Leadership of product development commodity strategies in line with corporate initiatives to improve supply chain efficiencies and reduce total cost of supply chain management * Negotiation and execution of purchase orders and contracts to support critical business needs * Development of an overall base that creates and sustains competitive advantage through global market exploitation, spend leverage, and the leveraging of technologies * Development and maintenance of a high-performance culture, achievement of functional KPIs, and improvement of customer service levels for internal and external customers * Graduate degree in Business Administration, Economic Sciences, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Purchasing; or comparable education * Extensive, well established business-network in the automotive sector is an asset (contacts with OEMs, TIERs etc.)
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