Chapter 123: A New Colleague
Mizuno and Omori together gave Scarface a general introduction to the general situation of the purchasing department in his seat, and then asked Omori to show Scarface the job functions of the development and purchasing section, and let Omori take over the work from tomorrow, and explain the current topics to Scarface in detail as soon as possible.
Half an hour before the end of work, all the employees of the purchasing department held a meeting in the company's large conference room, mainly to introduce the new development and purchase section manager Scarface.
Because Mizuno has a big tongue when he speaks, he can't cooperate well with three translators, and the general procurement internal meeting is organized by Vice Minister Omori.
Actually, it's not Mizuno's big tongue, it's just that he speaks as if he has something in his mouth, and it's actually easy to understand when he's used to hearing it.
What he is most satisfied with about Scarface is that Scarface responds quickly and gets to the point in every question during the interview.
After the interview, he came back and told the general manager that he was going to decide this person, and asked the general manager to pay more attention to the interview, and it is estimated that according to the current personnel system, he will be dissatisfied with the entry as a responsible person.
In Mizuno's opinion, he doesn't care about giving Scarface a deputy minister, isn't it just an extra salary of more than 1,000 yuan. The most important thing is to be able to create results in your work as soon as possible.
This kind of work is a race against time, and if you finish it a month early, you will save millions more, and you still care about how much money you give to your employees.
Vice Minister Omori has been working in China for three years, and his Chinese is very good, and he basically does not need a translator.
Minister Mizuno's interpreter recently resigned, and he can't work for a few days a month, so when everyone reports to him on work, Omori is working as a translator.
Translation may seem like a high-level job to people who don't know a foreign language, but it is the most boring job for those who know the language.
Without your own thinking, what others say, you say according to what you say. Sometimes you feel that there is something wrong with this statement, or that the answer is not the right one, but you still have to repeat it to him to make the other person think that your level is also low.
People who don't understand the work are generally not accurate in translation, so those who have the ability are reluctant to do translation, and basically people who have graduated for a year or two are doing this work.
Now Scarface is in the training period.,Two hours of training in the morning and afternoon.,When I come back, I'll learn the basic business knowledge here with Omori.,By the way, I'll take over the work little by little.。
Scarface likes to accumulate the kind of person who does everything, that is, after understanding everything very clearly, he will promote the implementation little by little, so that every work can be as perfect as possible.
At the same time as he handed over the work to Omori, he began to carefully summarize the company's procurement situation in the previous year in order to sort out his own ideas.
He plans to come up with his own analysis report and specific implementation plan within a month, and according to the business assigned to him by Omori, they are all project-based.
This kind of parts needs to develop several new suppliers, and what is the progress now. How to promote that need to achieve the purpose of cost reduction, etc.
These are all points, missing lines, let alone faces, and they are not considered from the whole picture. In Scarface's view, only when the dots, lines, and surfaces are clear can it be considered a qualified scheme.
Also, I don't know if it's intentional or if it's just this style of work, and a lot of the work I take on wants to report directly to Mizuno, which requires someone to translate.
Because Scarface and Mizuno always communicate very smoothly, everyone naturally regards Scarface as Mizuno's full-time translator, and now except for Omori, only he can talk and laugh with Mizuno, which makes Scarface very annoying.
In his opinion, 90% of the work of these people does not need to be reported to Omori, and half of them can make decisions by themselves.
It is the work that the procurement manager should do, and it is estimated that it is also to brush up on the sense of existence and let the big leaders know how much effort they have made.
The other half is that it is enough to report to their direct leaders, but Omori is better and will solve it himself, and Section Chief Yuan Xueming and Vice Minister Wang Chunfu generally let them report to Mizuno at the same time.
They had to ask Scarface to translate the report, and some even signed the order, and Scarface had to translate it, and Scarface immediately said, you put that there, you don't need to say a word, he should sign it.
Because these are all audited level by level, needless to say, look at the numbers to know if there is a problem.
Even though Scarface hasn't entered the character yet, he can know if there is a problem with this kind of thing, so why bother with the translator to say that nonsense. In fact, Mizuno didn't wait for the translator or the person in charge to speak, so he took it and signed it at a glance.
After a week of work, Scarface brought this question up to Mizuno very solemnly, saying that if he always asked him to translate for others.
He can't do this job well, he has a lot of important things that need to be figured out as soon as possible, not to make a microphone for these 30 or so people.
Of course, Mizuno was also aware of this problem, and immediately announced at the morning meeting the next day that all the work he was responsible for would face his direct supervisor.
If the direct leader can't solve it, the leader will find the deputy minister, and he only faces two deputy ministers and Scarface. This means that Scarface is the same as the two deputy ministers in terms of work status.
The HR department arranges Scarface's internship for a total of two weeks, mainly to understand the production situation of the entire company.
Starting from the raw material warehouse, the production site of each production department, all the way to the finished product out of the warehouse. Although it is all a quick sight, it is also very necessary, and it has also benefited Scarface a lot.
In the past half a month, Scarface has basically understood all the situations in the purchasing department. He began to work on his own work plan, and the key topics were mainly handed over to him by Omori, but he did it more meticulously, more layered and organized.
The overall procurement volume of Shanpu Company is 6.5 billion yuan, and electronic parts and structural parts are roughly the same, accounting for 50% each.
At present, the import ratio is 75%, and the localization rate is only 25%. Imported materials, including those produced in China and sold through Hong Kong or trading companies, that is, traded in US dollars, are considered imports.
The largest proportion of electronic components is various ICs and circuit boards, and it is basically impossible to promote the localization of ICs. With a purchase amount of nearly 500 million yuan a year, there are now five suppliers.
Three of them are Japanese trading companies and two are Japanese companies with factories in Dongguan. Two factories in Japan and one factory in Taiwan are among the trading companies.
Localization is currently being promoted, but the three alternative manufacturers are all Japanese, and the production plants are in Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
A relatively large proportion of parts and components is that resin raw materials, PC, PE, PS, ABS, are also traded in US dollars, equivalent to about one billion yuan a year.
The suppliers of these raw materials are all world-renowned companies, and the prices are also negotiated by the Japanese headquarters, and Bincheng has no pricing power.
Every month, according to the influence of oil and exchange rates, the Japanese headquarters will give a price list, and the price will be changed in the system.
Scarface spent half a month sorting out the entire procurement data, and then summarized a piece of information.
Roughly speaking, the amount of negotiable procurement (with independent pricing power) of the Yamapu Bincheng Company is about 400 million, and now there are 3 billion yuan that can promote localization.
The remaining billion is now supplied by domestic companies, and then through the development of new suppliers and supplier optimization to achieve price reduction.
There are more than 30 categories involved, which cannot be achieved overnight, and needs to be promoted step by step.
But looking at this information that he summed up, Scarface was excited. Because he sees a huge opportunity at the same time, take screws and plastic bags.
The annual purchase volume of screws is nearly 80 million, close to 400 parts, and now there are four suppliers, all of which are Japanese companies' factories in China.
There is only one in Bincheng, one each in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Dalian. If Lao Jia's Bindesheng is introduced, a quarter of the share will be 20 million a year.
Plastic bags, with a turnover of 40 million a year, are now five suppliers, all of which are small factories in Bincheng, and he estimates that he has such and such connections with people within the company.
But it's artificial, as long as it's for the purpose of reducing prices, you will definitely be able to bring Sanyou in the end.
And he took a look at the plastic bags and PE bags from the warehouse, and if Sanyou was allowed to produce, the profit would reach more than 40%.
At that time, he couldn't believe that in such a highly competitive industry, there were such lucrative customers, which was really incredible. It can be seen that there will be a lot of cats in it.
Needless to say, most of the purchased products have the opportunity to make their own business, and at the same time make great performance.
This makes Scarface excited, and at the same time, he is full of energy, working harder to find various ways to share the worries of the leader, and at the same time looking for opportunities for himself.
After Brother Tethered leaves Scarface in late September, Scarface becomes a loner again. Although my heart has been hurt again and again, I have completely lost the desire for a happy married life.
But the physiological needs are still very strong, and he has always adhered to his bottom line, that is, not to go to Fireworks Willow Lane, not to find a woman in the dust.
After coming to Shanpu to work, the first colleague I met was Liu Ling, and she looked a little similar to Sister Diao. So Scarface still has a good impression of this beauty, but this is only a good impression.
Liu Ling is 25 years old this year, four years younger than Scarface, and according to Professor Huang's theoretical analysis, Scarface should be married but have no children.
Liu Ling and Scarface take a shuttle bus, and the shuttle bus stop for the two of them is only one stop away, in fact, it is less than ten minutes away on foot.
Because Scarface wants to know about the situation of some companies as soon as possible, he often gets off the bus with Liu Ling, walks back to the community with the other party, and then goes home by himself.
They also sat together on the shuttle bus, because Liu Ling still appreciated this, and the new section leader recruited by the company as an exception.
Scarface knows a lot of the situation of various departments in the company, and he learned from Liu Ling little by little. After the half-month training period, the two became friends with a relatively good relationship.
The company's working hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., so as to avoid rush hour.
Scarface's shuttle bus is 6:35 in the morning, so I wake up at 6 o'clock every day, and it is about 6 o'clock when I get home in the evening.
This kind of special regular life is what Scarface likes very much, and he has time to exercise and study.
Because the accounting firm that cooperates with Sun Jiuyue has a legal consulting business, Scarface feels that he can learn legal knowledge in his spare time.
He set another goal for himself, that is, to pass the bar exam within two years and obtain a lawyer's license.
Economic law and tax law, which I have learned more steadily when I took the CPA exam, and it is not difficult to learn more civil law and criminal law.
Idle is also idle, he also considered saving enough money to buy a suite in the development zone. Wouldn't it be nice to save nearly three hours of time by commuting to work in this way, and wouldn't it be nice to use that time to study and exercise.
Scarface is a person who thinks of it and does it, he quickly buys books related to the bar exam, and uses the time on the shuttle bus to learn to memorize.
After going home and eating, except for exercising or occasionally helping Sun Jiuyue deal with things, the rest of his spare time is studying.
Liu Ling saw Scarface studying on the bus one day, and chatted with him curiously.
"I see that you have been carrying books on international law every day for the past few days, and the first two days were civil law, are you going to take any certificates?"
"Hi. That is, learning to play, or the shuttle bus for an hour, it is quite boring, and I can't sleep. ”
"You really love to study, and you are good enough after graduating from Hama University, and I heard them say that they are more like Japanese than Japanese. General Manager Suzuki talks to you twice as fast as others, what kind of head do you have, why are you so smart? ”
"It's over, why don't you take a knife and take a look? Just kidding, it's actually nothing, just learn to study and pass the time when you're bored. Didn't people say that if you are ugly, you should read more. If I were as beautiful as you, I wouldn't want to study, how tiring I was. ”
"I didn't say a few words and started to be poor. I really envy people like you who can read books, I can't do it, I get sleepy when I read a book. I don't have insomnia, but when I want to sleep, the book shakes twice in front of my eyes, and I fall asleep in less than a minute. ”
That means that you have lived a comfortable life since you were a child, your family conditions are good, and you have no pressure and no motivation.
If I don't study, I can't do it, and if I can't get into college, I have to farm and live my life facing the loess with my back to the sky. Wake up earlier than chickens, sleep later than dogs, eat worse than pigs, this kind of life for two years, anyone thinks that learning is the easiest thing. ”
"You are still smart, there are more people in the countryside, and there are only a few people who can go to university, let alone Binda University. Awesome is awesome, and the more modest you are, the more hypocritical you are. ”
"There are more people in this world who are smarter than you and work harder than you, so if you want to live better than others, you have to work harder. You say yes or no. ”
"Well, that's right. Hey, you're almost thirty, you have a house and a car, why aren't you married, many people in the company are talking about this. ”
"I've only been here for a few days, and there's been a discussion?"
"That's not it, someone started to inquire about you before you came, it is said that when you were on the second side, the general manager drove the vice president back directly, which was an eyesore. Didn't you read your report on the first day, I led you into the office, Mr. Zhang's face was black? ”
"How can I have time to pay attention to him, just look at the beauty."
"Yes, who do you like, how many of you have a partner in your department yet, which one do you like, I'll give you a ride."
"Hey, do you have a partner?"
"What, ask me what I'm doing?"
"Just ask, what are you nervous about?"
"I won't tell you."
"Forget it, I want to know, I'll find out if I ask."
"Why, you can't inquire about other people's privacy."
"I haven't come to the company yet, everyone knows that I'm single, why don't I have privacy."
"Who made you so different, don't ask me, or I'll be in a hurry with you. When I want you to know, I will naturally tell you. As soon as you inquire, others will think that there is something the same between the two of us. The people in this company are the ones who like to gossip the most. ”
"Okay, okay, okay, don't ask, I don't know anyone, I ask Mizuno and Omori, they don't necessarily know."
"You can't ask anyone, you can't tell me in front of anyone anyway, you know? The impact is not good. ”
"Oh, I see, I see that you're nervous, absolutely don't ask, okay."
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