Iphofen, Bavaria, Germany
Responsible for all Spend in Procurement of about 10bn€ in the Knauf group with more than 300 locations
- Responsible for Direct Purchasing, Indirect Purchasing and Supplier Quality Management for all purchased products and services for Wincor Nixdorf - Enhancement of results and improvement of Global Purchasing organization. - Focussing on best costs of purchased products over product life time by applying Project Purchasing, ensuring best in class Category strategies of a cross functional Category teams, Improving annual supplier negotiations, Introducing cost & value analysis, etc. - Upgrading of Supplier Quality Management by focussing on prevention of bad supplier quality at mass production start and problem-solving if quality complains happens - Transforming indirect Purchasing from an location driven focused to a global oriented organization and at the same time fostering proximity to all local and central stakeholders - Enhancing supplier network - Improving cost reductions and supplier quality - Responsibility: worldwide - Purchasing Spend: 1.700 mio€ - Headcount: 120 in all regions in 4 plants (direct Purchasing and supplier quality management) and more than 30 countries (indirect Purchasing)
- Enhancement of supplier network in all regions: Europe (mainly Eastern Europe), China, India, South East Asia, Mexico/USA and Brazil. - Establishment of cost reduction initiative, e.g. cost & value analysis, Design to Cost, Forward Buy. - Ensuring of secured supply of purchased products - Foster positive relationship to internal interfaces - Transforming Purchasing from an ad-hoc to a strategic, future oriented driven organization - Responsibility: worldwide - Purchasing Spend: 300 mio€ - Headcount: 40 in Germany, Czech Republic, Romania, USA, Mexico, Brazil, India, Malaysia, China
- Harmonization of Advanced Purchasing (AP) processes and AP community - RFQ process, incl. early supplier involvement as well as supplier selections - Driving and control purchasing activities until SOP to ensure best costs below budget - Smooth transfer of purchasing development projects into mass production - Pointing out Business Unit needs for new technologies and provide those with the supplier network - Responsibility: worldwide - Sourcing Volume 2009: 900 Mio€ - Headcount: 25 in Wetzlar (Germany), Ramboillet (France), Brandys (Czech Republic), Huntsville (USA), Guarulhos (Brazil) and Singapore
- Optimization of Purchasing results - Improvement of supplier quality - Supplier selections and negotiations - Responsible for plant purchasing processes of mechanical pants during integration process Continental/SiemensVDO. Establishing first Plant Purchasing Hub in Continental. - Responsibility: plants in Babenhausen und Karben - Purchasing Volume 2008: 430 Mio€ - Headcount: 53
- Delivering over-exeeding of Purchasing results - Restructuring of Purchasing in Australia which included Supplier Quality Management - Implementing of common Siemens processes, incl. adjustments to local needs - Point out and develop a successor - Responsibility: worldwide - Purchasing Volume 2004: 30 Mio€ - Headcount: 18
- Enhancing Category Strategies of Business Unit specific Categories within Cockpit Systems such as wiring harnesses, steering wheels, airbags, etc. - Developing of a strategic supplier list - Improving Purchasing results by applying Cost and Value Analysis and negotiations - Supplier selections - Supplier evaluations and supplier development - Responsibility: worldwide - Purchasing Volume 2003: 180 Mio€ - Headcount: 11
- Cost and Value Analysis and negotiations - Supplier evaluations - Supplier development