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Yihan Yao

Surrey,British Columbia

Summary

Result-driven precessional with extensive experience in procurement and contract administrative roles across international settings.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Buyer

Happy Tree House Restaurant Group
Richmond, BC
04.2021 - 03.2024
  • Purchased restaurant supplies such as condiments, clothing, furniture from overseas for 10 restaurants of the group according to their different needs.
  • Negotiated contracts, prices and payment terms in alignment with management objectives.
  • Coordinated with forwarders to ensure on-time sea freight, compliance with regulations to meet the industry standard and provided import documents for custom clearance.
  • Monitored the inventory level to avoid operational interruption.
  • Maintained records of purchase pricing and expire dates for each batch of condiment item.
  • Completed of purchasing materials, furniture and equipment for the renovation of six newly acquired restaurants during the period of work.
  • Maintained good relationship with vendors, ensure to obtain quality products with optimal prices.
  • Implemented each payment step according to contracts, reconciliation with financial department.
  • Analyzed purchasing data to identify cost-saving opportunities.
  • Optimized the warehouse management and reduced annual storage cost by 15%.

Administrator/Receptionist

Eastern Healing Center
Winnipeg, MB
01.2019 - 02.2021
  • Provided administrative support to the team.
  • Handled incoming calls, faxes and interacted with patients.
  • Processed payments and issuing invoices.
  • Managed patient files, new patient registration.
  • Verified patient insurance information, conducted direct billing payment when needed.
  • Scheduled and updated client appointment, responded voice mails.

Contract Administrator

Envivo (Asia) Limited Beijing Representative Office
Beijing , China
12.2013 - 08.2017
  • Prepared quotations, project authorization letters and commercial section of each tender documents.
  • Drafted sales contracts, completed the preliminary examination of contract terms, coordinated the communication between headquarters (US) VS partners (China) and assisted contracts approved and signed.
  • Developed and implemented a new contract database, responsible for the life-cycle of contracts from start to finish to accomplishment of all terms.
  • Monitored projects progress, coordinated company resources in order to provide appropriate commercial/technical supports to clients.
  • Skilled used CRM (Salesforce) and Quoting System (BigMachines), in coordination with marketing/production/ IT team to assist regional sales representatives in quarterly forecast update per week.

Education

BBA - International Business Management

HAN University Arnhem Business School
Netherlands
09-2001

Skills

  • Contract Administration
  • Logistics Coordination
  • Inventory Management
  • Business Development
  • Procurement
  • Negotiating
  • Global Order Fulfillment
  • Document Preparation

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

April 2021- June 2021 Training in Accounting and Bookkeeping at Victoria Training Center, Richmond BC

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Buyer

Happy Tree House Restaurant Group
04.2021 - 03.2024

Administrator/Receptionist

Eastern Healing Center
01.2019 - 02.2021

Contract Administrator

Envivo (Asia) Limited Beijing Representative Office
12.2013 - 08.2017

BBA - International Business Management

HAN University Arnhem Business School
Yihan Yao