Kreuzlingen, Thurgau, Switzerland
▪ Digital Procurement & Procurement Excellence ▪ Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) Optimization ▪ Data Analytics & Business Intelligence (Power BI, SQL) ▪ AI Use Cases in Procurement ▪ Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management ▪ Master Data Governance & Procurement Logistics
▪ P2P Automation: Overall responsibility for the digitization of Purchase-to-Pay processes, implementing automated workflows (e.g., via Power Automate) for supplier management and dunning optimization. ▪ Business Intelligence: Development of dashboards in Power BI closely integrated with the Data Warehouse for data-driven decision-making. ▪ AI Application: Testing application of AI models for the analysis of supplier audits and supply chain risk management. ▪ Digital Knowledge Management: Standardization of processes and establishment of digital knowledge bases for efficient cross-departmental collaboration.
▪ Team Leadership & Operations: Professional support of the purchasing team and escalation management to ensure smooth daily operations. ▪ Agile Disposition: Modernization of materials planning through a dynamic control system and automated order proposals to optimize material availability. ▪ Document Management: Establishment of a central, digital document journal (OCR-supported) for all procurement and supplychain related documents. ▪ Logistics Coordination: Management of international procurement logistics via sea and land routes.
▪ Negotiation Management: Independent management of price negotiations and conclusion of national and international framework agreements. ▪ Supplier & Market Management: Execution of audits and risk assessments, coupled with continuous market monitoring for volatile global commodities and price indices. ▪ Cost Optimization: Identification and realization of savings potential through TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) analyses. ▪ ERP Key User: Execution and approval of functional system tests in the procurement environment following major software updates. ▪ Data Governance: Responsibility for the strategic structuring and quality assurance of article and supplier master data.
Working student in the field of Logistics/Transport.
Varying jobs from quality controller and production manager for the banana industry, housekeeping in a mining camp to working several months on a prawn trawler.