Alejandro Quingles

-Purchasing & Sourcing Manager. -Responsible for negotiation and procurement of raw material and semi-finished parts (metal sheet, forging parts, tubes & pipes, etc), drives, instruments, accessories and services, managing a team of 5 people and a budget of 15 Million Euro. -New suppliers sourcing, mainly in Europe and Asia (China, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, India, etc). Price, conditions and contracts negotiation. Suppliers panel management. Purchasing strategy by product. -Purchasing controlling. -Import Logistics.

Corporate Purchasing manager for metal goods and parts, injection and plastic parts, aluminum extrusion, fiberglass products, technical textiles, metal sheet parts, special toolings, etc. managing a budget of 23 Million Euro. -Responsible for freight forwarding services negotiation. Import Logistics. -New suppliers sourcing in Spain, Europe and Asia. Price, conditions and contracts negotiation. Suppliers panel management. Purchasing strategy by product and commodity. -Purchasing procedures and reporting design. Purchasing controlling. -SAP global KeyUser and project responsible for SAP R/3 MM module. SAP KeyUser for PP module.

Buyer for security automotive parts in Spain, Europe and LCC countries: security cables and ropes, aluminium profiles, cold forging parts, turned parts and plastic parts. Achievements: To change from some European captive suppliers to Asian suppliers, for automotive security components, getting saving up to 40%.

Buyer worldwide responsible for automotive parts: shift and security wire rope, wire, machined parts, cold stamping parts, screws, springs, forging parts, microfusion, MIM and sintered parts, standard plastic parts, etc. Reporting to Corporate Purchase Director. -Responsible for a purchasing Budget over 30 million Euro over 10 factories in 6 countries. -Responsible for local buyer team coordination. -Price and terms negotiation. Supplier panel definition. Long and medium term purchasing strategy. Dealing with suppliers in Spain, Europe and Asia.

Team and project leader for Volkswagen AG in a “VW VR motor-room design”, in collaboration with Volkswagen R&D team. Interior plastic components design for SEAT cars.

-Design and modification of metallic parts and bodywork components. Experience in CAD 3D. -Project leader in a CAD file server project.