Simon Ng

Manage a team of GSMs covering PCBs, FPC(A)s, Antennas, Speakers, Microphones and Haptic Modules for Pixel, Nest, Fitbit and NTI projects.

Manage a team of GSMs covering PCBs, FPCs, Antennas, Speakers, Microphones and Haptic Modules for Pixel, Nest and Fitbit.

- Mange the Electro-Mechanicals commodities and own the engagements with the C-Level executives at Google Nest’s & Pixel’s strategic suppliers and partners. - Responsibilities include establishing and executing market leading sourcing category and supply base strategies in various categories via full market knowledge, supplier rationalization, predictable and industry leading commodity pricing plan, and total cost of ownership (TCO) cost modeling through transparent supplier relationship management. - Partner and work with a cross functional team to drive the supplier selection process and component qualification both under strict engineering and commercial best practices/disciplines. - Deliver most aggressive and closest-to-the-pin costing and budget (CAPEX) projections, with the ability to standup to the most aggressive alternatives, doubts, and scrutiny. - Achieve established commitments on total cost results, supply, quality and compliance adherence, and on-time delivery. - Involved project: Nest Thermostats, Nest Cameras, Google Home, Chromecast, Google WIFI, Pixel Phone etc.

- Managed in all material spend for Global RL service with profit and loss responsibilities. Responsible quotation process, purchasing, inventory hubs, Service Center fulfillments, RMAs, and disposition for Customer/RL Supply Chain Management. (Material included: PCBA, Display, battery, enclosures, accessories and packaging etc.) - Monitored service partners to execute Motorola strategy and driving global material strategy to meet Customer’s Service Level Agreement: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Out of Warranty Partners. - Controlled global inventory level to meet quarterly objective. - Responsible component supplier’s management for the EOL and pricing negotiation. - Implemented an inventory metrics to monitor service center performance. - Supported product life cycle from NPI to EOL and involve process blueprint for the service operation. - Managed team of Supply Chain Managers and Buyer/Planner for global service material management. - Managed supply chain/Suppliers/Third Party Service Provider/DC Hubs in Asia and Midwest in US. - Involved project: Nexus 6, XClock, Moto X, Moto G, Moto E, Moto 360, Ultra

- Developed and monitored the supplier selection process for all Kindle products. - Developed performance management for Executive team. Set target, measure and provide timely report of the supply chain and commodity management including: Cost/Lead team reduction, contract closure, tooling spend. - Core team member for the Business Review Development: concept review, market strategy, target customer, ASP setting, production development and feature. - Managed OPEX (Supplier NRE) and CAPEX (Tooling Budget) with responsibility to meet quarterly stretch target. - Responsible for Conflict Mineral management and Corporate Social Responsibility execution. - Developed Should-Cost model for mechanical commodity to support the ID/product management team. - Part of the core team for the ERP/Agile Product Cost Manage (PCM) development and implementation. Managed team of Supply Chain Program Managers in California and China.

- Host weekly cost review with executive management to deep dive through every aspect of product cost. - Responsible on cost target at a commodity level for the NPI programs. Part of the core team for the Business Review Development to drive ASP meeting the target cost. - Responsible for ODM/CM shipment schedule and capacity planning of the Accessories Business unit.

- Responsible for Global Operations Strategic Sourcing team to analyze overall materials flow and factors affecting cost/flexibility throughout the supply chain. - Managed Crystal, Cable, Connector and Antenna commodity strategic sourcing. - Managed E&O mitigation and achieved $5M cost saving from negotiation. - Worked with cross-functional teams (Engineers/NPI Manager/MPM/lD/Legal) during the Project Life Cycle. - Prepared standard and ad-hoc spend analysis, work with ODM/Suppliers to improve data accuracy, and continuously improve data process. - Responsible on IT projects for business process improvements and cross functional team projects. - Managed suppliers based in Asia. - Involved project: Palm® Treo, Pro, Centro, Pre, and Pixie

- Drove initiatives to improve gross margin and managed cost reviews. - Tracked materials financial performance, and initiate corrective actions when required. - Negotiated component pricing with Supplier and markup pricing for profit. - Coordinated sourcing strategies with Supply Management and Customers. - Mitigated shortages, excess on order and excess on hand. - Managed more than 5000+ active components - Supported of various areas (BOM costing, Customer Contracts Setup, MCO, Pricing Reviews, PPV, Error report etc.) within the Customer Supply Chain organization.