Robert Stockmann

Senior Director Purchasing, Procurement and Supply Chain || Change Management || Strategies || Relationship || Cost Reductions, Value Increase & Risk Mgmt. || Industrial Markets

Germany

About

Senior executive with solid strategic Procurement management experience in multinational Automotive & Consumer Goods industries, being responsible for until € 360 Mio annual purchase volume, large team management (71) and 8 manufacturing units supply. Expert in strategic direct and indirect materials procurement (commodities, investments / Capex, services, Opex, MRO, contracts, spot buy, etc.), in Centralized and Business Units organization models. Background experience (16 years) from product engineering, international large turn-key contracts coordination trough economic analysis to sales management. Fluent in German, English and Portuguese. German and Brazilian citizenship, internationally experienced in Europe, Argentina, Mexico and the USA. Additionally, able to keep communication & negotiations in Spanish. Used to work in global organizations: intensive matrix report and interactions; lining up procedures; exchanging market information, commodities trends and leverages; discussing and implementing best practices and common or regional strategies. Acted under ISO, QS and TS norms; SAP/R3 system and Sarbanes-Oxley (or SOX) law. Purchasing, procurement, team, management, supply chain, global, group, development, strategy / strategies, strategic, sourcing, supplier, cost, drive, projects, leading, fluent, english, industry, processes. International, engineering, quality, results, indirect, technical, continuous improvement, Lean, negotiation, german, P&L, developing, professional negotiations, initiatives, value increase, targets, automotive market, compliance, analytical, tool set, implementation, commodity / commodities management, category / categories management, operations, teams, innovation, operational, communication, suppliers, budget, services, contract management, leadership, training, direct material, logistics, processes and guidelines development and optimization, value / values increase, ESG and sustainability, NPI, KPIs, controlling and reporting, competitiveness increase, risk management, team inspiration, team coaching, team development, automation and digitalization, saving opportunities, contact management, matrix organization, markets monitoring, Strategic thinker & visionaire, “State of the art” procurement, Status quo challenging, Strategic sourcing, Savings achievements, Processes improvement, Stakeholders, Teamwork, Relationship profile, Multicultural mindset, Professional negotiator, Analytical ability, Change management, Suppliers’ quality & development, Stock management, NPD – new products develop.

Experience

  • Procurement Director Europe at Leggett & Platt Automotive
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • ​stoba Group (Full-time · 4 yrs 1 mo)
    • Head of Strategic Procurement stoba Group
      Jun 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

      AUTOMOTIVE MARKET High-precision parts, machinery equipments and e-systems production.

    • Head of Procurement & Suppliers Mgmt.
      Feb 2020 - May 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Senior Supply Chain Management Consultant
      Jul 2019 - Jan 2020 · 7 mos

  • Supply Chain Management Director at eGym
    Nov 2018 - Mar 2019 · 5 mos

    FITNESS EQUIPMENT MARKET EGYM is a global fitness technology leader that connects the dots between exercise and real health outcomes by partnering with fitness and health facilities worldwide to make workouts smarter, more efficient, and fun for everyone.

  • Gap year at Career Break
    Mar 2018 - Oct 2018 · 8 mos

    Skills: English, German, cultural adaptation, global integration, intercultural competence, Change Management, global experience, self-confidence, self-knowledge

  • Senior Procurement Consultant at Be More Supply Solutions
    Nov 2017 - Feb 2018 · 4 mos

    CONSULTANCY project (Indirect procurement) @ Cargill Agrícola. Cargill is a privately held, multinational company headquartered in Minnesota, USA, that provides food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services to the world. Together with farmers, customers, governments and communities, Cargill has helped people thrive through ideas for more than 155 years. It has 155,000 employees in 70 countries who are committed to providing the world with food responsibly, reducing environmental impact and improving the communities where we operate.