Christian Baerbig

Head of Site Procurement Hub Europe at Covestro Deutschland AG

Germany

About

International, motivated, adaptable and responsible with strong communication, self-organization and analytical skills gained through 3+ years IT project management and consulting experience & 10+years Procurement experience at Covestro. Having lived and worked ~11 years in different leadership positions in APAC, I possess a clear, logical mind with a practical approach and a drive to see things through to completion. In short, I am experienced, reliable, trustworthy, hardworking and eager to learn.

Experience

  • Covestro (11 yrs 1 mo)
    • Head of Site Procurement Hub Europe
      Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

      Responsible for leading a team of >30 Procurement professionals, located in 4 different countries managing a spend of ~700mEUR/a mainly in the areas of technical goods and -services Procurement.

    • Head of Site Procurement
      May 2021 - Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Responsible for all country Procurement activities incl. raw materials and energy contracts managing a spend of ~500m Euro/a. Leading a team of ~10 Procurement professionals. Member of the site leadership team and leadership team of Covestro Thailand.

    • Section Head Site Services Procurement
      May 2018 - Apr 2021 · 3 yrs

      Responsible for technical services procurement and leading a team of ~5 Procurement professionals and a spend of ~60m Euro/a.

  • GMBA Candidate at National Taiwan University
    Aug 2013 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos

    http://exp.management.ntu.edu.tw/en/GMBA

  • Bayer (5 yrs 11 mos)
    • IT Solutions Consultant
      Sep 2012 - Aug 2013 · 1 yr

      • Asia Pacific Regional Project Manager for a major Software roll-out “Gold Disk 7.3” (scope: 20 000+ users): - Interface between countries and global organization - Project Coordination & Communication • Solution Manager for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in APAC: - Solution Development incl. provisioning and support processes - Conduction of a Proof of Concept and Pilot • Project Coordinator for the CRM iPad roll-out for the Bayer Health Care China Sales Force (scope: 4000+ devices): - Use Case Analysis - Concept for Solution Design - Development of a Support Concept - Vendor Selection and Management Consulting - Roll-out Planning - Delivery- & Training Coordination

    • PMO/PM
      Oct 2010 - Aug 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos

      • Project Management Office (PMO) for IT Operations China • Project Manager for the Implementation of the “Automated Information Lifecycle” (Document Retention Policy) @Bayer in China (scope: 10 000+ users): • Country Change Manager for the Bayer strategic program “Personalized Work Place” (scope: 5000+ users) • Project Manager for the Identity and Access Management Project in China • Training coordinator for a major SAP project (scope: 3500+ users, 200+ training sessions / 20 Trainers).

    • Trainee
      Oct 2007 - Sep 2010 · 3 yrs

      Dual Study Program in cooperation with the HWR Berlin (Berlin School of Economics and Law) including practical terms at Bayer in Berlin (Germany), Leverkusen (Germany) and Shanghai (China).