Experience

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  Winning Moves UK Ltd

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Head of Sourcing and Product Engineering

    • Dec 2016 - Present
    • London, United Kingdom

    Responsible for all kind of works related product engineering development.Supplier management for all factories over the world (Europe, Far East and USA, etc)Product Price negotiation, Quotation of new products or projects.Management of prepare, approval and evaluation of product specification

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  In-Toys (F.E.) Ltd

  • Hong Kong

  • Assistant General Manager

    • Dec 2012 - Feb 2016
    • Hong Kong

    • In-Toys (F.E.) Ltd. is a subsidiary of Kids Preferred with their Head Office based in New Jersey US. This company is renowned for its Plush and baby items, and is the one of the main supplier to the chain stores of Build-A-Bear and Carter’s. Kids Preferred items are also selling to other well know customers such as Costco, WalMart, TRU, etc with a wide range of license items – Disney, Eric Carle, a+b, etc…. • Assist the General Manager to oversee general operation of Hong Kong and China Office• Main contact person in between Hong Kong and US Head Office.• Responsible for all activities from product development to production, quality and shipment.

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  Plastronics Mfg Ltd

  • Hong Kong

  • Manager of Engineering and Quality Control

    • Feb 2012 - Nov 2012
    • Hong Kong

    • Plastronics is a medium size manufacturer specialize in OEM/ODM toys and premium manufacturing, major customers are Disney, Imperial, Quick, Nestle, Decopack, etc.• In charge of the engineering and quality control departments.• Responsible for all activities from product mechanical design to final production.• Tooling Design and Process Planning.• Prepare all documents for laboratory safety testing.

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  GoodSource Global Trading Limited

  • United Kingdom

  • Director

    • Jul 2003 - Feb 2012
    • United Kingdom

    • GoodSource is a small importer and wholesaler. Product range is very wide, including Large format banner, Chinese gifts and Oil Paintings• Helping small companies in design and printing advertising materials.• A wholesaler of selling promotional Chinese gifts to the local Chinese restaurants and takeaway shops. • Selling novelty items such as toys, stationery and gifts to the local independent convenience shops.• Responsible to setup sales and marketing strategy.• Negotiate with suppliers in terms of price, product specification. Schedule control of production and shipment to meet customer’s promotion period.• Work with suppliers to develop personalized items for specific customers.

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  Yorkco Industrial Limited

  • Hong Kong

  • Product Development Director

    • Jul 2001 - Jul 2002
    • Hong Kong

    • Yorkco is a new OEM company setup as a subsidiary of an established local toys manufacturer to specialize in high quality premium products and collectable toys. The company is a SME with head office in Hong Kong and manufacturing plants in China and employs over 500 staff.• Supervise and manage the Engineering and Quality Control Teams in Hong Kong head office and at production factory in China.• Dealing with international clients, specializing in premium products and collector items including capsule items for Banpresto, miniture collections for Bandai and official Muppet figurines for Pallisade.• Assist the Sales Team in dealing with pricing and providing instant engineering and technical advice to customers, quality specification and requirement, schedule control and production planning, etc.• Advise on related mandatory international safety standard for the toys and premium products.• Preparation of quotations and price negotiation on new products

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  Strombecker HK Ltd.

  • Hong Kong

  • Engineering Manager

    • Dec 1994 - Jun 2001
    • Hong Kong

    • Strombecker is the oldest diecast vehicle toys manufacturer in the world based in Chicago, USA and has other offices in Hong Kong, China, Canada and Europe. The firm is renowned for its bubble toys producing licensed merchandise for Disney, Warner Brothers and Sesame Street under the brand name of Tootsietoys. Other toys manufactured include wooden toys, cosmetic toys, tea sets, cap guns jumping ropes etc. • In charge of the Hong Kong Engineering team and China support office consisting the Engineering and Quality departments.• Preparing quality specification and all related international safety standards and testing.• Monitoring and controlling engineering/quality activities including project scheduling and costing.• Set-up quality assurance system to strengthen quality standards by identifying safety and quality criteria for new products during development stage to minimize any non-conformance.• Engineering design in die-cast and plastic products involving mechanical function design and tool layout.• Audit and evaluate new and existing suppliers by assessing their quality management, schedule management and customer service.