Derek Chin
- Role
- Director at HARMAN International
- Location
- Detroit, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Derek Chin
I am an accomplished, proactive leader with an outstanding record of optimizing…
Experience
Director
Jul 2016 — Present
Procurement business partner for the 4 phases of product development: concept development, pursuit, launch, production. Products include infotainment, telematics and ADAS. Report to VP of global product sourcing with a dotted line to the Connected Car regional SVP and GM. Responsible for optimizing design and cost in support of winning new business by leveraging \"should-cost\" data and VA-VE initiatives while balancing customer requirements. Responsible for augmenting Harman\'s supplier diversity score for various OEM\'s. Lead new product introduction with engineering, program management and sales; Co-lead VA-VE initiatives/workshops for additional savings.
Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan
MS, Mechanical Engineering
Skills
- Global Sourcing
- Supplier Management
- Suppliers Development
- Powertrain
- Ppap
- Supplier Development
- Strategy
- Components
- Timing
- Climate
- Automotive
- Product Development
- Supply Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Manufacturing
- Sourcing
- Parts
- Supply Chain
- Six Sigma
- Commodity
- Cost Reduction
- Lean Manufacturing
- Supply
- Chassis
- Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Oem
- Program Management
- Purchasing
- Fmea
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