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Managed a global purchasing portfolio of €13M, covering 900 part numbers and 65 suppliers across Germany, France, China, India, and North America. Defined and deployed sourcing strategies for rubber and sealing components, including O-rings, gaskets, hoses, diaphragms, and molded elastomer parts. Key responsibilities: • Developed and executed global commodity strategies across multiple manufacturing sites. • Led international RFQ/RFI processes and supplier selection initiatives. • Conducted supplier benchmarking, should-cost analysis, cost breakdown analysis, and TCO evaluations. • Negotiated commercial agreements, productivity plans, tooling investments, and price increase mitigation actions. • Managed supplier risk, dual-sourcing initiatives, business continuity plans, and critical escalation cases. • Coordinated cross-functional teams including Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Programs, and Finance. • Led procurement digitalization initiatives through business needs analysis and process improvement activities. • Designed and implemented procurement analytics tools and dashboards to improve decision-making and reporting. Key achievements: • Generated over €600K annual savings on the O-Rings commodity through global benchmarking and sourcing optimization. • Implemented a Procurement KPI Dashboard for performance monitoring. • Developed a Spend Analysis Dashboard to improve spend visibility and category management. • Created a Price Increase Tracker to support negotiation and inflation control initiatives. • Built Benchmark & Should-Cost Analysis Trackers to support sourcing decisions. • Implemented an RFQ Tracking Dashboard to standardize sourcing project management across sites. • Improved procurement data visibility and reporting consistency across international entities.