Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Retired after years of managing and leading international buying groups and strategic sourcing with focus on raw materials and commodities, contract manufacturing for FMCG industry. Global contract negotiations, restructuring projects. Integration of acquisitions. Cost saving and simplification projects along the entire value chain. Designing products and the supply chain to deliver maximum value for consumers at lowest cost. Driving sustainability thinking across every step of the value chain ie. reduce, reuse, recycle packaging. Since 3 years running a small consultancy firm focussing on strategic advisory for small and medium size manufacturing companies.
Consulting on project base. Active as Board member of midsize companies. Consulting on corporate strategy. Process improvement of sourcing. Optimizing product quality, cost of goods. Also working as Senior Expert for globally active NGOs. Deep expertise on commodity sourcing, cocoa and derivatives.
Leading sourcing , supply risk management and cost optimization for the supply chain across Europe which includes 25 factories producing chocolate and candy. Procurement partner for the Commercial area president for Northern Europe.
Managing the Pension Fund Team, Heading the quarterly meeting of trustees,
Procurement Business Partner for Chocolate business unit. Driving end to end value in sourcing of all Raw- and Pack Materials incl contract manufacturing. Simplification of entire value chain. Working on enterprise wide process standards. Supply chain partnering with strategic suppliers. Total spend 2.3BN USD
Leading Raw-. Pack material Sourcing and Contract Manufacturing for the Mondelez Europe Business Unit Chocolate with a spend volume of > 2.0 BN $.
Responsible for sourcing of all dairy based raw materials for the supply of all manufacturing sites in EU und Eastern Europe region.