Benson Li

Experience

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  Lucent Technologies

  Aug 2000 - Oct 2006

  Budgeted Asia/Pacific and China region budgets which were $19.3M and $13.1M in 2006, respectively.Received SCN President Award in 2005 for establishing China cross-function financial operation system and related processes.Organized reverse logistics team and led the team achieving 21% reduction in logistics cost in 2004.Forecasted and controlled repair / logistics / inventory cost and audited expense / man-hour allocation to support network optimization decisions such as international production capacity transfer and new DC establishment.Coordinated company wide lean production project to reduce cost as well as increase flexibility.Assisted Sarbanes-Oxley auditing. Identified 21 risks and set up corresponding protective measures.Counseled technical solution business by assessing customer equipments and analyzing company resources considering cost, technology / production capability and inventory. Brought company $10M revenue annually. Show less Led team who managed supplier accounts including all domestic CDMA and Switching suppliers and third party suppliers worldwide. Directed the repair equipment/technology transfers of more than 60% third party items and saved 30% of total cost; coordinated internal and external organizations to shorten the lead time of Switching products from 24 days to 15 days and CDMA products from 61 days to 30 days; and restructured CDMA domestic-repair process to simplify repair processes and reduce inventory by over $1M.Managed customer base and in a liaison role facilitated overall customer needs while providing continuity for the supplier team account managers. The team achieved the highest Customer-Value-Add (CVA) index of all competitors in 2002. Show less

  • Senior Assistant to Director of Asia/Pacific and China

    Oct 2002 - Oct 2006

  • Team Leader

    Feb 2001 - Oct 2002

  • Assistant

    Aug 2000 - Feb 2001
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  Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc.

  Aug 2008 - May 2011

  Established, managed and retained P&L responsibility of Caterpillar's first manufacturing distribution node for hand-weight, high velocity Kanban parts including procurement through line-side deliver to 8 major internal clients and numerous China domestic and export plants and suppliers. Worked in Shanghai, China since 5/1/2010.Developed $60 million 2011 CLC budgeted revenues.Established Transfer Pricing System including performance based logistics fees with financial penalties. Pricing structure minimized risk and reduced tax loss at corporate level. Tracked financial results monthly and annually. Managed monthly rolling business plan forecasts which included the allocation and deployment of human resources and leased and capital assets.Established commercial processes including normal and custom services invoicing, and the qualification and on-boarding of new customers.Administered contracts, implemented operational strategies, and led overall client engagement strategy that included leadership meetings to review contract commitments against actual performance, and affirm client expectations.Provided direction to internal support organizations, managed new business development opportunities with existing and targeted new clients. 2011 revenue target increased 30% compared to annualized 2010 revenue.Collaborated closely with operation's team to reduce CLC operating costs below budget by $700K.Led several key projects including Europe sourcing, fitting parts consolidation and exportation, kitting service ($10M), Inventory Buyback service ($3M) and US to China selling price re-negotiation.Accountable for client relationship and satisfaction. Acted as a trusted advisor to the client and created new products or services to meet client needs. Defined business development direction, determined priorities, led the solutions team, and resolved client satisfaction issues. Show less

  • Manager, Account Management for China Logistics Center (CLC)

    Jan 2010 - May 2011

  • Manager, Solution Development

    Mar 2009 - Jan 2010

  • Manager, New Business Development

    Aug 2008 - Mar 2009
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  Huawei Technologies

  Aug 2011 - Apr 2014

  Senior Manager / CFO

  Senior Manager of Huawei-Symantec JV (Plus) Studied industry benchmarks and set company KPIs, oversaw monthly and YTD expense, headcount and CAPEX, broke down expense numbers and mapped to operations to analyze the root cause of unusual cost fluctuations.Worked with Sales, R&D and Supply Chain to reduce low-turnover inventory by 20%. Main methods included SO regulation (modularized customization), internal purchase incentive plan, SKU aggregation& reduction, etc.Senior Manager (Headquarter) / CFO of Brazil Supply Center (BSC) Budgeted, tracked and retained responsibility of financial results for BSC, one of the four overseas supply centers of Huawei. 2012 budgeted revenue $182M.Led business accounting and settlement between BSC and other BUs for services and goods delivered.Forecasted, analyzed and controlled global inventory cost at corporate and regional level. ($807M for 2012)Mined data from all channels and utilized strong analytical skills to discover useful information to support the decisions such as trading mode selection (turnkey/consign/buy-sell), tax/accounting solutions, TCO analysis, etc.Optimized South-America supply chain network, including warehouse moving & consolidation, Legal Entities establishing and closing-down, SKD/CKD outsourcing/self-made selection, supply node/path design, etc. Show less

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  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

  Research Associate

  Worked on the following two projects funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council:  “Facility Location with General Facility Cost Functions”. Designed a supply chain network consisting of manufacturers, warehouses, and customers with general non-linear facility costs incurred at the manufacturers and warehouses. “Location-Inventory Network Design Optimization with Service Differentiation in a Business-to-Business Environment”. Studied a facility location model with two-echelon inventory decision under stochastic demand and service differentiation. Show less

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  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Jan 2021 - now

  Postdoctoral Fellow