Senior Commodity Manager-Americas Region at Celestica Inc.
Monterrey Area, Mexico
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- Senior Commodity Manager-Americas Region at Celestica Inc.
- Past
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- Commodity Manager-Americas Region at Honeywell Turbo Technologies
- Global Sourcing Manager/Plastics Commodity Manager at Black & Decker Corporation
- Customer Service Rep./Program Manager at Valeo Engine Cooling
- Customs Specialist/Inbound Logistics Coordinator at LG Electronics
- Education
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- Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
- Instituto Cultural Tampico
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Oscar Leon Chong oscarleonchong@yahoo.com.mx’s Summary
Oscar Leon Chong has +12 years of experience working for multinational companies , has served the Electronics, Automotive and Consumer Goods Industry. With expertise in Procurement, Supplier Development, Supply Chain & Program Management. I have also travelled for business to over 20 countries.
-Active member of the Society of Industry Leaders
*Languagues: Spanish ( Native),English ( Advanced), Portuguese ( Intermediate),French (beginner).
*Best described as:
Highly adaptable
Results Oriented
Passionate
Fast Learner
Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Good managing and motivating people
Highly autonomous
Inclusive,diverse :can work/have managed multietthnic teams
Oscar Leon Chong oscarleonchong@yahoo.com.mx’s Specialties:
Consultancy
Global Commodity Management
Supplier Development & Localization Strategies for Americas
Mexico Sourcing
Plastics & Metal mechanic procurement
Global Negotiations
Cash Flow Improvements
Price Determination
Matchmaking vendors with potential OEM's
Plant Start Ups ,Supplier Start Ups in Mexico
Localization in Mexico
Oscar Leon Chong oscarleonchong@yahoo.com.mx’s Experience
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Senior Commodity Manager-Americas Region
Celestica Inc.
(Public Company; CLS; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Mantains responsibility for global negotiations of multiple commodities, across american continent: US,Canada,Brazil & Mexico
Develop competitive advantage for Celestica by leveraging mulitple metal mechanical commodities globally and develop strategic initiatives.
Regional responsabilities for negotiations,price/value determinations, product service negotiations, terms and conditions, supplier relationship development and performance feedback.
Supplier Development & Localization for Mexico
Lead cash flow initiatives such as Payment Terms improvements, SMI/VMI Contracts. -
Commodity Manager-Americas Region
Honeywell Turbo Technologies
(Public Company; HON; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
April 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for the Strategic Sourcing Plan for the Americas on complex metalmechanic commodites for US, Mexico and Brazil based manufacturing automotive plants for Honeywell TurboTechnologies.
Benchmark leader on Sinergies Board between HON Aerospace & Transportation Systems divisions. Sharing best practices and responsible to create supplier sinergies and leverage across commodities in the region.
Responsible for Hedging and procuring super alloys: nickel, exotic grades of aluminum, titantium for Honeywell Turbo Technologies for the Commercial Vehicules Division across Asia Pacifc and the Americas.
Leading a Commodity team and supplier development team in the americas, totally multiethnic and multidisciplinary.
Responsible for negotiations of purchased componentes in fields such as but not limitedl like: sintered and powder metal products, die castings, machining, investment castings,centrifugal castings.
Team managed: Team of 8 people in 4 different countries -
Global Sourcing Manager/Plastics Commodity Manager
Black & Decker Corporation
(Consumer Goods industry)
May 2001 — April 2007 (6 years)
Procurement responsible for plus 700 MDD for power tool plants in North America.
•Global Sourcing Manager-Mexico (January 2006-April 2007)
Swat for strategic commodities in Mexico and US
Green belt certified ( Six sigma)
supplier development
support marketing teams, linke between Sourcing and Marketing team on VA/VI programs.
Strong localization efforts
Localization projects to the local area: Driving from May to December 800KUSD in savings for the company, and already achieved a 2 MMDD Savings in 2002, $2.8MMDD in 2003 and $ 3.2 MMDD in 2004, and $5.7 M in 2005. Managing a total of 50 suppliers for Resins, and Plastics ( injection molding mainly) -
Customer Service Rep./Program Manager
Valeo Engine Cooling
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)
August 1998 — May 2001 (2 years 10 months)
Program Manager Small Car Platform for Daimler Chrysler
Leading a multidisciplinary team : Sales, Design and Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Corp. Purchasing
Responsible for budget control , investments and gross margin of new products developed for Valeo Group in North America
Industrial Development leader for the new projects and cost analysis control
Responsible for New programs APQP with customer
•Master Scheduler & Customer Service Representative( Aug.’98-Aug’00)
Production Control and Scheduling (Master Scheduler) of Plant Production for OEM AND Service customers.
Inventory control:
Working with the Supply chain teams on Obsolescence of raw materials for new product or any engineering changes
Customer Service, taking care of customer satisfaction attending to assembly plants to solve and control mainly logistics and production control issues, complying to JIT Operations
Sales Forecasting
Member of the Strategic Logistics Council at DCX -
Customs Specialist/Inbound Logistics Coordinator
LG Electronics
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LG; Consumer Electronics industry)
January 1997 — August 1998 (1 year 8 months)
Customs Specialist, protecting the company bond.
Supporting and representing in-house customs broker
Achieved historical 100% compliance diploma on In-Bond Import Exports transactions with US Customs Service
Coordination of multimodal transporation in/out Mexico to/from Asia/Europe and South America.
Coordination of Inbound logistics to 11 different LG Electronics
(Former Zenith Electronics Corporation of Texas) TV Assembly and component manufacturing locations.
Close interaction with Supply Chain and Shipping departments on logistics activities.
Oscar Leon Chong oscarleonchong@yahoo.com.mx’s Education
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Tecnológico de Monterrey
MBA , Specialty in Finance , 2006 — 2009
2 credits completed
- Activities and Societies:
- International Society of Plastics Engineers
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Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
International Commerce , Marketing, International Trade & Logistics , 1992 — 1996
- Activities and Societies:
- VicePresidete Sociedad de Ecologia
FEITESM: Federacion de Estudiantes ( Students Board)
Promotec: Promotional Team
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Instituto Cultural Tampico
Junior High & High School , Jesuit School (ICT) , 1986 — 1992
Sociedad de Alumnos Pro-Graduacion 1992
- Activities and Societies:
- Missionaire Team
Soccer School Team
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Oscar Leon Chong oscarleonchong@yahoo.com.mx’s Honors:
International Society of Plastics Engineers
Green Belt
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