Fabian Krüger-Herbert

Head of Enablement, Intelligence & Solutions

Greater Hamburg Area

About

I am a dedicated professional with experience in transformation, project management, and procurement. As Head of Procurement Technologies & Processes at Doka, I lead a team that drives digitization and practical improvements across the organization. I keep an eye on relevant trends and use them to shape and develop my team so that we can support the business in a meaningful way and move it forward. I have a solid track record in implementing digital solutions, delivering cost‑saving initiatives, and managing strategic projects.

Experience

  • Doka (2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Head of Enablement, Intelligence & Solutions
      Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    • Head of Procurement Technologies & Processes
      Jul 2024 - Jun 2026 · 2 yrs

      • Leading a 15–20‑member Global team of system owners, process & project managers, and Accounts Payable Austria • Developed the department‘s structure, clarified roles and interfaces, and strengthened project, change‑management, and AI capabilities • Connected a global power‑user organization to support processes, systems, data governance, and continuous improvement across all countries Together with my great team: • Designed a new group‑wide material group structure for all Umdasch divisions • Implemented a new supplier master data governance system and a global material master data governance process • Driving the global S2P digital transformation, including the SAP S/4HANA implementation • Developed AI‑enabled solutions such as the Procurement Success Tracker, automated spend categorization & insights, and material price vs. index analytics • Rollout of SAP Ariba • Rollout of Invoicing Solutions (ECC add-on Solution and new GenAI solution for S4)

  • Strategic Advisor to Early-Stage SaaS Startup | Sustainable Procurement Technology at Confidential
    Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • tesa (4 yrs 6 mos)
    • Head of Sustainable Procurement
      Sep 2023 - Jun 2024 · 10 mos

      • Build-up a new function & team to transform tesa’s Global Procurement organization to a sustainable one • Creation and starting of a 2-3 year business function strategy • Implementation of the Supply chain due diligence act (LkSG)

    • Senior Manager Transformation
      Oct 2022 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr

      Job role 1: Global Procurement ➢ PMO for the transformation program & work package lead ➢ Responsible to implement category management (enabled by a digital tool implementation) and a central decision-making platform ➢ Setup and execution of a working capital improvement initiative (~5.7 mio € WOC improvement) and price reduction initiative (~1 mio € savings) Job role 2: Corporate Development ➢ Member of a global Strategy Exploration Team (C-level) to identify new growth fields for 2030+ and project lead for 2 new business models

    • Manager Procurement Excellence
      Jan 2020 - Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Tool implementations: • Leading the global rollout of SAP Ariba Guided Buying, incl. concept design and buy-in management • SAP Ariba Sourcing (RfX + enabling procurement managers to achieve high savings of ~25% through leveraging e-auctions) • Supplier risk monitoring tool pilot execution Strategic projects: • Risk management concept, budget approval, operating model • Category management design

  • Procurement Consultant at Deloitte Consulting
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs

    - Business transformation through S/4HANA implementations (greenfield, 4 projects, client-facing roles) - Bid proposal support - Setup of an Internal resource forecast process

  • Sales & Operations Master's degree candidate (thesis) at eldoLED
    Apr 2017 - Aug 2017 · 5 mos