Analyze the purchasing market with respect to business division targets and requirements as well as Prepare and update the supplier matrix, prepare qualified supplier evaluations. Build up alternative suppliers to reduce costs, achieve technical, quality and other defined targets, according to business division requirements in agreement with cross functional responsible involved.
 Implementation and supporting preparation of a purchasing strategy for the material group in defined strategy team and Establish a standard and optimized supplier basis to realize synergies by bundling purchasing volume, concentrating on efficient suppliers and optimizing the process chain.
Define material cost changes (budgeting) in agreement with the HCs and superior in order to create an aligned planning basis and to achieve business division objectives.
Generate measures and support the measure generation for commercial and technical optimization of components or purchase volume to reduce costs and improve quality and security of supply.
Analyze suppliers in cooperation with the suppliers, identify opportunities for improvement and derive corresponding qualification measures, involving internal organizational units, in order to optimize the process chain between the supplier and Hella.
Ensure transparency and consolidation of supplier and material data in order to guarantee a standardized data basis available to everyone.
Consolidate the annual material requirements in the group of goods and carry out central negotiations with suppliers (granting) to achieve optimum purchasing prices through bundling.
 Leading in initiating talks and in carrying out negotiations and preparing contracts to reduce costs, as well as to optimize procedures between supplier and Hella and to enforce Hella interests taking into account schedules, quality, quantity and delivery conditions.
Summarize and document purchasing activities derived from the purchasing targets to trigger and implement the necessary measures.