International Leverage, LLC

Jin Yujiang [Frank)

Frank joined International Leverage in 2003.

Frank has been a key leader of the Shanghai practice, managing projects such as developing sales channels for international firms seeking a foothold in the Chinese market and recruiting and managing engineers who perform supplier development and management functions in our sourcing efforts which span a wide variety of products for international clients, including: plastic and rubber parts, tools and dies, precision cast parts, forged and machined metal components, LED and incandescent lighting products, printed circuit boards, furniture and wood product among others. Please refer to Frank’s core competencies in the last segment of this section.

For the past 20 years, Frank has held positions of significant responsibility within several European, US and Japanese ventures in China, starting new operations from the development and presentation of the plan to the government for JV approval through the supplier development which was necessary for successful implementation. Frank is a driven professional focused on the customer and delivering results.

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Senior Operations Manager of Auto Lighting; Hella Shanghai General Electronic Co., Ltd
Hella is a German company and a world leader in automotive lighting. Frank managed an operation with 140 operators and over 30 engineers developing new products and implemented dozens of new product programs. Main customer, Shanghai GM, Shanghai VW, Nanjing Fiat , Anhui Chery, Shanghai Volvo Bus, Mercedes Benz.

Among his achievements at Hella, Frank:

Revenue growth : 2000 +11,5%; 2001 +57.4%; 2002 +42.6%

New business revenue: year 2001-22.9%;year 2002-8.5%; year 2003-22,7%

New product revenue: year 2001-0; year 2002-38.5%; year 2003-55.9%

Developed more than 40 different lamps for Chinese auto plants

Management representative of QS9000/VDA6.1 certification

Developed four new supplier companies throughout China:

Set up 8 production lines ,included 2 lines for head lamp, 1 line for rear lamp

Project leader of Warning Triangle Production Line relocation from Finland and Germany

Senior Manager Auto/Consumer Business Unit; Shanghai Morgan Carbon Co., Ltd
Shanghai Morgan Carbon Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Morgan Crucible Company plc. (UK) where Frank managed over 100 employees in the carbon brush and components industry for the automotive and consumer products industries. Frank’s responsibilities included new business development, new product development, production and financial control.

Frank’s customers were a mix of American and European multinationals, including Delphi, United Technologies, Valeo, Black and Decker and Ametek.

Among his achievements at Morgan, Frank:

Increased revenue 1.7 times from 1997 to 1999

Led the successful QS9000 certification team

Championed of Six Sigma Programming of Shanghai Morgan Carbon Co.

Developed a new customer, Ametek Shanghai, who remains the firm’s no.1 customer

Led development of long term business plan; established team for implementation

Developed new grades of material and implemented localization plans

Increased productivity by a factor of six in two years

SEG Automotive Equipment Engineering Co., Ltd. (Sino-Japanese JV) - Vice General Manager; Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp.
Frank led a team of 20 employees in this specialty equipment venture serving the automotive and motorcycles markets. Frank was responsible for business development, purchasing,technical support and quality control. Main customers included VW, Honda and Yamaha.

Among his achievements at SAIC/SEG, Frank:

Led the establishment of new venture from JV contract development through

successful government approval.

Recruited and developed a team dedicated to design and produce tooling and

specialized manufacturing equipment

Developed and managed subcontract channels for producing the equipment

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation - Vice Director of Technology, Shanghai Automobile Research Institute
Frank gained a great breadth of experience and contacts throughout Chinese industry by helping the Institute advance the then nascent Chinese automotive industry. Among the projects in which Frank was involved were:

Designing and implementing a production line of a seat belt for Shanghai Clutch Factory

Designing and implementing a production line of radiators for Shanghai Auto Part Factory

Automotive lamp and jig designing for Shanghai Wan Xiang Mini Bus Company and others

Automotive process & production line design

Other Activities
Numerous Negotiating experiences
Working in several industries to source lower cost, high quality components from China for export markets in North America, Japan and Europe.

Education & Training
Frank studied at Shanghai Jiao Tong University obtaining a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Training: Six Sigma training in Singapore; QS9000 training at Quality Assurance Center of Shanghai; Management training program at Morganite Inc.(USA); Management Training and Development program in the UK at Morgan Crucible Company, plc.; TOEFL GRE Training Class

Other Key Qualifications

Professional knowledge of company operations—marketing ,sales, technical development, manufacturing ,quality control, cost analysis and reduction, operation

performance analysis, benchmarking and continuous improvement

Experience in new product and process development using internationally recognized tools such as FMEA, APQP & CP, PPAP and new vendor development, SPC control and CPK improvement

Proactive at new business development skilled at feasibility study, gap analysis to budget, team development to pursue new customers

Strong experience of production and operations --production planning ,production balance, logistic coordination, layout study, productivity improvement

Experienced at the project control, capex request, justification ,time scheduling, project tracking.

Comprehensive knowledge of quality control --ISO 9002, QS9000 /VDA6.1

Expertise knowledge of financial analysis and cost reduction methods

Strong communication skills, written and oral, with the customers, partners, vendors and colleagues

Rich experience of automotive industry, familiar with the automotive equipment production lines

Familiar with the mechanical engineering-- the jig, tooling, machines the production lines etc.

Rich knowledge of Six Sigma Programming, return PPM improvement, COQ reduction methodology, lead-time and cycle-time reduction method, problem solving method, value analysis and value engineering, cost reduction methods etc.

Fluent both in spoken and written English and Chinese; German as a third (basic)