Brian Chen
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Experience
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Specific Diagnostics
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United States
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Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Site Planner
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May 2022 - Present
-Participating in SIOP meetings with the global supply chain to review orders and allocations. -Planning for manufacturing capacity based on demand plan for instrument and reagents from all commercial and R&D channels. -Build plan creation based on the evaluation of demand, capacity, planned receipt, and stock level. Releasing work orders and fulfillment schedule based on the build plan -Maintaining CTB(clear to build) report weekly to track, report, and facilitate material needs -Tracking materials committed, actual materials issued, work order variances, and managing material backorders. -Collaborating with finance to implement manufacturing routings, and complete work orders for financial reporting. Tracking WIP(work in progress) status and bringing work order completions up to date. -Manage supply challenges arising from engineering changes to minimize obsolete inventory and ensure a continuous supply. Meeting with quality team to set priority for the closure of material non conformances blocking manufacturing and customer orders -Expediting material availability through liaison with procurement and teams involved with inbound material processing. Collaborate with purchasing to ensure orders are placed on-time to fulfill supply and demand. -Identify and investigate material issues, reviewing inventory adjustments and material issuance to ensure the appropriate corrections/adjustments are made. -Gained proficiency with Netsuite within two months. Worked with Netsuite consultants to customize reports and features to accommodate our team’s needs, and extract reports to track lots shipped, site deployed, materials issued. -Create and maintain BOM and part numbers in Netsuite. Show less
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Leadman Electronics USA
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Manager / Planner / Buyer
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Mar 2020 - May 2022
-moved to PM role at Leadman Electronics as it was acquired by Meritronics in 2020 -weekly creation of CTB(clear to build) reports, build plan status, inventory reporting. -Investigating and resolving inventory discrepancies -Establishing process for receiving, and transacting materials in and out of different buckets i.e. purchased, consignment, MRB, work orders. -Production planning. Work order release. Assessing production capacity and output. Allocating resources support the production needs. -Set up production workflow to minimize the waste of time and materials -Managed 80% of the company accounts in electro mechanical box build. Managing customer ECOs, BOM releases, implementing changes. Using the customer’s PLM to validate part details and create part numbers in our in-house ERP. -Pioneering the quoting process for conformal coating orders; based on materials, touch time in masking boards and operating equipment. Implementing cost/time efficient methods and tools to cut costs. As well as for nanocoating to ensure we were adequately compensated. Show less
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Meritronics Inc
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Manager/Hardware Ventures/Purchasing
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Jul 2017 - May 2022
-started as buyer at Meritronics -sourced electronics components and printed circuit boards with key distributors, and independent dealers domestically & in Asia. Prioritized on cost reduction, and identified new sources in Asia when electronic parts were not available in the US or had unacceptable lead time. -I was moved to project management when the prior P.M. left. I identified that we were working with an older revision of the customer’s BOM, reworked the RFQ, and ordered all parts and accessories. Due to the customer’s deadline to deliver First Article Samples before the factory shutdown in China(for Lunar New Year holiday), I was constantly on the phone with the US client during the day, and worked with our China team to finalize all mechanical part designs in the evenings, so the parts are manufactured according to mechanical specifications. -moved to Accounting role at Actineon Inc. as it was acquired by Meritronics in 2019 -AP and AR, working with suppliers and customers on payment status and remittance schedule -Quickbooks and general ledger entries. Bank and credit card reconciliation. -HR, business administration, payroll processing. Customer order processing Show less
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COINX Group
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United States
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant to CEO
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Aug 2015 - Jul 2017
Coordinating fundraising opportunities for startups. Coordinating fundraising opportunities for startups.
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A&D Precision, Inc.
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sales & Marketing Associate
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Aug 2007 - Feb 2009
Marketing/Sales Associate, IT Admin, Safety Coordinator - Supporting Sales operations through providing RFQs, BOM/order management, and facilitating customer correspondence(i.e. translating phone/e-mail over several months, for a customer’s engineering team in Taiwan and A&D management, to resolve an issue with motors built by a mutual customer) - Identifying bid opportunities with military/government contracts on government portal - Additional tasks of document control, developing marketing tools/materials (brochures, presentations, revising the website, and etc...). researching and organized leads into the sales database - Serving as IT support for three buildings and repair/troubleshooting technical issues(i.e. network connection, soft/hardware, peripherals, e-mail, etc...). Performing a daily backup of company data. Show less
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Project Manager
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Jun 2006 - Jun 2007
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Education
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Northeastern Illinois University
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University of Iowa
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Chabot College
electro mechanical systems