Babhui Lee 李白辉

Babhui Lee 李白辉

Director, Procurement Engineering, Total Cost Management, Global Procurement at Flextronics

China

Current
  • Director, Procurement Engineering, Total Cost Management, Global Procurement at Flextronics
Past
  • Director, Procurement Engineering, Business Management, Global Procurement at Flextronics
  • Director, Component Engineering, Global Design Procurement at Flextronics
  • Senior Manager, Component Engineering, CHINA Materials at Flextronics
  • Component Engineering Manager, Procurement at Flextronics
  • PE/QA Manager at Multek
  • Technology/Product Manager (LeaRonal/Shipley) at Rohm & Haas
  • Senior Material Engineer/Process Engineer at Motorola
Education
  • National University of Singapore
  • National University of Singapore
  • National University of Singapore
  • Hwa Chong Junior College, Singapore
  • Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore
  • Methodist Primary School, Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Websites

Babhui Lee 李白辉’s Summary

Close to 15 years’ experience in the electronics (OEM, CEM/EMS, ODM) manufacturing/chemicals industry in Singapore & China, among which over 11 years were in various managerial positions.

Experienced in sourcing activities for cost reduction through supply localization, value engineering and supplier development program;

In-depth knowledge on chemicals for electronic applications; advanced printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing and assembly/packaging technology; other electronic components (actives, passives, connectors, etc).

My goals are to gain even greater exposure & experience in managing cross-cultural diversities, and to strike a delicate balance between my technical and business aspirations to reach a newer height.

My philosophy: "To Be Or Not To Be, That's The Question...事在人为"
My motto: "The Best Is Yet To Be... 没有最好, 只有更好!"

Values that I care:

Leadership 领导能力
Efficiency & Effectiveness 效率/效益
Enthusiasm 热忱
Broadband 宽频
Attitude 态度
Best-in-Class 追求顶级
Humility 谦逊
Urgency 紧急意识
Initiative 自发性

Babhui Lee 李白辉’s Specialties:

• Technical Program Management
• Analytical Lab
• R&D
• MPCpS (Machine/Process Capability Study) Methodology
• Quality Management
• Environmental Compliance (RoHS/WEEE/EuP), Lead-Free
• Lean Six Sigma
• Sales & Marketing
• Process Engineering
• Component/Procurement Engineering
• Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE)
• Commodity Coding
• Spend Data Management (SDM)
• Alternate/Second Sourcing
• Supplier Development Process (SDP)
• Total Cost Management (TCM)


Babhui Lee 李白辉’s Experience

  • Director, Procurement Engineering, Total Cost Management, Global Procurement

    Flextronics

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FLEX; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    October 2008Present (1 month)

    • Establish and ensure implementation of standard global process, procedures and tools for the management of Flextronics’ costs.
    • Implement the RFQ and TCO process with the GCM and Business Segment teams and collaborate with these teams to maximize cost reduction.
    • Cost Reduction – Work with GCM teams and business segments to maximize total cost reduction.
    - Drive more effective negotiations with suppliers.
    - Assure business segments key parts and customer issues are addressed.
    - Understand total cost including payment terms, incoterms, transportation costs, and supply chain programs.
    - Drive alternate sourcing efforts.
    • GCM/Business Segment Collaboration – Work to assure both groups have the information they need to work effectively, and define requirements to address any unmet needs.
    - Coordinate the negotiations interlock process.
    - Assure negotiations schedules are maintained accurately.
    - Drive implementation of the procurement plan from negotiations results.

  • Director, Procurement Engineering, Business Management, Global Procurement

    Flextronics

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FLEX; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    January 2008September 2008 (9 months)

    - Identify opportunities for redesign or component substitution to provide cost reduction or quality improvement.
    - Assist GCM & SSCM in identifying opportunities to source with Flextronics strategic suppliers during & after the customer design process.
    - Provide technical back-up for alternate sourcing recommendations, such as identifying relevant spec differences, and providing the interface with the customer’s design team.
    - Assign commodity codes and classify spend data to improve spend visibility & leverage for GCM to negotiate with suppliers.
    - Help maximize the purchasing power through component consolidation, where possible.
    - Provide technical support to Flextronics segments as needed to resolve manufacturing problems related to component performance, or customer AVL issues.
    - Gather and evaluate supplier road maps together with commodity managers.

  • Director, Component Engineering, Global Design Procurement

    Flextronics

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FLEX; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    April 2006December 2007 (1 year 9 months)

    • Responsible for global component engineering under Sourcing, Global Procurement, to support Flextronics design centres on ODM projects.
    • Standardize corporate AVL/AML management control and approval process (through centralized component database) to promote design re-use.
    • Mitigate risks associated with supply chain, technology, quality & reliability and environmental compliance (RoHS/WEEE/EuP/etc.) through preferred supplier ranking system.
    • Define component reliability requirements & specifications for different product applications & market segments
    • Early engagement in Value Analysis/Value Engineering activities with design centers for identifying cost reduction opportunities
    • Technical audit on supplier qualification & development activities with Global Commodity Management team.
    • Develop suppliers of tomorrow that can offer speed, cost, technology and quality to ODM business through global SDP (Supplier Development Process)

  • Senior Manager, Component Engineering, CHINA Materials

    Flextronics

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FLEX; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    April 2005March 2006 (1 year)

    • Regional component engineering & RoHS North Asia lead in China, covering Flextronic manufacturing sites at Doumen (Zhuhai), Xixiang (Shenzhen), Dongguan, Shanghai, Changzhou, Nanjing, etc., and design centres at Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, etc.

  • Component Engineering Manager, Procurement

    Flextronics

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FLEX; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    June 2004March 2005 (10 months)

    • Flextronics Doumen campus component engineering lead
    • Flextronics Doumen campus RoHS implementation champion

  • PE/QA Manager

    Multek

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    August 2001May 2004 (2 years 10 months)

    • Responsible for driving yield improvement activities, reducing customer returns & building total customer satisfaction
    • Responsible for implementing company wide quality system, internal audit & work closely with customers for plant visits/audits
    • Worked closely with customers (both CEMs & OEMs such as Flextronics, Solectron, Celestica, Jabil, Venture, Motorola, HP, IBM, Dell, Cisco, Lucent, NEC, etc.) in resolving technical or quality issues.
    • Responsible for yield improvement, cycle time reduction, cost reduction & process troubleshooting, process/capability improvement, new process/ product introduction, capital budgeting & capacity planning.
    • Implemented new processes (such as reverse pulse copper plating, liquid photoimaging technology, etc.) into mass production for capability improvement & cost reduction efforts
    • Researched new projects in alignment with corporate roadmap & new capabilities

  • Technology/Product Manager (LeaRonal/Shipley)

    Rohm & Haas

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Chemicals industry)

    July 1998June 2001 (3 years)

    • Sales and technical support to regional PCB customer base.
    • Responsible for new technology transfer, and working closely with customers, suppliers and scientific organizations.
    • Responsible for customer service and internal QA laboratory.
    • Regional technical support, including new technology transfer.
    • Responsible for customer service and internal QA laboratory.
    • Responsible for both internal & external technical training or presentation

  • Senior Material Engineer/Process Engineer

    Motorola

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOT; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    May 1994June 1998 (4 years 2 months)

    • Managed and led technical programs in developing advanced BGA substrates; including design, manufacturability, and capabilities.
    • Worked closely with customers, suppliers, and scientific organizations worldwide in developing new BGA substrate technologies.
    • Responsible for new substrate and PCB process technology development and qualification.
    • Responsible for failure analysis in solving process issues.
    • Start-up of several production lines for new PCB facility.
    • Provide engineering leadership and support to manufacturing operations so as to achieve operational objectives of quality, cycle time, and productivity.


Babhui Lee 李白辉’s Education

  • National University of Singapore

    MSc, Management of Technology, 19992001

    Major in:
    - Management of Technology
    - Management of Research & Development
    - Negotiation & Coonflict Resolution Skills
    - Accounting
    - People & Organization
    - Quality Management
    - Operations Management
    - Managing Technical Professionals
    - Business Management (ASEAN Business)
    - Managerial Economics

    Activities and Societies:
    Instructor - Chinese Martial Arts Club (Nam Wah Pai: www.namwahpai.com)
  • National University of Singapore

    MSc, Industrial & Systems Engineering, 19971999

    Major in:
    - Systems Approach to Project Management
    - Cost Analysis & Engineering Economy
    - Engineering Probability & Simulation
    - Statistical Quality Control
    - Advanced Engineering Statistics
    - Operations Planning & Control
    - Decision Analysis
    - New Product Management
    - Material Flow Systems
    - Quality Planning & Management

    Activities and Societies:
    Instructor - Chinese Martial Arts Club (Nam Wah Pai: www.namwahpai.com)
  • National University of Singapore

    BEng, Chemical Engineering, 19901994

    Major in:
    - Mathematics
    - Computing
    - Graphics
    - Economics
    - Engineering I & II
    - General & Physical Chemistry
    - Engineering Materials
    - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
    - Fluid Mechanics
    - Heat & Mass Transfer
    - Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry
    - Chemical Engineering Principles
    - Strength of Materials
    - Financial Accounting
    - Applied Mathematics
    - Reactor Systems I & II
    - Process Instrumentation & Control
    - Solid & Fluid-Solid Systems
    - Separation Processes I & II
    - Process Heat Transfer/Materials of Construction
    - Sociology
    - Process Dynamics & Control
    - Industrial Systems & Plant Safety
    - Petroleum Refining
    - Process Systems Engineering
    - Distributed Process Control System
    - Pretrochemicals & Processing Technology
    - Management & Law

    Activities and Societies:
    Member, Chinese Cultural Society
    Committee member, Chinese Martial Arts Club (Nam Wah Pai: www.namwahpai.com)
  • Hwa Chong Junior College, Singapore

    GCE "A" Level, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, 19881989

    Activities and Societies:
    Chinese Cultural Society;
    Sports Club
  • Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore

    GCE "O" Level, Science, 19841987

    Best Award in Chinese subject - 1986, 1987
    First runner-up in nation-wide Chinese essay competition (Senior Citizen Week) - 1987

    Activities and Societies:
    Chinese Cultural Society - Vice Chairman
  • Methodist Primary School, Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia

    Primary 6, 19781983

    Class Monitor and Head Prefect (1983)
    Maths competition district and overall champion in Sarawak (1983)


Additional Information

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Babhui Lee 李白辉’s Interests:

Chinese martial arts, yoga, hiking/camping, roller-blading, swimming, net-surfing, reading, music, travel

Babhui Lee 李白辉’s Groups:

Member of following professional bodies:

• Institute of Supply Management (ISM), Hong Kong
• Supply Chain ASIA
• PRD (Pearl River Delata) SCM Club, South China
• IMAPS International Microelectronics and Packaging Society
• Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA)
• American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society (AESF)
• The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChem)
• Singapore Surface Finishing Society (SSFS)
• IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries

Adviser, company outdoor adventure club (2003~2004);
Chairman, company outdoor adventure club (2006~now)

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