Leadership Transformer! (Tom Ye)

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Name (Both English & Chinese): Tom Ye

Current Assignment: Chengdu  Plant Manager, Product Supply

Service Years:   15 years       Career Path:    1998 – 2001     Process  Engineer, Hair Care Sulfation, HP plant, GC    2001 – 2004     Skin  Care & Oral Care QA Manager HP plant, GC    2004 – 2006     Oral  Care Packing  ODL, HP plant, GC    2006 – 2009      Site QA Leader, HP plant, GC    2009 – 2011     Hair  Care Supply Chain Leader, HP plant, GC    2011 – NOW   CD Plant  Manager, Chengdu, GC

Graduation University: Zhejiang University

Article  Title: Leadership Transformer!       Article  Content (200-300 words):       P&G completely transformed me from a student of Welding  engineer to a professional plant manager.       When I joined P&G many years ago (J), I  was little bit confused that what could I do in a consumer goods company as  my first job was the process engineer in a surfactant making department in  Huangpu plant. It’s not related to my major in university, which my professor  was truly regret about it. Several years later, when I looked back, I was so  inspired by the training and development program P&G provided, which  helped all of my peers become knowledgeable, skillful and successful managers  in different position, i.e. a Plant Manager to run a plant with billion of  NOS like what I am doing, AD of a business unit to run business with  commercial partners, or Professional Engineer Leaders to manage 100MM$  capital spending per year. You will find you can learn and grow to become a  person you want to be.       As a plant manager,  I enjoy my work every day. It is my dream to lead a team to  deliver the best in class results by unleashing the power of everyone.  P&G made my dream come true. My line managers in my whole career helped  me understand my strengthens and opportunities, they coached me to fully  leverage my strengthen to move forward. There were so many touching events  here which will be the best memory in my life. In order to develop my skills  to stand out and effectively work across cultures, I was sent to US for  training and practice three times in a year by my line manager; It was a key  discussion points between me and my line manager in our One To One about how  to help me extend my influence cycle, instead of business results review; my  line manager always stands with me when there are any tough situations to  handle. I am sure you will never find a place like P&G, find managers  like P&G managers to spend huge efforts develop new leaders and treat  your success as their success.       Now when I stand in the workshop watching the products moving  to the line end. I am so proud of what I can do to contribute to Chinese  consumers. I was leading HC supply chain to producing 40% of conditioner, 30%  of shampoo for 1.3 billion Chinese consumers. All products I made I had full  confidence on the quality. I was the QA manager in plant and a manufacturing  leader I knew how our people run to target to secure the quality. This makes  me feel my value in the society. When I stand in the workshop looking at the  smile on operators’ face. I am so proud that my daily work can either make  them feel engaged or make them feel enabled. I return what I learned in my  career to the people I work with. This is the best experience for a leader. I  love it doesn’t matter when I led 10 persons many years ago or leading  hundreds of people today.         I really appreciate what P&G invested on me and made me be  a person today. It is not the only story you will learn in P&G. I am sure  you will find your personal vision achieved in P&G soon. Come join  us!