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Expert had worked with European suppliers for more than 15 years -- covering, specifically, 25-80 plants for General Electric and Emerson in several commodities for savings and improved performance.

To increase the plants' competitiveness, Expert sourced and visited hundreds of new suppliers in order to review their products, references and manufacturing capabilities. As needed, she initiated the process of developing each new supplier to meet the general supplier requirements.

Expert identified and worked with Western European and Central Eastern European suppliers in Romania, Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary and Turkey.

Production line and plants moved to best-cost countries, where she sourced the region and localized the spend. By undertaking the operational work described above, Expert acquired a strong knowledge of suppliers in Europe.

Expert had worked with suppliers and their suppliers including raw material suppliers, logistics, customs, checked their competitiveness and suggested ways to cut the costs (deflation or total cost out projects) for over 20 years.
She worked on trade working capital improvement by inventory reduction and payment terms expansion.

She regularly negotiated prices with suppliers and raw material suppliers. She worked to avoid price increases to meet 5% deflation KPI.

Expert has made hundreds of contracts -- Master Supply Agreements and Business Unit Supply Agreements -- with suppliers. She supported suppliers to in their efforts to understand and accept critical to business and risk terms.
Expert has also worked with EU Competition Law terms and convinced suppliers to accept.

Expert can source the appropriate suppliers to match the demand (technical, capability, capacity, raw material and others.)

After pre-screening and undertaking related tasks with the suppliers at hand, Expert selects the appropriate potential ones based on audit, price, product similarity, customer approach, quality and delivery service level, and related additional criteria.

In instances of IATF ISO, Expert follows the regulations with special focus on supplier selection.

As a consultant, Expert finds new capable suppliers in Europe. She conducts market research into the region where her client plans to set up a new line/location in order to determine whether the technology required suppliers are available. She also furnishes a general or specific status report regarding the sector, suppliers and other relevant factors. She also determines raw material suppliers' availability in the region. Expert has consulted to a U.S. multinational company in the past who sought to instill a manufacturing location in Europe. Given two options, Expert guided her client to choose the Czech Republic.