YANG Liu

Experience

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  Carrefour

  Jul 2000 - Sept 2000

  Business Assistant

  A short but very rich working experience: Joined Carrefour as secretary of Director of Grocery Dept., one month later, with high appreciation from the director, I was Promoted to business assistant in charge of cleaning products, hygiene products & fresh food. Main work scope: - Purchasing on local level & Supplier management: supplier selection, products selection, negotiations on price and promotion activities; - Make daily order according to sale & forecast; - On-site management: supervise the shelf team in the store to replenish the goods in time to make sure the smooth sale; - Management on Return of goods; - Daily analysis & report: daily inventory check and provide the analysis & forecast report; I had to leave Carrefour Shenyang because I decided to go to Shanghai for my continuing study in SISU (Shanghai International Studies University). Show less

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  EVERGREEN GROUP

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Executive Assistant to GM

  Evergreen Group, Joint-vernture company with French Bourbon Group, develops its business in Manufacture & Export (Products of Christmas series, Garden products), Shipping Industry, Real estate, Retail (supermarket), etc. Main work scope on Administration: - Daily schedule management; - Daily Meeting management; - Travel managements; - Visitors reception; - Meeting minutes; - Translation; Main work scope on Business: - Weekly on-site visit in the factories ( location: Ningbo; Taizhou of Zhejiang Province): assist in the meetings with products designers, production managers to work out business plan, production plan, and follow-up, etc. - The Canton Fair: visit to know more about the market trends & situation for the coming year; Work on Projects: - Team leader in charge of producing the promotion pictures & video of the exported products for The Frankfurt Fair; Show less

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  L'Oréal

  Jan 2006 - Jun 2012

  Senior buyer in charge of enlarged Indirect Material field including:Global Program:- Leading Asia part in the global program of "Hotel Pool" in 2010 & 2011;Within China:- Human resources: Events (Annual Dinner, etc.), Training courses, festival gifts for staff;- Travel: hotels, flight;- General service: Car leasing, Shuttle bus, Office furniture, Office maintenance, Office stationery, Office service (cleaning, security), Catering;- Logistics: Nationalwide transportation, Warehouse management system (IT), Customs declaration & Inspection service for imported products;and some miscellaneous cases related to Factories, such as teatment service of poisonous substances.Leardership improvement:Leading a new member of Indirect Category to do the projects of festival gifts buying, with it, my leadership ability has been much improved. Show less Since 2009, L'Oreal China started to get Indirect Material Purchase centralized under control of Indirect Purchasing Dept.(in which I was working); as key Buyer & team player in charge of Indirect Purchase, I contributed deeply to fix the strategy for Centralization, work out the detailed methods, do cross-functional communication,verification & selection of original suppliers, sourcing and development of new suppliers, data analysis, gain the support of top management...gradually, we accomplished the centralization for the main categories of which I took charge in person of here below the ones: - Centralization of Indirect Category;- Strategy & Process set-up & relevant Policies creation;- Human resources: festival gifts for staff; - Travel: hotels, flight; - General service: Car leasing, Shuttle bus, Office furniture, Office maintenance, Office stationery, Office service (cleaning, security), Catering; Show less Key work scope: - Provide assistance to CFO (foreigner) on Chinese local Culture & Communication way; - Communication with Global headquarters and offices in other countries, and coordinate between global and local office; - Coordination assistance between CFO and his Co-workers ( CFO's subordinates and other VPs etc.) - Daily schedule management; - Documents and Emails filing; - Documents check (documents to be signed by CFO) and relevant background verification before submitting to CFO; - Meeting mangagement; - Travel management; - Projects follow-up; - Visitors reception; - Provide assistance to special projects such as Merge & Acquisition ... CFO was very satisfied with my work quality and suggested me to try something different so that after having a deeper thought about my career development, I selected Purchasing to be transferred to. Show less

  • Senior Buyer

    Jul 2011 - Jun 2012

  • Buyer

    Mar 2009 - Jun 2011

  • Executive Assistant to Vice-President (CFO)

    Jan 2006 - Mar 2009
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  Gap Year Travel

  Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

  Gap Year Travel

  With the dream of traveling to have a look at the world, I made a wonderfu gap year travel alone during half year starting from June 2012 in 7 countries and some provinces in China. The long trip allowed me not only to have a look at the world, but also and especially to have a deep look at my inside... the gains of the travel are so huge and magic ! Me, after my gap year trip, I found I became a more effective person, both on personal life and on professional life with more awareness on myself, much better Focus ability, persistence ability, problem-solving ability... Show less

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  Fiat-Chrysler

  Sept 2013 - Sept 2015

  Senior Buyer General Services (Group Purchasing APAC)
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  LEGO Group

  Sept 2015 - now

  Procurement Category Manager, APAC