On July 23, Lei Jun, Chairman of Xiaomi Group, issued an internal letter, appointing Yan Kesheng, the vice president of the original mobile phone department, as the vice president of the group, and concurrently serving as the chairman of the group quality committee, reporting directly to Lei Jun. At the same time, Zhang Jian was appointed as the director of the Group Quality Office, Xiang Yanke Reporting. The appointment will take effect on the same day.
This is the first executive appointment after Xiaomi's listing. The goal is to strengthen the quality management of the group. Lei Jun's internal letter about Yan Kesheng's job description is: Responsible for the quality management of all products and services of the group, and responsible for promoting the user experience. Continuous improvement work.
According to public information, Yan Kesheng is a start-up employee of Xiaomi No. 53. He previously worked for Motorola. In October 2010, he joined Xiaomi as the director of mobile phone structure. He was responsible for the research and development and innovation of mobile phones. Yan Kesheng formed the SQE team in early 2013, responsible for suppliers. Quality management; at the end of 2015, he was responsible for the establishment of the core component of mobile phone R&D; in 2016, he established the Xiaomi Mobile Quality Department, responsible for the quality development and quality management of the mobile phone department; in early 2017, he was promoted to vice president of Xiaomi Mobile, vice chairman of the Quality Committee, responsible for managing the entire Hardware R&D team and quality department, testing department, product development department, Shenzhen R&D center, and company mobile phone product quality.
In addition, the research and development of the first generation of Xiaomi MIX is also led by Yan Kesheng. It can be said that he is one of the initiators of the concept of full-screen mobile phone, and has led the application of the all-ceramic body on mobile phones.
I still remember that at the Xiaomi MIX2 mobile phone conference in 2017, Lei Jun especially thanked two people, one is Zhang Feng, vice president of Xiaomi's supply chain, and the other is Yan Kesheng. As far as the above mentioned work experience is concerned, Yan Kesheng leads the quality team to be strict. Grasping the quality of mobile phones, the appointment of Yan Kesheng also shows that Xiaomi puts quality work in a heavy and heavy position.
Lei Jun said in his internal letter: 'After the listing of Xiaomi Group, our first priority is to comprehensively improve the quality of products and services. ' Before the listing, Lei Jun also mentioned similar views in the internal letter: 'We will always insist on dealing with users in the future. Friends, always insist on doing good products with good prices and good prices. We always insist on innovation and quality. Quality is always our lifeline. We will be determined to build a widely respected Chinese brand around the world.
Since Lei Jun personally seized the mobile phone business in 2016, he constantly emphasized the importance of innovation and quality. 'Innovation determines how high we can fly, quality determines how far we can go', 'We want to use telescope to see innovation Look at the quality with a microscope, for which Xiaomi set up a quality committee, and Lei Jun was the chairman of the committee. In 2017, it was defined by Lei Jun as the 'quality first year' of Xiaomi.
The continuous innovation of products and the guarantee of product quality are the basis for the survival of enterprises, and also the strength for enterprises to survive for a long time. From the chairman of the Quality Committee of Lei Jun, he is now appointed as Yan Kesheng to take up this position, and Zhang Jian is appointed as the director of the Group Quality Office. It is said that Xiaomi attaches importance to quality work. Lei Jun said in his internal letter: 'Quality is the lifeline of Xiaomi, we have to win the market with quality iron fists. This is a hard battle, but also a long-lasting battle, except for death. In addition, there are no shortcuts to go. ' I hope that under this series of measures, Xiaomi will be filled with sincerity in the future.
The following is the full text of the internal letter:
Xiaomi Group Appointment Notice
Dear Xiaomi’s classmates:
Quality is the lifeline of Xiaomi. We have to win the market with quality iron fists. This is a hard battle and a long-lasting battle. There is no shortcut except for death. After the listing of Xiaomi Group, our priority is to Improve the quality of products and services. To this end, the company decided:
I. Appointed Yan Kesheng, Vice President of the original mobile phone division, as the Group Vice President and Chairman of the Group Quality Committee. He is responsible for the quality management of all products and services of the Group, and is responsible for promoting the continuous improvement of the user experience and reporting directly to me.
2. Appointed Zhang Jian as the director of the Group Quality Office and reported to Yan Kesheng.
This appointment will take effect on the same day.