Expert Details
Global Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Management; Cost Reduction; International Trade Dispute Resolution; New Product Development; U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule
ID: 724023
New York, USA
In his career, Expert has worked with small- and medium-sized enterprises and multinational corporations as an employee, supplier, and consultant. Expert enjoys helping U.S. companies solve their global supply chain problems, lower their costs, mitigate risks, and bring new products to market. He has an MBA in international business and entrepreneurship, is Lean Six Sigma certified, and is formally trained by the Association for Supply Chain Management.
Examples of Expert's value propositions:
- Global strategic sourcing: identify and partner with the right suppliers, wherever in the world, to reduce costs, improve on-time delivery, improve quality, mitigate risk, and bring new products to market faster.
- Cost Reduction initiatives: identify and capitalize on opportunities to reduce costs, through vendor negotiations, re-sourcing, other low-cost country sourcing, process improvements, material substitutions, engineering or design changes, or other methods.
- Importing: audit Harmonized Tariff classifications of imported products and offer alternate classifications for consideration that may reduce or avoid duties and tariffs.
- Supply chain optimization and problem solving: identify and report on the root cause of supply chain problems, recommend a solution, and support or take the lead in negotiating or implementing the solution.
- Project Management: manage or support the management of complex supply chain projects or new product development projects from inception to completion.
- Purchasing and Supply Chain Professional Development: train and mentor purchasing and supply chain professionals to achieve specific corporate goals.
- SOPs and Best Practices: assist with the design, development, training, and implementation of purchasing and supply chain best practices and standard operating procedures.
- Market Intelligence: obtain comparative quotes from alternate qualified sources, assess vendor capabilities and fit, and in some cases identify and evaluate competitors' suppliers.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2005 | Degree: MBA | Subject: International Business and Entrepreneurship | Institution: Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College (NYC, USA) |
| Year: 1994 | Degree: BA | Subject: East Asian Studies | Institution: Queens College, City University of New York (NYC, USA) |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2016 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Manager | Department: Global Supply Chain |
Responsibilities:The largest manufacturer of musical instrument strings and accessories in the world, with $200 million in annual sales. Expert oversees operations related to company's global supplier base (300+ suppliers) and purchasing activities for raw goods, finished goods, and services ($55 million in annual spend). He leads a team of five buyers in New York and project managers in China and Vietnam to drive cost reductions, improve supplier management, and increase supply assurance and supplier quality. He works with external suppliers and internally with designers, engineers, and cross-functional teams to develop new products from concept to completion. He sources new suppliers and manages existing suppliers to ensure that the global supply chain optimally supports the strategic goals of the company. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2015 to 2016 | Employer: Project TriForce LLC | Title: VP Production | Department: Operations |
Responsibilities:Expert managed the process of developing and manufacturing limited-edition collectible statues and replicas for global brands in the the video game and movie industries, including Microsoft, Bethesda Softworks, Warner Brothers, and Electronic Arts Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2009 to 2015 | Employer: Coda Resources / Cambridge Resources | Title: Director of Product Development and Sourcing | Department: Operations |
Responsibilities:Expert sourced industrial goods in East Asia for a customer base consisting of U.S. distributors, retailers, and OEM manufacturers, including 3M, Lowes, Costco, Daimler Trucks North America, Napa Auto Parts, and Carrier Corporation. Expert played a key and leadership role in managing Coda's supply chain, having responsibility for the cost, quality assurance, and on-time delivery of $15 million worth of manufactured goods per year.Coda Resources and Cambridge Resources were sister companies under the same Owners. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2008 | Employer: Sourcery LLC | Title: Director of Business Development | Department: Business Development |
Responsibilities:Expert managed a division of Sourcery, a boutique NYC promotional marketing company for the pharmaceutical and information technology industries, to provide China business consulting, product development, and sourcing services for U.S. customers including Publishers Clearing House, Philip Morris South America, and Class Action Refund, LLC (CAR).CAR is a global firm that specializes in assisting clients with the settlement of antitrust class action cases. In 2008, Expert helped them to establish their China office, and to successfully negotiate a partnership with the China Air Transport Association (CATA) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to represent China’s claimants in the billion-dollar Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation. This was the first-ever class action lawsuit in which a U.S. court ruled that Chinese companies are eligible to participate as claimants. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2000 to 2003 | Employer: Smart Sourcing Inc. | Title: China Manager | Department: Operations |
Responsibilities:Smart Sourcing Inc. was formerly a publicly-traded company, and in 2008 the company was featured in Fortune Magazine as one of the Global 100 top outsourcing companies in the world. As manager of the company's China office in Shanghai during its startup phase, Expert helped to recruit and manage the company's team of engineers and operations personnel. Expert also helped to identify qualified manufacturers in China, and partnered with them to provide contract manufacturing services to the company's U.S. clients. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1995 to 1999 | Employer: Schenker Stinnes Logistics | Title: U.S. Sales Delegate | Department: Shanghai China |
Responsibilities:As U.S. Sales Delegate in the company's Shanghai office, Expert increased sales of Schenker’s integrated logistics services to multinational corporations conducting business in China’s Zhejiang and Jiangsu Provinces and the greater Shanghai region. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1993 to 2003 | Country / Region: China | Summary: Expert lived in China for 10 years where he learned Chinese and worked in the fields of freight forwarding and manufacturing services. |
Career Accomplishments
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Lean Six Sigma green belt; APICS CSCP-trained. |
Additional Experience
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Mandarin Chinese language speaking skills: Expert's spoken Chinese is almost indistinguishable from that of a native speaker. He also reads and writes Chinese with a high degree of proficiency. Expert is authorized by the New York State Unified Court System to interpret Mandarin. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Mandarin Chinese | Fluent |
Fields of Expertise
business, business development, international manufacturing, international shipping, international sourcing, international trade, Chinese manufacturing, China contract manufacturing, supply chain, small business, business strategy, new consumer product development, business management, plastic product development, supply chain management, product manufacturing, competitive analysis, reverse engineering, new product development, new product development management, innovation, strategic sourcing, importing, imported product, problem solving, Far East sourcing, new business development, small business management, China business research, logistics, third party logistics, customs, customs risk management