Pek Hoon KOH

A committed professional procurement manager with >15 years of related experiences across manufacturing, biomedical, pharmaceutical and utilities industries. Significant stakeholder management experience of teams across multiple geographies in EU and APAC roles. Has delivered superior results in supplier management, new product launches and various cost and business improvement initiatives.

Category Manager                                                                                 Jun 2022 to Dec 2022

Sartorius Stedim Singapore Pte Ltd

Responsibilities

Develop Supply Base and implement global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) category strategies in Asia.

• Identified category key risks and implemented migration plans.
• Sourced, on-boarded and developed suppliers for Electronics.
• Negotiated sourcing and general purchasing agreement contracts with new suppliers.

Supplier Management

• Led multi-disciplinary to manage overall supplier performance based on defined key performance indicators.
• Analyzed supplier processes and identified cost & lead-time reduction opportunities.

Achievements

• Established Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) category strategy to identify alternate sources in Asia.
• Sourced and onboarded new PCBA supplier in Asia.
• Supported new projects with supplier selection (incl. RFQ) and NPI project management.

Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager                                                                  Apr 2020 to Jun 2022

SP Group

Responsibilities

Develop and implement strategic sourcing framework and initiatives for critical electrical equipment (Switchgears, Transformer).

• Reviewed company’s core businesses and analysed key business and risk areas.
• Led cross functional teams to achieve strategic sourcing objectives of expanding supplier base.
• Designed and rolled out Price and Quality assessment with cross functional teams to evaluate and shortlist suppliers for tender award.

Supplier Management and Development (Switchgears & Transformers).

• Developed business intelligence and key performance indicators on key suppliers.
• Monitored suppliers’ performance and report any deviations and lead the cross functional team take appropriate action to mitigate issue and risk.
• Identified and droved key suppliers on cost down and lead-time reduction opportunities to maximize company’s value.

Support Procurement activities in company’s growth business in China

• Supported company’s China business to ensure procurement activities adhere to HQ’s policies and compliances.
• Led in change management in procurement practices. 

Achievements

• Developed and implemented sourcing strategies and achieved minimum dual sources for Switchgears & Transformers to reduce company’s single source risks.
• Prepared and trained Strategy Sourcing procedures to >50 users across 4 departments.
• Spearheaded the Approved Vendor List (AVL) of 15 key suppliers to ensure business continuity and increase company’s value. 
• Established key suppliers’ communications and procurement business to China procurement teams.

Dual Role: Procurement Account & Project Manager                                  Mar 2007 to Apr 2020

Canon Production Printing Singapore Pte Ltd

Procurement Account Manager Role

Supplier Management and Development (Electronics & Mechanical Accounts)

• Led in identifying improvement opportunities in suppliers and manage the enhancement of suppliers’ performances and capabilities.
• Managed the different interests of various disciplines within the supply-base.

Supply base / Category management

• Optimized Supply Base with multidisciplinary teams to enhance approved vendor lists. 
• Drove multidisciplinary teams in the process of selecting the right suppliers at the right time. 

Project Procurement Manager Role

Responsible for timely project reporting

• Reported monthly BOM price and addressed potential issues and cost increase.

Secure purchasing deliverables with Procurement Account Managers and Contract Manufacturer

• Approved quarterly VAM prices and budgeted the expected price variance annually.
• Executed actions with related account Procurement Account Managers and suppliers in line with commodity strategy and procurement compliances

Key user in SAP and ⁠Teamcenter software Product Lifecycle Management Systems

• Act as escalation point for end users within procurement and worked on new improvements and projects to roll out to organization and APAC offices. 

Achievements

• Implemented annual continuous improvement activities with key suppliers and achieved annual cost down target of 5 to 10%.
• Established Business Continuity Plans with > 8 key suppliers to reduce company supply risk and improve business agility.
• Led NPI projects (500-3000 parts per machine) related to EU and APAC procurement activities to achieve time to market targets.
• Designed and orchestrated the new Product Lifecycle Management system for APAC users that accelerated procurement digital transformation and delivered significant operation improvements across all multi-disciplinary teams. 
• Selected as the sole regional system trainer for employees (60 staff) within procurement department.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Date               Course                                                                              Institute

Oct 2022        Presence & Powerful Conversation                             British Council

Jan 2022        Out-of-the-Box Thinking and Problem Solving          MDIS

Dec 2021       A Primer of Electricity                                                     Singapore Institute of Power & Gas

Sep 2021        Singapore Electricity Network                                      Singapore Institute of Power & Gas

Mar 2021       The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People                      Franklin Covey Singapore

Apr 2018        IPC/WHMA-A-620 Specialist for Wire harnesses      Electronics Industries

Aug 2017       Océ Procurement Training                                            Canon (Océ-Technologies)

July 2017       Finance Training for non-finance users                      Finance for Non-financials

July 2016       Lean Thinking Training                                                   Kaizen Consulting

Aug 2015       Win-Win Negotiation                                                     MDIS

Oct 2014        Positive Influencing Skills                                              British Council

Nov 2012       Working with EQ                                                             British Council

Apr 2011        Train the trainer                                                              British Council

Apr 2011        Purchasing System                                                          SIPMM  

Feb 2011        Effective Negotiation Skills                                            British Council

Aug 2009       Personal Effectiveness                                                   NTUC Learning

Sep 2007        Microsoft Office Access 2003                                       Net Assist Pte Ltd

Oct 2006        Advance Microsoft Excel                                               Eagle Infotech Consultant Pte Ltd

Sep 2006        (Distinction), LCCI Certificate in Business English     BMC academy 

Dec 2004       (Distinction), LCCI Certificate in Bookkeeping           BMC academy

Apr 2003        Salesmanship and Marketing                                       PSB Corporation

July 2001       (Merit) Diploma in Electronics, Computer & Communication Engineering   Singapore Polytechnic