Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
I am a Senior Global Procurement Leader with demonstrated business results in Food and Consumer Goods Companies. Member of the Executive Committee, developing and implementing company strategy, translating business needs into Procurement deliverables. Currently I am leading Zentis’ global Procurement organization and implementing company strategy as Member of the Executive Team. Earlier at WILD Flavors heading global procurement teams for all raw materials. At HERO developing and leading as CPO global procurement teams for fruits, ingredients, packaging, baby-food, co-packing and indirect spend in 9 countries. I can leverage my deep experience as a pragmatic thought leader in procurement and strategy to deliver best purchasing performance, while utilizing cross-functional cooperation with sales, R&D and extended global network of suppliers for profitable business growth. I have a proven track record in delivering annual cost savings and process improvement of more than € 3-5m annually. Additionally, I guide organizations through change, mentor and empower people with a strong focus on delivering results.
- Lead Global Direct and Indirect Procurement at Zentis Group managing a Spend of € 420m - As a member of the Executive Committee development & implementation of company strategy - Lead 25 direct reports and manage global team of 45 buyers in Germany, Poland, Hungary, USA - Responsible for managing and steering all procurement activities including procurement strategy, Business Partnering with sales, digital agenda, project management, people empowerment, training and development, stakeholder and shareholder management - Formed a global Lead Buying organization for fruits, ingredients, packaging, indirect spend and operational purchasing - Established Procurement as Business Partner with Sales - Set up a structure for managing business spend (formerly Maverick Buying) via procurement – reducing maverick buying quota within 2 years to 10% with annual saving of € 1,5m - Led procurement team through change from tactical to strategic procurement organization - Developed sustainability agenda for procurement - Established global supplier management and performance improvement plan - Implemented Training Platform for entire procurement organization - Introduced digital agenda for procurement including full spend transparency, automation via RPAs, predictive analytics, performance measurement, Ariba snap buying - Developed new role of “Fruit Scout” for full cost transparency at country of origin and prepare investment in 1st transformation - Implemented cross-functional team for managing co-packing spend and activities - Delivered annual saving of € 3-4m in process optimization, digitization and material optimization
Onlineshop for naturally healthy Superfood from Peru. www.mysuperfood.ch - Established company in Germany and Switzerland, design and set-up of SEO-optimized online shop - Set up end-to-end supply chain: sourcing directly from producer in Peru, Transport & importation, co-packing and order fulfillment
Corporate Procurement Director with global responsibility for management, structure and activities of all raw material categories (excluding juice) - New strategic direction from regional to global organization: design and implementation of global Lead Buying organization - Introduction and training of strategic purchasing process - Achieving significant saving through global cross-functional harmonization, in-sourcing and direct-sourcing projects