I have been working in Automotive field since November 3rd 1998.I started in the same facility (previously owned by South-Korean car manufacturer Daewoo) as a Purchasing clerk in the Purchasing Department - Investments office, and after 3 years I moved into the Production Parts Cost Calculation office (8 years).When Ford took over the plant in Craiova, following the internal selection process I have been offered a position within Supplier Technical Assistance Department, as STA Program Engineer, being involved in 4 major New Model Launches across Europe. Assigned responsibilities:- Follow-up APQP/PPAP process with assigned suppliers (monthly status reports received from suppliers, reviewing and uploading them into the database, leading issues resolution with Cross-Functional team members, creating overall status reports to support Top Management reviews);- Lead resolution of the Supplier Quality issues identified during launch phases, according to the appropriate systems and procedures;- Support Launch Management Meetings.In November 2013, after successful completion of the Transit Connect launch in Valencia-Spain, I took over a new assignment within STA Strategic and Business Office, while continuing to support New Model Launches in Europe as STA Program Engineer on a part-time basis (whenever my support was requested by STA Management team). Current tasks within SBO job are:- Act as single point of contact related to STA systems and procedures for FoE STA personell (around 270 people);- Managing Q1 award process in Europe, as Q1 Regional Gatekeeper;- Managing Non Q1 sourcing approval process in the weekly Non Q1 Sourcing Approval Forum (chaired by FoE Site STA Director);- Monitoring BPR metric (Q1 percentage) by providing monthly status reports to the Management team, in order to meet the year-end target;- Any other tasks received from Management team.Starting 1-Jan-2018 I started working as Purchasing Manager - Industrial Materials.