Francis Seow
Procurement Development Program
E-mail: francis_seow@actmanagement-ap.com
Tel: 6-012-487 0218
Professional info
Francis is the Chief Corporate Consultant and Senior Principal Facilitator with over 30 years of working experiences in Supply Chain Management and he has a good mix of different products and exposure in different organization culture.
SONY, JABIL, ACER, PHILIPS, INTEL are a few multinational organizations that have benefited from his expertise. With his vast experiences and knowledge in a Senior Management capacity has enabled him to train and develop various management staff to succeed in Cost Reduction, Inventory Reduction, Waste Reduction and Logistic Cost Reduction.
Working Experience
SONY : 15 Years
INTEL : 6 Years
PHILIPS : 5 Years
ACER : 4 Years
JABIL : 1 Year
BCM : 1 Year
His consulting services has benefited many organizations in meeting challenges by creating a competitive advantage.
He is a Certified Trainer for the Human Resource Development Fund training program.
Professional Achievements
•MD Award in Year 2006 " TRUE PROFESSIONAL PROJECT "
Successfully lead a team of senior management staff to save RM9 million in one year.
•Apart from yearly saving, successfully lead a team to save RM1 million a month on sub materials. (consumable items)without affecting quality or delivery.
•Reduce raw materials, unit price for Floppy Disc Drive from USD67.00 to USD12.00 per set. (Production volume – 1 million sets per month) between 1993 – 1998.
•Successfully lead a project team to build and relocate to new factory within 4 months in Year 2003.
Multinational Company in Malaysia (Year 1993 to 2008)
(15 Years Achievement)
2010 - present
2010 - present
Multinational Company in Malaysia (Year 2009 ~ 2010)
(1 year Achievement)
•Reduced cycle time for new product introduction.
•Cost saving of RM1.3 million for customer - Lam Research USA in year 2010
Saving of USD152 million on products transfers in 1989.
Multinational Company in Malaysia
(4 Years Achievements)
•Effective Negotiation Strategies
•Effective Cost Reduction Strategies
•Advance Warehouse Management
•Management of Direct Procurement
•Procurement Roles and Responsibility
•Effective Shipping and Logistic Control
•Supply Chain Management and Control
•Effective Inventory Management & Control
•Best Practices in effective Bidding & Tendering
•Management of General and Indirect Purchasing
•How to make Just In Time & Vendor Manage Inventory Strategy work
Supply Chain - Training Programs
•Productivity Improvement
•Procurement Cost Reduction
•Procurement Strategic Sourcing
•Procurement Lead Time Reduction
•Materials, Warehouse & Inventory Control
•Suppliers Evaluation, Development & Qualification
•Production Lean Manufacturing & Value Engineering
•Management of Direct, Indirect/Sub Materials Control
•Management of General Purchasing, Repairs and Maintenances
•Customized consultancy Project base on customer’s needs