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Almere Stad Area, Netherlands

Almere Stad Area, Netherlands

Almere Stad Area, Netherlands

Responsibilities include corporate commodity teams development. Enhance global commodity strategies harmonized with the business needs. Support direct spend- and indirect spend team members on supplier management and commercial negotiations, deliveries and quality. Support team members to achieve material cost reduction targets by detailed cost modeling and VA/VE activities. Replace purchase manager during absence.Most successful cost savings achieved : • -€640K cost reduction over a 4 million annual spend (introduction of 2nd source at 35% lower costs)• -€1,000K cost reduction over a 2 million annual spend (supplier resourcing 45% lower costs)

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Responsibilities included development and implementation of global commodity strategies harmonized with the business needs. Manage suppliers on commercial negotiations, deliveries and quality. Lead and achieve divisional material cost reduction targets supported by detailed cost modeling and VA/VE activities. Expand low cost country (LCC) sourcing. Select and develop strategic suppliers. Support the engineering change process. Support program development process (APQP). Scope: USD 35 million purchase spends, 50 suppliers, Support 4 facilities.

Almere Stad Area, Netherlands

Responsibilities included, identify potential suppliers / new production processes, supplier selection and management for all components included in the bill of material primarily for new projects up to and beyond SOP. This includes managing / monitoring engineering changes up to and beyond frozen design, conducting audits at suppliers together with QA, setting targets for continuous improvement. Suppliers are based in Europe, Asia and the United States.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Primary responsibilities and tasks were to develop and enhance “business intelligence” database reports for several customers in the publishing industry through writing complex SQL script and Crystal Reports.Among: VNU Business Publications (www.vnubp.nl) & Veronica Uitgeverij (www.veronicauitgeverij.nl)

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Responsibilities included, supporting customers and sales colleagues on (dynamic) lifetime calculations and consultancy on products “best fit for function”, making CAD drawings for specialties introduce and manage these to the market. Further more the application engineer managed the sample shop and her employees where products were adapted or serviced.