Hoon Keng Liew
Procurement Manager at China Unicom Europe- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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Mandarin Native or bilingual proficiency
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Malay Professional working proficiency
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Cantonese Professional working proficiency
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Credentials
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Huawei Certified ICT Professional (HCIP) -LTE Wireless
Huawei Cloud & AI APACJun, 2015- Sep, 2024 -
Certificate of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Dangerous Goods by Air
Llewellyn (Safety Advisors) Europe LtdDec, 2013- Sep, 2024
Experience
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China Unicom Europe
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United Kingdom
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Procurement Manager
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Sep 2020 - Present
Responsible for developing and ongoing management of 3rd party supplier relationships and contracts in Europe & Asia Pacific relating to network connectivity services (Metro Ethernet, IP, IEPL, IDC, SDWAN, Managed CPE and Cloud Exchange services, Mobility services IPX, Clearing) to drive the product and service improvements with better costs. Ensuring services are delivered to contractual commitments, whilst maintaining and building robust relationships both with the commercial functions and that of the Suppliers. Manage innovation and network connectivity services from the perspective of procurement includes Metro Ethernet, IP, IEPL, IDC, SDWAN, Managed CPE and Cloud Exchange services. Focus on deployment and development of CDN networks in multiple locations, over multiple Internet backbones., mainly bandwidth and IX services purchases, and other IDC related categories in the APAC and EMEA include reducing bandwidth costs and increasing global availability of networks on many remote points of presence (PoPs) mainly bandwidth and IX services purchases, and other data center related categories in the APAC and EMEA.
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SF INTERNATIONAL
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Brazil
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Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
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1 - 100 Employee
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Procurement Manager
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Jan 2018 - Sep 2020
Responsible for planning and operating products and deployment of systems, processes and procedures and worked out the price structure, channel strategy and introduce the value of new release operational product flow, into Europe market. Manage end to end projects from early intervention, demand clarification, and the whole process monitoring and management of procurement, contract disclosure, project delivery acceptance and payment are implemented by using a variety of procurement means include bidding, negotiation, and comprehensive evaluation. Suppliers and vendors sourcing and selection, contract management, risk mitigation, systems and process alignment, warehouse development, managing suppliers, building great relationship with customers, managing internal stakeholders across Europe.
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Huawei
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Australia
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Engineering Procurement Manager
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Aug 2012 - Jan 2018
UK BT 21CN Customer Support Service ProjectUK EE RAN Customer Support Service Project• Develop category procurement strategies, execute procurement strategies for key categories and projects, and select suppliers for key projects.• Establish, maintain, and improve the cost baselines for categories, and standardize procurement management under the procurement process framework.• Effectively implement supply resource assurance measures for key categories, participate in supplier qualification, properly match supply and demand, and promptly drive suppliers to resolve major supply and quality issues.• Take charge of routine supplier management and participate in supplier performance evaluation and communication.
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Spare Parts Engineer
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Mar 2011 - Aug 2012
Design supply chain operations and network solution to customer, spare parts service delivery and hardware assets management, estimate spare part service cost, support bid project, increase business agility, reduce costs, and exceed customer expectations with an integrated approach to network management
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Singtel
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Singapore
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Procurement Manager
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Jan 2007 - Feb 2011
Partner the BU / Product early at the deal development stage to optimise vendor strategy negotiation outcomes.Move up the procurement value chain into the pre sales stage to align vendor strategy and approachResponsible for leading deal by deal procurement for buy-to-sell (B2S) spend in the category / project procurement process for Group Enterprise / NCS Business, driving procurement cost optimisationLead vendor selection and price negotiation in the category / project procurement process, leveraging relevant strategic sourcing initiatives.Take lead on managing end-to end procurement process for Buy-To-Sell (hardware/ software/ services, including vendor selection (in most cases), pricing negotiation, order placement, order fulfilment, and vendor performance management
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Network Operations Engineer
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Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
Troubleshoot and resolve Network related faultGenerate configuration for the change requestSupport the implementation of change request for Network devicesPlanning future improvement and suggesting solutions to reduce network faultsSupport implementation of project based on the design as requiredEnsure accurate maintenance of Network inventory, record and configuration management for all Network devices
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Education
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2001 - 2004
Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Communications Engineering -
2001 - 2002
Stamford College PJ
Bachelor's degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies
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