Becky HOU

1. Category Management: Support and drive the transformation of Purchasing department in line with the company's growth goals, develop and implement category strategies to support business growth, reduce risk and improve service levels, and deliver sustainable cost savings. Covers Marketing, Medical and PR related services (e.g. Media, Events (ATL & BTL), Creative, Medical services etc.) in scope of China, United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. *Achievement: Collaborate with cross-function team, to achieve supplier base 18% rationalize and 7% cost saving of Agency Category through Category strategy upgrade & Strategic Sourcing. 2. BP Role: Proactively builds good relationship with key stakeholders. Engage in a consultative and collaborative manner to define business pain point, develop value added opportunities and shape fit for purpose strategy/solution. 3. Supplier Management: Take full accountability in managing preferred suppliers, collaborate with stakeholders to manage suppliers, build good relationship with strategic partners, continue to optimize supplier base in align with Category Strategies. *Achievement: Design Supplier Relationship Management guideline, drive team move to established stage of SRM. 4. Innovation: As an enabler to bring change & innovation to leverage needs, identify new business opportunities to drive topline. *Achievement: Exploring the application of AI technology in medical service to help users improve 80% work efficiency and achieve approximately 20-30% cost savings. 5. Team Management: Guide team member's work, foster member's business ability and improve procurement efficiency. 6. Collaborate across departments to achieve business goals, ensure daily operations in compliance with company Procurement policy, Guidelines and Procurement SOPs.

1. Category management: Establish category strategies of assigned category. Continuously improve supplier pool to ensure supply and cost competition target. 2. Cost Control: Execution of overall sourcing strategies and tactical direction, identify opportunities with potential savings to meet average 10% saving target. 3. Innovation: Conduct benchmarking with external market and industry’s best practices to drive cost solutions. 4. Supplier Management: Review supplier performance on a regular basis to ensure compliance with terms and conditions of contract and where necessary take appropriate action to meet the business objectives. 5. Ensure procurement work executed with full compliance in YUMC policies and Food safety’s laws and regulations.

China Leaders for Global Operations Program

1. Category Management: Lead team to set up indirect procurement structure from 0 to 1, develop category strategy for Full categories incl. MKT (ATL & BTL), MICE, Logistics, Facility, MRO, Professional service etc., overseeing procurement across 2 offices and 3 plants. 2. Cost Control: Identify opportunities with potential savings, and support stakeholders to better manage their business spend with improved cost/productivity, achieve over 2.5% annual saving target. 3. Supplier Management: Design supplier management guideline, collaborate with stakeholders to manage suppliers, build a good relationship with strategic partners, and continue to optimize supplier base in align with sourcing strategies. 4. Project Management: Support Global and APAC to developing Sourcing strategy to deliver category and savings targets. *Achievements: Lead the first centralized project-PPE of TOTAL China, conduct 8 affiliates to centralize vendors from 30 to 4, achieve 8% cost saving, 5. Procedure Optimization: Continuous improvement of Procurement procedures and systems, develop effective methods to reduce costs and increase efficiency by optimizing business processes, improve the efficiency by 5% annually. 6. Team Management: Provide coaching to team members, continuously improve their professional ability and help team members to enhance their professional competitiveness. 7. Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams for the development and execution of all aspects of category strategies and business innovation program.

Manage FG import planning, inventory, cost analysis to support business development.

Responsible for direct and indirect purchasing, support Purchasing Manager to achieve global sourcing targets.

Purchase and export chemical RM, semi-finished materials, and FG; Develop new customs and qualified suppliers.

SJTU-MIT China Leaders for Global Operations (Full time MBA)