PATRICIA LIN

• Build the procurement department set up processes and procedures, conduct research, RFP, and award P2P & Finance system
• Identify and reduce 60% of the supplier list.
• Onboard more than 200 vendors in Coupa, identifying about 75% of agreements
• Conducted spending analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Negotiated contracts with suppliers to obtain favorable terms and pricing.
• Raise RFI, RFP, and award Procurement System and Implementation of Coupa P2P and NetSuite
• Renegotiated & Canceled Agreements bringing more than $1M in savings within 2H
• implement Procurement Policies, Terms & Conditions, and Dept. KPI's.
• Set Travel and Agreement policy with major airlines, and hotels and rent a car for Enterprise account
• Support AP to set up Invoice approval and payment process.
• Developed and maintained relationships with key suppliers for smooth communication and to meet required expectations.

• Global Sourcing Contract Agreements for Latin America (BR & MX) and EMEA (UK, France & Israel)
• Risk assessment agreements, evaluate a need to consolidate suppliers, RFP analysis, and future savings and OffBoard suppliers, cancel agreements for MX & BR Entities that were closed after the pandemic.
• Liaison with Legal, BU, and Stakeholders managing agreements from sourcing to pay (Coupa)
• Evaluate, draft, negotiate, and drive various marketing and services contracts from start to finish.
• I have analyzed complex data to identify cost-saving opportunities and forecast future demands.

• Purchasing - manage a team of two Senior Buyers to fulfill customer orders and maintain Kanban and JIT Inventory levels
• Manage new project development with manufacturing engineering, sourcing new and partnership with current suppliers working towards a long-term relationship
• Negotiate price, terms, and conditions, as well as improve the purchasing process to align with the business requirements
• Manage logistics contracts for ocean, air freight, and courier from Germany, Taiwan, and China
• Previously managed warehouse and inventory with a warehouse team of four personnel, responsible for picking parts to kit orders per index on time, to maintain the production line running without interruption
• Perform FIFO and cycle count periodically as well as annual physical inventory.

Experienced shared upon request.

• Direct & Indirect Purchasing focus on Strategic Purchasing/Contract Negotiation, Supplier rating, and awarding for the U.S
• And Canada
• Analyzed TCO & Savings, was a supply chain project manager for internal projects, and reached target IP annual savings KPIs of $1.7M
• Coupa software implementation, Team Lead for Sourcing and Order system for the US, Brazil, and Argentina (Sourcing and Procurement - Procurement to pay - P2P Coupa) worked in collaboration with cross-functional teams with architects, engineering, finance, PM, SME, and System Adm)
• Strategically worked to consolidate suppliers at the national level improving buyer power, and customer service and reducing procurement and supplier management costs through contract negotiation
• Sourced and identified vendors acting as a Project Leader to implement Vertical Lift Module (VLM) to automate processes and improve warehouse space and inventory accuracy
• The full scope of service, defining high-level scope based on business requirements achieving customer expectations
• Managed contract negotiation for the categories of MRO, HR & Professional Services, Facilities, Marketing & Communications, Real Estate, IT & Travel Management consolidating agreements at the national level and then standardizing policies and procedures with Canada
• Utilize Power BI to manage contract renews, supplier's potential risks, and better visibility of the supply chain
• (Supply chain analytics).

• Responsibilities upon request.