Senior Purchasing Director / VP

• July 2012 - October 2015

Senior Director responsible for establishing the Mechanical Category organisation and sourcing processes across all Danfoss divisions internationally.  Interim management of the Electrical & Electronic category. Overall purchase scope +900 Meuros. Coached a team of 5 directors & 29 regional managers/supplier quality. Achieved the best ever KPI performance for Danfoss in 2013 & 2014. Supervised major supplier negotiations and coached the team in negotiation preparation and execution.

Procurement Director

• April 1998 - June 2012

Started as a Senior Buyer Plastics/UK Purchasing Manager at ECIA (owned by Peugeot) and became Purchasing Commodity Manager in Méru, France, then European Commodity Director, Global Category Director in Paris, Mechanisms Divisional Director in Caligny, Pneumatics Division Director in Germany and finally Advanced Purchasing Director in Paris.

Commodity Manager Electrical Systems / Logistics Engineer / Supplies Management

• September 1993 - June 1998

Started as a Graduate Engineer Apprentice. After experiencing all major departments of teh Company, I choose to join the Supplier Management team who managed the Engineering interface between supplier and R&D. I later became Commodity Manager and held Purchasing responsibility for negotiation and contract implementation.