Highlights:

Skills:Production, Supply chain, Product development, Project Management, Savoury Application

Senior Manager 10/2013 - current
Shanghai YIlin Foodstuff Co., Ltd., Shanghai, Shanghai China
Industry: Food
Result-oriented manager demonstrating improvements in quality, cost and delivery timing. Held strong production management background, key account sales experience and over 2 years of cross-functinal management. Core knowledge areas include: • Cost Control Improvement • Production Planning • Process Simplification • Supply & Demand Analysis • Key Account Management • Product Development
Overall Management: - Acted as one of the primary executives to meet the company quota. - Taken charge of internal communication with managers of all departments and maintained proper function on all immediate issues - Monthly analyzed cost composition for all active SKUs and evaluated gross profit and profit margin rate. - Directly managed administration, HR and exporting sales departments, and in charged of product development, procurement and warehouse divisions. Sales Responsibilities: - Studied history sales and analyzed current sales demand against production capacity to allocate demand into production. - Be point of contact to company’s #1 key account with regard to orders, production scheduling and inventory. - Responsible for all direct and indirect exporting sales. - Provided quotation of manufacturer’s price to sales to ensure profits. - Established and maintained Alibaba international website. PD and Procurement Responsibilities: - Lead and involved in recipe simplification to support both supply chain and production process improvement. - Built relationship with strategic and critical clients and maintain constant contact. - Improved scrap rate and lowered inventory by controlling the number of raw materials. - Monitored supply database for document status, cost reduction and time delivery. - Carried out allergen control practice and continuously met the requirement of McCormick & Company Inc. - Constantly reviewed the price of raw materials upon alteration. - Assigned as facility's Food Safety Management Representative. Administration and HR Responsibilities: - Executed Occupational Health & Safety Management System and worked with government officials such as Safety Production and Fire departments. - Responsible for facility’s security and guard management. - Evaluated employees’ attendance status and checked for any abnormal activity. - Established annual training plan and followed up its completion. - Mediated all major disputes with employees.--
Production Manager/Assistant to GM 10/2011 - 10/2013
Shanghai YIlin Foodstuff Co., Ltd., Shanghai, Shanghai China
Industry: Food
Acted as GM assistant to maintain porper function of facility and responsible for entire production department in regard to production planning, cost, timing and warehouse management.
- Supervised the effectiveness of production planning and resolved emergency situation in time. - Monitored production process and taken preventive measure to minimize the problem in all aspects. - Cost controlled by decreasing the loss during the production process and constantly improving the flow-line to reduce the possible labor force. - Analyzed and recorded daily, seasonal and annual manufacturing stat reports. - Ensured the equipment are fully functioned and maintained. - Carried out 5S practice to meet the basic guidelines of a food production plant.--
Research Associate 05/2010 - 07/2011
Want-Want Co.,, Shanghai, Shanghai China
Industry: Food (FMCG)
Primary function in beverage, instant beverage, snacks and water bar beverage application development. Secondary function in global communication with RM suppliers.
- Assigned in projects of developing liquid beverages, instant beverages, seaweed snacks and chicken essence. - Played a key role in product development for Chain Stores Development Department. - Conducted multiple food inspection and operated chemical analyses equipment. - Effectively audited both beverages and jelly production lines with quality assurance team. - Represented R&D department meeting and negotiating with business partners from foreign countries.--

Purdue University 08/2003 - 12/2009
West Lafayette, IN, United States
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Interdisciplinary Science: Chemistry and Environmental Studies
I had the honor to work with 2010 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, prof. Eichi Negishi, in my last year of college.

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