Material Manager

Allan Sotta

Sudenburger Strasse *, ***** Magdeburg, Germany

Phone 0049 177******* Email *****.*****@**.*********.**********.***

Objective

A full-time position as Centralized Buyer to demonstrate negotiation skills and customer focus to contribute to the company.

Education

2001 - 2007 Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

Master of Business Administration

Majoring in Operations Research and International Management

1996 - 1997 Orr Highschool, Orr, MN

Highschool Degree with honors

1986 - 1999 Gymnasium Stadtfeld, Wernigerode, Germany

Highschool Degree

Work Experience

10/2007 – now Project Buyer, Procurement Bombardier Transportation RCS Region 1 (responsible for spend

of 30-40 Million Euros per Year)

Responsibilities:

• Procurement of Automated train protection equipment and peripherie (both onboard and wayside

solutions)

• Procurement of external engineering, development and installation services

• Cost control of project spend via Total at Cost sheets (TAC)

• Supplier tracking and evaluation of supplier quality

• NPR procurement as deputy/ replacement

• Support of Bids team Region 1 (spend analysis and negotiations)

• Development activities for a customized VCM solution within RCS

• Invoice management of the NPR and project sector via ReAct-Tool

• Implementation of a catalogue-buying platform for the NPR sector

• Facility management as deputy/ replacement

• logistics

2006 – 2007 Ceteaqua GbR, Junior Buyer

• Just-in-time procurement of environmentally friendly chemicals for a heating and air conditioning

maintainance company

• Logistics for the material provision

2003 - 2006 Deutsche Angestellten Akademie, Helmstedt, Germany

Lecturer for enterprise resource planning, English, application practise,

Economic basic skills, accounting, recruiting

2001 – 2003 Quality Management Coverright Surfaces,

Schöppenstedt, Germany (part-time to finance studies)

2000 - 2001 Army 3./410 transport batallion Burg, Germany

coordination, planning and execution of maintainance of vehicles

1999 - 2000 production worker, Dynamit Nobel, Reinsdorf

Skills

Foreign languages: German (native speaker), English (fluently), Russian (basic), Spanish (Basic)

IT-Skills: Microsoft MS-Office, Internet, SAP R3 / VCM, SMIS

soft skills: loyalty, excellent team worker, precise and hard working

References

References and letters of recommendation available on request.

Magdeburg, January 2012

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