2020 ? 2024: Global Purchasing & Supply ChainRole: Manager ? Performance, Strategy & Value Optimization
Customer: Opel Automobile ? Stellantis
Tasks:Directed global performance and value optimization initiatives across Purchasing and Supply Chain, focusing on supplier collaboration, cost transparency, and continuous process improvement. Partnered with cross-functional teams in engineering, manufacturing and finance to align operational, technical and commercial objectives.
- Developed and implemented global cost and commodity strategies supporting PPV, total landed cost and supplier performance improvement.
- Secured triple-digit million-euro savings through targeted supplier collaboration and technical value engineering programs.
- Established a Supplier Value Scorecard and standardized performance reporting across business units, enhancing data-driven decision-making and transparency..
- Aligned post-merger governance and processes between Opel - PSA & FCA, creating consistent performance metrics and unified reporting standards.
- Enhanced supplier development processes through KPI-based performance reviews, cross-functional workshops and early supplier engagement.
- Collaborated with senior leadership to drive organizational efficiency and supplier accountability, improving both short-term savings and long-term resilience.
2018 ? 2020: Global Purchasing & Supply ChainRole: Leader ? Supplier Lean Manufacturing
Customer: Opel Automobile ? PSA
Tasks:Led lean transformation and supplier performance improvement programs across purchasing, supply chain, and manufacturing operations. Focused on standardizing processes, improving supplier efficiency, and embedding lean principles across the supplier network in alignment with the PSA Monozukuri framework.
- Implemented the PSA Monozukuri system across global plants and purchasing functions, enhancing supplier collaboration, productivity, and cost efficiency.
- Consolidated and managed cost-reduction activities across production sites, achieving measurable PPV and total landed cost improvements.
- Established supplier performance dashboards and audit frameworks, strengthening visibility into quality, delivery, and cost metrics.
- Introduced structured lean assessments and process reviews at supplier sites, identifying improvement potential and driving corrective actions.
- Enhanced supplier capabilities through targeted training, technical workshops and joint value-stream mapping initiatives.
- Worked cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, and Operations to align supplier improvement plans with production and design requirements.
- Contributed to organizational change programs by promoting lean governance, process discipline, and a culture of continuous improvement across teams and regions.
2018 ? 2019: Global Purchasing & Supply ChainRole: Interim Industrial Purchasing Manager
Customer: Opel Automobile ? PSA
Tasks:Managed supplier performance, sourcing stability, and production readiness during a major transformation phase. Ensured uninterrupted operations by coordinating purchasing, supply chain and quality activities under time-critical conditions.
- Directed supplier risk and capacity management during the Opel Adam production phase-out and plant transition, coordinating a network of over 300 suppliers across all commodities.
- Maintained operational continuity under tight deadlines by securing material availability and stabilizing logistics and quality performance.
- Evaluated and optimized localization and supplier park strategies, improving supply resilience and supporting future platform shifts.
- Implemented rapid response and escalation routines to identify and resolve supply bottlenecks before impacting production.
- Collaborated with engineering and operations teams to ensure supplier readiness for new vehicle programs and production ramp-ups.
- Supported strategic sourcing reviews and supplier audits, ensuring compliance, cost alignment, and capacity adequacy.
2015 ? 2018: Global Purchasing & Supplier QualityRole: Value Chain Engineer - Electrical components
Customer: Adam Opel AG ? GM
Tasks:Drove technical cost analysis, supplier benchmarking, and value engineering initiatives for electrical and mechatronic components. Combined engineering insight with commercial expertise to achieve sustainable cost improvements and supplier performance gains across multiple product lines.
- Secured the lowest pricing for a global emerging market speaker in company history through targeted negotiations and supplier collaboration.
- Conducted detailed cost breakdowns covering raw materials, tooling and manufacturing processes to identify optimization opportunities and supplier efficiency gaps.
- Performed supplier audits and capability assessments to verify process stability, cost structures, and quality compliance.
- Delivered high nine-figure lifetime savings by reducing key component costs through technical redesign and supplier collaboration.
- Achieved record-low pricing in global emerging-market sourcing through structured cost modeling and negotiation strategy.
- Improved transparency of raw-material cost structures, supporting risk assessment and more accurate price forecasting across commodities.
- Implemented value-chain benchmarking to align suppliers on productivity, quality and cost-performance targets.
- Partnered closely with Engineering, Commodity Purchasing, and Supplier Quality teams to balance design-to-cost objectives with technical feasibility and quality standards.
2011 ? 2014: Manufacturing Engineering Role: Planning Engineer/ Project Leader - Final assembly
Customer: Adam Opel AG ? GM
Tasks:Planned and managed process engineering and technology projects within final vehicle assembly operations. Focused on lean integration, process optimization, and sustainable manufacturing improvements to support capacity expansion and product transitions.
- Led planning and execution of plant expansion projects in St. Petersburg (Russia) and Zaragoza (Spain), integrating additional vehicle lines with minimal production disruption.
- Prepared and negotiated CAPEX RFQs for automation and assembly equipment, including robotic systems, ensuring optimal technical specification and cost competitiveness.
- Collaborated with machine and tooling suppliers to define requirements, assess proposals, and oversee installation and validation processes.
- Implemented semi-automated assembly solutions, reducing cycle time and improving ergonomics and energy efficiency.
- Introduced MTM and lean manufacturing standards across multiple assembly plants to improve process transparency and labor efficiency.
- Served as central planner for final assembly, coordinating interfaces between Engineering, Production, Logistics, and Maintenance.
- Supported major production relocations and new model integrations, ensuring continuity, quality, and on-time program launches.
2010 ? 2011: Global Marketing & SalesRole: Key Account Manager - Powertrain mechatronic components
Customer: LuK ? Schaeffler Group
Tasks:Managed OEM customer programs for specification-driven mechatronic powertrain components. Acted as the commercial interface between engineering, production and the customer, aligning technical feasibility with commercial objectives.
- Led quotation and contract processes from RFQ through SOP, coordinating technical requirements, pricing, and delivery schedules.
- Negotiated strategic supply and pricing agreements, achieving measurable cost and margin improvements.
- Collaborated with engineering, quality, and controlling to ensure compliance with cost, design, and timing targets.
- Supported business development through product localization and cost-down opportunities based on supplier and material analysis.
- Strengthened customer relationships and long-term account performance through transparent communication and reliable program execution.
2008 ? 2009: Advance EngineeringRole: Degree Candidate
Customer: Continental Safety Engineering
Tasks:Developed, designed, and built testing equipment for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) focused on collision prevention and active safety.
- Invented and patented innovative ADAS test equipment, improving measurement accuracy and test repeatability.
- Conducted validation and reliability testing for LIDAR-, RADAR-, and camera-based systems in early-stage development.
- Collaborated with R&D and test engineering teams on hardware and software calibration improvements.
2007 ? 2008: Advance EngineeringRole: Intern
Customer: Siemens Restraint Systems
Tasks:Supported the engineering department in the modification and optimization of testing systems for automotive safety applications.
- Enhanced testing and data evaluation procedures, improving test precision and throughput.
- Gained hands-on experience in PLC programming, data acquisition, and safety system diagnostics.