Chee Yap

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About Chee Yap

Professional Summary: Strong Ethical Values | Highly Collaborative | Technology and Business Savvy | Strong Ownership Mentality | Drives Growth Through Innovation and Sustainability | Strategic Leader | Builds High Performance Teams A multi-lingual Global Sustainability, R&D, Project Management and Supply Chain Senior Leader, with more than 23+ years of combined experiences in Flexible Films, Food, Protective, Cold Chain Packaging and Automotive Industries. Passionate in promoting Strategic Innovation, Sustainability, ESG, Decarbonization and make the world a better place to live! Core Competencies: Known to be business savvy with strong analytical, organizational, leadership, and people management skills. Highly collaborative, motivated and accomplished with strong track records in delivering NPI sales. Highly experienced leading large technical team both in person and virtual format. Key skills include setting R&D vision, mission, roadmap, sustainability strategy, managing departmental budget, solving complex business issues with can-do altitude, matching customer needs with innovative solutions, applying Lean Six Sigma principals, and developing people through coaching and people development plans to maximize return on investment (ROI). Key Achievements: • Team successfully developed and launched many new innovations with commercial values worth > USD xx MM pa. Instapak XtraFlex, StealthWrap shrink film, EcoPure polyethylene foam, TempGuard insulation bags, TemPreserve PUR coolers, Jiffy Padded honeycomb mailers, QuikWrap Nano, Fill-Air Slim, Fill-Air with 50% Recycled Content, and SureForm, SureFill and GreenBlend polyurethane foams for automotive soft trim applications. • Led team to relocate multiple R&D labs into one new HQ in Charlotte, NC, USA successfully • Spearheaded to receive R&D grant from Economic Development Board (EDB) Singapore • Built two state-of-the-art, brand new ISTA 20 certified Thermal Packaging Labs (USA, Singapore) • Team received one of the highest scores from internal employee engagement surveys • Effective at recruiting A players, grooming leaders, and removing wrong hires. • Installed turnkey robotic automation and new production equipment • Team won many innovation awards: o 2023 PIDA Packaging Award + EU Packaging Finalist o 2022 PIDA Awards for Fill-Air with 50% Recycled Content o 2021 “Made in Singapore” and “Designed in Singapore” Awards o 2018 Dow Dupont Diamond Award for StealthWrap shrink film o 2018 AmeriStar Award for EcoPure PE foam o 2017 Award for TempGuard cold chain curbside recyclable materials.