Burghausen, Bavaria, Germany
Proactive Supply Chain & Procurement executive with 14+ years of expertise in the execution and management of CAPEX projects. Proven success in leading interdisciplinary, international teams with strong record of successful cost saving operations also through difficult market situations like in the resent years. Results driven and willing to use initiative to develop effective solutions for supply chain challenges, whilst having an active, dynamic and efficient workstyle. Major experience includes: - Successful self-responsible in-time execution of the Nanjing, China, site expansion CapEx project with >140 Mio. Euro spending from 2018 to 2022 thereof 3 years located in China. More than 20% savings in material and equipment despite Covid-19 and global material shortage. - Established the procurement department for SiTec GmbH with new ERP processes and staff during a phase of insolvency while ensuring, beside others, successful the supply of 190 Mio. Euro worth of equipment for a polysilicon plant in Qatar o Developed all contracts thereunder for equipment, work, labor and EPC(M) o Cross-functional training of project team members in cost reducing strategies e.g. DTC. - Performed international supplier researches for cost improvements. Demonstrated >50% approved saving potential for reactor pressure vessels. Project related worth 3 Mio. Euro - Experienced in material management and spares inventory - Manufacturing cost analysis, KPI and TCO. Generated savings of 10.5 Mio Euro for company Lidl in reducing the price for 3.500 bread cutters by helping the supplier to improve his manufacturing costs and the negotiation of overprized overhead calculations - >400 international shipped cargos total worth of >300 Mio. Euro thereunder notifiable products.
Based in Seoul, fully responsible for all procurement tasks for the expansion project (Contracting of engineering and other service companies, contract & claim management, processing of all equipment and material supplies) Project was put on hold.
Project successfully completed. Based in Shanghai and Nanjing, fully responsible for all procurement tasks for the expansion project (Contracting of engineering and other service companies, contract & claim management, processing of all equipment and material supplies)
Promoted to Director Procurement & Supply Chain Management after performance as Director Procurement (10/2012 to 10/2014). Guided purchasing, logistics and warehouse activities thereunder for a 300 Mio. Euro polysilicon plant project in Qatar. o Led purchasing activities for 3200+ orders / 8000+ tenders. Operative elaboration for major supplies while ensuring a lean and effective supply chain o Achieved cost savings of 19% with 6 monopolistic suppliers for an 8.3 Mio. Euro scope by using manufacturing cost analyses o Successfully introduced the supplier management and completed several supplier appraisals on equipment manufacturers o Defined all procurement, supply chain and commercial procedures and determined them in process flow descriptions o Managed service contracts with a monthly volume of up to 3 Mio. Euro o Independently created an English 25 Mio. Euro / 4 years EPC contract o Looked after 230+ sea- and airfreight shipments containing crucial, hazardous and notifiable goods o Strategical management of 2 German and 4 Qatar warehouses o Recognized member of SiTec’s Steering Committee Additional tasks during the engagement in Qatar under local contract: o Adoption and restructuring of material management processes in the workshop and on the construction site of the polysilicon plant o Active responsible for the material supply of the construction site o Developed the procurement and import organization Qatar thereof in optimizing logistic processes and efficiency improvements o Prepared and negotiated assembly beside commissioning activities for high sensitive laboratory, handling and process equipment o Generated savings of >9% (value 360.000 €) in service assignments o Implemented and managed a high reactive claim management o Administrated the commissioning and spare part management including the inventory management o Coordinated 4 equipment warehouses and chose the right storage method regarding the equipment specification and access time
Performed successful within several projects for new products and cost reductions. Promoted to functional leadership position. o Lead Buyer for the prototypes “c.Nite.Load (standalone wafer handling system) and “Dulani” (continuous vacuum process chambers) o Negotiated, wrote and placed orders for partly high sensible mechanical and electrical parts o Performed acceptance tests and approvals of system components o Demonstrated 25% possible annual savings worth >20 Mio. € for the product c.Fire by executing a value performance project on category “A” and “B” parts. Project leader o Implementation of a defined procurement process including master data maintenance in the daughter company SiTec GmbH o Responsible Buyer for all reactor and converter components within SiTec. Adoption of project management tasks o Performance of market analysis as well as TCO examinations
Project leader and single buyer for technical subsections and facilities within warehouse construction and maintenance projects. o Responsible for all 26 central warehouses in questions of technical equipment e.g. manual and automatic (cold) storage systems, industrial trucks, furniture or radio, alarm and video equipment o Responsible for the whole supply chain o Generated savings of 10.5 Mio with cost analysis, helping the supplier to improve his own costs and depicting wrong overhead calculations o Analyzed and updated all warehouse alarm systems with the reached goal of one contemporary standard
Self-dependent project procurement of mechanical and electromechanical parts for prototypes and product start-ups. o Subproject-Leader within cost reduction projects o Performed production cost analysis / cost break downs o Implemented new in-house logistic concepts (set and paper) o Elaboration of a key indicator system for project monitoring’s o Assembly group responsible within a company relocation project o Performed international resourcing market analysis o Audited suppliers together with the quality department o Created and executed supplier evaluations o Prepared and fulfilled price negotiations