Denise Wan

China Procurement Strategy and Execution Head (Director) @ Novartis

About

I’m becoming a patisserie chef in Brisbane, embracing a completely different lifestyle from the one I used to have. Past: Procurement & operation excellence expert with both management consulting and solid inhouse experience across various industries, especially the pharmaceutical industry. Building working stream from 0 to 1. A team player, authentic team leader, and problem solver.

Country

Australia

City

Brisbane

Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Skill

Marketing Communications, internal audit, Internal Audit, Six Sigma, Management, Training, Purchasing, Human Resources, Analysis, Sourcing, Procurement, Lean Manufacturing, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Project Management, Strategy, Continuous Improvement, Market Research, Program Management, Supply Chain Management, Influence Others

Experience

China Procurement Strategy and Execution Head (Director)

Novartis

2019-12 - 2023-8 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Shanghai, China

- China Procurement Operation Head of ~20 people cross-country team - Price Negotiation, Demand Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Procurement Governance

Procurement Manager

AstraZeneca

2018-5 - 2019-12 · 1 yr 8 mos

上海

- Internal Control and Purchasing Operation Excellence - Category management for indirect sourcing R&D and sponsorship - lead team of low-value sourcing

China Sourcing Center hub leader

McKinsey & Company

2017-11 - 2018-5 · 7 mos

Shanghai City, China

- China sourcing center leader, covering Greater China, South Korea, Japan - Facilitate clients to build off-shore low-cost operation centers

Senior Analyst

McKinsey & Company

2016-7 - 2017-11 · 1 yr 5 mos

上海

- Supply chain, Procurement, Product value engineering work stream, focusing on Operation Excellence

Analyst

McKinsey & Company

2015-1 - 2016-6 · 1 yr 6 mos

Shanghai City, China

Junior Analyst

McKinsey & Company

2014-7 - 2014-12 · 6 mos

Shanghai City, China

Procurement Engineer- LS&E Procurement/purchasing

Philips

2013-5 - 2014-7 · 1 yr 3 mos

Shanghai City, China

1.Total cost of ownership saving project owner • Exhaust gas recycling and reusing project • Supplier lead time shorten project 2.Materials localization project owner 3.Key suppliers improvement program owner • Overall program management - aligned resource commitment, tracked project progress, identified opportunities to improve productivity, shared the benefit with suppliers and arranged trainings and etc. 4.Value engineering / value sourcing: identified over-spec materials and achieved saving 5.Suppliers risk management and consolidation with spend cube analysis 6.Chemicals/gases market research - supply and demand dynamics analysis and production process study 7.Plastics/chemicals/gases/quartz procurement process execution 8.New material sourcing for R&D products

Management Trainee

Philips

2011-7 - 2013-6 · 2 yrs

Shanghai City, China

Philips Lighting Purchasing Management Trainee - Supplier Quality Engineer • Responsible for metals, chemicals, packaging, plastics categories • Cooperated with R&D to define quality criteria, negotiated with suppliers on solutions and compensation • ISO9001 in-house auditor, VDA.6.3 auditor to suppliers • Green Belt Projects as SQE role - slow-moving materials analysis project Philips Lighting Marketing Management Trainee - Business Analyst • MKT research - HID lamps product benchmarking, competitor landscape and macro environment analysis • New products launching - Prepared and conducted the commecial presentation and demo to sales Philips integral project Management Trainee - Project Assistant • Establish supply & track system for sample delivery to make sure timely needs fulfillment for R&D & MKT