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Vitoria-Gasteiz, PV, ES

Elorrio, País Vasco / Euskadi, España

Vitoria-Gasteiz, País Vasco / Euskadi, España

• Sales Manager at ATIK Automotive, a company belonging to Grupo Alcor. Its aim is the creation and development of technological companies in the field of health, the automotive industry and new technologies.Duties as.
• To consolidate clients, increasing their participation in line with their strategy, through permanent contacts and timely visits, knowing their needs, level of satisfaction and/or diversification of their products.
• To prepare offers and send them to the customer. Analysis of requests for offers and their execution, control and follow-up, from first contact to negotiation and final feedback from the client.
• To guide the client's decision towards the achievement of the established objectives, based on the Commercial Policy and Strategy (by integrating costs, margins and profitability). All of the latter is done jointly.
• To monitor and update sales prices following market developments in raw materials and subcontracting.
• To review of contracts

Vitoria-Gasteiz Y Alrededores, España

RPK is a well-known manufacturer of automotive springs. It is a leader in Spain and is also well positioned worldwide among the most important TIER1 companies. They produce all kinds of technical springs: Compression, Tension, Torsion, wire forms, flat wire springs, rings, waves, coil springs and also copper coils with peeled ends for the electrical.

Vitoria-Gasteiz Y Alrededores, España

• Loramendi is a world leader in turnkey projects for the foundry industry ( specialised in the manufacture of cores in highly automated complete plants).Project Manager duties:
• To deal with the high standards of foundry core production of major automotive customers who are based in Germany and have production plants in Germany or in other foreign plants such as China, India, Mexico or Turkey.

Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country / Spain

• Duties as Sales Manager:
• Customer retention and acquisition of new customers.
• Technical and commercial management of the different projects for new parts.
• Negotiations for raw materials, quantities, logistical conditions, etc.
• Cost analysis and preparation of offers.
• Management of the sales team made up of 2 collaborators and two multi-portfolio representatives (one in Barcelona and the other one in southern Germany).

Vitoria-Gasteiz Y Alrededores, España

• Coordination of the cost saving programme "Challenge NCV2" for Vito and Viano vehicles in the Purchasing Department (Vitoria + Germany). Monitoring of technical and commercial cost-saving measures.
• Coordination of the Low Cost Countries (LCCs) project in the Purchasing Dept. (Vitoria + Germany). Increase in purchasing quota in LCCs.Transfers to LCCs associated with total cost savings.
• Purchase of the Commodity Wiring Commodity for the Vito and Viano vehicle achieving significant savings (>10%), thanks to expertise acquired during my time in Germany.

Daimler Wörth

• Comprehensive negotiation process with suppliers, with related documenting of the negotiation results.
• Optimisation of material costs, bearing in mind issues such as world-wide market price, quality assurance, supply chain security, innovation and state of the art technology.
• Market analysis
• Development of strategies to ensure the achievement of target costs.
• Bid evaluation according to purchasing strategies.
• Awarding of the Development and Series supplier in coordination with multidisciplinary project teams.In this phase I was actively involved in the OPTIMA project. The aim of the project was to transfer the wiring.

Vitoria-Gasteiz Y Alrededores, España

• Procurement of automotive parts from national and foreign suppliers, working in coordination with multidisciplinary project teams.
• Negotiations with suppliers.
• Monitoring of delivery deadlines both for the entry of modifications and new parts, all in coordination with the Logistics Deptartment.