Global Category Manager
Current- Led the marketing scouting activities for over 50 potential suppliers worldwide (CN, JP, TW, US); Introduced 4 capable suppliers into new projects sourcing and reduced average prices by 20-30%- Restructured category strategy by developing strategic partner, defining preferred suppliers for different sub-categories; saved engineering resources and shortened the project development time by around 60 days- Succeeded in second source activities for more than 13mio yearly volume: monitored the ramp-up of new supplier and change-over of different customers; secured the ramp-down and stock-taking for original source; generated 3mio additional saving- Negotiated series price for over 50mio EUR yearly purchasing volume: achieved 3.9% price reduction comparing with 1.8% original target(2020); 4.4% v.s. 1.7% (2021)- Coordinated cross-functional legal point leader team(9 members); prepared legal manual for over 100+ buyers; won“BBM purchasing CN Best Team 2020”