The KION Group is a German multinational manufacturer of materials handling equipment, with its headquarter in Frankfurt, Germany. Its principal products are intralogistics, warehouse automation equipment, and industrial (forklift) trucks. KION Group was founded in 2006 by the demerger of Linde Group's materials handling equipment operations. It is the world's second-largest manufacturer of forklifts measured by revenue. The following are my current tasks: • Developing Strategy five-year Plan for China. Analyzing market, customer and competitor trends; defining growth aspiration; supporting the aspiration with key winning factors through a process of several management alignments • Defining key strategic initiatives for each year in main areas such as PM, Sales, Procurement and Marketing, etc. and tracking them to ensure achievement of strategy plan • Bringing transparency to top management regarding key projects to support decision making • Working on M&A projects, especially focusing on Procurement & Finance to ensure cost & LT reduction and JIT business • Writing key strategic communication documents for the VP's of PM, Sales, Strategy & Marketing, including white papers, speeches etc. • Internal Consultant/PMO

The REWE Group, based in Cologne, is one of the leading retail and tourism groups in Europe. From PENNY to toom to DERTOUR, many famous brands, retail stores, discount stores, tourism agencies and production facilities are part of the REWE Group. Many of the companies can be found in Germany, throughout Europe, and in many other parts of the world. Altogether 330.000 colleagues work in 12 European countries in 15.000 stores. In 2019 REWE Group generated a turnover of more than 62 billion €. Within my six months at REWE Groups subsidiary toom BM, I successfully completed the following tasks: • Project: Creation of a schedule for the season preparation to optimize LT & Cost • Request and analysis of offers for defined product lines (mainly finished products in the garden segment) according to specifications • Ensuring timely deliveries and smooth supply to the markets • Observation of the procurement market and implementation of competition analysis to search for potential suppliers • Negotiations with suppliers about prices, quantities, delivery dates, conditions, assumption of costs, etc. • Preparation and implementation of procurement decisions • Creation and implementation of tenders with the E-procurement tool (Neogrid) • Documentation & analysis of the negotiation results and the operational implementation • Participation in the design of supplier portfolios and the creation of documents for supplier discussions • Cooperation with sourcing partner for import products • Processing of market inquiries as well as maintenance and updating of master data in the ERP system • Creation of analysis, evaluations and calculations • Preparation of the annual negotiations • Preparation of catalog negotiations • Expansion and maintenance of existing supplier relations • In-depth familiarization with the interfaces of purchasing in other areas such as category management, condition management, logistics, master data management

Ledlenser is now a company of more than 1,500 employees at sites in Germany, America Italy, Japan, China and Switzerland, three manufacturing bases and a range of some of the world's highest-quality LED flashlights and headlamps. Within my 1,4 years at Ledlenser, I successfully completed the following tasks: • Guidance of a team of sourcing engineers (eight people) • Management of cost-saving projects • Management of outsourcing projects • Definition and implementation of outsourcing process • Establishing sourcing strategy during the development of new product series • Escalation management (e.g. supply or quality issues, risk management) • Supplier Selection (strategic suppliers for long term cooperation) • Supplier Audit • Leading negotiations of significant purchase agreements, contracts and SOW with key suppliers in Mandarin to establish best-in-class pricing, flexibility, quality, delivery, payment, warranty and service items • Optimization of the supplier base • Global vendor search, evaluation & vendor development • Experience in direct & indirect materials, international logistics, product compliance, product development, branding, packaging, importing • Leading external sourcing partner's development and delivery of sourcing projects (mainly finished goods) • Change Management (e.g. Outsourcing) • Definition and implementation of China market entry strategy

Ledlenser is now a company of more than 1,500 employees at sites in Germany, America, Italy, Japan, China and Switzerland, three manufacturing bases and a range of some of the world's highest-quality LED flashlights. During my internship at Ledlensers subsidiary in Yangjiang, China, I successfully completed the following tasks: • Identification of saving potentials in order to implement cost-saving projects • Supporting Product Managers in New Product Development • Gaining experience with mechanical and electronic components.

The Technical University of Dresden is one of the 10 largest universities in Germany. It is a member of TU9, a consortium of the nine leading German Institutes of Technology. The university is one of eleven German universities which succeeded in the Excel

The University of Applied Sciences Zwickau is based in the automotive and Robert Schumann city of Zwickau. Founded in 1897 as engineering school, it was re-founded as an University of Applied Sciences in 1992. In the study programme Languages and Business

Chongqing University is one of the most prestigious universities (member of the "Excellence League") in China, ranked in the Top 20 and located in Southwest China's megacity, Chongqing. In early 2015 I took the advanced National Chinese Language exam (HSK