Jeff Cheng

Experience

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  Au Optronics Inc

  Jul 2001 - Oct 2004

  Purchssing Engineer
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  Delphi Electronic and Safety (Suzhou) Ltd

  Oct 2004 - Aug 2007

  Regional Buyer

  Position: Asia Pacific Metallic Buyer,Report to: Regional Commodity Manager (Locates in Singapore),Subordinate: 1,Commodity in charge of: Stamping, Aluminum, Zinc or Magnesium die casting, Spring,Responsibilities:*In charge of metallic sourcing office for Suzhou and Singapore plants*Localize components for transferred project from oversea with controlled cost target,*Deal with RFQ, cost analysis by cost model study, negotiation and launch components on time according to global sourcing procedure,*Develop local potential supplier, audit new supplier with advanced supplier quality engineer,*Follow up cost saving plan and maintain supplier with regional purchasing strategy, working with supplier for continuous improvement,*Support planning team to ensure supplier provide on-time delivering,Purchasing fact:--Annual purchasing value: USD 6 Million,--Annual cost saving: 4.5%,--Supplier service rate: 95%,--Supplier localization rate: 75%, Show less

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  Hutchinson Industrial Rubber Products (Suzhou) Ltd

  Aug 2007 - Aug 2010

  Purchasing Manager

  Position: Purchasing Manager,Report to: Purchasing Director (from France)Subordinate: 5Commodity in charge of: Stamping, Aluminum die casting, Gravity casting, Iron Casting, AluminumExtrusion, Machining, Tube, Cold Forging, Powder Metal, Plastic Injection, Rubber etc,Responsibilities:*Lead 2 sourcing supervisors and 1 planner, daily working & task assignment ,adjust & balance loading, team member training providing,*Monitoring monthly purchasing activity performance and variance, yearly team personal performance review,*Lead the process of qualifying and selecting suppliers in term of supplier scope, capability, price level etc, develop and maintain AVL supplier to ensure good quality and timely delivering,*Set up cost saving target, drive team to obtain productivity planning and reduction target on time, definePurchasing strategy to optimize and combine business with strategy supplier for long term cooperation,*Strong supporting to SQE team to make sure supplier react immediately and correctly with action plan, to fix quality problem and make effect efficiently,*Work with marketing and engineering team, provider of purchased raw materials cost for sales bidding, control purchasing cost in line with target when project launches, ensure project going smoothly according to project planning,*Solve problem of emergency, delivering with planning, production and project team,Purchasing fact:--Annual purchasing value: RMB150 Million,--Annual cost saving: 5%,--Yearly supplier service rate: 90%, Show less

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  GEA(Shanghai) Farm Technologies Co., Ltd,

  Sept 2010 - Aug 2011

  Purchasing Manager

  Report to: Company President (from Germany)Subordinate: 4 (3 buyers+1 planner)Commodity in charge of: Metal &welding parts, common industrial components, air and hydraulic control parts, motors, transmission componentsand stainless steel & welding parts, and cooling system etc.Responsibilities:*Manage purchasing department, including raw material sourcing, indirect purchasing, daily work assignment and subordinate performance measurement,*Departmental reporting of purchasing performance and Support management decision.*China sourcing role in GEA global purchasing team, looking for competitive suppliers,*Maintain the raw material cost level to fulfill the marketing competition, secure the on-time delivering to customers and Production needed,*ERP(SAP) system, Purchasing contract and documentation management,Purchasing fact:--Annual purchasing value: RMB60 Million,--Annual cost saving: 5%,--Implement SAP in Suzhou plant with purchasing procedure optimization, set-up all purchasing data and format to ensure MRP planning correctly. Ensure all the operation with SAP have been done properly;--Set up workshop in Suzhou within 3 months.--Transferred Canadian manure product to Suzhou, 90% components have been sourced locally from imperial to metric, average cost saving 30%, Show less

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  Manuli Hydraulics(Suzhou) Co., Ltd

  Feb 2012 - Oct 2018

  Purchasing Manager

  Report to: General Manager (from Italy)Subordinate: 4 buyers+ 1 SQECommodity in charge of: steel wire, synthetic rubbers, carbon black, additive and chemical, machine and equipment, facilities, MRO etc,Responsibilities:*Manage purchasing department, including raw material sourcing, indirect purchasing, *Departmental KPIs setting and annual review, continuous improvement.*Coordinate within Manuli global purchasing team, looking for sourcing opportunities in China worldwide,*Negotiation of strategic raw material purchasing contract with central purchasing,*Select new potential supplier according to procedure and cost target, supplier auditing and quality claim, improvement, implement the new role of SQE in purchasing organization to improve supplier quality management.*ERP(SAP) system, coordinate with production planning,Purchasing fact:--Annual purchasing value: RMB295 Million,--Annual cost saving: 8% for raw material, 15% for consumable and spare parts, Show less

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  SIG (Suzhou) Co., Ltd

  Dec 2018 - Aug 2019

  Strategic Sourcer

  Report to: Head of Procurement (from China)Commodity in charge of: CAPEX for new plant establishment and spare parts localization & consolidation for filling machines’ after service.Responsibilities:*In charge of new plant CAPEX all investment and spending (plant building is 65k sqm);*Responsible for the compliance of defined strategies with local guidelines and global category guidelines; Support for category lead in the implementation of sourcing projects. *Looking for new suppliers and further opportunities to improve cost competitiveness, especially for new plant investment.*Organize the bidding process for important investment and spending, follow a transparent and comprehensive decision-making process.*Lead the spare parts consolidation project for machine after service.Purchasing fact:--Total new plant investment: EUR100 Million in 3 years,--Spare parts consolidation cost saving: 25%, estimated yearly saving RMB3M. Show less

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  CGT(Changshu) Co.,Ltd

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

  Purchasing Manager

  Report to: VP Global Procurement (from China)Subordinate: 4 (3 RM buyers+1 Indirect Buyer)Commodity in charge of: PVC Resin, Plasticizer, Top-finish, TPO resin, stabilizer, additive and other chemicals, subcontracting of lamination & perforation, internal processes; and indirect purchasing included investment like equipment, facilities, MRO, Services etc.. Responsibilities:*Be responsible for PPV + VAVE and raw material cost of company EBITA goal.*Optimize commodities strategies and team’s assignment, establish key commodities negotiation strategies and pricing mechanism for middle term.*Develop new potential alternative supplier for strategic commodities in securing cost saving plan and company middle/long term business plan.*Supply chain risk management, to ensure the supply sustainability, included key suppliers supply/financial risk assessment, EHS, CSR implementation. Also provide emergency supply plan while supplying and cost facing dramatic situation.*Coordinate with global purchasing team to form global purchasing strategies, and work closely with China technical team for VAVE initiative.*Provide training and coaching to the team, to build up independency of the team individuals.Purchasing fact & project:--Annual purchasing value: RMB585 Million,--Annual cost saving（Y2020）: 18.5 M RMB-5% for raw materials, 2.6M RMB-10% for indirect purchasing.--Established indirect tendering & bidding process with transparency to manage big spending.-- Optimize direct raw material purchasing procedure and establish new material qualification procedure to fulfill VDA 6.3 requirement, ensured purchasing orgnisaton to be qualified by Daimler’s SD project.-- Lead CGT SAP project implementation for purchasing function. Established SAP blueprint for purchasing activities and worked with key functions to optimize and change the procedures and practices on the company level, in order to launch the SAP project successfully. Show less

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  轻舟智航

  Aug 2021 - now

  高级采购经理