Christian Heitfeld

Head of Central Procurement bei Rheinische Post Mediengruppe, Digitale Transformation & SAP S/4 Public Cloud Advisor from mid-size client perspective

Greater Dusseldorf Area

About

Einkaufsdirektor, verantwortlich für die Leitung sowohl der indirekten als auch der direkten Beschaffung. Identifikation und Umsetzung von Prozessverbesserungen sowie digitalen Lösungen, um die Beschaffungsprozesse zu vereinfachen und effizienter zu gestalten. Einführung von Einkaufs-KPIs und Reporting mit Microsoft Power BI. Einführung und Weitergabe von „Lessons Learned“ (Erfahrungen/Best Practices) zur SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.

Experience

  • Leiter Einkauf at Rheinische Post Mediengruppe
    Oct 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

    - Leading 7 procurement professionals - Leading IT Transformations - Implementation of Lieferkettensorgfaltpflichtengesetz - Implementing Sustainability and CO2 reductions - Implementing procurement transformation following cloud first strategy

  • Leiter Einkauf und Materialwirtschaft at Uniper
    Jan 2016 - Sep 2020 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    • Managed global service and supply contracts with strategic and key suppliers to maintain and overhaul power plants and district heating grid (200 Mio. € p.a. spend volume). • Responsibility for the categories machinery, equipment and piping. • Disciplinary responsibility for 8-12 procurement professionals. • Responsible for the spare part management and warehouses for German production facilities (34FTE). • Reduced warehousing costs by 20%. • Negotiations, contract and claim management for the lots instrumentation & control and piping for a huge capital investment project (2 bn. €) • Supported split of procurement organization from E.ON into Uniper and managed transition of organization from Hannover to Düsseldorf, • Steered project procurement for maintenance and engineering entities.

  • E.ON (5 yrs)
    • Head of Procurement Power Plants Central
      Apr 2015 - Dec 2015 · 9 mos

      • Managed global service and supply contracts with strategic and key suppliers to maintain and overhaul power plants and district heating grid (200 Mio. € p.a. spend volume). • Responsibility for the categories machinery, equipment and piping. • Disciplinary responsibility for 8-12 procurement professionals. • Steered project procurement for maintenance and engineering entities. • Extensive hiring, employee development and change management.

    • Team Lead Procurement Consulting & Temp Labour
      Jul 2013 - Mar 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos

      • Setup of a central procurement hub (50 FTE) for indirect goods and services for all German entities. • Definition of regional category strategies and efficient processes in accordance with global sourcing strategies. • Leading a line organization team of 5 people. • Managed organizational improvements; hiring and development of staff. • Responsible for the procurement of professional services and temporary labor (150 Mio. € p.a. spend volume). • Member of the E.ON high potential program and various assignments on overall procurement improvement activities.

    • Category Manager IT & Consulting
      Jan 2011 - Jun 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      • Managed Consulting and IT Services category spend of 70 Mio. € p.a. • Sourced IT demand for digital Transformation Roadmap in close collaboration with CIO • Conducted tenders and negotiations that realized savings of 5 Mio. € p.a. • Established procurement as a well perceived function one eye level with Business and IT stakeholders.

  • Manager at Accenture
    2003 - 2010 · 7 yrs

    Global Supply Chain Management; Focus on Sourcing & Procurement. Various procurement and sourcing optimizations and Transformation Projects: - Implementation of group wide harmonized strategic sourcing processes and systems (DAX 30) - Development of global sourcing strategies and cost cutting (DAX 30) - Implementation of a SaaS eSourcing-Applications - SAP IT Blueprint (DAX30) - Procurement Outsourcing (DAX 30)