Roel Smeets Email & Phone Number

Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

Eindhoven

• Project manager for Model Year Changes for all Mini Cars and BMW X1 (project name SBWE = Serien Betreuung und Weiter Entwicklung).
• Set up financial calculation model for these SBWE cars.
• Project manager for Special vehicle cars (project name SOKO = Sonder Konstruktion).
• Project manager for Body Service parts for Mini Cabrio and Mini Countryman.
• Cost reduction program, named COOP (cost optimization by cooperation).
• Various projects and support activities within department Training & Development.

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• Project: BMW Mini production, Start of Production July 2014.
• Purchase responsible for New Bodyshop line, investment value €270 million.Goals and achievements:
• Set up purchase strategy in co-operation with BMW.
• Purchase responsible in project management team VDL Nedcar.
• Execute sourcing process.
• Perform supplier selections.

Aachen Germany

• Purchase Manager at a start up company for a new electrical car project, see www.streetscooter.eu.Achievements:
• Define purchase strategy
• Execute sourcing research
• Supplier selections
• Manage and coach lead buyers
• Purchase commodities and components

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• Commercial responsible for all interior commodities and components for New Mitsubishi Colt, production started October 2008.
• Purchase value: Euro 65 million/year.
• Team leader within Purchase department for cost reduction programme interior and exterior commodities. Cross functional team approach between NedCar departments (purchase, supply, process engineering and quality) and.
• Establish commodity strategy for several purchase components.
• Execute make/buy decisions - Asian versus European sourcing for new projects.

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• Purchase responsible value: Euro 60 million/year.
• In-source complete door trim assembly and cockpit module line from Module supplier to NedCar manufacturing operation. Achievements:
• Transfer of all commercial agreements from sub-contractors of module supplier to NedCar purchase organisation.
• Involved number of suppliers in total 50.
• Set up new purchase contract structure.
• Financial agreement made for total business transfer to NedCar.

• Commercial responsible for Cockpit Module and Interior parts.
• Purchase responsible value: Euro 80 million/year.
• Team leader within Purchase department for cost reduction program interior and exterior commodities;
• Cost responsible for interior components of Mitsubishi Colt Cabrio built at company Pininfarina Italy.
• Assignment within Mitsubishi Global procurement organisation: global commercial lead on purchase commodities (e.g. plastic base material, tyres).

• Responsible for Interior Commodities.
• Sourcing value: Euro 100 million/year.
• Strategic studies for Purchase Director MME.

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• Purchase Manager Interior and Electro parts for a New Compact Car (NCC), project between Mitsubishi and Daimler/Smart (car line Mitsubishi Colt and Smart Forfour).
• Sourcing repsonsible value: Euro 400 million/year.
• Manage lead buyers located at NedCar in Born Netherlands, Smart in Böblingen Germany and Mitsubishi Mortors in Okazaki Japan.

Gothenburg, Sweden

• Sourcing responsible value: Euro 250 million/year.
• Area: chassis and power train commodities for P1X-car project (e.g. brake corner, exhaust system, fuel tank). First global car project on a common platform for Volvo, Ford and Mazda. Worldwide 5 production locations..
• Market research, supplier analyses and sourcing executed in co-operation with purchase organisation of Ford Europe and Mazda Japan.

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Original equipment

Investment Goods, Goods & Services. Experienced in purchasing of process equipment related to the various production shops e.g. press shop, body shop, paint shop and final assembly line.

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Investment Goods, Goods & Services.Experienced in purchasing of goods, goods & services and process equipment related to the various production shops e.g. press shop, body shop, paint shop and final assembly line.

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Master Degree, Master Business Administration

Bachelor Degree, Commercial Management