Develop innovative ideas to achieve material cost savings.
Organize and lead meetings, workshops, and events to foster innovation.
Evaluate new ideas in the form of business cases and prioritize based on savings potential and time-to-market.
Align new ideas with segment responsibles and initiate necessary change processes for implementation.
Track the implementation of savings initiatives in line with planned timelines.
Identify and address roadblocks with cross-disciplinary teams to find solutions.
Escalate delays or risks for high-potential ideas; create backup plans to ensure target fulfillment.
Maintain close alignment with segmentsâ change steering functions.
Provide regular reporting of ReDTC (Responsible Development Total Cost) savings for the current and upcoming two years.
Organize and manage ReDTC status reviews at the BA-PUR level.
Participate in and support ReDTC reporting and close-the-gap meetings at Purchasing Board and BA Management levels.
Regularly review and align the ReDTC process and its responsible functions.
Represent BA SAM in alignments with ReDTC Managers and controlling representatives of other BAs.
Identify process and reporting optimization opportunities, evaluate them, and coordinate potential rollouts or updates (including process-CAP updates).