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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedBehrendt started with Ford as a teenager.(News)(Interview)
Automotive News Europe, July, 2005 by Keogh, Olive
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Byline: Olive Keogh
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Birgit Behrendt is the most-senior female manager at Ford Europe. She joined Ford straight from school in 1978 as an apprentice and worked as a secretary with the company until her potential was spotted by her superiors. In 1989, she became the second woman ever to join Ford Europe's purchasing team and quickly established herself as a tough but fair negotiator. She moved to the US in late 1998 to become program manager for global purchasing strategies. In 2000, she became director of global body and exterior purchasing. She returned to Europe to take up the ...
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