CHEN SHIMIN

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Material Planning: Conduct statistical analysis on past consumption, lead time, material value, and International standard requirements to optimize inventory levels, and ensure operational efficiency.
• Inventory Management & Replenishment: Perform periodic inventory reviews to trigger timely replenishment, using a provisioning model that considers lead time, consumption trends, regulatory compliance, and cost-effectiveness (MOQ and value analysis).
• Project Forecasting & Coordination: Collaborate with material coordinators and customers to develop accurate demand projections based on preload lists, ensuring materials availability aligns with project requirements and schedules.
• Obsolescence & Expiry Management: Proactively engage stakeholders to address expired materials, implementing resolutions that minimize waste, and improve inventory utilization.

Key Achievements:

• Process Automation & Dashboard Development: Spearheaded the implementation of Tableau dashboards, enhancing work process efficiency, and data-driven decision-making.
• Quarterly Material Usage Analysis: Pioneered a structured review process, incorporating inventory cost analysis and aircraft check type-specific requirements, improving forecast accuracy, and reducing material shortages.
• Shelf-Life Monitoring Initiative: Introduced a Tableau-based monitoring system to track and manage material expiration, reducing risks of outdated stock, and improving supply chain reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Repair Process Mapping: Analyzed and mapped engine-component repair processes using engine shop manuals, repair documents, and service bulletins, ensuring compliance with approved standards.
• Data Cleansing and Migration: Conducted data cleansing activities to support SAP system migration, improving data integrity and accuracy in the new system.
• Process Visualization & Optimization: Developed process maps to streamline repair workflows, consolidating all available repair options into a single, structured linear process, eliminating redundancies.
• Deviation Analysis and Compliance: Cross-checked mapped repair processes with existing workflows, collaborated with engineers and operators to identify deviations, and initiated manufacturer approval when required.
• Inspection & Repair Router Standardization: Prepared master 'Inspection' and 'Repair' routers using cleansing tools, ensuring adherence to quality system standards.
  Managed data objects such as Repairs, Quality Results, and Operation Sheet References to maintain data consistency.
• Quality Assurance & Transition Support: Ensured router quality during dual maintenance by coordinating with shop engineers.
  Provided post-implementation support, monitoring data accuracy, and addressing discrepancies.
  

Responsibilities:

• Material Requisition Analysis and Coordination: Monitored and analyzed outstanding material requisitions during aircraft maintenance checks to prevent operational delays.
• Supply Chain Process Optimization: Ensured on-time material supply through effective coordination with customers, departments, and freight forwarders, securing approvals for spares procurement.
• Project Material Management & Reporting: Generated, reviewed, and monitored project material status reports, attending production progress meetings to identify critical spares that could impact aircraft re-delivery schedules, or cause work stoppages.
• Material Expediting & Long Lead-Time Resolution: Expedited outstanding material demands, collaborating with production teams and customers to resolve long lead-time challenges, while ensuring seamless material support.

Key Achievements:

• Process Automation & IT Enhancement: Led initiatives to enhance IT proficiency within the department, streamlining workflows through automation.
• SAP ABAP & VBA Automation: Developed Excel VBA macros to automate SAP ABAP material analysis, significantly improving process accuracy and efficiency across Changi, Paya Lebar, and Seletar operations.
  Created customized VBA tools to facilitate material request processing for projects, including SIA, Air Canada, FedEx, and Japan Airlines.
• Inventory Optimization & Cost Control: Assisted management in analyzing material usage trends, reducing excess purchases, and maximizing cost-effectiveness through data-driven decision-making.
• ERP System Analysis and Process Improvement: Conducted ERP system evaluations, identifying operational inefficiencies, and providing recommendations for process optimization, leading to improved workflow efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Weight & Balance Operations: Managed weight and balance calculations for departing flights from Changi International Airport and 20+ international airports worldwide, ensuring compliance with IATA regulations.
• Aircraft Trim & Safety Compliance: Ensured structural weight limits and center of gravity balance were within safety parameters, minimizing risks associated with improper load distribution.
• Load Sheet Management & Flight Coordination: Completed load sheets in accordance with IATA guidelines, detailing pre-load calculations, load distribution, and aircraft weight verification.
  Issued timely loading instructions, and presented finalized load sheets to pilots before departure.
• Decision-Making Under Pressure: Operated in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment, making real-time decisions to ensure flight safety and operational efficiency.
• Aircraft Load Limit Analysis: Conducted aircraft mass and balance assessments, evaluating load constraints based on aircraft type, weight distribution, and operational requirements.