Justin Chen

Sr. Procurement Manager (Corporate Procurement Commitment) • Oversee overall BU(Business Unit) EE/ME parts, refine the database, analyze the potential cost reduction opportunity based on corporate point of view. • Buildup AI tool/system/dashboard to support executive level for the latest raw material, market intelligence, competitor information and so on for potential cost reduction opportunity, new tech supplier, in parallel, deploy the sourcing strategy aligned the latest market trend. • Setup supplier resilience system to have a holistic supply risk management and support BU to recover from expected/unexpected event, for example, typhoon, earthquake, political change, outbreak and so on. • Work with renowned consulting company to define key index for each BU, track/review the major reason business impact and recovery plan to secure company gross/operation profit.

Global commodity manager (Battery, acoustic parts and audio ICs) • Manage US $134M annual spending with major key suppliers around the world. • Lead the analysis of assigned commodity and industry trends, along with individual supply chain management and provide regular update to management level for decision making. • Meet with stakeholder managers to understand business priorities and translate them into procurement strategy and business plan. • Collaborate with engineering architects to develop commodity sourcing strategy and execute to best deliver to cost, supply, and innovation targets. • Manage Approved Vendor List (AVL) for commodity, supplier selection, qualification and price negotiation. In additional, survey potential supplier to ensure a competitive sourcing environment leading to continuous improvement in quality, cost, service and technology. Key Achievement: • Zero supply/quality shipment impact during 2021-2023 COVID pandemic • Setup VN/TW as multiple manufacture location (MP ready in Q1’223) to comply with market trend with annual USD $1.2M saving (for battery pack) • Set up regular core team meeting and first battery SBR(Supplier Business Review) which streamlines the internal communication vertically and horizontally and more sourcing flexibility at early design stage, as a result, he company and supplier share the aligned goal to move on. • Phase in 2nd source audio AMP IC to mitigate supply issue due to COVID19 shipment impact. • Setup SMP(strategy material preparation) w/GSM team, share long term forecast and build up strong relationship with supplier, as a result, 100% delivery fulfillment to secure company revenue in 2021 and H1’22. • Cost negotiation and waive 50%~100% cost up which lead to $3.9M cost saving in H1’22. • Negotiation with key IC supplier and gain 10M supply for H2’22 which can fully fulfill company demand

• Managed CPU suppliers (Qualcomm/MTK) with deep-dive of product portfolio along with the latest market trend to win the market. • Analyzed raw material price, market trend, competitor information to propose and produce reports to project the price trend and deploy necessary actions (ex. LOA/MOU). • Determine and select key strategy supplier, arrange high management meeting/tech road show to expand business scope as alliance to win the market. Key Achievement: • CPU rebate system go live to have transparent platform for management level, optimize time/human resource. • Co-work with Qualcomm to phase in the first VR CPU in the market (HTC VIVE VR) • Leverage existing battery item from Murata for HTC VR Focus Helmet with optimized/competitive cost.

Strategic procurement assistant manager (Battery, PCB and Acoustics team) • Managed US $118M annual cost of product spend and reported capital budget plan vs. actual to executive level. • Led and inspired team member to reach greatness through setting the bar, identifying problems and cultivating capability. • Monitored the quantitative and qualitative achievements of the team and reports results to meet company goal. • Utilized negotiation skills to achieve results and reach an understanding in the event of a workplace conflict. Key Achievement: • Led team to successfully implement outsourcing FPCA process. • Overall supply agreement hit rate >80% (best in the team) • Sourcing contact window for Google OEM(Pixel) project.

Strategic procurement supervisor (Battery) • Negotiated, leveraged engineering background and work across all functional team to • Settled down design selection with optimized BOM cost. • Assessed supplier operational capabilities to secure supply. • Developed evaluation criteria to select the strategy supplier • Reviewed contracts/agreements to achieve win-win purchasing based on company best interest. • Provided recommendations and advised senior management on all major issue from a business and engineering perspective of view. Key Achievement: • Surpassed 5-10% in cost reduction and reuse rate higher than company goal. • Introduced challenge supplier for resulting in 10%-13% savings for cost sensitive projects. • Settled down critical quality issue and obtained US $600,000 and US $300,000 compensation.

• Implement proactive actions (DFMEA/PFMEA/FTA) to strive supplier quality to exceed company quality standard. • Develop SOP/handbook to reduce potential failure and drive consistency of product. • Work cross functional team to determine root cause and develop short/long-term solution regarding failure happened in IQC/OQC/RMA. • Lead team to survey new supplier whom are engaged in achieving the organization’s quality objectives. Key Achievement: • Develop 1st handbook which provide ready reference for incomer and supplier. • Improve supplier quality performance from >1000 to <100dppmwithin one and helf year.

- Project engineer in automative business unit - Coordinate with Taiwan R&D, Thailand factory and customer - Lead first MP product in China market

Philips Semiconductor Kaoshiung(PSK), Kaoshiung, Taiwan Jan.2006 - Jun.2006 Reliability test engineer • Conducted reliability test of developing products with team based on company standards. • Composed 8D report and collaborated with team to make sure product time to market. • Analyzed and debugged test problems with development team in Switzerland.

Major in telecommunication and signal process