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Plymouth, Michigan, US

Manage 3 team members responsible for Packaging, Material Handling Equipment, Facility Services, and MRO.Provide direction and support to team for initiatives critical to the business.Ensure strategic execution of Purchasing activities. Support complex negotiations with suppliers.Support achievement of cost reduction and supplier performance.

Plymouth, Michigan, US

Innovatively and Strategically lead Purchasing management of commodities JIT/Complete Seat CAPEX + Material Handling Equipment (MHE). Additionally, actively involved to provide team-centric leadership support of department initiatives.Maintain timely and accurate knowledge of assigned categories, accurate up-to-date cost records and analysis of trends..

Southfield, Michigan, US

Indirect Purchasing Manager for North America Purchasing Team.Lead, grow team members in USA and Mexico.Responsible for change in team approach, progressing from strictly tactical to balanced strategic/tactical sourcing to mostly strategic to exceed team assessed savings targets. Drive Purchasing team expertise on scope of work definition relating to.

Winterthur, Zürich, CH

Indirect Purchasing Team Manager as part of North American Indirect Purchasing team. Professional development of team members.Establish team metrics in responsible commodities with focus on strategic and tactical sourcing, exceeding savings targets.Initiated new cross-functional alignment for quoting process requiring creation of Engineering Specification.

Winterthur, Zürich, CH

• Responsible for key commodities within Direct (Raw Material) and Indirect Purchasing (CSM: Capital, Services and MRO)
• Above opportunities allowed for exposure to all areas of Purchasing.

Grugliasco, Torino, IT

• Lead Buyer for all components for (2) of largest programs at time.
• Kept plants running and avoiding line down situations by also serving in role as expediter.
• Issued high volume of purchase orders to wide-ranging supply base and negotiate pricing on a daily basis.

Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, DE

• Daily interface with TRW supply base to identify and negotiate lowest cost.
• Negotiate pricing for several Electronics Commodity, including printed circuit boards, resistors, diodes, micros...
• Support 3 plants on a daily basis.
• Daily interface with Automotive System Engineers.
• Extensive SAP experience.
• Manage multiple purchasing processes to ensure audit compliance.