Paolo Zacchi-cossetti

- Develop a global supplier base for timely, cost-effective, and high-quality components - Negotiate supplier contracts to ensure compliance and favorable terms - Manage supplier relationships for quality, reliability, and innovation - Analyze material costs and implement cost-saving initiatives - Source production materials, negotiate with vendors, and manage project-related sourcing - Align supply chain strategies with Company strategies - Cooperate with operational buyers and planning department to define stock levels and replenishment strategies to meet requirements efficiently - Support development and technology projects

In this position, together with the other Xylem Advanced Technology & Innovation team members, we are responsible to promote a culture of technology and innovation. I'm specifically in charge of developing an healthy external ecosystem, including universities, incubators, start-ups, suppliers and thought-leaders, to increase the innovation speed to help to solve customers' needs and enable Xylem growth. Scouting technologies, business models and companies which can play a transformational role in the water sector is a key way to make it happen, as well as working closely with the other parts of the organization to fully understand customers' needs and ensure execution.

- Coordination and execution of overall strategies and operations for global procurement of materials and services related to Electronics & Drives - Development of global category strategy - Development of annual budget for the category - Responsible for the definition of the supplier panel, for the negotiations, the contracts and RFx for the category - In coordination with local procurement functions monitors supplier performances through well defined KPIs - Management in dotted line of local buyers at sites and in solid line regional category managers.

Development of the Sourcing Strategy for the referential categories Identification and selection of the stategic vendors, in accordance with sites, to optimize the sourcing results Management of Supply Agreements and Supply Conditions Drawing up of the company purchasing budget for the referential categories Coordination of local buyers

To develop the Sourcing Strategy on Drives and Electronics at EMEA level To identify and select stategic vendors and to support products development To manage agreements and supply conditions To draw up the company purchasing budget for the referential category To coordinate local buyers

To develop the Supply Chain for Electronics at EMEA level To manage agreements and supply conditions To coordinate local buyers

Worldwide responsibility for the referential commodity To draw up the company purchasing budget for the referential commodity To coordinate the local buyers To develop and implement the group purchasing strategies To drive the standardization process between the different business sectors of the company To manage the supply quality problems, in cooperation with central and local quality departments To search for and develop new potential suppliers, both in HCC and LCC countries

To work with Electrical and Electromechanical Commodity Manager to develop and implement commodity strategies in order to meet objectives for quality, delivery reliability and cost. To ensure that R&D requirements are in line with the commodity structure To make purchasing synergies and standardization between Food Service and Laundry Departments

Material Flow management and orders management New supplier’s research, benchmarking and cost reduction activities R&D support for new projects in supplier research and project settlement Supply quality problems management Kaizen activities

Title of graduation thesis: Functional Development of a Recumbent Bicycle with Innovative Solutions