Experienced purchasing professional with top-notch leadership, program management and planning abilities. Excellent verbal and written communication skills paired with organized nature and advanced problem-solving strengths. Improves policies, reduces waste and supports business needs with efficient, high-quality materials.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Purchasing Manager
Ultimate Transportation Equipment SRL
Craiova
01.2023 - Current
Purchased new products and oversaw inventory stocking and availability
Wrote standard operating procedures for department
Sourced vendors, built relationships, and negotiated prices
Implemented policies to reduce cost and eliminate waste
Developing, leading, and executing purchasing strategies
Tracking and reporting key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
Crafting negotiation strategies and closing deals with optimal terms
Assess, manage, and mitigate risks
Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers
Determine quantity and timing of deliveries
Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand
Buyer
Prysmian Cabluri si Sisteme S.A
Slatina
10.2019 - 12.2022
Performs procurement tasks for non-production goods
Capital investments, equipment, services, other overheads)
Evaluates, selects, and establishes suppliers for services and investments
Manage the negotiations and implements local agreements / contracts
Following of Non-Raw Materials Purchasing KPI's
Implements punctual or project - based cost reductions
Develop and implement site-specific sourcing strategies
Managing of services and investment projects for all 3 Prysmian plants
Customs clearance responsible
Plant Buyer
International Automotive Components Bals
Bals
07.2013 - 01.2020
Main activities and responsibilities
Manage the purchasing and acquisition activities from the plant, contract negotiation, benchmarking, insourcing & transfer
Responsible with direct and indirect material acquisition
Manage, develop and coordinate activity during prototype and launch projects
Coordinates short and long-term production planning
Initiate changes and improvements, analyze the financial impact of proposed chain logistics changes and optimize the logistic flow
Conduct or review internal and external audits for acquisition and purchasing activities
Create, manage and achieve the plant acquisition budget
Provide technical support to commodity managers, implement group strategies and LTA
Customs clearance responsible
Develop, maintain and monitor the relationship with more than 200 suppliers;
Follow up and implement cost saving strategies for annual spent of more than 20 millions Euro
Launch buyer
Ford Romania S.A.
Craiova
05.2008 - 07.2013
Work together with Ford European buyers for implement and follow up of purchasing activities and solving the purchasing issues
Support the launch of Ford B-Max for 5 in-site Ford suppliers (Johnson Control - Craiova, BBB - Craiova, Alegre - Pitesti, Pelzer - Pitesti, Cie Matricon – Tirgu Mures)
Develop the database (drawing, cost, weight) for better view of supplier cost evaluation
Part of Lean Manufacturing team (3 workshops at 3 Ford suppliers)
Buyer
Daewoo Automobile S.A.
Craiova
09.2000 - 05.2008
Purchasing of steel, chemicals materials and spare parts for Body Shop, Press Shop, Paint Shop, Engines and Transaxles Shop
Negotiating of offers and selecting the suppliers depending on: quality, prices, delivery terms, payment terms and delivery conditions
Follow up of activities regarding the acquisition, supply and transportation of parts to Daewoo plant
Education
engineer -
University of Craiova
1997
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Traian Vuia
1991
Skills
Negotiation Skills, Ford Production Systems, EFMA, Communication Skills, WIPS, WERS, CORA – Ford Romania
Personal skills and competences
Mother tongue(s) Romanian
Other language(s) English: Excellent Communication skills both verbal and written
Ability to establish and maintain very good working relations with people of different cultural backgrounds
Ensure all customer issues are resolved and responded to in a proactive manner
Very good knowledge of procurement & logistics procedures, legislation;
Strong personality, planning and organizational skills,
Self confidence, self learner, motivated to gain experience from each situation encountered;
Creative thinking, problem solving and reconciliation, ability to work under pressure and within deadlines, teamwork, business maturity and awareness
Good knowledge of engineering, production, process and lean methods techniques
Proficient in Microsoft software technologies (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint,)
For Enterprise Resource Planning software – SAP, WERS, AS400, WIPS
For i-net: Lotus, Outlook
I am able to work across multiple job functions with regional and global teams to ensure strategic direction, goals, objectives and key measurement systems are implemented
Hobbies: Computers / Internet, Music, Sports, Business / Commerce