Chris Cao

Strategic Purchasing Expert @ Bosch Rexroth

About

Sound knowledge in both mechanical manufacturing process and international trade; Solid experience on Sourcing Process from RFQ, Quotation, Vendor selection, technical discussion, Parts Qualification through Production and annual negotiation; Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with people at all levels within company and at suppliers; Open minded, esp. when facing problems of intercultural work and matrix structure multiple interests; High sense of responsibility; exceptional problem-solving skills, unique technical knowledge, Over 20 years sourcing project experience in Fortune 500 company especially in Off road industry

Country

Mexico

City

Querétaro

Industry

Industrial Automation

Skill

Purchasing Supplies, Intercultural Skills, Capacity Planning, Troubleshooting, Localization Testing, Cycle Counting, Applied Mechanics, Strategic Sourcing, Test & Measurement Instrumentation, eSourcing, Fully bilingual English, Quality Control Training, Product Sourcing, Parts Sourcing, Plastics Compounding, Supplier Quality Engineering, Instruction, Contract Negotiation, Supplier Quality, Increase Productivity

Experience

Strategic Purchasing Expert

Bosch Rexroth

2024-9 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

Querétaro, Mexico

- Sourcing for casting, forging and sintered parts in Mexico and American market - Supplier strategy establishment - Contracting and price negotiation - Forecast definition - Delivery assurance - Supplier development

Sourcing Manager

Bosch Rexroth

2006-8 - 2024-7 · 18 yrs

Shanghai, China

- Coordination with plant material teams in BR locations worldwide and jointly establish the Strategy to source parts and finished products from China, Pur volume from 0 to 87 mio.; - Lead the team for commodities such as Die-casting, tooling, machining, Al-extrusion, forging, plastic, rubber, stamping, fastener and assembly components; - Establish the competitiveness of those commodities and the sound supplier base in China; - Improve supply chain productivity, quality and on-time-deliver of key commodities; - Manage the supplier capacity and negotiate with supplier to ensure DC can get the most favorable allocation when capacity issue incurs; - Interaction with suppliers and their high level executives; - Presentations to executives of findings, opportunities and progress;

Soucing Engineer

Bosch Rexroth

2004-9 - 2006-7 · 1 yr 11 mos

Shanghai, China

Sourcing Engineer

REMEC Broadband Wireless

2003-2 - 2004-8 · 1 yr 7 mos

Sourcing department: Sourcing Engineer (Team leader for Motorola NPI projects) - Carry out all purchasing issues for part localization: supplier selection, quotation & analysis, purchasing contract, samples/small batch order, part/tool reception, etc - Coordinate with different depts. in company to reach localization project schedule - Work closely with engineering team and suppliers for technical transfer - Ensure suppliers have appropriate quality systems, audit effectiveness, supplier source release, drive corrective action plans and supplier process improvement - Initiate and implement continuous improvement plans on design, quality, delivery, service and pricing

Process Engineer

Volex

2002-1 - 2003-2 · 1 yr 2 mos

- New project launch, including raw material, machining, layout, operator organizing and coordination; - Process document translate & visualize; - Operator training English interpretation; - Cycle time calculating and process optimizing until mass production

Mechanical Engineer

Sufa Technology Industry Co., Ltd.,CNNC

1998-1 - 2002-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Suzhou

-Responsible for process Instruction (Turning, milling parts, assembly & testing); -Trouble shooting and process optimizing; -Special tooling design; -Product quality control & labor training; -Customer acceptance service & technical support, etc.