Alexandru Ionas

• Regional strategic management position, responsible for developing, implementing and executing category strategies for steel and mechanical components /3 business units • Managing 4 commodities (sheet metal fabrications, castings, gears & turned parts, bearings) / 80 mil USD spend. • Responsible for the start-up of a greenfield sourcing structure and spend categorization split. • Drive the analytics to identify ways to minimize total costs of ownership while maximizing service

• European strategic management position, overseeing the strategy for all European manufacturing locations MRO spend and CAPEX • Managing European MRO and CAPEX spend / 50 mil USD / 600 suppliers • Managing a team of 6 people supporting the EU purchasing activity • Managing the MRO commodity strategy set up • Overseeing the European CAPEX process/Validating/signing the capital expenditure process • Coordinating resourcing programs, managing the supplier base in Europe • Identify cost saving opportunit

• European strategic position, overseeing the strategy for all metal components delivered to the European manufacturing locations. • Managing 4 commodities (stamping, springs, non-stamping assemblies,tubes) / 18.7 mil USD spend / 110 suppliers • Commodity Management: set up commodity strategies • Project Purchasing: overseeing the new Airbag/Seat Belt/Steering Wheel program launches together with Program Management, Engineering, Quality, Logistics colleagues • Coordinating resourcing programs

• Regional strategic position supporting the European Headquarters in developing the CEE purchasing strategy • Development of the local purchasing department (developing the purchasing team, developing the plant strategies, monitoring the savings for each project) • Steer via Central Purchasing the scouting, assessment and selection of suppliers in order to establish an optimum supplier base • Identify, develop and manage new suppliers for different commodities: Plastics, Metal, Textile, Packaging, Servi

• Working within the Supply Chain department as interface between the internal customer (production line) and the raw material suppliers • Securing the availability of materials at the lowest price, according to the JIT principles, minimizing the inventory • Following, tracking and supporting shipments and customs clearance procedures • Managing 16 different projects for both OEM’s (VW, Audi, BMW, Porsche, PSA, Renault) and Tier1 suppliers (Webasto, ArvinMeritor) • Managing the supply base (Asia/NA/