ILene Tat-Tong CLTD, CSCP, C.P.M., CPSM®

Certified Instructor for CSCP

Spearheaded procurement of all materials and services with annual expenditure budget of $200 million. Selected Accomplishments: • Led 6-person team to exceed cost saving goal of $2 million year-after-year by training team to improve tactical and strategic buying initiatives. • Implemented $500K in cost savings in commodity purchases during first six months with Alere and $1 million annually. • Renegotiated unfavorable contracts to mitigate substantial risks to company. • Reduced operating costs by 20% by negotiating favorable terms on large, complex contracts and securing better supply agreements for lab services and R&D programs.

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Managed global supply chain for $540 million medical device leader across 14 distinct locations in US and abroad. Directed company’s main procurement and supply chain strategies for 40+ product lines and key OEM customers. Selected Accomplishments: • Leveraged Symmetry’s buying power to realize cost savings that increased company gross margins. • Negotiated $3 million global freight agreement with top carrier to save company average 20%. • Reconfigured MRO contract across eight facilities to reduce overhead cost by $850K. • Co-negotiated with metals vendors on $50 million master agreement to save company 21%. • Moved value-depleting steps to outside vendors to save company 19% on a $1 million contract. • Implemented supply chain strategies internally to assess and eliminate poor performing suppliers, thus netting Symmetry 80% supplier quality improvement and 20% cost savings. • Renegotiated sales commission paid to vendors (from paying vendors commission based on gross sales to a flat fee paid based on cost), thus saving Symmetry 17% in the first year alone. • Spear-headed Symmetry’s private label OEM efforts with our major implantable device clients. • Led C-level effort to reduce the high cost of launching new instruments and implants. Partnered with overseas vendor to piggyback on their 510K for implants, thus saving high costs of 510K approvals and reducing time to market by 12 months. • Re-aligned purchasing functions of Symmetry’s divisions and centralized master agreements for key raw material inputs and service agreements to match company’s C-level supply chain strategic initiatives. • Co-led efforts to negotiate long-term agreements for raw materials, freight, MRO, communications. • Led team that implemented company’s consumable and MRO across eight international manufacturing facilities. • Co-led team that rolled Symmetry’s new acquisitions into company’s global supply chain.