Anna Kramarczyk (Walczak)

- Leading a cross-functional procurement team of 12 professionals including Category Managers, Project Buyers (NPI Coordinators) and Material Planners, responsible for the end-to-end procurement process globally. - Overseeing sourcing strategy, supplier selection, commercial negotiations and contract management. - Co-developing the organization’s global procurement and category strategies together with Category Management. - Co-responsible with Sales for product final margin performance through cost management, sourcing strategy and supplier negotiations. - Ensuring fulfillment of procurement KPIs aligned with organizational targets. - Defining procurement KPIs and cascading them across the department in alignment with company-level performance objectives. - Preparing and presenting procurement performance reports and KPI reviews to the Management Board (bi-weekly, monthly and quarterly). - Building and implementing procurement processes, tools and operating standards to increase efficiency and scalability of the procurement organization. - Conducting performance reviews, providing feedback and supporting professional development within the procurement team. - Negotiating and managing key commercial agreements including General Terms & Conditions, Frame Contracts, Quality Manuals, Cost Recovery Agreements (production and logistics) and Long-Term Agreements (LTA). - Identifying and initiating cross-functional cost reduction and value engineering initiatives (Make vs Buy, VA/VE), including organizing and leading workshops with engineering, sales and planning teams and evaluating business cases. - Leading vendor management activities, including supplier performance evaluations, risk assessments and issue resolution.

- Responsible for Aluminum Die Casting & Stamping category management across EMEA with €24M+ annual spend. - Developing and executing sourcing strategies aligned with business objectives, cost targets and supply chain performance KPIs. - Leading supplier sourcing, qualification and nomination processes for new stamping components in line with project milestones. - Establishing and developing strategic supplier partnerships, including commercial agreements (NDA, OPA, SCA, SPA) and long-term collaboration frameworks. - Managing supplier portfolio for aluminum die casting parts, including performance monitoring and contingency planning for supplier phase-out. - Initiating and leading VA/VE cost reduction and design optimization projects in cooperation with Engineering teams across Polish, German and Chinese business units. - Organizing and facilitating cross-functional VA/VE workshops with engineering, sales, quality, planning teams and strategic suppliers; evaluating business cases across cost, quality and logistics dimensions. - Negotiating and implementing VMI programs, delivery planning and safety stock strategies based on production demand, supplier capacity, MOQs and Incoterms. - Supervising implementation of cost improvement initiatives across active production programs

- Managing Cable & Cable Harnesses category across EMEA with €15M+ annual spend. - Developing and executing sourcing strategies aligned with business KPIs including 2% YoY cost reduction, supplier delivery performance and improved payment terms. - Leading supplier sourcing, qualification and nomination processes for new product introductions in line with project milestones. - Establishing and developing strategic supplier partnerships and managing key commercial agreements (NDA, OPA, SCA, SPA). - Initiating and leading VA/VE cost reduction and product optimization initiatives with Engineering teams across Polish, German and Chinese business units. - Organizing cross-functional workshops with engineering, sales, quality and planning teams to identify cost, quality and logistics improvements. - Supervising implementation of cost improvement initiatives across supplier portfolio. - Leading supplier portfolio optimization and resourcing initiatives for single-source components to improve supply security and cost competitiveness.

- Leading a team of Strategic Buyers responsible for sourcing and supplier management within the Connection Systems category with €220M+ annual spend. - Driving execution of category sourcing strategy, including supplier nominations for new projects in line with business demand and program milestones. - Leading negotiations of long-term commercial agreements including General Terms & Conditions, Supply Chain Agreements and Cost Recovery Agreements. - Managing supplier relationships and supporting complex commercial discussions in a multicultural environment. - Ensuring delivery of category procurement KPIs including cost reduction targets and sourcing approvals. - Setting performance objectives for team members, conducting half-year and annual performance reviews and supporting professional development. - Preparing and presenting quarterly procurement performance reports to senior management. - Leading negotiations with strategic suppliers for external warehouse hub implementation, including location, part volumes and operational fee structures. - Initiating and driving cross-functional cost reduction and Make vs Buy initiatives in collaboration with engineering, sales and planning teams. - Organizing and facilitating cross-functional workshops to evaluate sourcing scenarios and business cases.

Suppl- Creating and developing global sourcing strategy for WH with over 100 mln EUR annual spend in alignment with KPI targets and business/customer requirements - Responsibility for purchasing KPIs fulfillment within the category: • 6% annual cost reductions on annual spend • 100% sourcing approvals according to customer release and technical specification • 100% scheduling agreement coverage according to customer project milestones • 100% sourcing closure in line with targets and project margin • Improvement of payment terms to average of 77 days - Strategic supplier management: global long term agreements negotiations, project nomination, contract extensions, contract executions, commercial discussions, day-to-day business issues administration, ERP supplier data supervision, supplier market research, supporting discussions with manufacturing sites - Operational work: supervision of strategy execution within the ERP system- price/terms implementation done by operational buyers and purchasing trainees y Management Direct Purchasing

- Creating and developing global sourcing strategy for FP with over 50 mln EUR annual spend in alignment with KPI targets and business/customer requirements - Responsibility for purchasing KPIs fulfillment within the category: • 1.8% annual cost reductions on annual spend • 100% sourcing approvals according to customer release and technical specification • 100% scheduling agreement coverage according to customer project milestones • 100% sourcing closure in line with targets and project margin • Improvement of payment terms to average of 80 days - Strategic supplier management: global supply agreements negotiations, contract extensions, contract executions, commercial discussions, day-to-day business issues administration, ERP supplier data supervision, supplier market research, supporting discussions with manufacturing sites - Operational work: supervision of strategy execution within the ERP system- price/terms implementation done by operational buyers and purchasing trainees

- Managing ands creating P0s - productivity projects milestones - Creating Scheduling Agreement for serial components in SAP - Planning delivery of parts in cooperation with the site Logistics Team based on a production schedule, production capacity, MOQs, agreed incoterms and other indicators - Supervising and maintaining rolling forecasts and delivery confirmations - Monitoring safety buffer for serial components at supplier and Valeo side - Leading Outsourcing & Resourcing & Insourcing process - Weekly reporting of Valeo Bursa projects progress to RO Manager