Patrick Ooi

ShowerCo Corporation Ltd is an Australian owned company which has been combining design and innovation with traditional handcraft to produce high quality products in bringing functional aesthetics to the bathroom. Currently supply complete shower systems to the local mining, retail and building industry. Export markets include Korea and New Zealand. Key Functions: Manage all sourcing nad purchasing activities, ensure product availability to support sales teams and keeping 3rd. party warehousing costs at minimum. Manage all Logistics functions and timely delivery of all overseas and locally sourced material. Key achievements and experience: Successfully led the purchasing and sourcing team in contract negotiations for the packaging category and achieved 7.5% cost reductions.. Introduced dual sourcing of Freight Services Provider which encouraged competition and resulted in increased DIFOT. Developed strategic business partnership with plastic extrusion supplier resulting in 40% increased efficiency of new product turnaround time

Dome Garden Supplies Pty Ltd is a leading international supplier of hydroponics and traditional horticultural products. Dome is the exclusive Australasian distributor of North American 'Grotek', as well as being the proud exclusive distributor to 'Nutrifield', a local range of products. Currently a specialized provider and deliver custom solutions in lighting equipment to the hydroponics industry. Key functions: responsible for the technical development & control of a range of quality, compliant, electrical product assembled locally or imported. Support the purchasing, sales & marketing function by liaising with suppliers on technical issues and supporting the product development function on other non-technical/electrical product. Manage & develop supplier technical relationships; design & implement technical aspects to contracts with effective monitoring and reporting requirements

Award Brands is an Australian owned and operated company based in Victoria and has evolved from a small business supplying the local hardware industry into a major Australian manufacturer and importer of hardware, plumbing, storage, home wares and independent living products. Currently provides Australian made products to countries such as New Zealand, South Africa, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Duties:Manage all Purchasing Activities, continuously sourcing for best price, quality and delivery. Implementing and overseeing simultaneous cost reduction programs, ensuring target dates requested by Sales Managers are met. Key achievements and experience: Successfully instigated and managed the utilities tender which was participated by 8 electricity companies. Called for a Tender Award to introduce competition in the Supply and consulted the expertise of an Energy Consultant Company which was able to increase the options on scope of supply by offering more economical alternatives such as more efficient metering ,capability of flexible switching of supply to ensure most economical rates at all times. Managed to save the company AUD$83K/Annum in Utility(Electricity And Gas)Bills. Successfully renegotiated and consolidated the supply of telecommunication services with the best potential service provider. Called in 5 different Service providers to negotiate our total requirements and their proposal of supply. The end objective was to obtain a cost reduced, overall improved level of service. Successfully achieved savings of AUD$60K per annum. This was a AUD$10K surplus on initial target of AUD$50K. I investigated cost of incoming sea freight from China and Europe that was eroding the company's profit margin. Discovered that sales were concluded at the last moment and products had to be sent via LCL on a lot of occasions. Once identified processes put in place to alleviate pressure on ordering. Achieved annual savings of approximately AUD48K on Incoming Sea Freight.

Assa Abloy Australia is the global leader in door opening solutions; dedicated to providing a product which guarantees security, safety and convenience. Formally Lockwood Australia, the Organisation became part of the multinational and Swedish owned group in 2007. Key duty was the procurement of a range of allocated goods and services from a managed supply base, always ensuring and providing products at the highest quality, at the best price and delivered within time restrictions. Key achievements and experience: Successfully resourced a brass commodity due to the only Australian manufacturer ceasing in trading. Authored a tender document which invited bids from various international manufacturers; analysed all tenders and created a short-list of potential candidates to send out technical specifications and confidentially agreements in order to protect already contracted suppliers. Managed the successful procurement of resource products from international sources; achieved a cost reduction of 10% in the process. Led the cost reduction of existing projects, achieving a saving of over AUD $2 million. Implemented the organisational Sourcing Strategy and Best Practice Purchasing to ensure a single price for all Assa organisations globally. Communicated and collaborated with the Purchasing Directors of all Assa Organisations, thus representing the global leverage of Assa and its associated global volume. Analysed and renegotiated many Pricing and Supply Agreements with European and China- based manufacturers. Successfully managed the consolidation of many Assa requirements on a global basis; successfully reduced the total cost of project worth AUD $2million Successfully developed profitable supply relationships with Asia- Pacific and European vendors. Successfully resourced five products lines to Asia-Pacific and European vendors' whist achieving a decrease in costs of 10-15%. Managed procurement portfolio of AUD $12million.

Electrolux is Australasia's leading household appliance organisation and markets its' products under the Electrolux, AEG-Electrolux, Westinghouse, Simpson, Chef and Dishlex brands. Key duties involved: all organisational purchasing functions; vendor sourcing and evaluation; cost control of projects; all cost reduction programs; strategic planning and sourcing; liaised with engineering regarding the coordination of supplies for new product; and ensured the timely delivery for products in order to meet production and delivery schedules. Key achievements and experience: Reduced organisation costs by 15-25% through successful outsourcing and resourcing of purchase items and subcontracted parts. In order to remain competitive in global market place, significantly reduced product manufacturing costs through outsourcing specific parts of the manufacturing process and the act of technology transfer with subcontracted organisations. Successful re-worked the supply chain and attained cost reduction of 15% across the board which enabled the organisation to widen existing customer base. Stabilised the purchase price of copper which was in constant fluctuation and experiencing a price hike. Renegotiated agreements with main suppliers, where suppliers agreed to a fixed price within a +/- 10% fluctuation. Improved services to customers by 5% through the successful negotiation of an attractive supply pricing agreement with the key supplier. Supported the engineering and design team to provide further cost reduction in terms of redesign of purchase material and subassembly process costs. Used multilingual skills to effectively communicate with all members of the project; communicated changes required in design to supplier, urging the design team to proactively and reactively to suppliers needs. Achieved an across the board cost reduction, allowing a product price reduction of 10-15%.

Unique Malaysia is the largest manufacturer of brass coils and rods in the South- East Asian region. Responsibilities included: purchased all direct material and capital equipment; liaised with suppliers; scheduled component intake to meet manufacturing requirements; set, maintained and controlled inventory stock levels; ensured compliance with quality standards; and liaised with management concerning purchasing requests, technical details, product price and availability.

Fiamma is a manufacturer and distributor of household white goods under the brand names of Elba, Faber, Ariston, Merloni and Zanussi. Key duties included: serviced all products and consumer appliances; sourced cost effective items and components; coordinated branch activities and branch warehousing; trained staff, conducted planning and managed the spares department and provided pre and post sales support to clients.

G.E.C is a multinational, British based manufacturing organisation with a long-history in the manufacture of whitegoods/ consumer appliance, electrical switchgear equipment etc. Daily tasks included: production planning and control; maintained the optimum level of production line efficiency; designed factory layout; managed equipment and new jig requirement planning with subcontractors; achieved target sales and quantities for production and assisted in product design.

Flextronics Singapore is a US based multinational organisation specialised in the design and manufacture of PCB's for the electronic industry. Duties involved: all purchasing functions for the organisation; procurement of the most cost effective items for the production process; vendor evaluation and appraisal; component/ material substitution and qualification; constant upgrade of AVL to achieve improved costings, pricing, delivery and quality; and the cost control of projects.