co-lead national launch in Japan, Korea and Indonesia; - Consumer complaints management - E2E quality governance alongside supply chain from the factories to the end markets

  • Dover Corporation (7 yrs 6 mos)
    • Sr. Categories Sourcing Manager, Asia
      Jan 2012 - Apr 2017 · 5 yrs 4 mos

    • Category Sourcing Manager
      Nov 2009 - Jan 2012 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Manager in Sourcing and Supplier Development at ThyssenKrupp
    Sep 2006 - Nov 2009 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Supplier Development Manager at Husky Injection Molding Systems
    Feb 2005 - Sep 2006 · 1 yr 8 mos