• Manages the relationships with suppliers through excellence and ensures the success of suppliers in achieving performance goals and continuous improvement.• Leads the negotiations with the suppliers for the designated portfolio.• Develop and execute the budget for the designated portfolio in accordance with the proposed volumes and prices. Identifies opportunities, ensures their implementation and escalates deviations / blocking points. Proposes solutions for the elimination of identified risks.• Manages the forecast on materials from the designated portfolio• Identify cost improvement opportunities by optimizing the design for the components delivered by the suppliers in the designated portfolio. It uses the available means (value stream mapping, VA/VE (Value Analysis / Value Engineering), etc.) in the development of projects from the very beginning to reduce costs and improve quality.• Localization initiatives: develop strategies for localizing materials from the designated portfolio• Finalize the negotiations for the new components together with the PLB.• Provides the global commodity team with relevant information to support the creation, validation and updating of global procurement strategies• Executes the procurement strategy according to the portfolio in accordance with the procurement process (including sourcing from two sources or resourcing).• Logistics: assist the logistics department in case of problems in the delivery schedule or logistics requirements of suppliers. Manages critical situations on the delivery side.• Supports the quality team in the case of high-risk suppliers (part of the High Focus Program).• Assist the finance department in case of supplier invoicing problems.• Manages the flow of firm orders for materials and investments from the designated portfolio.• Manages the investment budget for suppliers in the designated portfolio (technical changes / capacity increases / resourcing).

Responsibilities:• Provide functional support for Plant Manufacturing PBU objectives• With the Site and Direct Purchasing Management support, support and amend Category Strategies• Drive cost out consolidation initiatives, improved payment terms and develop strategic suppliers, cost modelling, cost/profit planning, benchmarking• Understand/negotiate cost impact related to design changes, MOQ and material escalation/ deescalation• Benchmark categories and manage personal buyer business review to achieve Site and Category Management Strategies• Ensure leverage opportunities are aligned to Site and Category Management strategies• Develop and execute with the support of the Plant Purchasing Management a site strategy to ensure an on-going operational excellence from the supply base that delivers purchased parts in the requested volume, quality, timing, and at the best cost, all along the program life, including service parts.• Work with allocated suppliers negotiate with supplier Delphi’s expectations for quality, logistics, cost management, supplier suggestion program, lean manufacturing development• Follow up & update the buyer business review, pipeline, iQRF, GPMS, EMCIP, etc for an on-time performance/sourcing implementation and ensure an on-time data transmission to other functions• Execute sourcing process excellence standards, promoting, lean & first time quality culture• Attend adequate training to develop & maintain market and techniques expertise; meet people development objectives and personal business plan• Execute the maintenance of Site Direct Purchasing Orders• Perform activities with high integrity, in compliance with Global, Divisional and Site procedures & systems requirements and Delphi fundamental principles as lean, First Time Quality, The Guide, etc

Responsibilities:- coordination of the whole purchasing process as per Division instructions and procedures;- solving all purchasing emergencies (in cooperation with our suppliers) to get all products, services, project in place so that the plant should work in 100% parameters;- sustaining the good communication between the plant and Process Center, also with the GSM division (Category team)- sustaining the IMCIP initiatives across the plant, in cooperation with Delphi suppliers;- supporting the logistics, financial and operations departments in their relation with indirect suppliers;- Purchasing procedures trainer;- 7 Habits trainer.

Project Manager www.conexkat.ro – proffesional system for car spare parts sales.Responsibilities:· Implementation of the electronic spare parts catalogue into the company sales department;· Coordinating the IT department in creating the necessary bridges between company ERP and sales software, in order to give customer in the real time stock and prices forthe searched product;· Training of the sales managers on the use of the implemented software;· Continuously keeping track of software implementation on the company’s customers (they make the orders using this software);· Continuously information gathering about the problems/success stories that sales managers encounters when they implement the spare parts catalogue on the on the customers side;· Continuously contact with the software provider (www.automarket.rs) in order to solve program errors, develop new functions for the given tasks;· Creating the functions and procedures for the second version of the spare parts catalogue, in order to maintain it on the same level with the competition software solutions;· Products/brands database maintenance.

Administration of the following products/brands: car seat covers (Alca, TYPE R, FAST R, UMBRELLA), car mats (AUTOKIT, TYPE R, UMBRELLA), brake systems (TRUSTING);· Administration of supply chain for the given portfolio of products/brands (car accessories and spare parts – brake systems), from the foreign or local supplier to the retail customers, as the company strategies demanded;· Stock optimization of the given portfolio of products/brands;· Creating new products/brands in close cooperation with the suppliers (I was in China 4 times to the supplier factories in order to coordinate the development of new products);· Market prospect and research for the possibility of introducing new products/brands on the Romanian automotive commerce area (cooperation with the sales and marketing departments);· Coordinating market research and analyze of launching campaigns for new products/brands into the market;· Making sales and supplying forecasts for assuring that certain locomotive items will be always on stock, also to optimize the supplying costs;· Supervision of logistical activities (warehouse duties, transport of products to the spare parts shops/garages) according to the company rules;· Continuous implementation of best practices for the given portfolio of products/brands;· Creating proposals of targets and performance indicators for the given portfolio of products/brands, which were used on the sales department for their activity monitorisation;· Establishing and tracking the evolution of annual budgets (funds for promotional actions, gifts, discounts) for the given portfolio of products/brands;· Organization and effectively acting as trainer for the sales departments periodically and also for on-spot actions, for the given portfolio of products/brands (when a newproduct/brand or a new advertising campaign was launched).

Responsibilities:· Content, marketing, public relations activities for the given website;· Continuous communication with the visitors of the website through email, phone and instant messenger services;· Trainings and presentations about the financing sources available to Romanian market;· Communication and negotiation with banks, EU bureau in Romania, different foundations and charity organizations, in order to present on the website accurate and up-to-date information about their grants, loans etc;· Advising of the website visitors on choosing the right financing program for them (taking into account their financial background, their business potential, their capability to adapt their company/organization to the Romanian business environment).