Karin Giacometti

Experience

1. Sr Purchasing Specialist

   Continental

   Sep 2018 — Present

   Responsible for development of commodity strategy, sourcing/negotiations, regional material budget execution, and interface with suppliers.Responsible for purchase of productive stamped materials, Responsible for maintaining sourcing pipeline, benchmarking data, strategy presentations.Sourcing that include, but not limited to:Sourcing event bid strategy & managementBid analyticsCoordination and alignment of RFQ package components.Leadership sourcing recommendation and alignment with Management.Daily supplier interface activities on all commercial itemsSupport commercial budget activitiesImprove the relationship with strategic suppliers for commercial issues resolutionPerform rate management activities including spot buys, rate analysis and supplier requestsExperience with commodities (metals, stampings, plastics, resins, paint)Experience managing commercial issues with suppliers and assessing supplier performanceCompetence in negotiating skills.Focused in problem solving.

Education

• UFSCar - Alumni

  Engineer's degree, Materials engineering

  1995 — 1999

• USP- Fundace- Ribeirao Preto

  MBA, Marketing

Skills

• Automotive
• Plastics
• Ts16949
• Lean Manufacturing
• Pdca
• Engineering
• Minitab
• 5s
• Process Engineering
• Apqp
• Toyota Production System
• Automotive Engineering
• Product Development
• Purchasing
• Supplier Development
• Green Belt
• Dmaic
• Kaizen
• Fmea
• Ppap
• Injection Molding
• Quality Management
• Supply Management
• Supplier Quality
• Six Sigma