Bo Xu

lead a global team of > 30 procurement professionals from US, Europe, APAC and Latam Manage packaging, plant service, faclity service and equipments spend for all Lubrizol manufacturing sites globally（400 millions USD） lead and guild team for global stratigic initiatives for savings and efficiency

Lead a team consisting of 13 buyers, responsible for all indirect procurement across Lubrizol APAC sites

Lead a team of 7 indirect procurement professionals (including category managers, sourcing associates & tactical buyers) to support LZ’s legal entities in China, covering over 60 MM US$ spend in equipment, spare parts, corporate service, capex project, waste disposal etc； Design and drive organization transformation from operation to strategic sourcing, establish new team structure with people training and development plan; Roll out BP2 (global business process upgrade program) in China including but not limit on business process re-alignment, policy & process implementation, SAP/HANA4 implementation and drive savings initiatives to support business growth plan in China; Coach CAT MAN to establish sourcing strategy , category roadmap with sustainable savings plan and vendor management program at country level; Guild Procurement COE ( Center of Excellence) team to standardize procurement procedures in China and improve data visibility and transparency; Lead waste treatment sourcing and supplier management initiatives in China, achieved more than 10MM RMB savings in 2018.

Lead a team of 10 buyers running for 3 category domains including retail & POS, Marketing & Digital, Business Service; Interact with CAT MAN to roll-out category strategy into daily operation; Lead compliance related project including but not limit to solidarity sourcing, CSR & Environment, contract management, supplier risks management etc.; Participate into global procurement system renaissance project (Ariba) design, lead project implementation in China; Monitor Category & Operation team’s performance, report savings progress and key sourcing initiatives to management team; Work with controlling team to streamline procurement process & procedure.

Lead a team of 8 procurement professionals for 3 functions (Indirect, Supplier Management and Procurement Process, Efficiency & Performance); Manage all indirect spend ( General service, MRO & Capex Project) for 100+ legal entities across China; Lead series of savings initiatives to deliver solid cost reduction (5%) to impact company’s P&L; Monitor the whole supplier lifecycle process from referencing, qualification, on-site visit, selection, modification , NCR & Quality issue reporting & tracking, vendors disqualification, master file management etc. To ensure suppliers’ performance is in compliance with company’s policy; Re-engineer procurement process from sourcing to contract, from procure to pay including but not limit on PR/PO workflow optimization, set up regional central warehouse to share inventory information to decrease demand frequency etc.; Lead team to prepare savings target (Opex & Capex), action plan, and track savings progress with controlling team every month; Coach buyers on sourcing strategy and daily purchasing tasks.

Lead “Travel Renaissance Program” from supplier sourcing, negotiation to contract implementation into 13 countries; Lead” Working Uniform” consolidation project, successfully consolidated 8 countries’ volume into 2 vendors and achieved 13% of cost reduction out of 1 Million Euro; Lead Car Rental, Office Supplies, Facility Management and Cylinder sourcing initiatives in APAC and implement frame agreement into each country; Define indirect category roadmap in ST/MT/LT, to ensure sustainable savings (2% YoY) & roll-out supplier management program in APAC; Established standard critical-supplier qualification process, P2P process and E-tools, drive process standardization and operation efficiency within indirect categories; Coordinate between global indirect team and country indirect team to formalize sourcing strategies, execute contract implementation and ensure policy compliances in APAC

Support APAC commercial director to analyze Sino-Euro leisure travel market; Coordinate with AFKL marketing team in Europe to promote China as leisure travel destination to increase route occupation ratio; Liaise between AFKL and Chinese Embassy in France to prepare series of events for “Travel to China”; Work with AFKL China team on behalf of HQ to prepare Paris-WUHAN route launch marketing promotions and governmental affaires communication.

Prepare and set up commercial office in Belgium; Participate variable textile exhibitions in Europe on behalf of company; Monitor raw material supplier qualification and ensure good quality delivered to China on monthly basis; Source equipment in Europe and negotiate with vendors for exportation to China.