Isaac Chen

* Supply Chain and Supplier Management - Negotiate with IC and module suppliers for competitive prices, supply, and quality. - Optimize supplier strategies, improve performance, and enhance product quality and efficiency. * Procurement and Supply Management - Predict product trends and demands to create strategic inventory plans. - Develop material supply and demand models to meet financial goals. - Control inventory costs within budget while fulfilling orders. - Manage end-to-end supply deployment for efficient ODM production. * Market Analysis - Forecast supply and demand to ensure competitive pricing and steady supply. - Analyze market and competitors to align key components with trends. * Internal Management - Work with PM and RD to create competitive product roadmaps. - Improve AVL selection for flexibility and meet product needs. - Develop pricing strategies in line with market trends. - Design material specifications for future projects. - Launch new projects, ensuring testing and monitoring progress.

Managed Materials: IC, MCU, Discrete, Optoelectronic, DC Motor, Rubber, Magnet Responsible for material supply in the project of NPI and MP model ➢ Purchased semiconductor material for Dyson; I was responsible for procuring value increased by 750% within one year ➢ Established a data exchange system (API) to connect our Oracle system with the supplier's SAP system, reduced the purchasing process from three days to one hour ➢ Negotiated with our customs team, forwarder, and supplier about the transit route from the supplier’s fabs to ours, reducing total logistics costs by 40% ➢ Analyzed and allocated the share to capable suppliers based on the data of supplier's lead time, current capacity of supply, TCO cost, and score of supplier’s performances to assure smooth supply ➢ Formulated component supply strategy to keep any line from stagnation due to shortage of semiconductor components during the COVID-19 pandemic; e.g., changing the supply of active components from JIT (just-in-time) to JIC (just-in-case) and supply chain optimization projects such as VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory). ➢ Initiated cross-functional communication with internal teams, suppliers, and end customers to resolve more than 20 supply issues of semiconductor materials per month in order to fulfill production demand during the covid-19 period

Managed Materials: MLCC, LED, IR LED, Connector, PCBA Responsible for material supply in the project of MP model

➢Handled NPI & MP demand planning for lifecycle forecast, BTO(build to order) mix, SKU maintenance, risk mitigation; weekly tied out with production team and procurement team. ➢ Controlled inventory level, decreased turnover days from 30 to 20 days, and reduced the average weekly inventory cost by 20% ➢ Analyzed root cause of excess stock and adjusted amount of inventory to earn company US$50,000 for selling excess stock ➢ Coordinated with the Production and Sales Department to discuss and scheme the production plan ➢ Created purchase requests by SAP ERP and monitor the procurement team for status of material supply to fulfill demand

➢ Sourced potential construction materials and managed inventory of them for selling in Taiwan market ➢ Reduced total cost of "Project of redecoration convenience stores" by 60% and lowered order and delivery times from more than seven to two days

Relevant modules: International Trade (90), Economics (85), Monetary Banking (81)