Banu Usakligil

• Commodity Buyer in Global Procurement –Mechanics organization • Setting core strategy for decorative plastics commodity for Europe region. • Prepare and conduct negotiations to obtain highest feasible business case for projects by Game Theory & other tactical negotiation technics. • Contract management with suppliers –frame contract/special terms with coordination of law department. • Running VAVE / Design to Cost activities with suppliers & engineering teams to force continuous commercial improvements at serial products. • Running Value Stream Analysis on serial targeted products to assure best costing & pricing of parts based on Cost Break Down Analysis • Execute Supplier Management processes with KPI management , supplier business review meetings, risk assessments and mitigation, stakeholder engagement, and continuous cost and performance improvement activities. • Benchmarking and sourcing for alternative suppliers - market assessment & identify potential suppliers/supplier selection & contracting. • Escalation management for issues raised by material planning and quality team to assure material continuity with required quality. • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, resolve problems, meet deadlines and handle fast paced critical work environment.

• Commodity Buyer in Global Purchasing Organization for Commodities: Sheet Metal,Machining &Turning parts ,Surface Treatment & Coating,Packaging Materials • Conduct negotiations with suppliers to assure targeted savings by online tender management & other negotiation tactics. • Setting core strategy for commodity in region aligning with global targets. • Coordinating Supplier Base Optimization for EMEA region (concentraton of supply on chosen suppliers) • Conduct market intelligence,running supplier assessment,sourcing and development of new suppliers. • Purchasing KPI setting/ tracking improvement actions to achieve defined targets. • Project management until SOP.(Responsible for material procurement in time schedule &in required quality, budget controlling of project) • Escalation management of claims raised to assure continuity of material supply in required quality. • Supporting TCO ;total cost of ownership–make/buy analysis.

• Taking place in Central Purchasing Department / Stemwede-Germany as Global Commodity Buyer for Rubber-Metal parts. • Defining procurement /purchasing strategies to ensure long-term, cost-effective supply of materials and monitoring the national and international market to bring new suppliers, product derivatives and product innovations into the purchasing portfolio for new projects. • Sourcing new potential supplier and development.(Audits-evaluations-improvements) • Project Management with Suppliers for new parts / new projects • Evaluation of KPIs of global suppliers and define improvement actions. • Organizing Customer-Supplier audit management. • Reporting to Divisional Commodity Cluster Management in Germany • Responsible for all purchasing activities for Heavy –Commercial Vehicle (NKW) Projects Group in ZF TR İzmir Plant • Sourcing new suppliers for all group of materials (forging;casting;rubber-metal;plastics..etc.) • Organizing Supplier Audits and managing supplier development activities in contribution of quality team. • Evaluate suppliers according to KPI and set actions to be taken regarding the escalation steps. • Responsible for localization of target products/components in Turkey.(Complete Spherical Pcs approved in TR for the first time .4 new mould have released to be manufactured and export from Turkey to European ZF plants. Yearly 650.000 € saving earned) • Setting agreements and contracts on agreed bases and monitoring the agreed terms’ enforceability continuously. • Cost estimation of new projects and setting of target prices for new ¤t parts. • Project Procurement;ordering initial sample PO and tracking of new parts for new projects until the parts are in SOP.

• Responsible for all purchasing & procurement activities (for Direct and Indirect Materials) for After Market Business Unit Plant.( 25.000 pcs pats). • Responsible for ordering system and the stock with min. quantity & amount.(Implemented the ABC & XYZ analysis as a forecast tool to the ERP system.) • Monitoring Suppliers’ delivery performance and taking necessary actions for improvement. • Responsible for sourcing of alternative vendors within /out Turkey with the cooperation of quality and product management teams. • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, resolve problems, meet deadlines and handle fast paced critical work environment. • SAP-MM module key user. Taking role as Key user for SAP implementation to Turkey Plant. • Reporting to Logistics Director in TR and Head of Sourcing in Germany