Alex Koh
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Summary
A Procurement and Sourcing professional with over 25 years of experience in Global position.
Worked mainly for manufacturing Industries in sourcing and negotiating for OEM products.
Experience in Contract Management, negotiation and Vendor Management.
Currently, in Healthcare Industry and leading a team on a 3 year roadmap to develop a Centralisation program across Purchasing, Procurement and Warehousing.
Apart from work, I am very passionate to work with the youths to help them discover themselves and provide guidance on life experiences and career development. I love sports particularly in badminton and bowling too.
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Work Experience
Senior Manager, Procurement Jan 2020 - Present
NTUC Health Co-operative Limited SingaporeLeading a team on a 3 year roadmap to develop a Centralisation program across Purchasing, Procurement and Warehousing.
Developing a team by mentoring and coaching them on best practices and hard skills as well as their overall soft skills development like presentation, communication, etc.
Director, Global Sourcing May 2012 - May 2019
SVP Worldwide United StatesLed a team of managers to manage OEM vendors for consumer electronics goods.
Conduct business review and contract negotiation with global vendors
Manager, Supply Chain Apr 2004 - Apr 2012
Honeywell (formally Intermec) United StatesAchieved about 15 consecutive quarters of revenue growth by driving our Contract Manufacturers and Suppliers to meet our companys target.
Achieved savings of 8% through successful transfer of product from US to Singapore.
Education
BBA, Purchasing and Logistics Management (International Business) Mar 2007 - Jun 2008
Southern Cross University AustraliaAwarded Certificate of Commendation for 5 distinction
Diploma In Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) Jun 1983 - Jun 1986
Ngee Ann Polytechnic SingaporeOther Skills
Q&A with Alex Koh
What is your personal goal in your profession?
After more than 25yrs in my profession, my personal goal is to leave a legacy behind by coaching and mentoring my staff and willing students or other professionals who are interested to learn or find out more on this profession.
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What are some personal projects or ideas you have worked on or are working on now?
I developed a 4S (System, Structure, Support, Savings) strategy and proposed a 3yr roadmap on Centralisation across Purchasing, Procurement and Warehousing in my current job.
I am driving the whole initiative and setting policies, standards and best practises.
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How would you describe yourself in one sentence?
I am always optimistic and open to challenges on the WHYs and HOWs to make things or life better.
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What kind of education or training did you find most useful in your field?
There are lots of them but soft skills like Communication and Negotiation are sometimes being overlooked.
They are essential across every field. We are constantly engaging with many groups of people and we need to learn how to communicate effectively and apply the right tactics to the different groups for best results.
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What would you bring to a team if you join them?
VITS - Value, Ideas, Teamwork, Solution
C - (Contribution, Creativity, Collaboration, Clarity)
We need the daily Vitamins C (VITS C) for the team to move forward in unity
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What are some examples that illustrate how you have generated ideas that represent thinking 'outside the box'?
Always ask the WHYs and the HOWs.
Eg. WHY does it have to be done this way and HOW can we improve or do better?
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What achievements in your career are you most proud of?
One of my achievements that I am proud of is to take over the running of my suppliers whole manufacturing facility in China.
I ran their entire operations from planning of material, arranging production scheduling including planning for OT and hiring new workers and meeting their suppliers to expediting of materials.
I help to resolve their production capacity issue from backlog orders to stable supply all within a 6 months period.
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What are some mistakes that you have made in your career? How did you deal with it and what have you learned from them?
One of the common mistakes is to take the spoken words of the person during a negotiation and act upon it.
Lessons learnt is to make sure that it has to be properly documented and formally agreed upon before we act. There are cases that the person might change his stance because his management disapproved or he can claim that there is some miscommunication.
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Describe a situation where you had an idea and needed to influence people around you to understand, and work together towards achieving the idea.
Recognising that people always want to know how it will benefit them in every initiatives, in order to influence them and get their support, we need to show them the true benefits that will not add load to their work but will further improve in what they do from their present stage.
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