Supply Chain Project Manager

ZHIYAN CHENG

Saint Paul, MN, ***** • 651-***-**** •acb3wp@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• Over 10 years experience in Supply Chain (Purchasing, Procurement, Materials and Inventory Management, Demand

Planning, S&OP), overseeing the all-around operation of supply chain in international companies mainly in electronic,

telecommunication, semiconductors industries.

• Marketing strategy development as well as a business consultant with creative niches (annual revenue increased by 23%),

conquering a new and broaden market in a competitive circumstance for a nascent company.

• With strategic negotiation and analytical skills, development of Global and Strategic Sourcing team and building good

strategic partner relationships with key suppliers (the profit margin increased by 15% resulted from cost saving) .

• Rich experiences of handling global projects in supply chain operation: the largest sales order execution ($3 million), the

relocations of entire electronic factory from oversea to China (RFMD US factory relocated to China).

• The all-around sense of whole supply chain operation: driving cross -functional teams to fulfill challenging accomplishments;

The strong sense of to revenue producing activities like raising the inventory turnover from 10% to 18% by optimizing

material planning methods;

• Implementation of ERP systems (SAP, Oracle) as well as Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, JIT /Kanban, Kaisen projects.

• Development of suppliers, integration of global supply chain with team work experience among global team (Canada, USA,

German, UK, Korean) and exceptional communication skills. The ability to develop high performance teams, good trouble-

shooter and problem solver while delivering the desired results, keeping the sense of urgency.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Retech Payment System Saint. Paul, MN

Sales Manager 04/2012-03/2013

Responsiblities & Achievements:

Oversaw and optimized the order process to shorten the contract processing time from 7 days to 5 days.

Analyzed the industry database and set up market positioning strategy and unique niches to achieve an annual increase in

revenue from 20% to 43%.

Developed a system for customer management and retention approach to reduce the customer fluctuation rate from 10%

to 6%.

RF Micro Devices Co.,Ltd Shanghai, China

Planning, Sourcing, Purchasing Manager 05/2007-12/2009

Responsiblities & Achievements:

Built up the SH purchasing team including the whole department framework, policies, KPIs and developed strategies in

planning (500 modules finished goods and 10,000 raw matials), sourcing, purchasing ($4 million) to meet corporate goals

and objectives.

Drove the global team to complete the entire electronic factory relocation from US to China: implemented SAP system

installation; 200 modules manufacturing transferring; 5000 items raw material procurement localization.

Centralized all IDM procurement activities (total value: $1 million) involving in capital, facility, accessories,

construction, MRO, fixture, IT, services and so on.

Raised the profit margin by 15% by negotiating with key vendors and establishing new sourcing strategies.

Increased material availability rate by 20% through overviewing the materials MRP parameters.

UTstarcom Telecom Co.,Ltd Hangzhou,China

Planning & Project Manager 03/2003-05/2007

Responsiblities & Achievements:

Developed S&OP planning strategies and cultivated high proformance team: the customer satisfaction prompted from 6%

to 10%.

Led a global team to fulfill a $3 million project from materials procure ment to finished goods shipment by trouble-

shooting current procedure and finalizing the special procedure among mul -departments.

Gained inventory turnover rate rise by 20% by organizing internal material flow procedure, reducing obesolate inventory

of materials and finished goods from $86 m to $56 m.

Enhanced the planning department productivity by 23% through working with IT department to develop the varieties of

reports.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Shenzhen, China

Material Planning Supervisor 03/2000-03/2003

Responsibilities & Achievements:

Increased inventory turnover rate by 12% by reforming material planner structure and taking a learder to dispose

$400,000 obsolete inventory.

Executed buffer plan for key compenontes to increase on time delivery to customers by 20%.

Lenovo Huizhou, China

Material planner 07/1997-02/2000

EDUCATION

Minneapolis Community&Technical College Minneapois, MN

Business Management 08/2010-

NanHua University Hengyang, China

Business Management (Bachelor) 09/1993-07/1007

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