Experience

Lotus International Company

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Supply Chain Manager

  • May 2013 - Present

  Purchasing and Supply Chain Manager, Lotus International/MMS Holdings, Canton, MI June 2014 to PresentPurchasing• Verifies purchase requisitions by comparing items requested to the master list; clarifying unclear things, and recommending alternatives.• Built subcontractor database with price that performed very well for a fraction of the cost of current subcontractors.• Developed a metrics model that reduced material cost by 28% compared with the previous year.• Developed extensive spreadsheets comparing all material costs for each project and submitted the sheet to management each week.• Suggest proper purchasing price to the team.• Prepares purchase orders by verifying specifications and price; obtaining recommendations from suppliers for substitute items; obtaining approval from requisitioning department.• Obtains purchased items by forwarding orders to suppliers; monitoring and expediting orders.• Verifies receipt of items by comparing items received to items ordered; resolves shipments in error with suppliers.• Authorizes payment for purchases by forwarding receiving documentation.• Keeps information accessible by sorting and filing documents.• Provides purchasing planning and control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends. Supply Chain• Outsource parts from out of the U.S and manage SKD project.• Oversee adequacy of production supply to meet distribution requirements according to supply chain processes.• Work with senior management to improve sourcing strategies and comply with customer requirements.• Responsible for logistics of goods received from overseas.



CKS Solutions

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operation Associate Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

  Customer Service• Delighted customers by clearly defining customer service policy and customer expectation, building a close/personal relationship with customers, promptly responding to customers’ requests, and accurately providing the status of orders from order to ship.• Resulted in increase of sales by 400% from one key customer. • Monitored and reported on client problems and issues - Accept and process Customer orders or issues received via phone or email; communicate any delivery issues to the Customer or the appropriate sales repProduction Planning• Through analysis of high demand model data, usage and inventory level of critical parts, and defect occurrence frequency, ordered parts in advance and set priority for production.• Increased the productivity by over 150% by reducing the hold rate from 28% to 7%.Process Redesign and Just-in-Time Repairing• Made check point from receiving to shipping, by dividing each step clearly so that anybody can easily tell which area is behind in the process.• Implemented coloring system to identify the orders with urgent ship date. • Designed a production report with IT to understand the production bottleneck and categorize order types. • Reduced backlog to 0%. Team Building• Managed a TV department with 1 receiving/shipping, 1 supervisor and 4 technicians. • Divided responsibilities based on their skills and interest.• Attentively listened to their concerns and difficulties. • Minimized miscommunication by clearly communicating goals and providing timely performance feedbacks through tracking system.• 0% turnover rate during the last 12 months• 0% return from customers• Collaborated with key personnel in analyzing business requests for feasibility and costs - Develop good relationships with supervisor and fellow Associates; attend department and company meetings and department functions when possible• Participate actively on a regular basis in focus groups and steering committees



University of Kentucky Center for ESL

• Assistant

  • Feb 2012 - Jun 2013

  Assisted the Center for ESL in student admissions, programming, and immigration for students from Saudi Arabia, China, Oman, Korea, Venezuela, and the Ivory Coast. Assisted the Center for ESL in student admissions, programming, and immigration for students from Saudi Arabia, China, Oman, Korea, Venezuela, and the Ivory Coast.



Valvoline Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Internship

  • Dec 2012 - Apr 2013

  Through new product development projects, I gained the ability of optimizing schedule in resource-constrained organization and balancing risk across a new product portfolio by combining opportunists and threats. Through supply chain management projects, I could know how to improve the company’s competitive position by reducing the order- to-delivery cycle of promotional products. Through new product development projects, I gained the ability of optimizing schedule in resource-constrained organization and balancing risk across a new product portfolio by combining opportunists and threats. Through supply chain management projects, I could know how to improve the company’s competitive position by reducing the order- to-delivery cycle of promotional products.



Yoger-Presso Coffee shop

• Owner

  • May 2010 - Jun 2011

  Based on analysis of customers’ needs and wants, I developed customized products and increase monthly revenuefrom $5,000 to $20,000. Through this experience I could understand the whole process of new product development, supply chain, marketing, finance. Based on analysis of customers’ needs and wants, I developed customized products and increase monthly revenuefrom $5,000 to $20,000. Through this experience I could understand the whole process of new product development, supply chain, marketing, finance.



Second Engineer Brigade,

• Sergeant

  • Feb 2003 - Mar 2005

  Served as a sergeant in the South Korean military, I worked primarily as an Information Technology analyst and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Served as a sergeant in the South Korean military, I worked primarily as an Information Technology analyst and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant