Daniel Bertalan

Sales & Marketing Manager Developing new business units, new market opportunities, new partnerships.

Procurement core team member for all Ford, GM, JLR, Volvo new projects – terminals & connectors, HEMS Cross-commodity sourcing: tools (moulds, dies); moulded, stamped, assembled, machined, plated, cold-formed parts Sourcing a yearly spend of ~30 Mio. USD to best cost, lead time, quality, LCC/LCL strategy Highlights: >20% saving & cost avoidance (~1.5 Mio. USD) in FY14 & FY15; EMEA responsible for Kaizen Projects & aPriori costing tool implementation

Project Manager for stamping tool production division. Managing projects for various automotive customers: OEM, tier-1, tier-2. Sales Manager: key account for our valuable customers & developing new B2B relationships - focus: OEMs, tier-1, tier-2 customers in Western Europe.

Managing a yearly spend of 20 Mio. USD with 25 suppliers, EMEA Region Stamped, machined, plated, turned, cold-formed parts (copper, alloys, aluminium, steel etc.) Price, contracts negotiation, quarterly business reviews, strategy, supplier development, VA/VE, price maintenance SAP Main KPIs: productivity, on-time parts, quality complaints, LCC, cost analysis model development Highlights: overachieving most of the KPI targets, successfully implementing VA/VE projects resulting ~0.8 Mio. USD savings

Managing a yearly spend of 20 Mio. EUR with 15 suppliers Price, contracts negotiation, supplier development, VA/VE Training suppliers to comply with standards and requirements Main KPIs: productivity, LCC, payment term, supplier portfolio optimization Highlights: overachieved all KPIs, added 1 new strategic supplier

Supervising more than 400 suppliers of direct material, handling critical supply issues (capacity, tool breakdown, insolvency etc.) ERP price, shares maintenance. Supplier evaluations, forecasts and capacity alignment. Escalation point for logistics, quality etc. Highlights: successfully managing dozens of supply chain crisis situations; VA/VE core team member: 6 digit figure savings

Daily, weekly, monthly financial reporting: sales, stocks, direct-, indirect costs and proposing cost reduction ideas Highlights: created a US GAAP fixed asset management tool

Managing the sales/distribution of a diversified product group: food (natural juices, sweets etc) and non-food (cosmetics, cleaning products) in one county. Developing and strengthening business relationships with existing customers and looking for new ones. Doubled the number of customers & turnover in 1 year.

CAD, Materials Science, Production Systems, Mechanical Systems, Project Management, Statics, FMEA, Quality Assurance, Business Processes, Supply Chain, Design for Manufacturing

Algebra, Calculus and Analysis, Geometry and Topology, Combinatorics, Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations, Probability and Statistics, Theory of Relativity, Mechanics, IT