I have been working for more than 25 years in strategic purchasing of technical products. My roles (Commodity Manager, Sourcing Account Manager, Senior Procurement Manager) included mainly: • determining and managing purchasing strategy for engineering parts – both locally (Europe) and globally (USA, China); • leading of teams of 4–8 buyers; achieving savings (on average, 150k € per year), ensuring required level of quality for commodities purchased.I have been using following methods: market analysis, requirement analysis, monitoring technical and business trends in the commodity purchasing.I have my own system for supplier research, assessment and selection. Important part of my roles was to work with and develop current and new suppliers.While trying to achieve savings, I strived for improved products, therefore I held active roles in development and improvement of new as well as existing products – including cooperation with cross-functional teams – design, quality, engineering, logistics. What I did and what I can do• Ability to apply extensive experience and deep expertise in technical purchasing, incl. business negotiations• Experience with professional and functional leading of purchasing teams consisting of 4–8 people• Capability and experience with leading local office of an international company• Know-how for searching, verification and implementation of new suppliers• Competency to improve and continuously develop current suppliers• Extensive experience with cost down projects that bring savings while maintaining the required quality• Ability to utilize experience in cooperation with cross-functional teams (Quality, design, engineering, logistics)• Capability to manage suppliers improvement (Supplier Quality Development)