Wenyan Li

Experience

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  Lenovo

  Dec 2007 - Jul 2008

  Information Technology Engineering

  • Design & develop work-flow based web systems and improve 20% work efficiency of approval process;• Maintain servers and managed database (SQLServer 2005);• Manage budget planning and progress tracking

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  Whirlpool Corporation

  Apr 2009 - Jan 2010

  Supply Chain Specialist

  • Provided analytical support to identify and implement opportunities to streamline and improve supply chain process, including:o A receiving schedule for purchased materials which reduced 90% of the time required and significantly eliminated the possibility of manual mistakes.o Kanban tools to support supplier kanban implementation which will result in substantial inventory reduction as well as improve reliability of supply. o Parts and space requirement calculators to realize efficient warehouse management and accurate inventory control. • Drove Lean and Six Sigma project work, Kaizen event and time studies on warehouse relocation and supplier kanban implementation project;• Supported parts delivery and sequencing work from Amana facility to Lean Logistic Center, the warehouse and sequencing center• Determined root cause of problems and implemented corrective and preventative actions• Developed and maintained standard work for Amana facility and Lean Logistic Center. Show less

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  John Deere Construction & Forestry Company

  Mar 2010 - Feb 2012

  Buyer

  • Managed purchase activitie and supported daily prodution for backhoe module• Developed and maintained ongoing relationships with suppliers to monitor and improve supplier performance including measurement of performance and defining corrective actions.• Developed continuous improvement in terms of performance and lowest total cost with the supply base utilizing quality process criteria and other supply management tools.• Supported the Engineering Change Management (ECM) process so design changes and product improvements are implemented in a timely and cost effective manner.• Developed and implemented improvement for Supply Management processes to support new product development program activities. Show less

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  约翰迪尔

  May 2012 - now

  • Lead functional team members, including quality,engineering, PVV and buyers, to work on cost reduction projects and:• Achieved 10% to 20% cost reduction of mutiple types of sheet metal parts by localizing suppliers to nearby cities;• Achieved 5% cost reduction by developing long term aggrement with critical suppliers;• Achieved 25% cost reduction of EL parts changing part distributor.• Indentify and develop stradies for mutiple commdities for lower cost,higher quality and better leverage;• Maintain supplier relationship to support daily production activites Show less • Report DM cost changes monthly to Factory leadership including SM, quality, operation, engineering, customer support and etc;• Drive cost reduction projects to be implemented on schedule by working with functional team members of each commodities;• Forecast interfactory TIC changes, currency impact to DM and raw material cost changes each year;• Work with finance team closely to keep cost data accurate and data alignment• Lead Idea generation events several times a year, including VI, machine tear down, virtual tear down, line walks and etc; Show less • Lead EDI projects for John Deere Tianjin Division. Have over 100 suppliers turned on EDI in a year. First factory in China to implement EDI and achieved 100% goal;• Supported SAP parameters setting to align with business needs of supply management team• Implemented Common Process of Tools & Technologies to China Factory of John Deere Tianjin Construction Works, including processes: Achieving Excellence, Goods Receipts Compliance and so on• Developed standard reports to supplier daily production process, including cancel/dead part reports, part delinquency report, open ASN report and so on; Show less

  • Supply Base Manager

    Nov 2020 - now

  • JDM & Project Manager

    Mar 2019 - Oct 2020

  • Supply Base Manager

    Aug 2016 - Mar 2019

  • Cost Specialist

    Mar 2015 - Jul 2016

  • SAP Parm Specialist-MM

    May 2012 - Feb 2015