Vice President, Desktop and Notebook Procurement at Dell Technologies
Round Rock, Texas
Senior Manager, Global Procurement, Cost Modeling @ Dell Built and managed the cost modeling team supporting all product segments. Developed 12 advanced sourcing cost models and delivered $439M savings of Dell’s corporate cost reduction initiatives across a spend of $60B. From November 2007 to March 2009 (1 year 5 months) Austin, Texas AreaSenior Manager @ Crown USA...
Senior Manager, Global Procurement, Cost Modeling @ Dell Built and managed the cost modeling team supporting all product segments. Developed 12 advanced sourcing cost models and delivered $439M savings of Dell’s corporate cost reduction initiatives across a spend of $60B. From November 2007 to March 2009 (1 year 5 months) Austin, Texas AreaSenior Manager @ Crown USA Organized, acquired, and reviewed client financial information for presentation to financial institutions thereby facilitating trade financing. From April 1991 to March 1993 (2 years) Torrance, CAVice President @ Dell Technologies Led the Components and Thin Client procurement teams in Austin, Franklin, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei, and San Jose.Reduced component cost by 50% through a widely recognized three-year program with the tent poles:- Upgrade Supplier Functional Capabilities in year 1- Supplier Consolidation in year 2- Breakthrough Product Architecture in year 3In this program, I worked with the CEOs of the world's leading suppliers for IC and passive components, PCBs, camera modules, power supplies, keyboards, trackpads, speakers, cables and connectors. From August 2016 to April 2018 (1 year 9 months) Austin, Texas AreaExecutive Director, Components, Tablet, Google Chrome and Thin Client procurement @ Dell • Led the Components, Tablet, Google Chrome and Thin Client procurement teams in Austin, Shanghai, Taipei, and San Jose with in total 80 team members.• Owned the relationship to senior executives (typically GM or CEO level) at key suppliers: Wistron, Pegatron, Compal, Quanta, Inventec, Liteon, and Delta.• Involved suppliers in the frontend of the product development life cycle to overcome silo thinking.• Led several cross-functional initiatives in close alignment with senior executives. Austin, Texas AreaDirector, Components and Desktop @ Dell • Led the Components and Desktop procurement teams in Shanghai and Taipei.• Drove product roadmaps together with engineering, product marketing and industrial design (a radically new Desktop concept that I envisioned will launch later this year).• Ensured a seamless S&OP and solving supply issues (e.g. around the Japan earthquake).• Drove production efficiency in supplier factories and oversaw improvement programs in joint steering committees.• Delivered P&L-effective savings of $300M on an annual spend of $5B in a typical financial year. From August 2010 to September 2014 (4 years 2 months) Shanghai, ChinaDirector, Components and Cost Modeling @ Dell • Led executive negotiations of $3B annual spend in 50 supplier and 8 component categories (e.g., PCB, power supply, interconnect, passive and thermal, etc).• Developed top procurement talent; utilized advanced sourcing tools, and managed suppliers for best performance. • Developed and implemented sourcing and COS in the supply base. Reduced short to backlog to 1 day and delivered $8M savings in less than 3 months. From March 2009 to August 2010 (1 year 6 months) Austin, Texas AreaGlobal Commodity, Supply Chain Manager, and Sr. Strategist @ Dell • Managed NB and Server ODMs and PCB commodity. • Built the first supply chain infrastructure at Dell. • Developed the sub tier qualification process to ensure critical components were multi sourced during the development to avoid cost increases and supply shortages.• Established a demand flow process, and a COS warning system to determine additional supply availability through each phase of the supply chain. From January 1998 to October 2007 (9 years 10 months) Austin, Texas AreaChassis and Power Supply Manager @ Micron Electronics, Inc. • Improved design efficiency and drove industry standardization with Power and Thermal commodities resulting in $5M+ in savings in the first month in the job.• Managed full material life cycle from new product introduction, capacity management, and end of life management. From January 1997 to January 1998 (1 year 1 month) Nampa, IDEntrepreneur @ Rich Data Technology • Setup a power supply factory in Shenzhen, China and a motherboard proto type shop in Fremont, CA in less than 6 months. Generated $20M of revenue in year one.• Chaired weekly production meeting to review production schedule and to resolve manufacturing, material, and engineering issues with cross-functional team. From March 1993 to December 1996 (3 years 10 months) Fremont, CASenior Auditor @ Sunflower USA • Developed auditing procedures for the headquarters and six sub divisions. • Conducted monthly audits of the sub divisions and the headquarters. From October 1990 to April 1991 (7 months) Los Angeles, CAVice President, Desktop and Notebook Procurement @ Dell Technologies • Leading Desktop and Notebook Procurement for the Commercial, Consumer, Gaming, Ruggedized and Workstation product lines with a spend of $30B and in total 250 team members in Austin, Sao Paolo, Singapore, Taipei and Shanghai.• Owning the relationship to senior executives (typically GM or CEO level) at key ODMs: Foxconn, Wistron, Inventec, Pegatron, Compal and Quanta.• Mission to deliver breakthrough improvements both in terms of cost and innovation. Austin, Texas Area
Dell
Senior Manager, Global Procurement, Cost Modeling
November 2007 to March 2009
Austin, Texas Area
Crown USA
Senior Manager
April 1991 to March 1993
Torrance, CA
Dell Technologies
Vice President
August 2016 to April 2018
Austin, Texas Area
Dell
Executive Director, Components, Tablet, Google Chrome and Thin Client procurement
Austin, Texas Area
Dell
Director, Components and Desktop
August 2010 to September 2014
Shanghai, China
Dell
Director, Components and Cost Modeling
March 2009 to August 2010
Austin, Texas Area
Dell
Global Commodity, Supply Chain Manager, and Sr. Strategist
January 1998 to October 2007
Austin, Texas Area
Micron Electronics, Inc.
Chassis and Power Supply Manager
January 1997 to January 1998
Nampa, ID
Rich Data Technology
Entrepreneur
March 1993 to December 1996
Fremont, CA
Sunflower USA
Senior Auditor
October 1990 to April 1991
Los Angeles, CA
Dell Technologies
Vice President, Desktop and Notebook Procurement
Austin, Texas Area
Built and managed the cost modeling team supporting all product segments. Developed 12 advanced sourcing cost models and delivered $439M savings of Dell’s corporate cost reduction initiatives across a spend of $60B. Built and managed the cost modeling team supporting all product segments. Developed 12 advanced sourcing cost models and delivered $439M savings of Dell’s corporate cost reduction initiatives across a spend of $60B.
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Mollie Chang works for Dell
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Mollie Chang is Senior Manager, Global Procurement, Cost Modeling
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Mollie Chang works in the Computer Hardware industry.
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Mollie Chang's colleagues are Lionel Bigaud, Jan Cauter, Thomas Loof, Jean-Christophe Naud, Philippe Willems, Eric Ippoliti, Ben Hinojosa, Dave Cohen, Landon Chambers, and Martin Lyons
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