XIN SUN
London,ON
Summary
Results-driven Purchasing Manager with extensive experience in procurement and bid coordination, achieving notable cost reductions of up to 20% through strategic supplier partnerships. Demonstrates exceptional leadership in managing global sourcing projects while enhancing team performance and collaboration. Core competencies include negotiation, risk assessment, and market analysis, with a focus on driving operational efficiency. Aiming to leverage expertise in a challenging role to further optimize purchasing strategies.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Purchasing Manager
Meridian Lightweight Technology Inc
Strathroy, Ontario
07.2017 - 12.2024
- Establish and implement annual and two-year business plans within direct and indirect material to achieve cost reduction targets at a regional level, including supplier negotiations and optimization of purchased services.
- Responsible for ensuring the quality, compliance, and competitiveness of all capital and tooling sourcing activities before moving to the Sourcing Committee for approval.
- Drive the supplier nomination process, establish measures to meet project cost and investment targets, and achieve timing requirements.
- Oversee Purchasing department operations, including purchasing, stockroom inventory, and supply chain.
- Lead global sourcing and cost-reduction projects.
- Steer the overall supplier relations strategy to drive access to innovations and new technology concepts, and to proliferate a foundation of partnership in the region.
- Selecting the personnel for their own area of responsibility. Technical and organizational briefing of the team, assignment of tasks and authorities to appropriate personnel, and setting priorities. Motivating, informing, advising, and supporting the employees. Assessing, coaching, and developing the performance and work behavior of employees.
Purchasing Manager
Meridian Lightweight Technology UK
Sutton-In-Ashifield , Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
06.2015 - 06.2017
- Responsible for ensuring the quality, compliance, and competitiveness of all capital and tooling sourcing activities before moving to the Sourcing Committee for approval.
- Drive the supplier nomination process, establish measures to meet project cost and investment targets, and achieve timing requirements.
- Purchasing department operations, including purchasing, stockroom inventory, and supply chain.
- Lead global sourcing and cost-reduction projects.
- Steer the overall supplier relations strategy to drive access to innovations and new technology concepts, and to proliferate a foundation of partnership in the region.
- Assignment of tasks and authorities to appropriate personnel, and setting priorities. Motivating, informing, advising, and supporting the employees. Assessing, coaching, and developing the performance and work behavior of employees.
Purchasing Supervisor
FIAT&CHRYSLER APAC
Shanghai , CHINA
09.2011 - 05.2015
- Lead the sourcing and recommendation for PWT components in KL, 523,553 (wheel bearing, driveline system, water pump, etc.) GME T4 & M-Air engine. Leader of the project for the PWT components buy-back. Lead and make the global strategy for PWT components.
Purchasing Supervisor
GKN Driveline (Shanghai )
Shanghai, CHINESE
06.2007 - 09.2011
- Project Purchasing management - VW , GM , Honda , Nissan
- Supply chain management for import components (metal parts).
- Lead the localization project
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical And Electronic Engineering
University OfScience And Technology of China
CHINA09-2001
Skills
- Procurement expertise
- Bid process management
- Bid coordination
- Requests for information
- Distribution experience
- Resourcefulness
Timeline
Purchasing Manager
Meridian Lightweight Technology Inc
07.2017 - 12.2024
Purchasing Manager
Meridian Lightweight Technology UK
06.2015 - 06.2017
Purchasing Supervisor
FIAT&CHRYSLER APAC
09.2011 - 05.2015
Purchasing Supervisor
GKN Driveline (Shanghai )
06.2007 - 09.2011
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical And Electronic Engineering
University OfScience And Technology of China
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