Benjamin Schmidt

Opportunities don't happen. You create them.

Greater Gothenburg Metropolitan Area

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Experience

  • Head of Finance Sweden & Finland at Innomotics
    Dec 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

    - Establish financial analysis, planning & controlling activities - Oversee completion of accounting, financial statement & BA processes - Contribute to implementation of financial strategies, policies & guidelines - Manage the Finance / Business Administration organization - Optimize processes to increase productivity - Collaborate in the preparation of complex bids for project business - Ensure compliant and standardized contract management - Coordinate risk and internal control management - Commercial Project Management

  • Siemens (12 yrs 7 mos)
    • Sales Controller
      Jun 2021 - Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      - Responsible for 11 lead countries (region EMEA), yearly turnover of 400 Mio Euro - Coordinate/ guide finance planning activities and assure FC accuracy - Generate and monitor new analyses with the target to increase transparency (e.g. OWC, OOH reach) - Support on demand our sales team in commercial topics such as Incoterms, contract topics, Limits of Authorities, standard discounts - Monthly quantity planning on product level - Complete special projects (e.g. Task Force material availability) - Automate processes to increase productivity

    • Head of Strategic Procurement
      Aug 2019 - May 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

      - Team lead for 6 strategic buyers and 1 procurement engineer - Development, support and coordination of procurement strategy for a yearly PVO of 45 Mio Euro - Drive financial turnaround projects - Representative in local and global management meetings - Development of European cross-locational SPR concept - Main collaboration partner for cross-functional departments - Highest escalation support

    • Procurement Controller, Supplier Manager, Senior Buyer
      May 2017 - Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Procurement Controller for Drasov and Nürnberg (Headquarter): - monthly reporting of saving results in OPW - forecast calculation/ budget planning, e.g. in SPACE/ MDE - creating of GVS/ PPC-analyses in SCM CoRe - regular execution of CNI meetings with department heads - moderation of CostOut workshops - preparation of management presentations Special projects: - AP talents: Global Value Sourcing & automation potential for windings - Lead time optimization to support market expectations and improve delivery time - Development of European cross-location SPR concept Strategic Buyer for commodity „cooling systems“ for Drasov: - price negotiation - cross-locational lead performance coordinator LDA - support in Design-to-Cost measures - execution of eAuctions - involvement in development of MLPP-analysis Supplier Manager for Drasov and Nürnberg: - contract management - consulting for supplier qualification, evaluation and development - key user in SCM STAR - Supplier Master Data for SAP

  • Civilian service: driver at Malteser Hilfsdienst
    Aug 2010 - Jan 2011 · 6 mos

    - Driving service for limited children and seniors - Delivery of food for seniors