Kai Berking

Chief Procurement Officer / Operating Partner / Senior Advisor / Supply Chain Expert / Transformation and Restructuring Specialist

Berlin Metropolitan Area

About

General Management; Mergers&Acquisitions, Joint Venture; Due Dilligence, Strategy, Strategic Purchasing, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Contracting, Category Management, Controlling, Change Management, Complex Project Management; Restructuring, Transformation, Value Creation, Cash Management Specialties: Mergers&Acquisitions, Joint Venture; Due Dilligence, Strategy, Strategic Purchasing, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Contracting, Category Management, Controlling, Complex Project Management Expertise in: Aviation Industry, Construction, Chemical, Engineering and Manufacturing Industry, High end production of technical solutions in the luxury sector. Family Businesses, PE-Backed Enterprises, Blue Chips

Experience

  • Leiter Einkauf/CPO at ALBA Group / ALBA / Interseroh
    Sep 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 11 mos

  • Chief Procurement Officer at Archroma
    Jul 2015 - Aug 2018 · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Senior Vice President Procurement at Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG
    Jul 2012 - Jun 2015 · 3 yrs

    CPO

  • Lufthansa (4 yrs 3 mos)
    • Director Corporate Sourcing
      Jan 2010 - Jun 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Responsible for Implementation of Categrory Management for all Catgeories within LH Group, like Technics, Inflight, Ground&Air Services, IT, Logistics, General Purchasing, Real Estate and Travel

    • General Manager
      Apr 2008 - Nov 2011 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Lufthansa Technik AG ()
    • Head of Material Management
      Aug 2006 - Mar 2008 · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Director Corporate Development
      Jun 2004 - Aug 2006 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Mergers&Acquisistions; Joint Venturee, Due Dilligence

    • Director Strategic Purchasing
      May 1995 - Jun 2004 · 9 yrs 2 mos

      Procurement, supply chain management , einkauf, Garantie, Reparatur, MRO