Caihong Lin
Sustaining Specialist
Summary
Dynamic professional leveraging expertise beyond the laboratory department, with a strong focus on supply chain management, procurement, and vendor relations. Detail-oriented and results-driven, offering over 5 years of experience in sourcing quality goods and services while negotiating favorable contracts. Demonstrated success in managing cost-effective purchasing strategies and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Committed to driving process improvements and fostering cross-functional collaboration to enhance operational efficiency.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Sustaining Specialist
Thermo Fisher Scientific
08.2023 - 10.2025
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals on time and within budget.
- Improved customer satisfaction rates through proactive problem-solving and efficient complaint resolution.
- Followed all company policies and procedures to deliver quality work.
- Source and evaluate suppliers, manage vendor relationships, and negotiate contracts for [products/services] in alignment with company goals.
- Collaborated with internal teams to ensure procurement aligns with project timelines and budget constraints.
- Assisted in the procurement process by sourcing suppliers, obtaining quotes, and conducting cost analyses.
- Maintained inventory levels, ensuring the availability of materials without overstocking.
- Worked with vendors to negotiate pricing and delivery schedules.
- Assisted with vendor payment processes and managed invoices to ensure timely payments.
- Ensured timely and accurate order fulfillment, tracking procurement cycles, and resolving any issues that arose.
QA Technical Specialist
Becton Dickinson Medical (S) Pte Ltd
04.2022 - 08.2023
- Assisted in the procurement process by sourcing suppliers, obtaining quotes, and conducting cost analyses.
- Worked with vendors to negotiate pricing and delivery schedules.
- Ensured timely and accurate order fulfillment, tracking procurement cycles, and resolving any issues that arose.
- Maintained inventory levels, ensuring the availability of materials without overstocking.
- Maintain and monitor the retention samples inventory, storage conditions and expiration date and coordinate the discard of expired samples.
- Test and release purchased materials for meeting the acceptance criteria by thorough examination using the material/label/packaging materials specifications and approved test methods and procedures.
- Test and release semi-finished products and finished products according to approved methods and procedures.
Adv Laboratory Technologist
3M Innovation Singapore Pte Ltd
04.2021 - 03.2022
- Maintained inventory levels, ensuring the availability of materials without overstocking.
- Worked with vendors to negotiate pricing and delivery schedules.
- Provide technical / analytical support and responsible for the daily lab operations.
- Assist Supervisor in guiding the lab assistant to meet the targets /requirements.
- Lead efforts to resolve quality issues through effective problem-solving skills.
- Assist to develop, maintain and improve test methods / operation procedures.
- Prepare test samples / materials and maintain testing equipment and facilities.
- Provide the inspection / test reports.
- Ensure all documentation are in place and used as required by ISO standards.
- Compliance to all EHS, ISO and regulatory requirements relating to work centre / processes.
- Participate in lab improvement projects and cost reduction initiatives.
Material and Production Executive
Technofrom Edge Bond Solution Singapore Pte Ltd
02.2020 - 03.2021
- Assisted in the procurement process by sourcing suppliers, obtaining quotes, and conducting cost analyses.
- Worked with vendors to negotiate pricing and delivery schedules.
- Ensured timely and accurate order fulfilment, tracking procurement cycles, and resolving any issues that arose.
- Maintained inventory levels, ensuring the availability of materials without overstocking.
- To manage the availability of raw materials to support production schedules and customer orders.
- To review raw materials/finished goods safety stock setting and maintain at an optimum inventory level and avoid stock out and minimize slow moving and obsolescence.
Sales Administrative Executive
Bingbling Pte Ltd
03.2018 - 12.2019
- Responsible for handling customer's enquiries on order related matters.
- Assist in preparing sales quotation, purchase orders, delivery orders and coordinate to ensure orders are processed.
- Responsible for day-to-day operation data entry.
- Housekeeping of documents in both soft (online) and hard (filing) copy, handling of incoming and outgoing mail, faxes including courier delivery.
- Sourcing and purchase of indirect materials such as operating supplies to ensure stock levels are met.
- Review and coordinate for office equipment maintenance.
- Ensuring documents are filed and maintained according to company established procedures.
- Upload products on online platforms like Lazada, Shopee, Qoo10 and own homepage.
- Assist in event such as Baby Fair in handling customer's enquirers or promoting of company products.
Sales Executive
Soon Lian Hardware Pte Ltd
10.2016 - 02.2018
- Identify and secure new business opportunities.
- Respond to customer enquiry.
- Maintain good relationships and manage customer retention.
- Responsible for payment collection.
- Coordinate with the production department to ensure timely delivery.
- Liaising with supplies to check on the progress of existing orders.
- Checking quantities of goods on display and in stock.
- Direct report and support Sales Team Lead / Sales Manager.
- Achieved sales goals and service targets by cultivating and securing new customer relationships.
Laboratory Technologist
Teknor Apex Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
01.2011 - 08.2016
- Liaise for quotation and generate of job order for vendors to ensure calibration of lab equipment is performed and ensuring it comply with ISO standards.
- Coordinating for audits conducted by internal and external parties.
- Ensure day to day operation such as test routine samples on incoming QA and outgoing QC finish goods.
- Drafting of processes and acting as ISO Document Controller to keep track of changes and control work documents.
- Continuous improvement project such as layout for chemical storage room to improve overall workflow and work efficiency of disposing hazardous waste.
- Ad-hoc project assigned by Supervisor.
Production Operator / QC Laboratory Technician
Affymetrix Pte Ltd
03.2006 - 12.2010
- Ensure day to day operation such as test routine samples on incoming QA and outgoing QC finish goods.
- Liaise for quotation and generate of job order for vendors to ensure calibration of lab equipment is performed and ensuring it comply with ISO standards.
- Coordinating for audits conducted by internal and external parties.
- Drafting of processes and acting as ISO Document Controller to keep track of changes and control work documents.
- Continuous improvement project such as layout for chemical storage room to improve overall workflow and work efficiency of disposing hazardous waste.
- Ad-hoc project assigned by Supervisor.
Assistance Laboratory Technologist
Becton Dickinson Critical Care System
03.2004 - 03.2006
- Perform Limulus Amebocyte Lysate testing to ensure the finishing product does not contain endotoxin.
- Perform weekly water testing in production.
- Monthly performance water containers in production to ensure container used are not contaminated.
- Monthly Perform Monitoring Compressed Air: RCS for viable airborne microorganism and non- viable airborne particulates for production air quality investigation.
- Test routine sample for day-to-day operation outgoing QC finish goods.
- Ad-hoc projects assigned by supervisor.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Supply Chain
University of Wollongong
Singapore01.2016
Diploma Business Administration - Supply Chain Management
PSB Academy Singapore
Singapore01.2012
NITEC - Chemical Process Technology
ITE West Bukit Batok
Singapore01.2003
Skills
Multitasking Abilities
Equipment calibration
Vendor relations
Documentation management
Root-cause analysis
Continuous improvement
Emergency response
Analytical thinking
Team collaboration
Quality assurance
Adaptability and flexibility
Customer relations
Certification
Certified Supply Chain Analyst
Timeline
Certified Supply Chain Analyst
07-2025
SA8000 Internal Auditor Training
05-2025
Sustaining Specialist
Thermo Fisher Scientific
08.2023 - 10.2025
QA Technical Specialist
Becton Dickinson Medical (S) Pte Ltd
04.2022 - 08.2023
Adv Laboratory Technologist
3M Innovation Singapore Pte Ltd
04.2021 - 03.2022
Material and Production Executive
Technofrom Edge Bond Solution Singapore Pte Ltd
02.2020 - 03.2021
Sales Administrative Executive
Bingbling Pte Ltd
03.2018 - 12.2019
Sales Executive
Soon Lian Hardware Pte Ltd
10.2016 - 02.2018
Laboratory Technologist
Teknor Apex Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
01.2011 - 08.2016
Production Operator / QC Laboratory Technician
Affymetrix Pte Ltd
03.2006 - 12.2010
Assistance Laboratory Technologist
Becton Dickinson Critical Care System
03.2004 - 03.2006
Bachelor of Commerce - Supply Chain
University of Wollongong
Diploma Business Administration - Supply Chain Management
PSB Academy Singapore
NITEC - Chemical Process Technology
ITE West Bukit Batok