Herman Tan

Experience

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  Foxconn

  Jul 1998 - Apr 2000

  Design Engineer

  Worked as design engineer and was responsible for designing of stamping tools, attended cross-functional training on quality, engineering and production.

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  Varitronix Limited

  Apr 2000 - Feb 2003

  Process Engineer

  Worked as Process Engineer, take care of LCD, LCM, FPC ACF bonding and IC bonding process.Familiar with LCD manufacturing process and DOE

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  IBM

  May 2003 - Apr 2006

  CMI leader

  Lead a 4 staff team, involved in whole product lifetime for problem solving as engineering person from manufacturing side, worked as a technicl bridge between R&D and NPI team, travel and work in Japan design center during IBM new Thinkpad introduction phase.

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  Flextronics R&D (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

  Apr 2006 - Feb 2007

  Industrialization Manager

  Lead 8 direct report engineers and report to Sr. manager of Shenzhen design center. Manage Tooling and Product Engineering team from design concept to NPI phase of Printers & Copier, as a technical bridge between design team and manufacturing team. completed around 210 sets plastic tools and 130 sets metal tools qualification for Xerox printer.

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  Nokia

  Feb 2007 - Jun 2015

  Sourcing Manager

  Technical Supplier Manager from Oct.2014 to June,2015 in Microsoft Mobile, Be accountable for material availability and supplier compliance management as assigned supplier owner, build up and maintain overall supplier and internal customer relationship to assure continuity of supply and zero excess. measure, track and repot supply chain performance, own all suppllier related problem solving and reporting.Sourcing Manager from Feb.2007 to Oct. 2014 in Nokia Over 7 years working experience in Mechanical Strategic Sourcing team offered me opportunities to understand different perspective and expectations from stakeholders. work under pressure and get along with colleagues. knowing how to make a contribution and enjoy accomplishment. have built up solid knowledge of manufacturing process, technology solutions, quality, cost, supply and supplier compliance management in mechanical area like metal and plastic related visual enclosures, electro-mechanics assembly parts, glass window and ceramics Show less

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  GoPro

  Jun 2015 - Jan 2016

  Mechanical Commodity Manager

  Focus on Sports Camera and Drone related mechanical commodity management with CMs and JDMs, responsible for mechanical component suppliers’ price negotiation, contract agreement and capacity planning. Introduced suppliers for LSR and metal shielding manufacturing

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  Sonos

  Jan 2016 - Jun 2018

  Global Sourcing Manager
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  谷歌

  Jul 2018 - now

  Global Sourcing Manager