Simone Hoffmann

About

I have, during a 10+ year career in Procurement & Supply Chain, touched upon many aspects of the Procurement Functions from operational topics like order & inventory handling to strategic topics like building up and executing on Procurement- & Supply Chain Strategies as well as leading organizational transformations including Process Optimization and Change Processes with the focus to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. I am an experienced leader who is motivated by developing and maintaining a strong team, ensuring that the right capabilities are installed and fostered within the team in order to achieve outstanding results.

Experience

• Global Procurement Director at Polytech
  

• Strategic Senior Buyer Electricals at Siemens Wind Power A/S
  

  Transformers, Switchgears, Converters Implementing Commodity Strategies and conduct price and contract negotiations to guarantee security of supplies at best conditions within large scale procurement projects. Leading a cross-functional Commodity Team to achieve optimum results in terms of TCO.

• Supply Chain Manager at Siemens Wind Power A/S
  

  Gearboxes, Bearings, Main Shafts Tracing the ordering and delivery process of suppliers to maintain a high level of supplier delivery capability and delivery reliability. Optimization of procurement processes by e.g. introducing new sourcing strategies like e-pull.

• Siemens Wind Power Graduate Program at Siemens Wind Power A/S
  

  1st assignment Junior Process Manager Implementation of a cross-functional solution for long-term forecasting of projects in SAP. Assignment to analyze the internal order execution process and present solutions for optimization to management. 2nd assignment - Station abroad in Shanghai Strategic Buyer Supporting the Global Commodity Manager by elaborating a Global Sourcing Strategy. 3rd assignment Financial Project Manager Finance Business Partner for technical project managers on wind farm projects in North America. Responsible for coordinating forecasting and monthly reporting to regional HQ management in the US as well as cost controlling and transfer price regulations.

• Head of Strategic and Tactical Procurement Residential Heating at Danfoss
  

• Senior Category Manager Electromechanics at Danfoss
  

  Solenoids, Sensors, Motors Setting and executing Category Strategies with high focus on - internal and external Stakeholder Management - Supplier Relationship Management - Supply Chain Management - improvement of TCO - Project Management - Contract Management - Risk Mitigation

• Head of Procurement Danfoss Fire Safety at Danfoss
  

  Responsible for the strategic, tactical and operational (Project) Procurement and inventory management.

• Customer Service and Inventory Control Representative at SCHOTT North America Inc.
  

  Demand and Inventory Management of glass tubes within Germany and the USA.