Experience

Venture Corporation Limited

• Singapore
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Manager, Global Supply Base Management

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Responsibilities:• Overall responsibility for mechanical commodities in terms of sourcing, pricing, and supply.• Manage a group of Commodity Specialists with diverse expertise, talents and experiences to achieve corporate goals and objectives. • Manage new RFQs to ensure competitive quotations provided on time to win new business / new customers.• Drive continuous cost reduction on half yearly basis to improve PPV margins. • Explore localization, VAVE and consolidation of supply base for cost reduction.• Develop capable suppliers globally who provide the best product cost, quality and delivery objectives. Conduct Business Review with key suppliers to share the needs and expectations.• Work closely with cross functional teams including the sales, BU, legal, purchasing, product engineering, logistics and finance teams to meet the requested deliverables from the respective customers by steering and providing clear direction to internal team members to support new initiatives.• Monitor commodity market conditions, technology roadmaps, and supply demand equations, translate all into short and long-term commodity strategies.

• Commodity Manager, Global Supply Base Management

  • May 2011 - Dec 2019

  • Lead a group of Commodity Specialists to manage mechanical and cable harness commodities in Venture group.• Set up mechanical and cable harness supply base for Life Science devices and meet customer’s requirements and HMLV business model.• Explore and provide value added service to all customers in assisting alternate proposals and localization.• Manage new RFQs and drive cost reduction.• Monitor suppliers’ overall performance and review with them timely.



Flex

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Sourcing Manager

  • Jan 2010 - May 2011

  Responsibilities:• Manage plastic, metal casting, die-cut, packaging and labels etc. commodities in terms of sourcing, pricing and supply.• Source suppliers for the operation and make recommendations to new RFQ projects. Expand the existing supplier base to meet customer requirements and business model.• Improve overall commodity transfer plan timeline to allow customers to enjoy cost reduction to allow business to grow.• Provide technical support on components, identify opportunities for redesign or component substitution to provide cost reduction or quality improvement.• Drive quarterly cost reduction programs to continuously create PPV in material supply chain.• Develop Supplier Performance measurement system to become a primary tool for future award of business. Tracking the first pass yield to demonstrate supplier understanding of our specification.

• Senior Sourcing Engineer

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

• Sourcing Engineer

  • Feb 2006 - Dec 2007

  • Source, select and qualify suppliers locally as well as regionally.• Lead & execute the cost saving and localization program.• Manage supplier performance and relationship.• Liaise with customers and subcontractors to meet expectation.• Provide technical support for all plastic, casting, die-cut and packaging.



ACEL Precision Plastics Pte Ltd

• Assistant Manager

  • Jul 2000 - Feb 2006

  • Plan, organize and co-ordinate project implementation.• Provide technical support to local and overseas business.• Responsible for all engineering functions.• Manage sub-contractors, liaise with customers and sub-contractors to meet expectation. • Plan, organize and co-ordinate project implementation.• Provide technical support to local and overseas business.• Responsible for all engineering functions.• Manage sub-contractors, liaise with customers and sub-contractors to meet expectation.



POH CHAI Engineering Works Pte Ltd

• Mechanical Engineer

  • May 1998 - Jul 2000

  Design, repair and maintain ship equipment. Design, repair and maintain ship equipment.



Chang Jiang Ship Design Institute (Wuhan city, P.R. China)

• Design Engineer

  • Aug 1995 - May 1998

  Business: Ship design and build Business: Ship design and build