Vlotho, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Results-driven Procurement Manager with multiple years of leadership experience in strategic sourcing and new product development. Demonstrates strong analytical acumen, a track record of value creation, and proven expertise in the sustainable development of talent and high-performing teams. Skills: Procurement management, team building, strategic sourcing, supply base management, project purchasing, capital investments, creative, transparent, hands-on mentality, open-minded, analytical.
Responsible for leading the supply management departments at John Deere Fabriek Horst (NL) and Mazotti Srl (IT) consisting of commodity buyers, material planners and project managers. Member of the Horst management team.
Member of EU Purchasing Staff developing and executing global sourcing strategies aligned with corporate business growth objectives Leading the team of EU commodity and operations buyers located in the Netherlands, Slovakia and Poland.
Builded and leading the team of Project Buyers responsible for cost and time effective industrialization of new product programs. Supervising the Value Analysis and Value Engineering team. Part of the EU Sales Quotation Team responsible for acquiring new business.
Responsible for all strategic and tactical commercial aspects of the industrialisation and procurement process of the sheet metal commodity. Member of the cross-functional sheet metal commodity team and heading the Supply Base sub team.
Responsible for the overall procurement of cylinder blocks and heads, flywheels and filtration (oil, fuel, air) including sourcing for New Engine Euro 6.
Procurement of production equipment/capital investments for the production plants in NL/BE. Machining centers, robotized welding production lines/cells, lifting and transport devices, assembly tools, test equipment, hardware and software, etc. Responsible as escalation level for securing timely service parts deliveries and service engineer support in emergency cases.