Sylvia LEFEBVRE

Responsible for the global strategic management of plastics and chemicals commodities. Manage relationship / negotiation with suppliers, pilot the utilisation of supplier panel in programs and series production during sourcing and ensure supplier performance.

Responsible for the procurement planning and execution processes related to material disposition. Lead and develop the planning team, which will deploy and manage these operations, at the best possible cost. Responsible for long-term capacity planning of global key suppliers, region allocations and SIOP alignment. Leads the implementation of standard procurements processes and their continuous improvement in term of cost, effectiveness, and standardization

Responsible for deploying the commodity strategy for the assigned commodities. Manage relationship / negotiation with suppliers, pilot the utilization of supplier panel in programs and series production during sourcing, and ensure supplier performance.

Responsible for structuring and piloting purchasing programs for the interior and clean mobility business groups of South Africa to guarantee achievement of the Quality, Cost and Delivery (QCD) objectives. Manage the Program Buyers and interfaces with other program team functions engineering, sales, finance, quality locally and globally) regarding program development.

Integrated within the sales organization of the interior business group, responsible for the sales development for all the major OEM accounts in South Africa for program, serial life, acquisitions, aftermarket, and exports).

Integrated within the sales organization of the interior business group, responsible for the sales development for all the major OEM accounts in South Africa for program, serial life, acquisitions, aftermarket, and exports).

Integrated within the sales organization of the interior business group, responsible for the sales development for all the major OEM accounts in South Africa for program, serial life, acquisitions, aftermarket, and exports).

Integrated within the purchasing organization of the South African business group to represent procurement in serial life, acquisitions, and programs. Act as a single point of contact to the suppliers and accountable for meeting target costs, supplier performance management, commodity strategy of given sub-commodity and commercial management within the plant. Supplier Performance Management Cost, Quality, & Delivery.

Integrated within the indirect purchasing organization of South Africa. Responsible for tender, negotiation and maintenance of short- and long-term contracts. Portfolio : All in plant Logistical services and goods, various stock items

Integrated within the purchasing organization of South Africa with close working relationships to other regions. Responsible for forward and global sourcing, technical change costs (piece price, tooling, launch cost, timing)and ensure supplier readiness. Portfolio : All inplant Automotive Flat Steel, Brakes, Brake booster, Brake Pads, Brake drums / discs, Forgings, Driveshafts, Heatshields, Tow Bars, Tool kits(Jacks, Lugwrench, Warning triangles, various small press parts for Exports, Washers/Nuts/Screws/Self Cutting wood srews/Circlips/Rivets/Clamps/Allan Screw polygon / Welding Pins

The role of a Series Buyer is to manage and monitor all plant supplier issues in line with Group Purchasing policy, to improve Quality Cost and Delivery (QCD) performance.

Integrated within the purchasing organization of South Africa with close working relationships to other regions. Responsible for forward and global sourcing, technical change costs (piece price, tooling, launch cost, timing) and ensure supplier readiness. Coordinate buyers preparation of Supplier Releases and distribution to suppliers on a weekly basis. Managing the buyers activities on the Action report to minimize surplus stock and stock shortages in support of the production plan. Supervising the Receiving department and also the Chemical store. Portfolio: 63 different suppliers (raw materials, components, chemicals and consumables)

Responsible for the preparation of the supplier releases and distribution to the suppliers to ensure that the supply of materials and components meet the production schedule and minimum stock levels for operational and production continuity. Standardization of material / components, localization investigations and continuous improvements. Compilation of purchase order and shortage reports on raw materials for projects. Portfolio: 115 different suppliers (raw materials(steels and softs), components, chemicals and consumables). Foreign and local suppliers (UK, USA, Brazil, Australia, China, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Italy, France)

Responsible for the maintenance of engineering documentation, coordinating APQP meetings with QA, ECR management, assist with tool transfers and technical drawings on AutoCAD. PA to Operations Manager and Engineering Manager.

Responsible for the planning and coordination of production to ensure customer requirements are met. Co-ordinate, monitor and control floor stock/floor stock counts. Stand-in in the absence of the Manager for effective communication. Update/modify product structures and routings. PA to the Production Manager

Responsible for the admin in the production department. PA to the Production Manager