Switzerland
Global Sourcing Leader Over 20 years of global sourcing experience in FMCG, Pharma and Manufacturing. Managed complex sourcing teams across Europe & Australasia with spend accountability of USD$700 MM. Leadership on sourcing strategies covering multiple plants and country locations for commodities, dairy, ingredients, packaging and indirect spend. Designed and transformed Procurement Organisations into high performing cross cultural teams delivering exceptional cost savings across direct materials and indirect spend. Leadership role in the Global GM Sourcing Community in leveraging cutting edge Ideation techniques and key supplier relationships to drive record levels of cost savings. Email: [email protected] Mobile Phone: +41 78 653 6913 Sourcing & Leadership Competencies • Sourcing Organisation development including vision, strategy, structure & talent assessment. • Holistic Margin Management expertise to enable joint value creation • Sourcing Capabilities covering procurement processes, tools and technology • Holistic Category Sourcing leadership for direct and indirect categories. • Developed & Coached sourcing teams through empowerment and focus on development plans. • Full P & L responsibility for direct materials and indirect spend • Corporate governance across sustainability, ethical sourcing and supplier code of conduct. • External Supply Chain responsibility for FMCG branded innovation product launches • MBA Educated with an additional Undergraduate Business Degree in Economics/Marketing.
Global Category Manager for Sucrose based in the Nestle Panama City Procurement Hub. Responsible for sugar procurement in North America and South America for all Nestle businesses with an an approximate spend of USD$700 million.
Leader of Europe/Australasia Sourcing Team Leadership of a team of 15 people across Europe, India and Australia with a spend accountability of USD$660MM Management of spend in 8 plants and 13 market locations for commodities, indirect spend, packaging, dairy and ingredients. Responsible for External Supply Chain Management from 2011 to 2015 for co-packing of dough, bakery mixes, vegetables and other 3rd party finished goods to drive brand innovation
Procurement Spend of USD$550 MM for direct materials and indirect spend Sourcing Director managing direct materials across 5 plants in Europe and indirect spend across 5 plants and multiple market locations. Drove Holistic Margin Management savings from 3.0% to 3.5% in the first 6 months of the role. Set up new centralised sourcing organisation for EMEA to cover direct and indirect materials. Developed sourcing processes, tools and other capabilities to support the new organisation.
Original 12 month expat role with key objectives to bring world class purchasing practices to the team and to undertake a recommendation to set up a new centralised regional sourcing team. Manage key sourcing spend categories for 5 European Plants including Commodities, Ingredients and Packaging. Set up a Steering Working Team engaging with Senior Executive Team, Plant Managers, Supply Chain and Markets to lead a recommendation for a Regional Sourcing Team. Presented to the Board within 4 months with commitment to three year saving targets and a centralised team. Recommendation universally accepted. Focus on Productivity Program with a Plan to drive productivity improvements on direct and indirect spend for the 2012 - 2015 period. Provided rapid improvement in productivity to improve by 1.0% by the end of 2011. Engaged with One Global Sourcing Team in Minneapolis for pan regional tenders covering flexible film, corrugates, dairy and paperboard to help drive productivity.
Pharmaceutical Purchasing Development Manager responsible for the sourcing of ingredients and packaging for BMS Australia Developed tenders and RFQ`s for key packaging and ingredient categories delivered 5% plus savings Partnered with Glass Supplier to drive improved productivity and innovation for new bottle shapes and lower cost. Backed up another colleague who resigned from BMS to manage purchasing and inventory arrangements for Active Ingredients. Undertook GMP training and GMP Audits for key packaging and ingredients suppliers
Managed Sourcing arrangements for a spend of $50MM across chemicals, adhesives, packaging and 3rd party finished goods. Delivered average cost savings of 3-4% per year for above spend portfolio. Successful Pilot Supplier Partnership Program with board, coreboard and adhesive supplier to optimise specification, inventory and cost this product. Program delivered $1.0MM savings on a $12M spend base. Managed the inventory and ordering requirements for 3rd party finished goods.