Leading a fully remote team in an agile environment, ensuring seamless supply chain operations- Developing and managing supply chain strategies aligned with company goals- Identifying and implementing cost-saving opportunities- Representing the company in negotiations and contract agreements- Coordinating supply chain activities within the EU while ensuring compliance with international standards- Driving projects for supply chain efficiency and assessing key performance indicators for actionable insights- Utilizing data analysis to identify trends- Managing escalations- Fostering long-term relationships with suppliers- Collaborating with internal stakeholders to ensure customer satisfaction- Cultivated a positive work environment, enabling team members to exceed targets through technical guidance and performance reviews- Participated in hiring processes to build a high-performing team

Responsible for:- strategic procurement- developing and managing the procurement strategies for different categories (logistic services, packaging materials, raw materials, data service provider, …)- managing and handling the supplier portfolio for the mentioned categories- developing and managing the supplier portfolio of CNC machining (turning / milling) producers- annual price negotiations- Participation in the annual budget planning (logistics services, packaging material)- contract management - cost reduction initiatives- supply-chain-related negotiations

- Responsible for the component groups aluminum high-pressure- die-casting parts, C-parts and customer-specific components in the production assembly process for new global projects- Supplier Routing & Scouting (+15 new potential suppliers)- Carrying out market analyzes on state-of-the-art technologies- Full responsibility of the material cost within projects- Calculating material costs for customer acquisition projects- Price negotiations with suppliers and presenting the sourcing decision within the International Sourcing Committee

- Responsible for the categories fasteners, machined parts, magnets and sintered parts within the Supply Chain- Maintained supplier relationship with about 100 suppliers- Managing and developing the procurement strategies for the categories - Contract management and annual price negations for all assigned suppliers- Identified, verified and implemented savings on an ongoing basis- Spend Monitoring via Cost Reduction Database- Implementation of Global Sourcing processes for tools and parts- Coordinated, sourced and closed about 18 global projects as aPurchasing Project Manager (former project purchasing)

- Responsibility and coordination of all material groups within global new projects regarding all aspects (costs, quality, delivery performance) according to the project milestones- Price negotiations with suppliers and presenting the sourcing decision within the International Sourcing Committee- Nominated serial suppliers, purchased the components and tools including all relevant contract documents for a global multi- platform project- Developed and applied a unique sourcing strategy for global multi-platform project- Coordinated, sourced and closed a global multi-platform project across several international company locations

- strategic procurement and coordination of all material groups within new projects (costs, quality and delivery performance)- Contract negotiations with new suppliers- Managed and implemented a supplier change with a cost reduction of 10%

technical purchasing for chocolate packaging machines.