2006 - 2009 Tactical/Strategic Purchasing (Building hardware).
Description: After close cooperation with local and divisional management I was assigned to translate the sourcing strategies into local strategies and achieve the required results.
Activities:
- Negotiations
- Supplier contracting
- Development of sourcing strategies / action plans
- Monthly reporting to divisional management
- Supplier auditing
- Closely involved in the outsourcing process of our complete production unit to Asia and Eastern Europe..
- LCC sourcing activities
- Supplier reduction
- TCO reduction
- Participation in international purchasing teams
- Various lead-buyer roles in international purchasing teams
- Close cooperation with global category management
- Extensive travelling to mainly Eastern Europe, Southern Europe and Asia

2004 - 2006 Purchaser (Building hardware).
Description: Responsible for the operational/transactional purchasing and because of my ICT background assigned to improve and further develop the purchasing processes.
Activities:
- Ordering
- Order follow up
- Request for quotations
- Automation (ICT) and further improvement of the purchasing processes
- Development of purchasing management tools (stock controlling, cost follow up, etc)

2003 - 2004 Purchasing assistant / ICT supervising (Printer hardware).
Description: Responsible for the operational part of the purchasing process together with the supervision of the ICT environment.
Activities:
- Ordering
- Order follow up
- Request for quotations
- Demand planning