Leonardo Czarniak

Experience

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  Instituto de Pesquisas Eldorado

  Feb 2005 - Mar 2007

  Trainee

  Atuou na área de Educação (Oficina do Futuro). Apoio operacional e técnico do ensino a distância, desenvolvimento e emissão de relatórios, programação, arquivamento e alterações em documentos através do Rational ClearCase. Atuou 7 meses na área de Laboratório de Testes de equipamentos eletrônico, realizando tradução das Normas e Testes da ANATEL para equipamentos celulares.

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  Robert Bosch Ltda.

  Mar 2007 - Apr 2011

  Purchasing Engineer

  Responsible for managing the Commodity of Rubber, Electronic components and Wire Harnesses, a total amount of BRL 90 million/year, for Bosch Brazil volume: prices negotiation, supply agreements, assurance of high performance of logistics and quality, financial monitoring, deactivations, resourced second sources, and prospecting of new suppliers. Interface with the areas of quality, logistic, product engineering, controlling and finance. Global strategy alignment with central purchasing at Germany and other Bosch plants worldwide. Show less

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  ZF Group

  May 2011 - Jul 2015

  Responsible for cost reduction projects (VA / VE) for hydraulic power steering products, mechanical and electrical.Controlling bill of materials, development of new ideas through workshops with suppliers and benchmarking with global team, preparation of Business Cases, schedules, budget control, risk analysis, follow-up meetings with local and global cross functional team. Implementation of several cost reduction projects based on design modifications, production processes, raw material, resourcing, insourcing and outsourcing. Show less I worked as responsible for managing the Commodity of Turned, Machined, Plastics and Decorative parts. Always focusing on cost reduction and improving competitiveness through negotiations with suppliers, complete cost-breakdown analysis, communization of parts and raw materials, and change of production processes.Definition and implementation of commodity strategy for business in South America as the global strategy alignment. Weekly participation in conference call with global commodity team. Negotiation of long term agreement with suppliers with fixed prices and agreed productivities and as well the supplier business plan negotiations that are annually dealt. Cost breakdown analysis of products and supplier negotiation. Commercial support to solve quality and logistic issues of running products; Show less

  • Program Manager

    Apr 2014 - Jul 2015

  • South America Turned Parts Commodity Manager

    May 2011 - Apr 2014
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  Continental

  Jul 2015 - now

  Responsible for Cost Value Analysis, that is a systematic approach to estimating the target cost for new components for HBS and VED applications. Also to identify cost reductions with detailed analysis on process flow, value stream mapping and cost breakdown for a current know supplier data or benchmark calculation. Support for category buyers during price increase requests, to identify price reduction opportunities and support during negotiation. Assure with the Advance Purchasing new programs launchs with the price estimation for new programs.I’m also responsible for the Drumbrake segment, in order to guarantee the quality, delivery and cost reductions such as: resourcing, desing change, standardization and localization projects. Show less

  • Corporate Purchasing Manager - South America

    Nov 2018 - now

  • Purchasing Supervisor

    Mar 2017 - now

  • Cost Value Analyst Specialist

    Jul 2015 - Mar 2017