Altenmarkt im Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Experienced and passionate leader for high performance operations and sourcing! - my mission and commitment: transform operations /sourcing into the strategic weapon for our brands, ensure the competitive advantage and levels of excellence, in order to sustain the uninterrupted business success - setup and maintain Scorecards /KPI to drive operational performance in all dimensions - ensure basic compliance through contracting and auditing - change management: manage business continuity, adapt flexible to external sudden change and level up with the help of large scale programs A) COST OF PRODUCT - ensure product cost improvements in order to mitigate inflationary impacts and make sure all product categories deliver margins on the target levels - benchmark competition, manufacturing and sourcing to make sure best in class B) PREMIUM SERVICE LEVELS - empower R&D /engineering teams and vendors for cooperation; to develop, industrialize and manufacture innovative best in class products - ensure quality levels in order to meet and exceed customer expectations - outperform competition through on-time delivery throughout whole supply chain - standardize processes whenever possible C) CASHFLOW - reduce companies inventory risk through shortened lead-times /seasonal capacity flex - optimize /standardize payment terms to vendors and subcontractors D) SUSTAINABILITY - ensure companies environmental and social /safety targets with T1, T2, ... TN - ensure products compliance according international standard, especially materials chemical compliance
Working basically on two Projects - Primary function is the Sourcing Finished Goods Management for AMER Wintersports Equipment (Industrialization and Sourcing of Hardgoods for Salomon, Atomic and Armada brand) - Change Management (Armada Ski Integration, Precor Fitness Equipment QM, Goggles & Nordic Boots Transfer to Sourcing Mode, Participating & Leading Projects of Large Scale Change Programs, ...)
Product Manager Technical Items - Customers: On-premise (gastronomy), Off-premise (wholesale) - Responsibilities: Product portfolio creation, development, engineering, production, purchasing, quality management, project management, etc. - Products: coolers, bars, displays, all kind of technical POS-items
Sourcing Manager for Finished Goods Customers: ATOMIC, Dynamic Services, responsibilities: manage production and sourcing of all kind of finished goods, not produced by ATOMIC industry. Products: Alpine skis, bindings, boots; Nordic Skis, bindings and Boots; Boards, bindings and boots, helmets, poles, etc. Responsibilities: international sourcing, purchasing, quality assurance management, contract management