Einkauf Interim Manager | Technischer Einkäufer | Strategischer Einkäufer | Commodity Manager

3/2013 – 12/2014

Responsible for various commodities (mechanical, plastics, electrical) with a total spend of USD 37 million – suppliers were located around the world; price or contract negotiations with the suppliers; escalation management for overdue deliveries; defining and executing the sourcing and supply strategy for different commodities; reporting of relevant KPI’s to the Team leader of Global Sourcing; strategic Supplier Management in driving cost reduction activities.

Einkauf (allg.), Einkaufsstrategie, Einkaufsverhandlungen, Projekteinkauf, Strategischer Einkauf, Technischer Einkauf

1/2010 – 12/2012

Head of Purchasing / Sourcing with 7 subordinates and budget responsibility for direct / indirect spend, reporting of relevant KPI’s to the Managing Director; responsible for IKA subsidiaries in China / India for Procurement of direct spend including recruitment of new employees. Setting up a supply base for mechanical parts from the sketch; driving of cost reduction and value engineering activities from existing suppliers; Supplier visits and audits including know how passing of new and existing suppliers in terms of manufacturing capacity for the whole IKA group; leadership in driving functional Teams across continents, cultures and time zones.

Einkauf (allg.), Einkaufsorganisation, Einkaufsstrategie, Einkaufsverhandlungen, Indirekter Einkauf, Konzerneinkauf, Projekteinkauf, Serieneinkauf, Strategischer Einkauf, Technischer Einkauf

1/2008 – 12/2009

Head of Purchasing / Sourcing with subordinates and budget responsibility for direct / indirect spend; reporting of relevant KPI’s to the Corporate Director Sourcing; driving cost reduction (design to cost) activities with R&D in collaboration with the suppliers; supplier rating and analyzing the existing suppliers by price, service, punctuality and quality; developing global sourcing potentials for mechanical parts / electrical components to leverage the synergistic effects for the entire IKA group.

Einkauf (allg.), Einkaufsorganisation, Einkaufsstrategie, Einkaufsverhandlungen, Projekteinkauf, Serieneinkauf, Strategischer Einkauf, Technischer Einkauf, Outsourcing

1/2004 – 12/2007

Planning of production processes, development of human and material resources; monitoring the production processes and adjusting if necessary, to comply with the specified deadlines given from the customer, outsourcing of mechanical parts to third parties due to lacks of capacity; creation of pre-/ post-calculations for machinery and equipment; team Member to set up the Procurement department at the subsidiary in China which was about 50% of the working time. (including recruitment and trainings for new employees)

Direkter Einkauf, Einkaufsverhandlungen, Outsourcing, Manufacturing Resources Planning

3/1996 – 12/2003

Manufacturing metal high precision parts and components according to the drawings

Werkzeugbau / Werkzeugmaschinenbau

9/1992 – 2/1996

Learning from scratch for 3.5 years different metal machining operations such as turning, milling, grinding etc. Read – understand and develop technical drawings, CNC programming

Werkzeugbau / Werkzeugmaschinenbau