Greater Karlsruhe Area
A highly committed Procurement Leader with a competency mix of both technical and procurement expertise associated with an international orientation and experience in the overall Procurement Environment. Versatile in driving and leading cross functional teams from product development via procurement through to supplier and customer. Extensive experience in procurement practices and processes such as strategic sourcing, supplier relationship Management and early supplier involvement, negotiation concepts, design to cost, tear down analysis and target costing. Adept in developing and driving creative solutions and simplification measures. Successfully established high performing Procurement teams and collaborative team culture. Experienced in managing personnel over international locations In Europe, Asia and the United States as well as in virtual team management. International experience from living and working abroad and comfortably in operating across a number of cultures and geographies.
Head of Procurement Engineering & New Product Introduction
Head of Global Category Management Electronic Systems & Components, Chemicals & Rotor Blades
Cross-departmental KAIZEN Workshop Personal Health-Domestic Appliances, Drive DFX workshops (Design to Cost, Value Chain, Savings Funnel Management) Capabilty Assessment, Supplier Strategy Creation
Procurement Business Partner @ Professional Lighting Europe Leading Procurement Engineering activities in R&D, Project-and Product Management as well as Operations. Product cost reduction via design for excellence, value engineering, supplier collaboration and supply chain optimization. Align business needs and product roadmaps with procurement strategy and supplier capability offer. Early involvement of supplier and material commodities in product design process and customer projects.
- Realization of a cross-company Procurement and Supplier Early Involvement Function. - Implementation of India Procurement team to support R&D teams and global customer projects. - OEM Selection and 3rd Party Contracting for in building wireless network solutions. - Leading Global Commodity Team EMS & Electronics over an interim period of several months.
Commodity Management with global responsibility for > 25 material categories and > 300 Supplier. Category Strategy Creation and execution of Supplier Base Management.
Member of the Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) Integration Team, the merger of Nokia Networks and Siemens Communications. Leading a sub-work group for Sourcing & Procurement on behalf of Siemens to design and execute organizational blueprint and mode of operation for the new company NSN.