Dipl.-Ing. Raul Silva

Responsible for the Iron Casting commodity, buying both casting and machined parts from casting. This commodity represents almost 60% of annual purchasing spend of Turbo System division at BorgWarner Itatiba/Brazil, around 15Milion EUR per Year, split in 10 Brazilian Suppliers and 4 foreign suppliers. Dealing with current programs, negotiating VAVE (Value added and Value Engineering) ideas to bring Cost Savings; payment terms; suppliers resourcing and phase-out; Develop validation for second sources.

Managing and Coordinate new projects into Purchasing for Product Line of foundation brakes calipers and drum brakes, also for Electronics team, working close to the global team located in TRW UK, with commodities of Micro/ASICS, active discreet, passives, electromechanical and PCBs. Key person in Cost Saving Opportunities, acting with commodity buyer to ensure the correct report into the system to guarantee the achievement to Cost Reduction and Annual Saving metrics