Coordinate and implement supplier consolidation strategy and cost-saving projects for 45 manufacturing sites in the Automotive Industry in North America, Europe, India, and Asia.Annual spending is around 95 million USD, with target savings of about 8-10%.

The main objective is to get best products and services at best available rates, in due time.• Develops and implements strategy for maintaining good business relationships with internal and external suppliers • Establishes a supplier evaluation system• Negotiates the procurement contracts, properly evaluates the acceptance of a new supplier• Executes the contracts and monitors the delivery, approves the acquisitions according to the acquisition plan • Acting according to the procurement budgets• Performs the acquisition activity of raw materials, fixed assets, equipment, consumables, and other inventory items• Ensures the operational and logistic activity for imports and exports with all necessary documents• Periodically reports the status of the acquisitions and the relations with the suppliers• Promotes the cooperation and transparency within the department as well as with the suppliers• Complies with the proposed goals, according to the company strategy • Keeps records and maintaining cycle counts of the entire inventory in all the warehouses

-Responsible for technical department activities including technical support for customers and for sales department.-Coordinates all projects for customized industrial equipment.-Negotiates with suppliers for all purchased goods and services.Industrial automation and system integrator in Romania for Keyence Corporation Japan, Sick GmbH Germany, Weforma Germany and AZ Pneumatica SRL Italy. I have experience in Sales and Technical support for:-Shock absorbers-Gas springs-Industrial sensors-Measurement sensors-Machine Vision-Digital Microscopes-Code readers-Industrial printers

Plans and coordinate the raw materials purchases in order to assure continuous production and to avoid obsolete stock.Dimensions: -Manage a team of 7 buyers + 1 assistant,-More than 60 raw materials suppliers around the world,-Raw materials monthly stock amount: approximately 6 millions EUR; More than 3000 different part numbers (codes for raw materials).

Accountability:-Acting as Project Manager for implementation of Oracle (formerly PeopleSoft) JDEdwards ERP system.-The main tasks including setting up and taking over the responsibility for all phases throughout the project for setting up the whole implementation plan and guidelines, conducting workshops, planning tasks, escalating issues.-Configure the logistics and distribution modules,-Write procedures and users manuals,-Train customer's key users in inventory management, procurement and sales,-Provide support to customers for logistics and distribution daily operations.

Raw Materials Buyer:-determine and establish the raw materials Contracts/Orders quantities,-taking into account all the production & marketing requirements, all material technical & packaging specifications, balancing quantity/orders to optimize the transport routes & costs in order to assure materials for the approved Sales & Operations Plans.-raising of the purchase orders in the CS3 system.-maintaining the agreed level of raw materials stocks at the most economical cost.-negotiate the lead time, delivery terms and quantities with suppliers to make sure that the procurement process runs smoothly and efficiently; place the contracts and orders to suppliers;-responsible to build the business relationship with the suppliers and represents the company in terms of procurement, quality, finance and transport issues in the limit of existing contracts.-conduct a supplier performance evaluation system and manage the relationship with preferred suppliers to assure a long term partnership and develop the supplier’s capability in order to increase the flexibility and velocity, to achieve the lowest total cost of supply;-explore opportunities for improved procurement efficiencies, cost avoidance and cost reduction.-responsible that all the administrative processes (both electronic and paper) are compliant with the internal procedures and Romanian Legislation.Dimensions: 26 million USD /year.Over 70 direct materials imported from Germany, Austria, UK and France.