Yein Yein (Noelle) Lee
Singapore
Summary
Strategic, recognized Executive Counsel to APAC Executive Committee in Life Science, Industrial and High-Tech Manufacturing Imaging industry to effectively translate complex MYP (Multi Year Planning) into tangible, fiscal action plans across functional sales and corporate teams. Extensive experience in driving and stabilizing strategic transitions, alliance management in Fortune 500 companies in Business Process Outsourcing and Insourcing global exercises in Japan, India, EMEA, US, APAC, China for Finance and IT functions across industries. Executed successful 4 M&A Divestment Deals in APAC in Oil and Gas, total USD 267.3M and EUR 120M respectively. Participated in Sustainability projects - EV Charger bidding in Singapore. An emerging and held interim General Manager and drove revenue and margin elevation through AR improvements - EBITDA from 16.7% to 20.3% across 2023-2024. Recognized for collaborative influence and obtain alignment across corporate-sales function and successfully led diverse teams from France, UK, Netherlands, India and Japan.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
5
5
Languages
Work History
Head of Strategy and Transformation /interim Director, Service Provider
Evident Scientific Pte. Ltd
09.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: A spin-off from Olympus; a Global, advanced micro-imaging solutions provider for the Life Science & Industrial market with 4,500 employees and holds significant market shares; >45% clinical, 40% of Remote Visual Inspection, 35% Non-Destructive Testing.
- Own Evident Program Leadership ‘3 in a box’ to deliver > USD 3.4 M for Finance BPO and IT transition >USD 40M to oversee 29 Legal Entities transition and integration of outsourcing operations for Invoice to Payment, Order-To-Cash, and Record to Report.
- Led strategies to accelerate the speed of change in the delivery of products and services and process improvements of the transition reporting to the CFO and CIO.
- Completed 1st divestment phase, sale of 47% industrial business to NewCo – Mapping in progress.
- Delivered aggressive global transformation for Finance and IT BPO – 3 months, 84 contracts, 29 legal entities.
- Led global change and communication initiatives, with Corp Comms collaboration.
- Established contractual SLA performance metrics and KPI Management framework governance.
- A spin-off from Olympus; a Global, advanced micro-imaging solutions provider for the Life Science & Industrial market with 4,500 employees and holds significant market shares; >45% clinical, 40% of Remote Visual Inspection, 35% Non-Destructive Testing.
- Implemented change management processes for seamless transitions during periods of company growth or restructuring.
APAC Strategy Lead/interim General Manager of Singapore
Evident Scientific Pte. Ltd
09.2022 - 03.2024
- Company Overview: A spin-off from Olympus; a Global, advanced micro-imaging solutions provider for the Life Science & Industrial market with 4,500 employees and holds significant market shares; >45% clinical, 40% of Remote Visual Inspection, 35% Non-Destructive Testing.
- Proactively recruited to deliver carveout integration from Olympus to Bain Capital, then quickly transitioned to thought partnership to APAC executive leadership team - holistic corporate development strategy.
- Partnered with the Executive Committee on strategy alignment, governance, financial year, and multiyear plan using Kanban.
- Acted as interim General Manager to shape business planning through market and competitive analysis.
- Successfully led business transformation, stabilization, market expansion strategies post-carveout from Olympus to Bain Capital.
- Elevated EBITDA from 16.7% to 20.3% across 2023-2024 and improved financial health, working capital ratio >1.0 as of Mar 2024 through partnering with Finance on Revenue Billings and Pricing exercise.
- Digitalization of APAC customer care transformation, improve service delivery models and trade-in policies.
- Established APAC Project Portfolio Delivery Framework and set up Project Management Office, creating synergies across business units and minimizing inefficiencies.
- A spin-off from Olympus; a Global, advanced micro-imaging solutions provider for the Life Science & Industrial market with 4,500 employees and holds significant market shares; >45% clinical, 40% of Remote Visual Inspection, 35% Non-Destructive Testing.
- Managed budget implementations, employee reviews, training, schedules, and contract negotiations.
Global Cross Function Programme Lead
TotalEnergies
02.2018 - 09.2022
- Following the move to Singapore; was recruited to deliver Abu Dhabi offshore carve out before being re-assigned to an intense cost optimization; collectively achieved USD 26/barrel during oil futures crunch Y2020- Y2021.
- Achieved top 20% performer in 2019.
- Slashed a 3-year transformation timeline to 18 months on >3000 global legacy assets; established delivery strategy and a product owner roadmap for sustained asset renewal.
- Transformed HR Payroll BPO and re-negotiated telco contracts by y-o-y savings of 33% in contract tender and negotiations exercise for five legal entities.
- Achieved global OPEX savings of EUR 21.5mil in Exploration Production through process optimization in five regional IT support services to global contract structures.
M&A Senior Manager | Global Function Transformation
Royal Dutch Shell
07.2007 - 01.2018
- Recruited to deliver IT projects initially.
- In 4-year career mobility opportunity, successfully transition career from IT > Real Estate> Global Functions> Mergers, Acquisition, and Divestment.
- Delivered 4 publicly listed entity Downstream, high profile divestments - HK, Macau Melbourne (Viva Energy), and Malaysia (Heng Yuan) USD 66.3M.
- Successfully offshore/BPO Finance Operations with annual savings of USD 1.6mil Y2017 & process improvements in HR Services, Finance Operations, and Order-to-Pay.
- Acted as buyer, SME, project manager, and communication lead (Reference email).
- Improved Legal team efficiency by ~15%, nurtured performance-focused environment across the UK and Netherlands that enabled a team of five to grow into management position through data management and storage transformation in Real Estate, Security, and Aviation.
- Established demand planning model & delivery framework for Mergers, acquisitions & Divestment.
Education
MBA - Finance
University of Manchester
United KingdomBachelor of Arts - Business Information Technology, Computer Science
Coventry University
Skills
- Strategic Delivery
- Team Leadership
- Negotiation
- Legal and Contracts
- Financial Management
- Forecasting and Control
Websites
Certification
Strategic Cost Management (Oil & Gas), Anklesaria
Application
04/22/25, Executive Director, Planning Group (Strategy), Asia Pacific Division, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), CapitaSpring, Singapore
Professional Development
- Foundation of Negotiation, Shell Commercial Academy
- Leading Your Team Through Change, PROSCI
Timeline
Head of Strategy and Transformation /interim Director, Service Provider
Evident Scientific Pte. Ltd
09.2022 - Current
APAC Strategy Lead/interim General Manager of Singapore
Evident Scientific Pte. Ltd
09.2022 - 03.2024
Global Cross Function Programme Lead
TotalEnergies
02.2018 - 09.2022
M&A Senior Manager | Global Function Transformation
Royal Dutch Shell
07.2007 - 01.2018
MBA - Finance
University of Manchester
Bachelor of Arts - Business Information Technology, Computer Science
Coventry University
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