Nicolas Franc de Ferriere

DELPHI Chassis Systems, SHANGHAI, CHINA
GLOBAL PURCHASING PROGRAM MANAGER - CONTROLLED BRAKING
Management of international purchasing programs (ABS & ESP): $50 million annual purchase value
Responsible to meet cost, quality, and delivery targets for all programs’ purchased components through:
-Management of a sourcing team of 5 commodity buyers and 3 advanced quality engineers located in both China and in the US
-Sourcing of all new components per program (cold headed parts, motors, electronic controllers, solenoids, stampings, machined parts, plastic & rubber parts, bearings etc) mostly in China
-Determination of a Global Supply Strategy and participation in Make or Buy analyses
-Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) execution at suppliers from sourcing to start of mass production
-Supplier development along with engineering & supplier quality; monitoring of technical reviews, value stream & cost analyses
-Supplier audits in cross-functional teams primarily in China, Korea and Japan
-Cost modeling of purchased components to set target prices
-Animation of cost workshops to challenge suppliers’ cost structure
-Tracking of supplier performance in terms of deliveries, tooling maturation, quality, and cost until start of production +90 days

DELPHI Chassis Systems, World Headquarters, DAYTON, OHIO, USA
Global Supply Management - CONTROLLED SUSPENSION PROGRAM MANAGER
Management of international purchasing programs (Controlled Suspension): $30 million annual purchase value
Reporting of sub-supplier readiness to customer: Quality performance, Tooling maturation, Component pricing, PPAP/R@R status
Responsible for cost, quality, and delivery of all programs’ purchased components through:
-Determination of a Global Supply Strategy and participation in Make or Buy analyses
-Sourcing of all new components per program (machined parts, castings, tubes, plastic & rubber parts, stampings, solenoids, bearings etc) mostly in the US, Canada, and Mexico
-Coordination of several commodity buyers, supplier quality engineers, product engineers, finance, and sales in order to meet program requirements in terms of pricing, quality and timing
-Development of partnerships between suppliers, engineering & supplier quality; monitoring of technical reviews, value stream & cost analyses
-Supplier audits in LCCs in cross-functional teams (engineering, supplier quality and purchasing)
-Cost modeling of purchased components to set target prices
-Animation of cost workshops to challenge suppliers’ cost structure
-Tracking of supplier performance in terms of deliveries, tooling maturation, quality, and cost until start of production +90 days
-Corporate trainings: Real-World Negotiation, Back-Door selling, Dealing with a Highly-Skilled Salesman, Ethics in Business, Program Management, Problem Solving, 5-Why Analysis, Purchasing Procedures & Policies, Commodity Strategy, Cost Management specifically for Motors, Machined Parts, Tubing, Outside processing and Castings, Doing Business in Multicultural Environments, Team Delphi etc..

Global Supply Management - Electro-Mechanical Brake PRODUCT LINE BUYER
Management of an international € 25 M / year purchasing project (Brake-by-Wire System)
Established quality & value of the system’s purchased components’ through:
-Determination of a Global Supply Strategy and participation in Make or Buy analyses
-Coordination of several commodity buyers (motors, powder metal, die castings, machining, bearings...)
-Tracking of program material cost / Reporting to Sales & Finance for customer quotations
-Development of partnerships between suppliers, engineering & quality; monitoring of technical reviews, value stream & cost analyses
-Tracking of supplier performance in terms of deliveries, tooling maturation, quality, and cost until start of production +90 days
-Implementation of “Cost Management” purchasing methodology by modeling cost standards per part
-Animation of cost workshops to challenge suppliers’ cost structure