Min Zhang

Experience

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  IBM

  Mar 2004 - now

  - Playing an HR consultative role to BU executives (covering Sales Organization, Cloud Go-To-Market BU, Finance, Procurement & Sales Support functions). Partnering with the business leaders by providing HR expertise to support BU people strategy. Act as trusted business advisor by engaging line leadership and broader HR teams to deliver structured solutions to address business challenges from both short term needs and long term strategy perspective- Provide clients with thoughtful insights into organization effectiveness. Leverage business acumen, design thinking and agile approach to drive HR programs into BU, help BU accelerate organization effectiveness, workforce optimization, drive high performance culture & leadership development; Enhance employee Skill and career experience and improve employee engagement.- Deeply understand clients and construct solutions that blends business realities with people orientation. Interpret HR policy and programs with clear understanding of business unit key strategic priorities at a high level and ensure the appropriate HR advice and counsel is provided.- Nurture operational excellence by Integrating and collaborating across HRP team, COE and delivery team. Co-create bold ideas to the functional team for continuous improvement in providing total HR solution to the client- Also Play as IBM SH Site HR leader role, supporting East China General manager in terms of all Employee Engagement communication and events, Town Hall meetings, Round-Tables and other personnel matters facing external and internal parties. 收起 Responsible for procurement strategic sourcing & service delivery in support of IBM external customer in Asia. Developed and implemented global strategic plans to achieve cost saving, cost avoidance & cash delivery. Managing a group of category managers and tactical sourcing buyers for marketing and sales promotion commodities, eg: Below the Line service, Point of Sales Material, Commercial print, Activation & Events, Premium & Gifts, Filed Sales, In-store Promoters & Merchandising services. Managing more than 100M Euro spending per annum in Marketing &Sales . Developed key negotiation strategy through in-depth cost component study & decoupling, supplier sourcing and market analysis, financial data mining, collaboration with key stake-holders and teaming with customer portfolio manager for major negotiations with supplier on stream contracts. Built relationship with marketing and customer development team through reputed work and accountability. Demonstrated business partnering skill and engagement. Strove for organizational excellence, process efficiency and high performance culture through strong project leadership and people management and influence the customer positively. Sucessful management of supplier relationship and performance. 收起 Grew from team leader role to a department manager role, responsible for the overall transition that facilitates the initiating of outsourcing service to IBM new clients. Oversee a team of tactical sourcing, order executioner, catalogue managers and customer assistance experts in Asia Procurement Centers. Managed transition in IBM Shared service center and ensured key milestones and deliverable are met.Collaborated with transition PM to validate and revise base processes to fit client specific requirements. Finalized all process flows and business rules relevant to each individual engagement. Achieved SLA deliverable to the client. Drove continuous Procurement operational compliance and process Innovation. Improved client satisfaction up to10% and achieved 2 full headcount reduction through procurement hands free improvements.Led Global procurement center team to be a critical component of success in procurement service delivery to major FMCG customer and implemented delivery governance process to improve customer experience. Major achievements include rolling out regional sourcing instruction, integration of three delivery centers and increase of order automation by 15% through driving catalogue enhancement Developed China Procurement Center strategy and implemented a competitive cost structure towards more efficiency and effectiveness. Built up a healthy management pipeline and skill set for Shanghai procurement and Cheng Du centers.Teamed and collaborated with AP Procurement center managers and sourcing hub managers for people development and employee career path. Facilitated 13% resource exchange across functions ________________________________________________________________________ 收起

  • Strategic HR biz partner, IBM Great China Group

    Jan 2013 - now

  • Senior Procurement Manager (Indirect procurement) for IBM Key accounts, IBM Supply Chain

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  • IBM Strategic Sourcing Program Manager

    Apr 2010 - Dec 2010

  • Global procurement service delivery center manager, Asia Pacific

    Mar 2004 - Apr 2010