Mission Statement
& Expectations
The mission for the Sauer-Danfoss Global Procurement organization is to connect to the market and develop a sustainable global competitive advantage for Sauer-Danfoss and our suppliers.
Mission Statement
Today's market conditions have transformed our Global Procurement strategies and policies at Sauer-Danfoss. As a result, Procurement is gearing up to deliver faster and, respond more efficiently to our customers needs.
This is how we aim to do it:
- By helping suppliers improve their quality and delivery times
- By maintaining an open dialogue with suppliers on business plans, programs and capacity expectations
- By implementing global supplier standards and providing suppliers with comparative performance feedback
- By building trust through integrity and fairness in all supplier relationships
- By providing growth opportunities for top-performing suppliers
- By early supplier involvement in product design
In return, we expect our suppliers to:
- Be innovative and open for new technologies
- Reduce PPM (Parts Per Million) defects by 50 percent year-on-year and implement zero defect plans
- Deliver 100 percent on time
- Show productivity in year-over-year piece price reductions
- Have electronic data interchange or supplier network communication capabilities
- Demonstrate environmental compliance
New Era
We have launched a new initiative to sustain future competitiveness in Procurement.
Our Business
As one of the largest companies in the mobile hydraulics industry, Sauer-Danfoss designs, manufactures and sells a complete range of engineered hydraulic, electric and electronic systems as well as components
Company Information
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