China | Sweden | Denmark
Business Development and Supply Chain Lead, Europe (based in Sweden) - Develop the suppliers and supply chain for European markets to enhance the products' portfolio and service offerings to the customers in Europe. - Lead to establish business strategies and integrate end-to-end processes. - Acquire new customers in Europe and improve the service level to the existing customers.
APAC Procurement Director, Supply Chain - Responsible for both Direct and Indirect categories sourcing and supplier management. The categories cover Raw Materials, Contract Manufacturers, Packaging (Glass, Tin, Paper, etc), Logistics, MRO, Capex, Energy, Facility & Real Estates across APAC. - Lead a cross-culture APAC team, which across Greater China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, etc. - Lead the sustainability agenda in Supply Chain procurement towards our Society 2030 ambition, such as to accelerate a low-carbon world. Collaborate closely with global sustainability leads, market leadership teams, and suppliers to strive for net-zero operations. - Deliver financial and non-financial KPIs: cost savings, payment terms, touchless PO and invoicing, responsible sourcing, contract coverage, supplier partnership, etc. - Close work with Supply Chain operations in different markets to grow, continuously improve productivity, and achieve operations excellence, meanwhile to mitigate the risks. - Develop APAC resilient supplier base direction and footprint, which includes supplier risk assessment, establish, and implement the mitigation plan and BCP (business contingency plan) - Sit in APAC Supply Chain leadership team to review business performance, business strategies, and participate in major business decisions. - Partner with key suppliers on innovation in product and service, bring value to the long-term business success.
During the 10 years, I had different leadership roles in Procurement in both region and Group headquarter. ***Head of Indirect Procurement Categories, Asia & Oceania - Lead Factory Equipment, Machinery, MRO, Service, Logistics, Capex and Corporate service categories in Asia & Oceania region, cover 12 factories and 9 market companies with team members based in Greater China, Singapore, Japan, Korea, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Australia. - Lead the team to deliver category strategies, cost reduction, resilient supply base, supplier risks & sustainability, supplier quality, compliance, and business controls - Deliver the financial and non-financial KPIs include cost, sustainability & quality targets - Strong collaboration and business partnering with internal and external stakeholders to drive business growth and customer satisfaction ***Director, Procurement, Greater China (May 2019 to Mar. 2021) - Lead Direct and Indirect procurement in Greater China - Define and implement categories’ strategies to secure the competitiveness at optimal cost, quality, delivery to secure as the industry leader - Continuous improvement in end-to-end processes (sourcing, contracting, supplier base management, purchase to pay, etc.) within procurement or across functions to support the business growth and customer satisfaction - Early involved in pre-sales to win Project-based sales by cost reduction, secure supply, supplier innovation, etc - Strong collaboration with key stakeholders to deliver not only procurement KPIs but also stakeholders’ business objectives - Develop long-term partnership with key suppliers to secure flexibility and resilience *** Global Director, Supplier Management, Sweden (Jan.2014 to Apr.2019) - Responsible for global procurement end-to-end processes - Successfully lead global procurement transformation in global sourcing, contracting & supplier management strategies, processes, digital technology, risk mgmt., responsible sourcing (sustainability) - Organization development towards World-Class procurement - Global employee competence development by establishing blended learning portfolio and business expert network - Established Responsible Sourcing Assurance system for sustainable procurement globally - Define global vision, mission, strategy, KPIs and implement globally *** Director, Indirect Procurement, Greater China (Nov.2012 to Dec.2013) - Lead Indirect procurement organization in Greater China - Develop organization by focusing on strategic, tactical, and operational procurement - Integrated indirect procurement includes all factories, legal entities and business units - Strengthened control framework and significantly improved control and governance
***Head of Product & Supplier Management, Greater China - Responsible for MRO (maintenance business) revenue generation and profitability, which is delivered by sourcing, selecting the right products, pricing, supplier relationship establishment and maintenance, and supporting the sales teams to satisfy the customers and win the orders and deliver the results. - Established and implemented product portfolio strategy, sourcing strategy, pricing strategy, etc. - Responsible for product marketing, includes catalogue, E-Commerce, marketing, etc - Collaborate with global category leaders to leverage the global supplier relationship and buying power to develop local engagement and close partnership with global key suppliers, such as Siemens, Schneider, Phoenix Contact, ABB, SKF, Fluke, Danfoss, etc. - Suppliers’ sponsorship to drive local marketing activities / promotions to realize win-win with the suppliers, such as Siemens, Schneider, Phoenix Contact, ABB, SKF, etc. - Developed local supplier base from scratch in Greater China.
***Director, Procurement & Supply Chain, Greater China - Established and developed a highly engaged Supply Chain Organization in Greater China - Build and lead Supply Chain Operations includes planning, procurement, distribution centres management, logistics, customer service, and technical service. - Lead team sourcing and established supplier base and product portfolio (include 50K+ products), pricing strategy, and product catalogues - Established distribution centres for 50K+ products and logistics network across China - Successfully launched SAP system and other tools - Support Sales and service team to sell and service the customers and satisfied the needs by beyond category ad-hoc sourcing, etc.
CPIM, CPSM