Naoki Yasuda
Head Of NEA Procurement & Supply Chain, Global Procurement at Johnson Controls
Japan
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Top SchoolNaoki Yasuda is a seasoned procurement and supply chain leader with over 22 years of cross-industry experience, currently heading NEA Procurement & Supply Chain for Global Procurement at Johnson Controls and managing a $200M annual spend and a 35-person team. He has deep expertise across direct and indirect categories—from electrical components and industrial machinery to real estate, facilities management, and 3PL logistics—delivering supplier development, risk mitigation, and sustained cost and performance improvements. A Six Sigma Black Belt, Naoki combines rigorous process improvement with advanced negotiation and procure-to-pay optimization to drive measurable efficiency and compliance across multiple countries. He has a track record of standardizing indirect procurement across legal entities in Japan and implementing VMI and consignment models that cut inventory and logistics costs. Academically engaged through MBA studies and a PhD program at Kwansei Gakuin University, he also served as a visiting researcher on value co-creation, signaling a blend of practitioner insight and academic curiosity. Notably, his career spans both global category leadership and hands-on regional execution, enabling him to align strategic procurement initiatives with local operational realities.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D. (completed the program w/o degree), Advanced Management, Business, Procurement, and SCM, Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D. (completed the program w/o degree), Advanced Management, Business, Procurement, and SCM at 関西学院大学 / Kwansei Gakuin University
Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese, フランス語
Github Skills (6)
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react2
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
WGGSH/vscode-setting
Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:57 commits, 44 pushes, 4 branches in 7 months
WGGSH/WGGSH.github.io
Mar 2016 - Oct 2023
Contributions:89 pushes, 3 branches in 7 years 8 months
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