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2008-06-25 | Nanjing

The European Chamber is very pleased to welcome Mr. Guillaume de Requefeuil from BravoSolution China as the new Chairman and Mr. Joerg Greipel from BSH Electrical Appliances (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. as the new Vice-Chair of the Sourcing Forum in Nanjing.
We look forward to working together with both of them towards the continued success of the Forum.

Here is a brief overview of their professional backgrounds.

Guillaume de Roquefeuil 
Managing Director of BravoSolution China, a provider of supply management solutions.

In the past 7 years, he has worked in procurement consulting and web-based solutions implementation for diverse large international organizations.

Professional experience in:

assisting organisations in analysing, managing and optimizing their procurement process and performances
implementing procurement solutions within organisations,
managing sourcing operations in China (for 2 years now)
managing procurement operations for international turn-key projects (industrial, pyrotechnic and nuclear facilities) - Asia (China, Vietnam, Cambodia), North Africa and France.

He has worked in Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore in 1998 and 1999, joined BravoSolution in France in April 2003, worked with China since 2006 for European customers sourcing in China, and set up BravoSolution Chinese subsidiary in 2007.

He is French, 35 years old, married, with 3 children.

Jörg Greipel
Employer   BSH Bosch- and Siemens Home Appliances, Co. Ltd.

Since 06/2007  
Purchasing Director, BSH Electric Appliances, Nanjing, China
Tasks: Responsible for strategy, costs and personnel ( 30 staff )

08/2001 – 05/2007 
Purchasing Manager for Metal parts, Invest and Services Laundry division, Berlin, Germany
Tasks: Responsible for strategy, costs and personnel ( 5 staff )
Purchasing coordination for the factories Berlin and Nauen

02/1998 – 07/2001 
Purchasing Manager,  BSW Household Appliances, Wuxi, China
Tasks: Material cost reduction, localization, personnel ( 5 staff)

04/1997 – 01/1998 
Corporate Purchasing Officer China
Tasks: Implementation of BSH Purchasing system for two JV in China

03/1996 – 03/1997 
Purchaser for Invest and Services, factory Nauen
Tasks: order processing, increase no. of frame contracts and value contracts, negotiation mandate for invest

06/1992 – 02/1996 
Purchaser Metal parts, factory Berlin
Tasks: Sourcing and negotiation mandate for casting parts

He is from Germany, married, with 2 children.

We would like to thank again the former Chair, Ms. Stella Huang (Jiangsu BS Home Appliances), for her continuous support and guidance in the development of the Forum and wish her all the best in her future career!

The next Nanjing Sourcing Forum meeting will take place on 15th July 2008.