•             Drive overall strategies of the organization to ensure cost savings through all phases of program development (procurement and supply chain perspective):

 o             Idea Generation and Screening

 o             Concept Development and influence make vs buy decisions 

 o             Costed BOM analysis

 o             Product Development recommendations based on market trends

 o             Commercialization and industrialization (Regional Level)

o             Drive for positive business equation for the organization (Sales and purchasing)

 •             Drive PDM (price decision making) approach and target on-time cost at BOM

 •             Drive cross functional Sourcing Boards for alignment and final sourcing approvals meeting project milestones and commercial expectations

 •             Drive an early engagement to arrive at a competitive cost and work towards design to cost (a bottom-up focused approach)

 •             Drive on-time BOM with the required specification based on market nuances

 •             Drive and ensure customer group expectations in different regions ensuring program profitability

 •             Lead efforts to drive localization and best country supplier sourcing strategies with the “total landed cost“ approach during the pursuit and sourcing phase

 •             Work closely with Product Development in developing “design for sourcing” strategies

 •             Risk assessment  and anticipate potential issues in project execution and evolve resolution plans working with project management teams