Valserhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
🚀 Actively looking for opportunities: I would like to join a visionary and dynamic company in which I could contribute to ambitious projects, while continuing to develop my professional and personal skills. 🔧 Industrial Buyer - Expert in international sourcing and project management. Rigorous, proactive and versatile, I am a passionate industrial buyer with nearly 5 years of experience in the automotive industry. My expertise in strategic purchasing management allows me to optimize costs, guarantee quality, and build lasting relationships with international suppliers. 🌍 My key skills: International sourcing: identification and collaboration with suppliers on several continents. NPI project management: coordination and effective implementation of new projects. Mastery of tools: SAP, MS Office, and other ERP to manage and analyze purchasing processes. Languages: French, English and Turkish fluent / with basic Italian and a desire to progress in German. 💡 What motivates me: Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to address complex challenges, while supporting sustainability and innovation goals. I am convinced that efficient procurement processes are essential to build a long-term competitive advantage. 📩 Contact me: I am open to discuss any opportunity and collaboration!
NPI Activities: - Strategic sourcing: RFQs and costing analysis, QCD negotiations, supplier selection recommendations (sourcing board), purchase requests and POs - Bill of materials cost management, PPV analysis - Supplier monitoring and management: feasibility, capacity, tooling kick-off, prototype samples - Supplier payment monitoring, goods receipt monitoring, invoice dispute management (Esker tool) - Support for quality and R&D teams, APQP method for new product development and approval monitoring - Risk management and regulations: RoHS, REACH, MDR, USP Class VI - Reporting and performance monitoring, supplier scorecard - Market monitoring (benchmarking)
Program High-voltage DC/DC converters for electrical eActros trucks (Daimler) Cross functional teams: engineering/R&D teams, program, quality, procurement teams Yearly portfolio: 5,7 million euros (average savings = ~6-7%) Purchase of: PCB, mechanical parts and electronic components (panel et brokers) NPI activities (New Product Introduction): - BOM cost reduction, cost management (OpEx/CapEx – actuals vs profit plan's forecasts) - Ensure compliance with payments and delivery delays (OTD & DPO) - Supplier sourcing, RFQs and offers’ analysis (scoring), negotiations, sourcing council presentation, purchasing requests and orders - Supplier management and follow-up during all project phases (feasibility, tooling kick-off, prototype samples, gauges) - Follow-up of goods' reception, payments and invoices disputes' management - Support Quality and R&D teams: APQP/PPAP monitoring (RoHS / REACH) - Change management (incoterms & price agreements) - Change Committee Board (CCB), production line transfer management to another country - Productivity agreements, nomination letters, VAVE cost-out actions - Shortage crisis management, escalations (SCM), sorting and reworking - Reporting and performance metrics
Automotive Tier 1: BU Seating – Covers and Foams division (11 production sites in 6 countries) Cross functional teams: program managers, manufacturing engineers, R&D teams Yearly portfolio: 10 million euros (average savings: ~8-9%) Purchase of: Tooling: aluminium molds (foam pouring) in casting or milling – various components (degassers, cartridges and heating cables), reworking and material report Equipment: production line extension, line transfer with retrofit, assembly stations (headrests, armrests, gluing, HF welding, cutting, inspection, etc.), industrial presses, conveyors, robots, chemical tanks, pouring heads, turntable, Poka-Yoke systems, sewing machines, perforating machines, etc. / FAT & SAT follow-up - Sourcing & benchmarks (audits) - NDA / RFI-RFQ / offer analysis (scoring) / negotiation - Project reviews with suppliers and project managers - Contracts renewal: framework, productivity and maintenance agreements - Reporting and performance metrics
Seating - Tooling and equipment: Foaming, cutting and sewing
Team management (6 people), accounting, bank deposits, forecasts, budget, supplier relations, inventories, planning organization, payroll management, recruitment, customer relationship, morning/day/night reception desk service, breakfast service, dispute management