Jesse Chen

Experience

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  Military Band, MND; Marine Corp.

  Nov 2006 - Oct 2007

  Conductor, principal flute
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  Gigabyte

  Feb 2011 - Apr 2014

  FAE
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  Bosch Security and Safety Systems

  May 2014 - Feb 2023

  • Project leader on public address and conference systems.• Directed special projects as well as purchasing, vendor relations, contract negotiations and product maintenance processes• Coordinator of front-end activities and strategic sourcing processes • Responsible for managing out-sourcing projects for security camera portfolio, which included indoor/outdoor security cameras, and accessories.• Acted as the key account to drive vendor side project execution to ensure quality, time to market, and cost control.

  • Project Manager, PA and Conference Systems, PMO

    Jul 2017 - Feb 2023

  • Project Manager, Video Systems, Purchasing Group

    May 2014 - Jul 2017
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  Bosch Sensortec GmbH

  Feb 2023 - now

  Purchasing Manager

  Be part of an international procurement team to purchase Foundry and Test services for consumer products.- Capacity Monitoring: Technical understanding about the products and production processes. Negotiate capacity agreements and ensure its implementation. Perform bottleneck management to ensure the on-time supply. Work with suppliers cost reduction initiatives by driving continuous improvement initiatives.- Supplier Management as Purchasing Manager for dedicated foundry suppliers in the mass production phase. Responsible for all commercial topics and local support in supplier relationship Mgmt. (Local supplier risk assessment/management, support in escalations, drive and support price and contract negotiations)- Initial Supplier Scouting / Sourcing in Asia / Onboarding of new suppliers- Supply Chain Management (Design/Planning/Troubleshooting of/in supply chain, i.e. quality or assurance of supply risk)- Project Management (Support on development and communication among engineering, purchasing and local suppliers, monitoring project milestones and design change management)- Supply Market Intelligence (To collect supply market information from local sources to support the team at the headquarter) Show less