Germany
35 years in international supply chain; 5+ years in sales & marketing; consulting; organisational transformation; services. Wide track record in production procurement, indirect procurement, project & services procurement, component & cost management, product cost buildup, new product introduction, global commodity/category leadership, global sourcing, supplier development, manufacturing, production planning, inventory planning, logistics, client relationship mgmt, supplier relationship mgmt, auditing, people mgmt & talent identification. Multiple years of expatriate experience in USA, East Europe, Asia, UK, Switzerland and Germany. Specialties: Organizational Transformations; International Supply Chain; Production & Indirect Procurement; Production Planning, Inventory Management & Optimization; Quality; Manufacturing; ISO 9001/14001, IATF 16949, Procurement & Customer Services Operations; Outsourcing/Offshoring; Captive Shared Services; Global Sourcing; Talent Development; Advanced Negotiations; Sales; Supplier Qualification; Business Development
- Led end‑to‑end system, process, and technology transformation, driving continuous improvement and optimization in a high‑growth, fast‑changing environment. - Designed, led, and project‑managed a standardized and harmonized global technology and process landscape, rolling out a single unified Indirect Materials & Services operating model across 60+ countries. - Built and scaled a global operational engagement team to support countries and business lines with non‑production SCM and services requirements. - Led the transition of ABB Power Grids Supply Chain Operations (Indirect Materials & Services) into the Hitachi‑ABB Joint Venture, with a strong focus on business transformation and non‑production procurement operations.
- leading Strategic, Tactical and Transactional Procurement activities of all Indirect Material & Services for ABB Europe - responsible for Center of Excellences, global Transaction Centers and Front Office activities in countries - managing Supplier Engagements, Contract, Sourcing & Project Implementations & Execution and Continuous Improvements with local stakeholders - member of various global Advisory Councils, Sounding Boards and Steering Committees
- leading the Europe Shared Services Procurement Operations Organization as interim Head in addition to my role as Head of Supply Chain Management - Europe - responsible for all ABB business/production procurement operations and indirect procurement operations, lean six sigma people and project development - talent identifiction & training for role succession
- leading 3 year special transformation assignment for labor relation engagement and implementation accross Europe for all SCM staff in addition to my role as Head of Supply Chain Management - Europe - responsible for staffing transformation & execution towards specialized Center of Expertiese, Captive Shared Services and Strategic Sourcing - managing individual local labor relation engagements and actions with global project office and accountablility for successfull project implementation and closure
Head of Global Indirect Services Procurement and Global Indirect Operations - leading global sourcing, operations, external cost improvements, inventory management and JIT to all Harman Business Lines - Automotive, Consumer and Professional - manufacturing, OEM, resale and end-customer markets - responsible for building global shared services operations in Americas, Asia & Europe - leading supplier quality monitoring and continuous supplier improvement initiatives
- managing IBM's full Software offering towards distribution channel via SW/HW/Services dedicated distributors and connected resellers - via resellers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland - responsible for all programmatic offerings, marketing and sales initiatives to end-customer market regarding IBM's full Software portfolio
based in Hungary and Bulgaria - leading IBM captive shared services organization in assigned services across Europe, Middle East, Africa, spanish & portuguese speaking Latin America and french speaking Canada via a follow-the-sun shift model; syncronized with parallel ROW covering Shanghai and Banglore centers - responsbile for all of IBMs global procurement operations, procurement application support, supplier relationship magement, procurement reporting and tactical sourcing
based in Europe responsible for budget, staff, business controls, audit and operational performance of all global procurement operations centers in China (Shanghai), India (Bangalore) and Hungary (Budapest)
- founder of Software & Service Solution startup - interconnectin solution for sales, marketing, client database, accounting, telephony, Microsoft Office suite applications for small & medium business - ended with aquisition and integration