Oliver Zhao
Sourcing Manager at Vaisala
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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Top SchoolOliver Zhao is a sourcing and supply chain leader with 10 years’ experience driving cost reduction, supplier development, and delivery assurance across aerospace and metering industries from Shanghai. He has led strategic category optimization, make-or-buy re-engineering and large transfer-of-work projects—delivering a notable £1M (20% BOM) cost reduction in 2024 through pricing-model correction and targeted supplier introduction. Comfortable managing global teams, Oliver has overseen China–UK supply flows, localization of carbon-fibre and metal part manufacturing, and end-to-end NPI sourcing for major seating platforms. He combines hands-on operational purchasing and ERP-driven inventory control with contract and lifecycle management, and is adept at turning escalated delivery risks into stabilized supply. An analytical planner who started in pharma sourcing and e-auction analytics, he brings a rare mix of procurement rigour and aerospace manufacturing know-how.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at Anhui University of Finance and Economics
EnglishGithub contributions (5)
gds-hackathon/2016-Ares
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:39 commits, 66 pushes in 1 day
OliverZhao/ozblog
Jul 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
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