Valentin B.

• Leading a team of 550+ employees (direct, indirect, and salaried) within a €450M annual turnover business unit. • Driving operational excellence and cross-functional coordination across manufacturing, quality, engineering, and supply chain teams. • Managing a €5M+ annual CAPEX portfolio with strategic investment planning and execution. • Accountable for site performance KPIs: safety, quality, OEE, delivery, and cost. • Overseeing large-scale serial production of key Tier 1 automotive systems, including: - Next-generation JLR transfer cases - Front axle disconnect modules - BLDC motors - DSG transmission control modules • Also overseeing aftermarket low-volume production of legacy and specialty components. Personally recognized with the BorgWarner Innovation Excellence Award, one of the company’s highest honors, for outstanding contributions to manufacturing innovation and cross-functional leadership.

Responsible for the successful launch of the Gen6 BLDC motor production lines for clutch systems, supporting OEMs such as Volkswagen, JLR, BMW, and Volvo. Led the new generation T-case (transfer case) production startup for Jaguar Land Rover, managing cross-functional activities across engineering, manufacturing, and quality. Oversaw full project lifecycle from industrialization planning to SOP, including supplier readiness and process validation. Ensured timing, cost, and quality targets were met in a high-volume automotive manufacturing environment.

Lead the development and management of certain global/regional commodity strategies designed to leverage BW collective purchasing power and maximize synergistic opportunities to optimize supplier performance, reduced total supply costs while meeting our technology expectations throughout the supply chain. Ensure commodity plan deliverables meet designed strategies. Negotiate key supplier contracts. Provide global leadership in the communication, implementation, coordination, and enforcement of commodity strategies.

Key Roles & Responsibilities: -Negotiates complex and or critical supplier agreements in line with existing strategies -Recommends supplier selection in conjunction with commodity teams where applicable -Participate in enterprise level commodity teams as required -Lead corrective action measures for plant purchasing function -Supplier monitoring and develpment audits -Develop, track and report out on critical BSC metrics.

Key Roles & Responsibilities: -Actively contributed as a core member of the founding team responsible for the setup and launch of a 25,000 m² greenfield manufacturing facility. -Developed and executed sourcing strategies to ensure timely availability of indirect materials and services during the construction and ramp-up phases. -Focused on cost optimization by identifying efficiency improvements and leveraging economies of scale. -Negotiated and implemented supplier contracts in close cooperation with cross-functional stakeholders to meet project timelines and quality expectations. -Set procurement priorities and ensured operational readiness of all indirect supply streams. Built and approved a comprehensive supplier base by analyzing industry trends and ensuring competitive positioning. SAP Key User – MM Module (Materials Management).

• Operative coordination of the Supply chain in order to the Customer demands ( Raw material purchasing/ Production Control/ Continuously Customer relation/ organising the deliveries/ Complaints treatment from logistics side) • Improve and implement innovative concepts to minimize stock level • Continuous monitoring of the minimum stock performance indicators in order to achive the pull production concept-lean management) • Business process experience with Customers from China and Mexico • Using ERP Systems for all business process ( SAP R/3 - WM/MM/PP, Alfaplus) • Support launch projects implemention from logistic side • KPI – Logistic datas reporting for the Management, continuously Performance monitoring • Participate ISO TS and several Customer audit projects. • Production improvemet tools using in a regular basis (FMEA – Control plan – flow chart) • Maintain workplace orders and initiate necessary improvement ideas to get the regular daily processes in a hihger level. (Kaizen)

• Injection moulding commodity • Extern businesspartnership establish with Suppliers • Tool deployement projects implementing in to extern Production. • Analyse recieved offers and riport to the Plant Management • Explore further delivery options in case of continuously material availability for the Supply chain in order to avoid line stoppage. • Prepare quotation for pilot run and mass production phase products

• comprehend the theories and practices of business, accounting, management, marketing, and economics. • apply these theories and practices to decision making, problem-solving, and managing strategically in business and nonprofit organizations • analyze problems and challenges facing businesses and nonprofits in the 21st century • construct feasible and practical models and strategies to meet those problems and challenges • evaluate the effectiveness and success of those strategies • employ leadership and team-building skills to effectively attain those strategies MBA studies completed, degree not conferred. Focused on applied leadership, operations strategy, and business transformation through practical casework and simulation-based learning.