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Apple Law

Global Leadership Program Associate
Beaverton,OR

Summary

Aspiring future leader with strong vendor management and extensive end-to-end supply chain knowledge. Proven skills in enhancing productivity, efficiency and leadership with strategic mindset. Inspired to be empowering leader and build future supply chain

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Global Leadership Development Program (GLDP)

Nike
08.2023 - Current

Participating in the Global leadership program to develop into well-rounded supply chain professionals and potential future leaders across Nike Supply Chain Teams. Over the course of two years in the GLDP, I rotate/ have rotated through four significant functional areas across Market Supply Chain, Product Supply Chain and Demand Supply Management.

1. APLA Supply and Inventory Planning, DSM:

  • Led a team of six through organizational changes and deliver result with constrained resource
  • Supported delivery of business results for the Japan and Korea marketplace, optimizing PIFOT and managing inventory excess/shortages
  • Partnered cross functionally to develop hindsight process that support seasonal supply strategy

2. NA Digital Marketplace Operation, MSC:

  • Led an operational team that owns/ maintains core processes in NA SC network through SEC and organization changes
  • Ensured digital node health and order book readiness for BTS and SME for SEC contingency planning
  • Defined strategy and develop new tools for Inventory Cleaning Process under SEC impact with cross-functional teams
  • Developed the individual team members on storytelling on data, and ensure mental wellbeing

3. Global Apparel Material Sourcing, PSC

  • Leading a project on creating an internal operating model to engage cross-functional, cross-cultural stakeholder teams across product supply chain and material development to deliver sourcing goals
  • Overseeing long term strategy process for one of the material classifications, participate in strategy finalization and socialization.
  • Planning and facilitating workshops with cross-functional partner on brainstorming sessions, and support the creation of Top to Top content during MSS and Partner Summit

Others

  • Committee member of networking group Women of Operation; Organize activities such as mentoring program to fostering meaningful connection and support on career growth

Partner Manager

Nike
04.2020 - 07.2023
  • Built strategic relationship with manufacturing partners and identify growth opportunities and capabilities roadmap; successfully bring partner to achieve above bronze in compliance through partnership with RSC team
  • Act as central point of contact for cross-functional teams to drive collaboration, priorities and common goals.
  • Partner Segmentation Program: Partnering with Apparel Sourcing team to roll out partner segmentation strategy by designing a framework for partner capability evaluation
  • Analytics Project: Collaborate with Manufacturing Excellence team in using analytics to evaluate the effectiveness of Manufacturing Performance metrics

Senior Planning Manager

adidas
07.2018 - 01.2020
  • Designed and executed product strategy for source base reallocation to achieve multi-million cost mitigation
  • Optimized seasonal allocation by designing decision model and process automation
  • Assessed and review demand projections and reconcile gaps with supply plan
  • 2 months short term assignment in Mexico office to deploy end-to-end planning process standardization and complexity reduction

Strategic Sourcing Manager

adidas
05.2016 - 06.2018
  • Revamped scorecard and methodology to evaluate supplier capability and performance and align to sourcing strategy
  • Planned and facilitated annual two successful partner summit in Taiwan and US
  • Streamlined end-to-end sourcing and development process to enable sourcing flexibility
  • Developed and implemented strategic sourcing strategies to optimize cost and duty benefits by leading analytics workstream
  • Collaborated with material teams and product teams to develop material sourcing strategy that enables material proximity and unlock preferential duty benefit; Leading analytics workstream

Quality Analyst, Graduate Trainee

Marks and Spencer
06.2013 - 04.2016
  • Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies.
  • Developed monthly, end-of-quarter and other statistical reports for leadership team and quality improvement programs.
  • Drove efficient ways of working by digitalize factory audit process and rolled out to 3 regions.
  • Rotated in different departments in Sourcing office (Merchandising, technology, product development, supply chain, and sustainability)

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration - Marketing And Operation Management

University of Science And Technology
Hong Kong
08.2010 - 07.2013

Master of IT in Business - Digital Transformation

Singapore Management University
Singapore
08.2021 - 08.2023

Skills

  • Managerial skills
  • Strategic partnerships
  • Supply Chain Management
  • UX Design

  • Strategic planning
  • Change management
  • Data Analysis

Timeline

Global Leadership Development Program (GLDP)

Nike
08.2023 - Current

Master of IT in Business - Digital Transformation

Singapore Management University
08.2021 - 08.2023

Partner Manager

Nike
04.2020 - 07.2023

Senior Planning Manager

adidas
07.2018 - 01.2020

Strategic Sourcing Manager

adidas
05.2016 - 06.2018

Quality Analyst, Graduate Trainee

Marks and Spencer
06.2013 - 04.2016

Bachelor of Business Administration - Marketing And Operation Management

University of Science And Technology
08.2010 - 07.2013
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