Experience

Nippon Kouatsu Electric Co.,Ltd.

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

• Director & Executive officer, Production Director

  • May 2021 - Present

• Executive Officer & General Manager

  • 2015 - May 2021



Shanghai Suoguang Visual Products Co., Ltd

• China
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• Deupty General Manager

  • Dec 2012 - Mar 2015

  •Managed staff of 10~25, responsible for procurement activities of the “Projector” category. Planned procurement strategy and set Key Performance Indicators at concrete values of activities for stable parts’ delivery, cost reduction, and inventory optimization. •Led the staff to negotiate with suppliers for purchase lead time reduction for more flexibility with production volume fluctuation. Reduced 5 working days’ lead time on average for electrical mounted parts on printed circuit boards. •Successfully improved the parts’ approval process through the introduction of web-system in 2013. Increased awareness and eliminated 2 clerks’ head-count and wasted paper. •Established and led the project for parts’ logistics improvement in 2014. Enlarged “Milk Run” routes areas, simplified packing methods and raised loading pallet’s efficiencies, achieving total parts’ cost reduction by 5% of the purchasing amount. Show less



Sony

• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager

  • Apr 2008 - Nov 2012

  •Managed 10~15 staff members, responsible for the procurement of “Walkman”, “E-Book”, “On Vehicle Camera”, “Medical Products” and “Projector”. Sourcing parts, promote cost reduction, plan supply chain strategy and activities progress monitoring. •Defined and differentiated functions and roles between HQ and factories’ procurement, including EMS companies of which production volume enlarged. Reconstructed management standard of the parts procurement scheme with EMS in 2009. Organized a procurement committee with 4 EMS companies and held monthly meetings to share and settle issues like critical delivery parts, cost reductions, and any other supply risks. Avoided problems cooperatively such as market impact with parts delivery delay. Achieved cost reduction target of 5% of material purchase amount in 2010. •During the supply chain crisis resulting from the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster in Mar 2011, organized project team for emergency countermeasures with engineering, plan &control and sales & marketing depts. Avoided any lost sales opportunities by changing production plan, finding alternative suppliers from my own network, and through urgent engineering study for on- time alternative installations. After this disaster, upgraded Business Continuous Plan of procurement and built safety stock for long lead time purchase materials. Show less



Sony Hungry Kft

• Hungary
• Travel Arrangements

• General Manager

  • Apr 2003 - Mar 2008

  Managed 4 sections’ staff of 55 members as Sourcing, Purchasing, Quality Assurance and. Warehouse & Logistics to conduct stable parts delivery, parts’ cost reduction, operational improvement and more efficient logistics with cultivation of human resource. •Achieved to localize purchasing bulky parts as stamping parts, mold injection parts, cushions & cartons by 100% by which saved parts & logistic costs by 5% of those purchase amount at average constantly from 2005. •Successfully improved inventory accuracy from 90% to 99.5%. Controlled inventory level of 25 days, well under the budgeted 30 days, through warehouse layout optimization, milk run introduction, frequent stock taking, and strict receiving time management. •Shortened logistic lead time of vessel cargo from Asia by 1 week via switch from German to newly developed Slovenian port in 2006 Show less

• Manager

  • Oct 1996 - Mar 2003

  •Managed 6 staff members to plan procurement strategy & actions for senior management level. Compiled procurement KPI data for the progress report. Collaborated with Sony overseas factories to promote cost down and stable parts supply. •Structured database of the procurement information to introduce web system for information retrieval among factories. Cut clerical work for monthly report processing by 1.5 headcount in 1997. •Integrated cost tables for stamping parts and mold injection parts into MS Access database, enabling simulation of the parts’ cost standards for supplier negotiation in 2001. •Developed new guidelines and operation standards in accordance with 3D-CAD for engineering design in 2002 after studying paperless process of new parts introduction toward the final engineering approval. •Achieved cost reduction of raw materials of steel & resins for Audio bulky mechanical parts by 5% to show large consumption Show less



Sony Precision Engineering Centre Singapore Co., Ltd.

• Sourcing Manager

  • Apr 1992 - Sep 1996

  •Established a sourcing organization in Singapore for “Optical Pick Up” , “VCR Drum” and “Magnetic Head” devices •Recruited 12 members for the sourcing staff and led them to research and develop local suppliers in ASEAN area. Focusing on major Japan-made parts, developed 12 new local suppliers, which shortened purchase lead time by 30 days and reduced costs by 10% on average in 1993. •Implemented “International Purchasing Operation” of competitive ASEAN parts to supply to related factories in Japan, Shanghai, and Korea for further contribution to overall device business by cost reduction of 5% at average from 1994 onwards. Show less

• Assistant Manager

  • Sep 1990 - Mar 1992

  • Sourced mechanical parts for electrical devices including Optical Pick Up, VCR drum and motors and planned suitable supplier allocation based upon rating points of quality, cost, delivery and service. Learned cost simulation, evaluation and negotiation with suppliers of stamping parts and mold injection parts for cost reduction. • Achieved cost down for responsible parts by 5% of annual target. Keep parts supply stable with no line down. • Sourced mechanical parts for electrical devices including Optical Pick Up, VCR drum and motors and planned suitable supplier allocation based upon rating points of quality, cost, delivery and service. Learned cost simulation, evaluation and negotiation with suppliers of stamping parts and mold injection parts for cost reduction. • Achieved cost down for responsible parts by 5% of annual target. Keep parts supply stable with no line down.



Minebea Co., Ltd.

• China

• Chief Production Control Officer

  • Aug 1986 - Aug 1990

  •Handled product planning and marketing for stepping motors and spindle motors. Searched and simulated motor market trends in Japan and US to provide feed back to new products design team. •Controlled motor production at Minebea Electronics concurrently to collaborate with sales, design, procurement and production, Planned the making of prototypes, launch production in Japan factory and transfer of objective production to Thailand factory. •Increased monthly production volume in Thai factory from 500K to 1000K as sales requirement in 4 month stay in Thailand. Led Thai staff to study parts purchase availability and production capacity with productivity analysis for their improvement. Show less



Kangyo Electric Products Co., Ltd.

• Officer

  • Jul 1985 - Jul 1986

  •Engaged in product planning and prototype arrangements for computer disk drive motors. (This company was bankrupt.) •Engaged in product planning and prototype arrangements for computer disk drive motors. (This company was bankrupt.)



Kato Works Co., Ltd.

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Officer

  • Apr 1982 - May 1985

  •Corporate sales and marketing of Cranes for Tokyo area managing 50 sales accounts and an annual target of 500Mil JPY. •Developed 2 new customers to add 30Mil JPY sales turnover and achieved over 500Mil JPY of the annual target in 1984. •Corporate sales and marketing of Cranes for Tokyo area managing 50 sales accounts and an annual target of 500Mil JPY. •Developed 2 new customers to add 30Mil JPY sales turnover and achieved over 500Mil JPY of the annual target in 1984.