january 2003 Purchasing manager
In charge of Mechanical-, tooling- and materials purchasing unit, carrying full responsibility over personnel (9 pers.) and performance. On top of this being one of three members of ‘customer satisfaction team’.This team’s objectives are to reduce leadtimes, increase delivery performance and communication towards customers. Currently also project leader for A-brands. Goal to generate extra turnover in 10 specific brands. Tasks include setting up purchasing- and dealership agreements, marketing strategy, internal working processes, Account managers training etc.

May 1999 Buyer mechanical components:
Major task was to set up purchasing structure for special projects. Act as coach of department and replace product group manager during his absence.
Buyer special projects: Appointed as purchasing manager’s ‘right hand’.
Major tasks:
- Introduce ‘Best’programm for purchasing and improve score to meet targets.
- Implement new Baan system as key user for purchasing.
- Set up complete set of procedures for purchasing department.
- Re-organise Tooling and Measuring equipment commodity in order to lower cost, improve supplier performance and reduce workload for organisation.
- Replace purchasing manager in his absence.
- Coach and train assistant buyer.

Oct. 1991 until April 1999 in the following positions:
Procurement (1/2 year): In order to get acquainted with planning and MRP/ERP systems

Local buyer (1,5 year): Linked to manufacturing. Logistic and commercial issues.

Initial buyer (1,5 year): In commodity plastics and elastomers. Linked to a production unit, in the startup phase of two new mid-volume copiers. Technical and commercial tasks.

Lead buyer (2 years): Centralized commodity management. Responsible for vendor base management of Xerox’ major metal suppliers, supplying to all Xerox plants worldwide. Annual achieved price and PPM reductions of over 10%. Major tasks were contract management, cost reduction, PPM reduction, vendor base management, perform audits in order to certify suppliers. Responsible for annual turnover of approx. 30 million USD
Project buyer (2 years): Working for “print cartridge manufacturing unit”. Sole responsibility for all purchasing issues of 4 new cartridges, containing over 300 new items. Annual purchasing turnover of over 50 million USD. Required skills were technical, commercial, logistics, organizational, planning. Close cooperation with engineering and overall project planning.

Nevi 2, Nevi 1, HTS business engineering, Atheneum-B