On April 15, the reporter learned from parties concerned that a well-known private vehicle manufacturer in East China is entrusting this company to recruit middle-and-high-ranking management personnel with working experiences in vehicle manufacturing industry in the Southwest. Confirmed by various sides, this enterprise is Geely, who just successfully bought Volvo.
Geely Chengdu Project was settled in Chengdu Economic Development Zone in 2007. Having constructed a vehicle manufacturing platform with MPV and SUV as the mainstay and economy car and pickup trucks as auxiliaries, the 1st phase of the project which has already completed so far has a total investment of 1.35 billion yuan. At the end of October last year, Geely successfully released its first SUV model. Against the major background of the gradual maturity of Geely Chengdu Project and the successful acquisition of Volvo last month, this large-scale recruitment in western region is very likely to reserve human resources beforehand for the settlement of Volvo base in Chengdu. A business development manager of the Chengdu branch of certain multinational human resources consultant firm, one of the 500 tops of the world, claims that the Beijing branch received the delegation request of recruitment from Geely in early April and the Chengdu branch got the formal massage on 12 and set out to select the suitable candidates for Geely. It is reported that this time Geely offers high posts such as the directors of production, of logistics, of purchasing, etc. One of the important requirements is that the candidates should be familiar with the vehicle manufacturing industry in western region. This is also the key reason why Geely abandon Beijing, Shanghai and coastal areas and recruits in the southwest. So far, this multinational human resources consultant firm has already set its sight on related talents in Chongqing Changan, TFTM, FAW-Volkswagen.
Geely recruitment information shows that the successful candidates will be trained for a period of time in Geely's headquarter located in Zhejiang and then be back to work in Chengdu. Though it's still uncertain where the Volvo base will be settled, Geely has already launched a secret competition for talents in the west. This shows that it is almost certain that Volvo will be produced in Chengdu.
