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Head of Purchasing

Dominic Rohr
Lachen, Switzerland

Experience

Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 1 month
Glarus Nord, Switzerland

Head of Purchasing

Guma AG

  • Restructuring and modernizing the purchasing department
  • Responsible for all purchasing activities within the company
  • Modernization and automation of the system environment
  • Designing and implementing the purchasing strategy, including inventory optimization
  • Strengthening the purchasing department profile and defining core processes
Jul 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 6 months
Speyer, Germany

Interim Manager Global Operations Planning

PM International AG

  • Integration of the newly established Operations Planning department (Supply & Demand Planning)
  • Implementation of a state-of-the-art S&OP process
  • Responsible for all global planning matters and ensuring global supply
  • Designing and presenting a new global planning strategy
  • Building and coaching the current team and the designated successor
Feb 2020 - May 2022
2 years 4 months
Neustadt, Germany

Head of Global Sourcing & Purchasing

Birkenstock Productions Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH

  • Overall management of the contract manufacturing division, both operationally and strategically
  • Strategic management of the synthetic and leather raw material areas until October 2020
  • Personnel responsibility for seven employees across two management levels with direct reporting line to the Managing Director
  • Execution of sourcing projects and further development of the organizational structure in contract manufacturing (procure to transport to pay processes)
  • Budget responsibility for approx. 100 million euros
Oct 2018 - Feb 2020
1 year 5 months
Neustadt, Germany

Head of Global Sourcing Upper

Birkenstock Productions Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH

  • Active redesign of the purchasing organization and setup of the new department
  • Strategic management of the synthetic and leather raw material areas
  • Supplier portfolio responsibility for approx. 50 suppliers
  • Introduction of global sourcing and first-time tenders in the purchasing area
  • Budget responsibility for approx. 80 million euros
Feb 2016 - Sep 2018
2 years 8 months
Neustadt, Germany

Head of Contract Manufacturing

Birkenstock Productions Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH

  • Technical and disciplinary leadership of the procurement team for contract manufacturing (footwear, legwear & orthopedics)
  • Leading the cross-functional team in designing the sourcing strategy
  • Responsible for operational delivery performance (OTIF) as well as meeting contribution margin targets
  • Further development of employees as a know-how booster for other purchasing areas
  • Interim management of the entire operational purchasing area
  • Budget responsibility for approx. 30 million euros
Feb 2012 - Jan 2016
4 years
Uznach, Switzerland

Men's Urban & Sports Lifestyle Buyer

Karl Vögele AG

  • Monitoring procurement markets, trends, innovations, and competitor activities in purchasing
  • Developing trends and models for purchasing
  • Negotiating and setting purchase and sales prices
  • Creating and planning collections, and KPI reporting as part of purchasing controlling
  • Responsible trainer in the purchasing department
Aug 2006 - Jan 2012
5 years 6 months
Dietikon, Switzerland

Deputy Department Head for Sports Shoes & Responsible Trainer

Dosenbach-Ochsner AG

  • Advising customers in the assigned department
  • Participating in the Dr. Shoes training program
  • Warehouse management and order processing
  • Responsible trainer in the store

Summary

Several years of hands-on experience and employee empowerment.

  • Organizational design, leadership, and employee development
  • Production management, in in-house production & contract manufacturing
  • Operational and strategic procurement management
  • Digitalization of operational procurement processes
  • Strong experience in change management
  • Development of procurement & supply chain strategies

Skills

  • Thinking Out Of The Box

  • Organizational Development

  • Strategy Development

  • Global Sourcing

  • Strive For Perfection

  • Process Engineering

  • Entrepreneurship

  • Interface Management

  • Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio, Project, Etc.)

  • Sap Erp R/3 And Business Warehouse Applications

  • Sap S/4hana Implementation Experience

  • Proffix

  • Class B Driver's License

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate
Luxembourgish
Intermediate
Italian
Elementary

Education

Aug 2009 - Jul 2010

Wirtschaftsschule KV Wetzikon

Vocational baccalaureate, economics & business administration, law · Wetzikon, Switzerland · 4.5 (Switzerland)

Aug 2006 - Jul 2009

Berufsschule für Detailhandel Zürich

Retail Specialist EFZ · Zürich, Switzerland · 5.4 (Switzerland)

Certifications & licenses

Lernimpulse Management 3.0 / Successful tools for agile leadership

Advanced communication skills

Project management (in-house)

Negotiation training (in-house)

Rhetoric for managers

Strategic procurement management

Negotiation training for purchasers

Leadership compact qualification program

Class B driver's license

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