Dedicated resourceful manufacturing and logistics professional with a history of meeting and exceeding company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Strong leadership and analytical skill, skilled in working under pressure and adapting to changing or new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
42
42
years of professional experience
Work History
Marketing Manager
Spectrum Ingredients Pte Ltd
08.2005
Develop new business and improve existing customer sales
In Singapore and Asean market
Present and recommend new ingredients, promote ideas for new end product for customers
Attend to customers enquiries and follow up till leads turn into sales
Organise regional food exhibition participation, took complete charge of arrangement from marketing materials, samples, logistics, booth decor etc
Sales follow up on leads generated from each show
Product and trademark registration, develop/set competitive product pricing inclusive of delivery/forwarding costs to ensure healthy margins achieved etc, as required by each country
Halal Officer
Worked with suppliers on halal requirements, certification etc and provide halal assurance to customers other than providing them with the recognized certificate they need
Worked with halal certifiers in origin country to get them recognized in importing Asean countries
Customs and regulatory bodies
Liaise with customs and government bodies in Asean on products entry requirement e.g
Registration and liaise with manufacturer (suppliers) for required documentation for market entry
Ensure correct HS code for all products to each export and where possible, gather info on each product import and/or sales tax to each country in Asean
Combined with FTA knowledge, this enables product edge understanding and help in market development and eventual translation into sales
Trouble shoot and liaise with customs in Asean as and when there are shipment issues
Liaise with regulatory bodies in each country on all requirements e.g
Licensing from Ministry of Health, documents for product registration etc
Supply Chain and Logistics
Analyse and monitor freight forwarders and transport providers price /cost and performance, select forwarders / contractors to work with
Review pricing and service rendered and implement change as and when necessary
Implement export document processing SOP and template for easy order processing and supply operations
Guide order processing and logistics department and raise recommendations for improvements to achieve higher efficiency and service level
Decide on supply to customers in critical supply situations
QA/QC / HACCP
QA/ QC - responsible to ensure supplier product specifications are current, Certificate of analysis of imported products are within product specification
Investigate all customer complaints, work with suppliers to identify causes and remedy and eventually liaising with customers on investigation and remedial action and arranging replacement stock or credit note
Occasional lab test on random product to ensure specification conformance
Monitor customer complaints and manage and act on customer complaints
Record all complaints and worked on remedial actions
Lead HACCP team, develop and control all SOP in operations with process flow charts
Lead CCP reviews and manage changes (if any)
Update and manage all HACCP documents and conduct food safety and hygiene awareness training for all new hires
Worked with Logistics Manager to ensure process adherence in store operations
Conduct internal checks and audit on operations, store, hygiene, product, distribution and documentation etc and ensure all documentation requirement to obtain HACCP are current
Manage direct shipments from origin country to customer - raise order, contracts, shipment and documentations
Provide directions to shipper on freight, carrier, route etc in critical situations
Assist and guide logistics team and order processing as and when they enter a difficult situation or encounter new issues
A' list product forecasting and inventory planning
Control all courier activities - courier selection, cost control, etc
Project Management - carry out projects as assigned by MD, eg office renovation, store renovation and field data capture automation for sister company Hotbake 24/7 Pte Ltd.
Head and manage the production facility, inventory, import and distribution
Manage production and distribution for daily fresh supply to stores
Manage day to day operation, maintain high safety and hygiene standards
Inventory planning and inventory management
Local purchases
Manage plant / unit P&L, focus on high quality, service and cost
Set KPI, organise and motivate staff to meeting high KPI standards
Manage 3rd party transporter and ensuring high service standard to stores
Manage 3rd party warehouse provider
Coach & guide staff, plan and execute continuous staff training and development in line with company target
Work with QA on quality, ISO and Domino's audits, government audit
Spearhead and resolve all issues
SAP (MM) – order processing, purchasing, billing, inventory etc
Budget, cost control
Ensure profitable operations
Develop annual business plan and align to Dominos Singapore 5 years plan
Halal team leader, ensure entire supply chain halal practices and requirement are complied with
Plan and execute plant hygiene and sanitation activities to meet local authorities requirements
Ensure the central kitchen uphold and meet strict government standards
Ensure all daily data entries are accurately done and achieve high inventory accuracy
Ensure 0 supply failure
Train and develop staff, delegate, keep staff happy in employment.
Business Development Manager
Information Fusion Pte Ltd
08.2000 - 11.2003
Developed new businesses and opened up new opportunities for logistics software
Pre-sales consulting to customers in logistics and supply chain systems and increase business in Malaysia (focus market)
Worked with technical developer on customer's application requirement
Create opportunities and new market
Pre-sales consultation and presentations
Tender preparation and submission.
Project Manager – Process development and harmonization
DHL Asia Pacific
04.1998 - 08.2000
As part of a team, developed improved processes and rolled out to Asia Pacific Middle East (APME) region
Jointly work with IT group towards application development to support the new improved processes
Supported new application on operational issues and maintained project documentation
Improve key/critical processes
Align improved processes to global and regional project objectives
Improve pipeline visibility through team work with IT group
Successful rolled out of improved processes in APME
Group IT application projects in operations across Asia Pacific to improve overall region performance and increase productivity
Conduct operations training in Far East countries – a challenge due to cultural differences and feeling of ownership.
Supply Chain Manager – Asia Pacific
McDonald's Asia Pacific
05.1996 - 04.1998
Provided supply chain and logistics operations consultancy to Asia Pacific franchisees and McDonald's owned set up to achieve operational efficiency and improve logistics operations productivity across Asia Pacific
Developed regional goals and objectives for supply chain and logistics operations, set up and implement KPI across region; aligned activities in Asia Pacific region to head office's goals and objectives and worked with each country towards improvements and increased profitability
Identify and ‘sell' suitable system improvement in operations and worked closely with each team through out implementation and deployment
Translate global and region goals and objectives into operations carried out
Developed operations performance measure (PMI) and deployed across the region
Developed and deployed monitoring and reporting system on each countries measurement
Logistics' operations and financial performance reports and analysis and guide each country on processes and improvements
Worked with country's teams during process improvements and deployment
Improved overall service level to restaurants by 8%
Developed and implemented bench marking with other regions
Improved country logistics team's knowledge and skills trough training conducted
Operations data analysis and work with it to improve performance.
Logistics Manager (1989 – 1993)
DHL International, Singapore
02.1989 - 05.1996
Started in Business Development team providing logistics knowledge support to sales
Headed project to study develop operations stations and processes to enable heavy weight freight operations
Set up and managed Express Logistics Centre (ELC)
Joint sales presentations with sales team on logistics and operation matters
Developed key customers special processes and deployed and integrated the process into mainstream process
Warehouse manpower and equipment management
Seamless warehouse and transportation process development, operations manual development and staff training
Developed performance measurement in ELC and service level monitor for key customers
Key member of team that brought DHL the Best Total Logistics Provider in Asia award for five years (1991 – 1996)
Managed warehouse (ELC) as a single business unit, accountable for profitability and operational efficiency
Liaise with key account customers, monthly reporting and work with customer's representative to resolve issues
Warehouse safety and housekeeping
Services Development Manager
Improved mainstream operations processes that have impact on shipment transit times and developed and improved off site operations in key customer's location
Joint sales presentation on operational ands logistics matters
Developed and deployed processes for on site services (customer's location)
Developed service performance measure for key operations
Developed Activity Based Costing (ABC) for on site operations and developed automated measure and report system with IT group
Key destination transit time improved by 8 – 12 hours
An ISO certification team member.
Inventory and Warehouse administrator
Multitech Systems Pte Ltd
01.1986 - 04.1989
Managed inventory, order processing, store and fleet management
Thorough re-organisation of stocks and implemented MRP
Introduced ABC control method on stocks which resulted in reduced shortages
Improved store processes improving service levels to production lines
MRP helped trim inventory from 5 months average down to 2.5 – 3 months average
Adherence to processes resulted in increased trusts from management and peers
Staff morale improved tremendously
Liaise with turnkey customers on inventory and orders
Managed trucks and delivery operations vehicle efficiency and maximize utilization
Worked with customers on pick up and delivery schedules and ensured minimize stoppages.
Inventory Planner
General Electric Aviation Services
06.1982 - 12.1985
Manual inventory planning and control based on input from marketing & sales, shop floor as well as purchasing for all products required by repair shop floor, practised MRP, ABC analysis control, reject and waste management.
Education
Bachelor of Business, Transport and Logistics Management -
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
01.1994
Diploma in Production Engineering -
Singapore Polytechnic
01.1981
Skills
Manufacturing & logistics set up and management
Inventory planning and management
Staff management, leadership
Presentation and negotiation
Warehouse & logistics planning and management
Cost Control, process set up, expense control
KPI set up and implementation
Data and trend analysis, forecasting
Vendor set up, relations
Government regulation compliance (FMCC, Logistics)
Problem solving
Microsoft, SAP
Accomplishments
high score in ISO and internal company international audit with last audit score 99.2%
100% inventory accuracy
Perfect 5 KPI score in 2020
Obtained government grants for several productivity improvement equipment purchases