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Supply chain professional with hands-on experience in inventory control, order fulfilment, S&Op organising and operational process improvements across international business environments.
Previously worked in New Zealand operating on-time exports to overseas customers including Japan for a pet food manufacturer, ensuring smooth order fulfilment and supply continuity.
In my current role within a rapidly growing company, I have played a key role in establishing supply chain processes and implementing operational tools and systems, including Oracle NetSuite, from the ground up to support scalable business growth.
Bringing strong problem-solving skills, adaptability, and cross-cultural experiences to supply chain and operation roles in New Zealand.
NTT Sonority Inc. Tokyo, Japan November 2022 - Present
• In charge of supply planning and inventory control for personal audio devices (finished goods), accessories, and parts (over 500SKUs per one model) products, by analysing the gap between the forecast and the actual results, leading the monthly S&Op alignment with multiple functions such as sales, R&D, QA and Logistics or Procurement, and negotiating the delivery plan with internationally located manufacturers (mainly in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand and Philippines).
• Taking the initiative of drafting the contract documents between the manufacturer(s), aligning with the stakeholders such as Procurement, Legal, R&D and QA and negotiate with Manufacturers to achieve the optimal purchase conditions.
• Communicating and collaborating with both customers and multiple local 3rd party warehouses regarding order fulfilment, including devanning, shipping, and assembly of the goods in order to fulfil the customers’ (retailers and end users) requirements including the delivery date, shipping specifications and the quality.
• Taking part of the ERP (Oracle NetSuite) installation project, and the optimization project after the installation as the Supply Chain personnel, and inputting the necessary requirements and risks in order to systemize the inventory / shipping / sales analysis management.
• Not only the ERP installation but also proactively streamlining the whole process and flow of the supply chain, including reflecting the sales results into forecast updates, raw material or package components inventory management, or standardization of routine operations and manualizing the tasks for colleagues.
• Implemented the monthly S&Op alignment process among multiple functions, including the shipping result analysis (Supply Chain Management), forecast update (Sales), Product risk and defect analysis (QA, R&D), raw material order planning (Manufacturer) and decision making (Management), which achieved in improving the on-time delivery rate to customers from 99.1% to 99.8% in 2 years.
• (2024-2025)
• Successfully installed the Oracle NetSuite ERP which reduced the workload by over 30%.
• (2023)
• Avoided the inventory shortage for the prioritized customer’s tight-scheduled large volume order by preparing the materials and resources beforehand, achieved by analysing the sales result, demand forecast and manufacturer’s capacity on a daily basis.
• The achievement of delivery resulted in the improvement of the customer’s satisfaction rate.
• (2025).
Manulife Life Insurance Company Tokyo, Japan April 2019 - October 2022
• Leading the domestic and international project by collecting opinions and desires from various departments and discussing with SAP, including providing support for users such as creating manual documents and setting up internal trainings as the procurement governance manager
• Identifying pain points and bottlenecks of the as-is process executed manually and suggest improved formats and process proactively in order to reduce stakeholders workload more efficiently.
• Cooperating with internal stakeholders, managing vendor contracts including identifying issues and optimize the conditions by examining the latest requirements, negotiating and bidding in order to support budgeting of counterpart departments.
• Successfully launched SAP Ariba contract management system by the targeted date and integrated contract data into the system which had been archived by each department, including checking them if the contract details are aligned with procurement compliance policy.
• (2019-2020)
• Reduced the user departments workload drastically and shortened the lead time between the procurement intake and contract sealing by approximately 2 weeks by identifying the manually operated procedures in the process and consolidated formats, inserting automatic functions in the file and organized communication route.
• (2020-2021)
• Represented Japan office in the global project to install integrated P2P system (SAP Ariba) and supported the on-time launch by collecting needs from related departments (ex.
• Legal) and localizing the system functions including translation.
• (2021)
• Reduced the expense amount in terms of vendor contracts by 2% annually in the category I am in charge of, by checking the contract details and discuss the needs with internal stakeholders, bidding and negotiation (BPO, Consulting, Event).
Henkel Japan Ltd. Tokyo, Japan September 2017 - December 2018
• In charge of approximately 2,000SKUs of hair care products and controlling the inventory level with the optimal rate, utilizing SAP system, based on the FCST uploaded by Demand Planner(s)
• The purchasing of the finished goods from multiple factories in Thailand, China and Germany as the responsible personnel regarding daily communication and negotiation in terms of delivery
• Supporting new product launch projects with internal and external cross-functional members from supply chain and logistics perspectives.
• The mission includes to propose the purchasing plan that matches the sales strategy, to lead the sourcing / selecting the vendor(s), and to coordinate the required rework process (ex.
• Labelling / assembling / inspection) with the third party warehouse(s) in Japan.
• Supported the recurring profit increase by 11.5% over the previous year and by 5.4% by the target from supply chain management side,
• Decreased the inventory level from 21% to 16% of the recurring profit in 12 months, even under the tough condition that the absence of Demand Planner and FCST accuracy of 49% which was 60% in the previous year.
Addiction Foods NZ Ltd. Te Puke, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand November 2016 - March 2017
• Communication with internal and external stakeholders worldwide in terms of delivery due, QTY and status updates.
• Making arrangements for vessels and shipping documents, and execute the demanded goods export with the high level of accuracy
• Supplier search, negotiation and delivery management of indirect goods such as factory equipment, office equipment and logistics equipment, as well as optimizing the purchasing process and purchase conditions including cost and service level through negotiation and supplier selection
• Finished goods cycle counting, system adjustment through SAP and supporting the production planning
• Successful arrangements for up to 6 container shipments per week amid a sixfold increase in exporting volume year-over-year.
• Improved the inventory accuracy from 80% to 96% in 5 months, by structuring the picking & packing process and documentation, and making improvements in pallet labels.
• Reduction in labour hours for shipping documentation by over one hour per case, by improving the tools for creating documents and for communication between the warehouse and the office.
Amway Japan, G.K. Tokyo Japan February 2014 – June 2016
• Purchasing of over 50 items of finished goods and materials in food, beverage, cosmetics, personal care and durable category from over 20 worldwide suppliers including New Zealand, Korea, Taiwan, China, US, Japan and Italy
• Leading the SST team consisting of 4-8 members from multiple functions and leading the purchase condition improvement activities, including strategy development, supplier selection process / negotiation and contract process
• Leading the procurement process of 5-10 simultaneous projects, starting from the feasibility phase, then bidding and contract agreement phase up through delivery
• Cost saving by 160 million.
• JPY per year which is approx.
• 30% of the estimated spend amount; by strategic negotiation with the supplier (2015)
• Project Lead Time Reduction by 3 months; by appropriate risk management and precise production planning alignment with the suppliers.
• (2015)
• Global Procurement Affiliate; earned by being the #1 affiliate worldwide in total economic value in the field of direct procurement, generated through negotiation, supplier relationship management and project management (2016).
Amway Japan, G.K. Tokyo Japan May 2013 - February 2014
• In charge of marketing 8 Energy Drink and Snack items from pre-launch to launch to ongoing sales by organizing promotion plans.
Amway Japan, G.K. Tokyo Japan Apr 2009 - April 2013
• Managing the order placement and deliveries of over 30 items of finished goods and materials in food and beverage category from over 10 worldwide suppliers.
Amway internal class • August 2012 - April 2016
• Negotiation
• Competitive Bidding
• Industry Analysis
• Sourcing Strategy
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Business Partner Relationship Management
• Competitor Analysis and Ethics / Regulations.
Waseda University • Tokyo, Japan • April 2005 - March 2009
Lund University • Lund, Sweden • September 2006 – June 2007
Japanese (mother language)
English (Business level - IELTS Band Score: 7.0)
SAP (Inventory Management and order creation)
SAP Ariba (contract management)
Supplier Relationship Management, Negotiation, Project Management, Client Relationship Management, Communication, Teamwork, Process Improvement
Oracle NetSuite (Inventory Management)
Travelling (domestic and international) and exploring local food, music and culture, Cooking and sharing meals with friends, Japanese Taiko drumming, Volunteer work supporting migrant members of my local community, watching movies at local theatres
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