Germany
What do I like most about being a procurement leader? It's managing ambiguity. It's about identifying relevant developments and potential disruptions and translating them into viable strategies. This is why Procurement never gets boring. There is always something which comes up. So a hands-on and pioneering mindset helps for sure. Purpose, diversity and empowerement are three ingredients I learnt to be very powerful for building high-performing and fun teams. This is why I embrace these values as much as I can. Also, I'm keen to learn and discuss more about them. Please send me funny Supply Chain and Procurement memes, but also feel free to connect with me professionally.
Leading procurement for Bayers healthcare divisions globally. This includes primary transportation, warehousing, last mile and site logistics. Succesful development of category strategies to drive Bayer's logistic roadmap. Developed a team of trusted professionals and business partners. Member of the Consumer Health Procurement Leadership team.
Procurement - Transportation & Warehousing Global Categeory Lead for Air, Ocean and Overland Transportation for the divisions Consumer Health and Pharmaceuticals at Bayer AG. Key focus of this role was to lead the 4PL tender and contract negotiations (logistics outsourcing / professional services) and lead procurement activities for the respective project implementation.
Directs Procurement Lead for a major procurement transformation. Bayer transformed its operating model from a matrix to a global organization incl. significant amount of outsourcing of activities.
Conducting research to improve the clarity of procurement performance measures and measurement approaches to improve the effectiveness and reputation of the procurement function so that its value to businesses can be better understood by stakeholders.
Purchasing / Logistics Department: Developed a methodology for a price index for road freight transportation services which monitored and compared prices from different procurement methods.