Driving global supply chain and plant operations. Managed the direct and indirect spend locally and metal parts at European level. • Owned strategic sourcing for metal, tooling, and mold commodities across EMEA; managed €14M+ budget. • Secured 15% savings via dual - sourcing strategy, resourcing to LCCs, and volume leverage. • Restructured local vs global sourcing ratio, achieving 40% local content and reducing logistics cost by 20%. • Elected by 1,300 employees as site representative, strengthening internal trust during restructuring and building alignment between top management and shop floor.

• Launched and led cross - category procurement team managing IT, logistics, capex, and facilities (€7B projected impact). • Consolidated supplier base from 300+ to 50 through strategic bundling, achieving 15% cost reduction. • Spearheaded Lean Six Sigma implementation, automating procurement workflows and cutting lead time by 30%. • Served as in - house crisis negotiator on high - risk sourcing events using BATNA, shadow costing, and anchoring.

• Oversaw non - production procurement across 6 indirect categories (€14M budget). • Achieved 7% cost reduction via competitive bids, framework agreements, and process standardization. • Enhanced catalog compliance and procurement efficiency by 15%.

• Managed €25M spend across raw materials, wire harnesses, plastic injection, packaging. • Delivered 10% raw material savings and €250K packaging cost reduction through redesign & supplier rescoping. • Led raw material silo infrastructure project, improving throughput and inbound logistics.