On February 21, Xiaomi Group announced the co-founder Wang Chuan as the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), assisting the CEO in coordinating the work of the Group Quality Committee, Group Technology Committee, and Group Purchasing Committee.
At the same time, Li Xiaoshuang, general manager of the television department, also serves as general manager of the household appliances division.
The appointment of the chief strategy officer will further strengthen Xiaomi's strategic planning, formulation and execution capabilities, and strengthen the headquarters' brain functions to make the 5G + AIoT dual engine more market-competitive.
Since September 2018, Xiaomi Group has made a series of organizational appointments. Liu De, the organization director of Xiaomi Group, has revealed that these adjustments come from a set of strategic planning completed before the IPO. First, strengthen the functions of Xiaomi's headquarters and strengthen Xiaomi's brain.
Then gradually sort out the business structure to be clearer and more reasonable, and make adequate organizational guarantee, talent guarantee and resource guarantee in the allocation of the company's important strategic direction. In order to maintain the group's vitality and scientific management, organizational management appointments will become the norm after listing.
In order to strengthen the headquarters function, Xiaomi Group has established a Group Staff and Group Organization Department. Wang Chuan has become Xiaomi's Chief Strategy Officer and will continue to strengthen the headquarters' planning capabilities.
The role of CSO has more forward-looking future strategic exploration, deduction and planning, expansion and maintenance of core business, and assisting the CEO in formulating practical solutions for the mid- and long-term development of Xiaomi Group.
The staff department mainly focuses on the formulation and supervision of the implementation of the strategy within 3-5 years, and focuses on the connection with specific business departments.
After joining Xiaomi in 2012, Wang Chuan has been in charge of the TV Department, the General Staff Department, the China Region, and the Ministry of Household Electrical Appliances. He has participated in the entire chain of product development, production, channels, and sales, leading Xiaomi's TV business to the top in China.
