Trosa, Södermanland County, Sweden
Goal & solution-oriented , I have rich and solid experiences in global strategic purchasing and sourcing management in multicultural international companies, I am good at working in teams at all levels within the company by holding the stakeholders together. With positive " cando" attitute , I enjoy working in company environment with diversity and colaboration . With long and solid experiences in strategic purchasing management and supplier management , in my last roles I have been focusing on the cross category purchasing projects with the goal on launching new products development projects in time with good quality and good price , improving total purchasing cost and developing healthier supply base, to set up and constantly optimizing working process for reaching the goals. Specialities - Strategic category purchasing managment - Managing cross category purchasing projects - Put stakeholders together - Leading local purchasing team efficiently - Supplier value chain improvement - Improvement of supplier base - Improvement of logistics - Analytical skills with a strong commercial sense - Trilingual (Chinese , English and Swedish ) and strong ability working in different cultures (Asia, Europe, USA)
Responsible for purchasing of resale goods and raw material for production site , being the link between sales and different production sites/suppliers to maximize the efficiency and process , solving the problems related to logistic, supply and quality conformity etc.Re
Main responsibilities • New private brand products development projects launched with good quality, price and in time according to category plans • New supplier sourcing, supplier evaluation and supplier base improvement • Price/(Cog saving), quality ,terms and condition improvement • Develop and implement sourcing strategy • Develop and optimize the process of private brand product development from idea to launching , including set up the control gates for eliminating risk
I am responsible for managing purchasing projects across product catergories with focus on total price saving and supplier base improvement. Also responsible for purchasing improvement on indirect materail group. Over 95% of the projects showed two digits percentage in saving results.
Established and managed 3 local purchasing offices and 1 warehouse in China, exceeded expectation on • efficiently managing the China purchasing organization • developing purchasing result both with 20 times turnover increase and great purchase saving • generating great income to the company through managing local warehouse in "business in business " model and effective handling the warehouse • Well organized and competitive supplier base Products include: outdoor and indoor furniture, X´mas lighting , trunks and bags, indoor/outdoor/X'mas decoration, textile, el appliances, lighting , etc.
Developed business by purchasing and developing products with very competitive price and good quality for international retail chains. Main customers: Jysk, ICA, Silvan, Homebase, Argos , Mio, Bettenwelt, Hav-A-Tempa Cigar.