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Leads and coordinates all purchasing activities, including procurement, sourcing, contracting, and supplier quality for Li-ion batteries.

Oversees the development and implementation of purchasing policies and procedures for Li-ion batteries.

Manages a team of purchasing professionals and ensures that all purchasing activities for Li-ion batteries are carried out in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner.

Works closely with other departments to ensure that the company's Li-ion battery needs are met.

Maintains a strong relationship with suppliers and negotiates favorable contracts for Li-ion batteries.

Ensures that all purchasing activities for Li-ion batteries comply with company policies and procedures.

Hİgh voltage systems and e-powertrain
Full Responsilibity for the Direct Sourcing
Activity in the Business Plan development
Active role in Top Management Meetings
Managing and Steer suppliers for the program
Managing team for cost analyses and should costing
Conducting product kick off
Providing input data (e.g. benchmark vehicle, BOM part list, feature list and general dimensions)
Managing the should cost analysis
Developing product specific optimization ideas
Preparation and moderation of handover meeting
Handover meeting with presentation of results, definition of technical opportunities
Integrating defined opportunities
Tracking and reporting on project progress
Structured documentation of cost targets
Builds on data base
Creation of argumentation logic (long list)
Classification of potential counter args. (supplier)
Creation of specific line of argument (short list)
Planning of negotiation tactics
Weekly cadence with program management on newly sourced business
Track and resolve open issues list on daily basis and bring it to closure
Receive and process purchase requisitions for upcoming builds
Manage purchasing relationships with three priority and 10+ other suppliers in order to effectively quote new programs and achieve 100% customer service compliance

• Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
• Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
• Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
• Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
• Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
• Coordinated material procurement and required services for projects within budget requirements.
• Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
• Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.

• Analyzed customer engineering drawings, specifications and RFQ requirements to perform purchase analysis.
• Computed and created purchase orders in [System] to monitor stock levels, verify purchase requisitions, and expedite customer orders.
• Communicated frequently with stores and vendors to manage orders and verify revisions on purchase orders.
• Performed monthly reconciliation of open purchasing orders.
• Negotiated policies and contracts with vendors to achieve optimal pricing and consistent availability.
• Solved diverse supply chain problems involving numerous sources, logistics, and scheduling factors.

- Commodity purchasing responsible dedicated on powertrain parts especially; catalyst, DPF, on the Eurasie region for Alliance both RENAULT group and NISSAN Group.

- Officially connected to SAM (supplier account manager) who is located in France.

- Managing all the purchasing activities for multiplants of Renault and Nissan Group with a budget more than 100M€.

- Strategy and business plan constructor for the related perimeter. As a Global Lead Buyer, objectives, managing KPIs of all the suppliers including tiern, in the region, negotiate and update the prices, business links (cash payments), improvement areas within cost, quality and duration.

- Cost Reduction, Panel management including strategic investment of suppliers in LCC region, RFQ, RFI schedules, supplier selection, and supplier improvement plan leader are the main responsibilities

-Transversal working with all production and maintenance departments in order to reach lean production and process for the gearbox manufacturing line in Turkey.
- Manufacturing process design for gear box
- Preparing and managing various investment projects either for new components or for capacity improvements.
- Focusing on the existing production lines to improve the actual performance in accordance with QCD objectives of the enterprise.
- Responsible for the deployment and application of the NPQP (New Product Quality Procedure) both for the plant and for the suppliers.
- Responsible for the assurance of the correct applications of quality assurance systems on the manufacturing and assembling lines.
- Assuring default analyses level1 and level2 for any cliental (internal and/or external) returns.
- Assuring the expedition and quality for the export components or assembled organs for the clients worldwide