Senior Procurement Manager / Global Category Manager / Projekteinkäufer / strategischer Einkäufer

1/2009 – 7/2025

Assignments:
- Global Category Manager Lab Equipment
- Global Category Manager Lab Consumable and Chemicals
- Procurement team-lead for large project: stablish drug substance (CHO) production facility in Penzberg (2014-2016)
- Strategic, tactical and operational procurement of Production Equipment
- Strategic, tactical and operational procurement of Lab Instruments

Achievements:
- Implemented a global category strategy and strategic initiatives for Lab Instruments (LEM) and Lab Consumables & Chemicals (LCC)
- Ensure Early Involvement of Procurement in high-volume RFx spend; Procurement is perceived as value-added business partner
- Procurement Savings within CHO project: 7% / €15,5 Mio.
- Set-Up Sourcing Map for process equipment (Drug Substance) along the production process; coordination with Site Basel Procurement and Engineering
- Harmonization of terms & conditions for Lab Instruments: PZ, BS, MA
- Efficient Business Partnering for key stakeholders

Einkauf (allg.), Einkaufsmanager, Einkaufsstrategie, Einkaufsverhandlungen, Indirekter Einkauf, Kaufmännischer Mitarbeiter im Bereich Einkauf, Kommerzieller Mitarbeiter im Bereich Einkauf, Konzerneinkauf, Projekteinkauf, Strategischer Einkauf, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Technischer Einkauf

8/2005 – 12/2008

Assignments:
- Strategic purchasing of steel, mainly in oligopolistic markets
- Strategic purchasing of energy within a buying syndicate

Achievements:
- Implemented and developed new supplier to best strategic partner for boiler plates
- Reduced cost by 25 % by internationalization of procurement of boiler tubes
- Reduced delivery time by 50 % for boiler heads by implementing a new strategic partner
- Procured all capital equipment needed for construction of new production facility cost-effectively and on-time
- Significanty reduced administrative activities for price calculation by implementing a price configurator for boiler heads and boiler plates
- Successfully eliminated price negotiation for C-parts, i.e. for profiles, by linking those purchase prices to price indices
- Designed and published a purchasing controlling for plates and energy
- Played a key role in implementing the new SAP materials management tool

Direkter Einkauf, Einkauf (allg.), Einkaufsgemeinschaft, Einkaufsmanager, Einkaufsstrategie, Einkaufsverhandlungen

8/2002 – 7/2005

Director of Procurement
Leadership Role, 14 employees

Assignments:
- Negotiation of terms and conditions, purchasing volume: Mio. 100 Euro p.a.
- Member of pan-European purchasing board
- Materials planning of 53.000 SKUs
- Master data maintenance of 1.200 suppliers and 53.000 SKUs
- Invoice control
- Budget accountability for the department

Achievements:
- Restructured the department by reallocating duties
- Saved the company millions by consolidating terms and conditions due to two company acquisitions and pan-European volume aggregation
- Developed sales-oriented purchasing controlling to determine profit margin by supplier
- Developed reporting of operating figures within purchasing and supply-related logistics
- Reduced inaccurate incoming invoice by 65 % through detailed root-cause analysis
- Optimized price data administration by making use of modern IT
- Improved buying conditions and streamlining the range of products by close cooperation with sales organizations

Einkaufsleiter, Einkaufsmanager, Strategischer Einkauf, Strategisches Management