MartinStadelmeyer

Managing Director

Multilingual
Michigan, USA

Purchasing executive with extensive experience leading supplier quality, procurement, and operational excellence initiatives globally. Proven success in managing large-scale cost reduction programs, ramping up teams, and launching new vehicle programs within budget and timeline for major OEMs including Daimler and MB.

Project Experience

Managing Director, Ambe Engineering LLC
- Business Development and Sales of Operational Excellence, Profit Transformation and Strategy Development Services within Manufacturing
Head of Purchasing Freightliner Mexico & MB Bus Mexico, Head of Supplier Quality & Purchasing MB Cars Mexico, and more
- Responsible for Supplier Quality for 75+ supplier plants in Mexico & Latin America.
- Supplier Capacity Management to ensure all suppliers can keep up with our growth targets.
- Ramping up the organization from 5 specialists to over 25 specialists and preparing the organization for the challenges ahead.

Impact & Achievements

Project Manager for NCV3 “Sprinter” in China; Bringing a luxury bus to China. Project implemented within budget, timeline and quality requirements.
Lead in Finance Department for the restructuring project to cut fixed cost by over 30%.
Increased AMBE team in Mexico from 25 to 125 engineers within 2 years.
Transformed Mexico Purchasing team from worst to Best performing team in North America at Daimler Trucks North America.
Designed and implemented 30% fixed cost reduction hard savings program at OEM in China.
Achieved SoP on time and within budget and quality targets for partially newly developed Sprinter at MB Vans in China.

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