Our consultant occupied the role of OEM Strategic Purchasing Manager while at 3COM Corporation. This position gave him ultimate responsibility for all aspects of the performance of the company’s Taiwanese suppliers. Our expert successfully managed the relationship between 3COM and their six main suppliers in the Far East, with an annual spend totalling ~$80m. While in this role, our expert also continually drove down the product cost also achieved continual reductions in product costs on a quarterly basis. Finally, our expert effectively designed and implemented a ‘request for quotation’ process in order to maintain the integrity of each party involved in the company’s supply chain.

About 3COM Corporation: 3Com is a global IT company based in four continents with an annual turnover of around $1.3 billion, delivering data, security and voice services to all types of small, medium and enterprise customers. On 12 April 2010, Hewlett-Packard completed a previously announced acquisition of 3Com.