Rolf Spaargaren

Responsible for all purchasing activities within Europe. leading a team of 17 junior and senior buyers in Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. responsible for a spend of approx. 200m Euro

Member of the Kuhn Management Team Geldrop Kuhn Group leadbuyer for Chains sprockets and springs. Buyer for castings, forgings welded constructions and responsible for all NPR buying in Geldrop. Process owner for the implementation of ISO and ONE in the Kuhn Geldrop facility for the purchasing department.

Job at AGCO EAME headquarters in Schaffhausen Switzerland. Key tasks: management of strategic and commercial relationship with key suppliers relating to the parts business globally, with the target of achieving: - Outstanding service levels to the AGCO customer base - Strategic partnerships - An agile and responsive supply chain - Market leading quality and competitive pricing

Job in Venlo, the Netherlands. Responsible for a team of 2 senior buyers. Main responsibilities: - Integration of the Grubbenvorst site within the AGCO EAME purchasing organisation. - Renewal of vendorrating system and implementing relation management for top 50 suppliers (spend.) - Determine responsibilities for the purchasing department, integration in ISO-manual

Job in Solingen, Germany. Responsibilities: - Restructuring of “old” ordering department to a pro-active purchasing and procurement department. - Restructuring of internal logistics and incoming goods department. - Implementation of new MRP system “Timeline” for the purchasing department. - Implementation of ISO 9001. Member of Arbeitskreis Einkäufer Stahlguss, Deutscher Gießereiverband, DGV (Purchase team of German Steel Association.)

Job in Venlo, the Netherlands. Responsibilities: all castings (from 2 kg to 30 metric tonnes), forgings and Barr material. Together with Q-department responsible for selection and vendor rating of suppliers in this commodity (mainly Europe.) Key-user for the purchasing-department for the implementation of Oracle Applications (version 9 and 11i.)

Job in Veghel, the Netherlands. Responsible for the procurement and purchase of components for 19”racks.