Amanda Kuo

Experience

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  Tianjin Kaifengde Import & Export Company

  Jul 2010 - Jun 2011

  Foreign Trade Sales

  1. According to product positioning, develop potential customers, cultivate customer base and arrange for customers’ visit.2. Arrive real orders with potential customers.3. Make all documents for custom and arrange shipment.4. Communicate with customers in time; inform every status of the products to customers. 5. Be responsible for handling customer complaints, and striving to improve customers’ satisfaction.

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  Foxconn Group

  Jul 2011 - Jul 2015

  Business Project Management

  1. Assist BU high levels on business and operation management.2. Draft the factory operational and business plan; prepare for annual budget and major investment plan, work out the cost control proposal and submit to high management for approval and supervise its implementation.3. Organize BU high levels to hold business meeting on regular basis.4. Lead the business and operational review including of facility capability, capacity, labor resource plan as well as organizational structure; work out factory operational processes and systems and continue to improve them; assist to set up product and operating platform.5. Summarize cost, revenue & profit, operational status of the factory; draft factory weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual operating reports.6. As the team leader of TJ Business and Operation Management Division, offer a reasonable quotation to customers base on considering the cost structure and profitability; in charge of ROI analysis on new customers and products; provide critical referring suggestions of business strategy to BU high levels.7. Lead the price negotiations and trading contracts editing, containing of the negotiations of incoterms, payment terms and warranty, etc.8. Arrange and receive customers’ visit and prepare for the presentation of the department. 部分表示

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  Lenovo Group Ltd

  Aug 2015 - now

  Cost Manager

  Commodity cost management:1. Align with GCM for commodity roadmap/cost target and drive commodity deals to meet BU target2. Attend QBR meeting to review commodity cost competitiveness with GCM/Suppliers3. Set up monthly cost interlock to release commodity cost tape/rebate, and share cost trend with frontend 4. Monthly release cost dashboard and regularly report to executive team for cost analysisProject cost management: 1. As Lenovo Products Cost owner, set up product cost budget and drive it meet budget. 2. Management product cost to ensure the cost competitiveness in industry and meet customer expectation.3. Proactively plan products cost and identify cost opportunities, generate cost reduction plan and drive cross function team execution to get cost saving.4. Cost Communication with frontend about product cost position/changes, monitor on time cost loading and improve accuracy in related IT system to support frontend pricing.5. Optimize cost management process and reports.E2E cost saving management: 1. Work with Finance and GCM to manage MDF/BDF rebate to support BU business requirement2. Work with Finance/PO to manage BU program funding planning and allocation3. Allocate commodity cost saving in quarterly basis according to commodity consumption and BU strategy 部分表示