Shihchieh Liao

1. Communicated closely with stakeholders, including developer, sample room, production department, and established delivery schedules, helping to secure well-timed deliveries for production.

2. Liaised with suppliers and resolved logistic challenges to meet delivery deadlines, such as pushing supplier to prioritize delivery to our factory.

3. Monitored delivery progress and contacted suppliers to minimize delivery delays.

4. Push BOM team for consumption and push development team for swatch.

5. Sourced new materials and material substitution, such as divert materials to urgent orders.

6. Negotiated payment terms with suppliers, such as asking supplier to provide discount and changing EXW to FOB.

7. Negotiated with suppliers to lower quotation, such as cutting the price of the existing carton supplier by asking more suppliers to provide quotation.

8. Sourced new suppliers to improve lead time, price or quality, such as new courier to ship swatch with shorter lead time.

1. Collaborate with customers and multiple departments, reacted to technical support requests quickly and resolved issues within target timeframes.

2.· Managed development lifecycles and resolved quality and delay issues.

3. Observed best practices to promote efficient mass production with pattern technician and sample room.

4. Recognized risks and bottlenecks and recommended mitigation action, such as preparing confirmation shoes with flaws for customers to sign.

5. Identified material substitution to meet ETD, such as reinforcement or changing mesh color by sublimation.

6. Developed the newly introduced brands, such as Kodiak and Dickies.

7. Collaborated with mass production department and allowed for the first-ever on-time delivery of sales sample.

8. Reduce cost for development and mass production, such as making fitting samples with pullover’s uppers, making samples with substitute last, suggesting to apply the existing cutting dies for new uppers and developing shoes with inactive materials.

1. Set up the standard of performance for mass production, such as PPH and staffing.

2. Audited the performance bonus and negotiate with production department.

3. Set up the standard consumption of cement and primer.

4. Promote the LEAN related project, such as multitasking operator.

5. Streamlined the process for smooth-running production, such as roller conveyor, spinning hanger, integrated cutting die and negotiation with production team about staffing.

6. Automation project, such as high frequency hammer, cementing machine, laser cutting machine and printing machine.

Development

· Developed new balance styles.

· Assisted team leader to resolve issues, ensuring samples ship on time.

· Communicated with sample room, pattern technician and BOM team.

· Dealt with quality issue and delay issues.

· Followed up on the lead time of materials and the schedule of samples.

Purchasing

· Pushed suppliers for the lead time of material and lamination.

· Dealt with quality issues and delay issues.

· Communicated closely with developer and sample room to satisfy

their material requirement.

· Managed the sample warehouse.

· Liaised with suppliers and developers to deliver well-timed materials

for smooth-running production.