Managing Director / Founder

• Leading the Indirect Procurement function & Procurement Excellence (>10FTE direct & dotted line: Procurement Excellence Manager, Coupa Champions, Category Manager, Project Sourcing Manager, Operational Buyer, Backoffice - for MRO, IT, Logistics technical & non-technical spend >200MCHF)
• Transformed Procurement function (direct & indirect) with world class procurement processes, systems, strategies & metrics into a holistic, harmonized, performance driven and value creating business partnering organization
• Delivered cost savings (+13%) YOY company-wide through implement Cat. Management and execute best in class sourcing
• Build Category Management from the ground including processes, new operating model and technology implementation (0% to +70% spend under category strategy in 18mo)
• Define and implement global procurement KPI's & Dashboards
• SAP S/4 Hana implementation work package Lead for all procurement (MM) related topics
• Manage the Maintenance Outsourcing provider
• Procurement Lead for the MRO insourcing project (>60FTE)
• Deputy CPO

• Project: Change Management Concept for a procurement suite (replace Ariba with Weco) implementation for a global US manufacturing group
• Project: Spend analysis and definition of potential for process & cost optimizations for a leading Swiss energy utility company
• Project: Category strategy review for high volume (>1mrd) Capex spend for a German grid company

Initiate & Lead the greenfield Procurement Excellence Transformation Program (>60 Program members) – from a traditional decentralization to a corporate fully connected agile operating model utilizing cloud based technology

Workstream 1: Organization & Governance - transform from a local operational procurement function into a holistic supply-chain function

Workstream 2: Supply-Chain Processes & Digitalization - improve & align supply-chain processes and implement best-in-class tools (Coupa)

Workstream 3: Category Management - from mainly operational procurement to a strategic procurement

Workstream 4: People & Change - set-up up a procurement academy and a regularly maturity assessment

• Accountable for the Global Sourcing Strategy (demand to purchase) for the raw material (steel) commodity & manufacturing (lasering, punching, varnishing & machining) & Make or Buy
• Lead complex & high value cross-sector commodity RFQs (on GE Group Level > 30 locations – each RFQ volume ~40MioEUR)
• Functional lead of Category Buyers in 8 manufacturing locations (CH, ESP, IND, BRA, CHN, CAN, FR, SWE)
• Define Design2Cost-Strategies together with Global R&D
• Animate & drive the regions to follow the Global Sourcing Strategy
• Deploy frame contracts and pricing models / tools
• Supplier Quality, Claim & Non-Conformity Management
• Improve Supplier base, Supplier Development Plans & Supplier Risk Management
• Foster the global collaboration & standardization (usage of Ariba Sourcing Tools like e-auction, e-sourcing)

• Build up a global Project Sourcing Team for the variable speed business unit and set up the target operating model
• Lead a team of Project Sourcing Managers (6 FTE - Project Sourcing Managers in 3 global locations – CH, FRA, IND)
• Globally accountable for the Supply-Chain in EPC projects (direct & indirect material), all margin movements (P&L), on-time procurement, on-time delivery, expediting, quality and sourcing efficiency of the product line (>300MioEUR spend), Projects: Nant de Drance, Linth-Limmern, Tehri, Le Cheylas
• Budget control, reporting, improvement initiatives
• Implement & maintain Global Sourcing & Supply Chain strategies
• Review and define the tendering sourcing process & strategy (review pricing models, Supply-Chain costs)
• Partner with the Global Sourcing Team (various locations) and R&D to ensure the application of the Commodity Strategies
• Supply-Chain function coordination (key stakeholders, i.e. Buyer, Supplier Quality, Expediting) & load management
• Part of the European Sourcing & Product Line Management Team

• Projectmanagement / controlling, Expediting
• Supplier development programs (Quality, Delivery, Costs)
• Deployment of a global Expediting process landscape (processes, organisation, tools) aligned with all Supply Chain processes
• Deployment of performance reporting & analysing tools (IT)
• Process Performance Management, Process Benchmarking
• Identified as Global Best-Practice in Expediting

• Supply Chain (Procurement & Logistic) management, contract negotiation, After-Sales coordination
• RFQ & order handling (PO placement) of European dealers & customers
• RFQ & contract handling for Transport & Logistics provider (Inbound, Outbound)
• Lead the deployment/change from dealer sales to direct sales
• Controlling & Reporting, Continuous improvement programs, Inventory Management