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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

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.

• 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. 

Responsible for timely project reporting

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

• 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

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

• 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