John Wu

About John Wu

As president and CEO of Global Strategic Connections, LLC, Mr. Wu is a seasoned global business veteran, combining business development and operational execution for revenue and profit growth with a solid customer satisfaction track record. John has initiated a global supply chain business using both U.S. business development capabilities and Chinese operational capacities in pharmaceutical intermediaries, energy conservation management, and executive development training. Some of John’s professional highlights include: • Strategic Planning: Standardized a Consultative Service Bundle for major Fortune 500 clients to provide faster response (reduced purchase order generation from 3-5 months process to 2-3 weeks), improved service quality (provided the right service skill-set based on project schedule), and standardized service engagement costs (reduced service costs variance from 3%- 20%). Produced measurable year-over-year improvement under dynamic, shifting conditions and in downturn markets with annual increase in revenue averaging 23% for four years in a row, and a corresponding annual profit increase of 29%.• Transformational Change: Within two months turned around a stagnant service delivery operation by consolidating and leveraging the delivery expertise of more than 50 suppliers for a major automotive client’s staffing needs in Information Technology. Decreased request response time by 56% and optimized operational costs, increasing profitability by 78% within six months.• New Business Start-up: Major contributor to a strategic partnership alignment and minority joint-venture business which grew to $36M in sales within four years.• Global Supply Chain Engagements: Deployed a lean mentality in multiple multinational manufacturing facilities. Expanded into international markets and facilitated acceleration of the strategic planning process to operational implementation.Specialties: Leading change, Designing new and re-designing existing business processes, strategic and operational planning, Negotiating and closing contracts, Positioning companies for collaboration, Growing revenue and profit, Forming joint ventures and strategic alliances, pricing strategies and product introduction, Managing budgets and business P & Ls, Leading and developing teams, Connecting international sales strategies and campaigns

Experience

1. President & CEO

   Global Strategic Connections, Llc

   Mar 2004 — Present

   Global Strategic Connections, LLC is a minority owned company headquartered in Troy, MI. GSC’s core services include import, export and business services. GSC focuses on identifying strategic partnership and supply chain procurement between US and China based companies. GSC primary initiative is to minimize client risks, while prioritizing the urgency for quality and cost.

Education

• University of Michigan-Dearborn

  Master of Science Degree, Manufacturing Systems Engineering

  1997 — 2001

• Western Michigan University

  Bachelor of Science Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Mathematics

• Western Michigan University

  BS, Mechanical Engineering

  1994 — 1997

Skills

• Business Development
• Negotiation
• Executive Management
• Program Management
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Automotive
• Six Sigma
• Vendor Management
• International Business
• Enterprise Software
• Project Portfolio Management
• Crm
• Change Management
• Product Development
• Sales
• Budgets
• Leadership
• Recruiting
• Strategic Planning
• Procurement
• International Sales
• Manufacturing
• Business Process
• Strategy
• Purchasing
• Management Consulting
• Process Improvement
• Supply Chain
• Outsourcing
• Business Strategy
• Management
• Team Building
• Quality Assurance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Product Management
• Process Engineering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Leading Change