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Leck Han (Leslie) Lim
Operations And Procurement Manager
Singapore
Summary
Experienced operations and procurement manager with 13 years of experience. Leverages exceptional planning and problem-solving abilities to enhance business plans and day-to-day activities. Results-driven and resilient leader with a talent for developing teams, improving processes, and increasing productivity. Possesses a solid understanding of industry trends, excellent communication skills, and the ability to identify areas in need of improvement and implement strategic changes.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
2009
2009
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Operations / Procurement Manager
Zhilong Construction and Engineering Pte Ltd
05.2022 - Current
- Oversaw operations staff and ensured adherence to company policies and procedures.
- Hiring, training, managing, guiding, and evaluating employees to ensure efficiency, and taking corrective actions when necessary
- Developing, reviewing, and improving administrative systems, policies, and procedures to streamline processes
- Ensuring all equipment that needs to deploy on-site is in working condition
- Project management
- Claim management
- Software implementation
- Manage vehicle maintenance and movement
- Answering and following up issues raised by clients and creating preventive measures
- Manage stores and SKUs
- Setting and reviewing KPI, SOP and workflow
- Generate weekly reports based on monthly targets
- Monitor costs, purchases, and expenses to assist in budget preparation
- Collaborated with finance departments on budgeting and forecasting activities, ensuring accurate representation of procurement expenses and cost-saving opportunities.
- Ensuring operations adhere to policies and regulations
- Keep abreast with all organisational changes and business developments
- Directed the supply chain operations, ensuring accurate and timely delivery of orders.
- Reduced procurement cycle times, enabling faster project completion by optimizing order processing procedures.
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Mentored team members in developing their skills and advancing their careers within the organization.
- Established effective communication channels, fostering strong relationships between team members and departments.
- Regularly conducted performance reviews to uncover improvement areas and craft action plans.
- Resolved customer complaints while prioritizing customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Procurement Manager
Gourmetz Pte Ltd
01.2017 - 05.2022
- Negotiate purchases or potential purchases with suppliers and vendors
- Process procures and purchase requisitions
- Manage a spend of $2.8m annually across multiple departments
- Monitoring delivery of purchases
- Run monthly stock-take reports and purchase reports
- Ensuring Purchasing Department functioning in accordance with requirements
- Setting and reviewing KPI and SOP
- Implemented policies to reduce cost and eliminate waste
- Developed and maintained relationships with key suppliers for smooth communication and to meet required expectations
- Generated weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports on purchasing operations
- Sourced for new vendors, built relationships, and negotiated prices
- Scheduled and organized inventory management of food products and non-food products
Group Procurement Manager
Tong Chiang Group Pte Ltd
03.2015 - 12.2016
- Manage and lead the Procurement Team
- Perform group/individual division sourcing function
- Negotiate purchases or potential purchases with suppliers and vendors
- Process procures and purchase requisitions
- Perform group and individual purchasing function
- Purchase planning and controlling
- Monitoring delivery of purchases
- Directed the entire supply chain process to ensure precise and punctual delivery.
- Perform store function when needed
- Performing overseas purchasing and monitoring of shipments
- Run monthly stock-take reports and purchase reports
- Ensuring proper documentation of goods transferred within divisions
- Ensuring Purchasing Department functioning in accordance with requirements
- Plan and execute workflow with documentation
- Setting and reviewing KPI and SOP
- Performing Vendor/Supplier evaluation and review
- Orchestrated cross-departmental collaboration to guarantee timely product deliveries and successful launches.
Operations Manager
Weiss-Röhlig Singapore Pte Ltd
07.2013 - 03.2015
- Maintained constructive client and vendor relationships
- Monitor and ensure team/department achieving GBOs and company’s requirements & directions
- Monitoring P&L
- Ensuring SOP is followed and changes to it when required
- Setting & reviewing KPI, Attend meetings with clients and vendors
- Manage, oversee & motivate import team/department (all modes of transport)
- Monitor and ensure team/department meeting GBOs and company’s requirements & direction
- Attending complaints, claims and special enquiries
- Set, enforced, and optimized internal and local policies to maintain efficiency and responsiveness to demands
- Oversaw day-to-day operations, including supervising an 11-person team across the entire operation department (inclusive of import & export, airfreight & seafreight, hub & pricing)
Assistant Airfreight Manager
Weiss-Röhlig Singapore Pte Ltd
08.2011 - 06.2013
- Attend and respond to RTQs and Tenders with competitive rates
- Manage airfreight team/department
- Handle day-to-day running of airfreight operations, ensuring high levels of productivity and progression
- Work closely with clients and vendors to maintain optimum levels of communication to effectively and efficiently complete projects
- Serve customers in a friendly, efficient manner following outlined steps of service
- Resolve problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service
Import Airfreight Team Leader (Supervisor)
Weiss-Röhlig Singapore Pte Ltd
04.2007 - 07.2011
- Perform Customer Service tasks (include attending sales calls, handling customers’ complaints, claims, requests and providing services to meet customers’ satisfaction)
- Get costs and prepare quotations
- Lead and supervise subordinates
- Maintain flow of processes and perform import airfreight tasks
- Provide new sales leads to the Sales Team
- Monitor the flow of the cargoes
- Job costing and invoicing
- Prepare customs clearance documents
- Handling vendors and contractors
- Invoicing/billing
- Approving vendors, suppliers, and overseas invoices
- Following up on operations matters
- Ensuring compliance with Singapore Customs, Controlling Agencies, and company's policies
Airfreight Export Officer
Weiss-Röhlig Singapore Pte Ltd
09.2004 - 03.2007
- Perform Customer Service tasks
- Logistics planning (Airfreight export processes)
- Perform export airfreight tasks
- Monitor the flow of the cargoes
- Job costing and invoicing
- Prepare customs clearance documents
- Send sales leads to the sales team
Assistant Officer GII - Export
Global Airfreight International Pte Ltd
03.2004 - 08.2004
- Perform export airfreight tasks
- Invoicing
Application Engineer cum Technical Support Executive
Smartstripe Marketing Pte Ltd
01.2002 - 10.2003
- Maintain workstations, server, and printers
- Manage projects (e.g., roadshows, on-site card printing for exhibitions, conversion of security systems, etc.)
- Provide training of new implementation
- Involve in all software applications and programming
Education
Diploma in IATA/FIATA International Air Cargo Rating -
IATA Training & Development Institute
Diploma in Manufacturing Engineering - undefined
Nanyang Polytechnic
01.1996 - 01.1999
GCE ‘O’ Level - undefined
Upper Serangoon Secondary School
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- VBA programming
- Sea & Airfreight Forwarding
- Dangerous Goods Regulations
- Supplier management
- Price negotiation
- Decision-making
- Inventory management
- Problem-solving
- Analytical thinking
- MS office
- Teamwork and collaboration
Knowledge and Skills
Spoken: English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese
Written: English, Mandarin
Class 3 Driving License (Since 03/01/97),
Proficient in VBA programming,
Proficient and Understand entire flow from Origin to Destination,
DGR: Passed with Distinction (valid till 10/13/13)
Personality
- Friendly
- Approachable
- Outgoing
- Like to interact with people
- Have leadership qualities
- Keen and enthusiastic to learn
- Able to cope with stress
- Able to multitask
- Possess very good interpersonal skills
- Customer oriented
- Very good problem solver
Willing to Travel
Willing to travel domestically and worldwide
Other Knowledge & Activities
Present upon request.
Children
- 2006
- 2009
- 2013
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 09/18/77
- Nationality: Singapore Citizen
- Marital Status: Married
National Service
Enlisted 09/29/99, ORD 01/28/02, MR 04/01/14, Military Policeman
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop automated spreadsheets.
- Supervised team of 11 staff members.
- Streamlined workflow by consolidating lengthy processes and redundant documentation which resulted in more effective and timely completion of daily work.
Certification
Essential Skills for Managers (British Council Singapore)
Interests
Mountaineering
Writing
Timeline
Essential Skills for Managers (British Council Singapore)
02-2024
Operations / Procurement Manager
Zhilong Construction and Engineering Pte Ltd
05.2022 - Current
Procurement Manager
Gourmetz Pte Ltd
01.2017 - 05.2022
Group Procurement Manager
Tong Chiang Group Pte Ltd
03.2015 - 12.2016
Completed Blue Step Program (Junior Management Course) with assessment (Rohlig Deutschland GmbH)
03-2014
Operations Manager
Weiss-Röhlig Singapore Pte Ltd
07.2013 - 03.2015
Assistant Airfreight Manager
Weiss-Röhlig Singapore Pte Ltd
08.2011 - 06.2013
Import Airfreight Team Leader (Supervisor)
Weiss-Röhlig Singapore Pte Ltd
04.2007 - 07.2011
Airfreight Export Officer
Weiss-Röhlig Singapore Pte Ltd
09.2004 - 03.2007
Assistant Officer GII - Export
Global Airfreight International Pte Ltd
03.2004 - 08.2004
Application Engineer cum Technical Support Executive
Smartstripe Marketing Pte Ltd
01.2002 - 10.2003
Diploma in Manufacturing Engineering - undefined
Nanyang Polytechnic
01.1996 - 01.1999
GCE ‘O’ Level - undefined
Upper Serangoon Secondary School
Diploma in IATA/FIATA International Air Cargo Rating -
IATA Training & Development Institute
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