Crystal Tan Ka Yin

Senior Sourcing Executive @ EDOTCO Group

About

Procurement professional with over 8 years of experience in end-to-end sourcing, contract lifecycle management, and supplier performance across telecommunications, infrastructure, and technology sectors. I specialize in strategic procurement planning, vendor negotiation, and contract governance, with a strong track record of delivering cost savings, compliance, and risk mitigation in complex procurement environments. My key strengths include: • Contract Management: Skilled in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various contract types including NDAs, service agreements, purchase contracts, and addendums. Adept at managing contract renewals, disputes, and legal alignment. • Strategic Sourcing: Proven success in leading sourcing exercises (RFQ, RFP, RFI), supplier selection, and tender evaluation for projects of varying scale and complexity. • Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborative and effective in cross-functional alignment with legal, finance, and technical teams to ensure procurement outcomes meet business objectives. • Process Improvement: Continuously improving procurement workflows, standard operating procedures, and documentation practices for transparency and audit-readiness.

Country

Malaysia

City

Puchong

Industry

Telecommunications

Skill

Supplier Negotiation, Contract Management, Indirect Purchasing, Tender Submissions, Tender Writing, Tender Offers, Tender Management, Tender Preparation, Competitive Tendering, Invitation to Tender, Request for Proposal (RFP), IT Procurement, Procurement Outsourcing, Renovation, Request for Quotation (RFQ), Analytical Skills, Digital Marketing, Change Management, Petrochemical, Sourcing

Experience

Senior Sourcing Executive

EDOTCO Group

2022-10 - Present · 4 yrs

Petaling

• Lead sourcing and contract negotiation for high-value infrastructure and service categories, with annual procurement spend exceeding RM20 million. • Manage full contract lifecycle: from drafting and reviewing commercial terms to coordinating legal review, stakeholder approval, stamping, and record-keeping. • Drive strategic cost savings initiatives, achieving over 12% reduction in vendor costs through re-negotiation and bundling strategies. • Collaborate closely with legal and finance teams to ensure procurement practices align with company policy and regulatory requirements. • Supervise junior procurement staff and contribute to mentoring initiatives within the team.

Procurement Engineer

BD Agriculture (M) SDN BHD

2019-2 - 2021-5 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Role: Develop and maintain vendor relationships to ensure a continued supply Handle price negotiation with vendor to obtain the competitive price Follow up closely with vendor to ensure good quality of product delivered and accuracy as per requirement

Sales Support Engineer

BD Agriculture (M) Sdn Bhd

2016-7 - 2019-2 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Role: Prepare sales quotation to sales/agents/customers Responsible for final accuracy “Technical Order” in the orders delivered Manage sales orders in ERP system and be a role model in projecting, coordinating with logistic department and sales representatives

Application Engineer

Kruger Ventilation

2015-3 - 2016-3 · 1 yr 1 mo

Role: Provide application and technical solution to customers Handle technical and engineering calculation, design by using AutoCAD skills and performs Computational Fluid Dynamics Handle daily sales enquiries and technical clarifications.

Quality Control Engineer

Sapura Kencana Petroleum

2013-10 - 2013-12 · 3 mos

Lumut

Role: Worked together with Quality Control Engineer in issuing and following up the CRN, NCR and QN. Assisted QA/QC Engineer in Internal Quality Audit Programme. Issued the Welder Penalty Letter based on the weekly KPI.

Education

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)

Petrochemical Engineering

2011 - 2014 · 3 yrs

•Committee Member of UTAR (Perak Campus) Engineering Society – 2011/12 •Secretary of UTAR Petrochemical Engineering Society (PES) – 2012/13 •Secretary of UTAR First Aid Society (Perak Campus) – 2012/13 •Public Relation Manager of Healthy Lifestyle Campaign May 2012 •Secretary of Convocation Carnival October 2012 •Refreshment and Ceremony Manager of First Aider In Every Home Camp 2013 •Chairperson of SPE Interaction Day 2013 •Vice-Chairperson of Healthy Lifestyle Campaign May 2013 •Treasurer of UTAR CEGT Green Technology and Engineering Exhibition March 2014 •Participation in 7th Malaysian Chem-E-Car competition 2012 •Participation in Oil and Gas Technology Expo and Conference (OGTEC) 2011 Visual Arts Competition •Training in Practical Environmental, Safety and Industrial Guidance for student engineers (PRESTIGE) program 2014 •Participation in the Study Tour Program 2014 held at Inje University in Gimhae, South Korea