Dominic R. - Head of Purchasing

Lachen, Switzerland

Experience

Jan 2023 - Present

3 years

Glarus Nord, Switzerland

Head of Purchasing

Guma AG

Restructuring & modernizing the purchasing department.
Responsibility for all purchasing activities in the company.
Modernizing & automating the system environment.
Designing & implementing the purchasing strategy (incl. inventory optimization).
Sharpening the purchasing department's profile & defining core processes.
3 employees – 1 management level

Jul 2022 - Dec 2023

1 year 6 months

Speyer, Germany

Interim Manager Global Operations Planning

PM International AG

Integrating the newly founded Operations Planning department (Supply & Demand Planning).
Implementing a state-of-the-art S&OP process.
Responsibility for all global planning matters & ensuring global supply.
Designing & presenting a new global planning strategy.
Building and coaching the current team and the designated successor.
6 employees, 2 management levels

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 area (operational & strategic).
Strategic management of the raw material areas Synthetic & Leather (until 10.2020).
Personnel responsibility for 7 employees across two management levels, direct reporting line to the Managing Director.
Conducting sourcing projects & further developing the organizational structure in contract manufacturing. (Procure to Transport to Pay processes)
Budget responsibility approx. €100 million.
7 employees, 2 management levels
Setting up the first sourcing office in Hong Kong (incl. recruiting a Global Sourcing Manager).
Introducing an SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for sourcing & onboarding global suppliers.
Successfully building a cross-functional sourcing strategy, incl. presentation & justification to C-level.
Expanding the supplier portfolio by 100%. (synthetic raw material producers, leather tanneries, sock & shoe manufacturers).
Increasing operational supplier performance (OTIF rate) from 36% to 98% in contract manufacturing procurement.
Reducing time to market from six months to four months.
Introducing critical path management to detect production bottlenecks & delays early.
Product Owner in the group-wide project to implement SAP S/4HANA using agile project management methodology (Scrum).
Introducing the digital supply chain in contract manufacturing: door-to-door solution with the logistics provider for seamless tracking of transported goods.
Increasing capacity for raw material/finished goods groups leather (100%), home shoes (300%), synthetic (150%) by implementing sourcing strategy & expanding the supplier portfolio.
Successfully increasing the OTIF rate in the leather area from 29% (FY 2018) to 91% (FY 2020) through strategic supplier phase-outs while ensuring growth.
Introducing the SAP supplier evaluation system for the entire Birkenstock Sourcing & Purchasing area, and implementing a TCSC score (Total Cost of Supply Chain) to consider the best value-for-money.
Designing & implementing a framework contract structure across the entire purchasing area at Birkenstock.
Over 60 contracts signed with "too big to fail" suppliers.
Achieving a 100% framework contract rate as the only purchasing area at Birkenstock.

Oct 2018 - Feb 2020

1 year 5 months

Neustadt, Germany

Head of Global Sourcing Upper

Birkenstock Productions Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH

Actively reshaping the purchasing organization & building the new department.
Strategic management of the raw material areas synthetic & leather.
Responsible for the supplier portfolio of approx. 50 suppliers.
Introducing global sourcing & first-time tenders in the purchasing area.
Budget responsibility approx. €80 million.
3 employees, 2 management levels
Setting up the first sourcing office in Hong Kong (incl. recruiting a Global Sourcing Manager).
Introducing an SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for sourcing & onboarding global suppliers.
Successfully building a cross-functional sourcing strategy, incl. presentation & justification to C-level.
Expanding the supplier portfolio by 100%. (synthetic raw material producers, leather tanneries, sock & shoe manufacturers).
Increasing operational supplier performance (OTIF rate) from 36% to 98% in contract manufacturing procurement.
Reducing time to market from six months to four months.
Introducing critical path management to detect production bottlenecks & delays early.
Product Owner in the group-wide project to implement SAP S/4HANA using agile project management methodology (Scrum).
Introducing the digital supply chain in contract manufacturing: door-to-door solution with the logistics provider for seamless tracking of transported goods.
Increasing capacity for raw material/finished goods groups leather (100%), home shoes (300%), synthetic (150%) by implementing sourcing strategy & expanding the supplier portfolio.
Successfully increasing the OTIF rate in the leather area from 29% (FY 2018) to 91% (FY 2020) through strategic supplier phase-outs while ensuring growth.
Introducing the SAP supplier evaluation system for the entire Birkenstock Sourcing & Purchasing area, and implementing a TCSC score (Total Cost of Supply Chain) to consider the best value-for-money.
Designing & implementing a framework contract structure across the entire purchasing area at Birkenstock.
Over 60 contracts signed with "too big to fail" suppliers.
Achieving a 100% framework contract rate as the only purchasing area at Birkenstock.

Feb 2016 - Sep 2018

2 years 8 months

Neustadt, Germany

Head of Contract Manufacturing

Birkenstock Productions Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH

Functional and disciplinary leadership of the procurement team for external manufacturing (footwear, legwear & orthopedics).
Leading the cross-functional team for designing the sourcing strategy.
Responsible for operational delivery performance (OTIF) and meeting contribution margin targets.
Further developing employees as a know-how booster for other purchasing areas.
Interim management of the entire operational purchasing area.
Budget responsibility for approx. €30 million.
7 employees, 2 management levels
Setting up the first sourcing office in Hong Kong (incl. recruiting a Global Sourcing Manager).
Introducing an SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for sourcing & onboarding global suppliers.
Successfully building a cross-functional sourcing strategy, incl. presentation & justification to C-level.
Expanding the supplier portfolio by 100%. (synthetic raw material producers, leather tanneries, sock & shoe manufacturers).
Increasing operational supplier performance (OTIF rate) from 36% to 98% in contract manufacturing procurement.
Reducing time to market from six months to four months.
Introducing critical path management to detect production bottlenecks & delays early.
Product Owner in the group-wide project to implement SAP S/4HANA using agile project management methodology (Scrum).
Introducing the digital supply chain in contract manufacturing: door-to-door solution with the logistics provider for seamless tracking of transported goods.
Increasing capacity for raw material/finished goods groups leather (100%), home shoes (300%), synthetic (150%) by implementing sourcing strategy & expanding the supplier portfolio.
Successfully increasing the OTIF rate in the leather area from 29% (FY 2018) to 91% (FY 2020) through strategic supplier phase-outs while ensuring growth.
Introducing the SAP supplier evaluation system for the entire Birkenstock Sourcing & Purchasing area, and implementing a TCSC score (Total Cost of Supply Chain) to consider the best value-for-money.
Designing & implementing a framework contract structure across the entire purchasing area at Birkenstock.
Over 60 contracts signed with "too big to fail" suppliers.
Achieving a 100% framework contract rate as the only purchasing area at Birkenstock.

Feb 2012 - Jan 2016

4 years

Uznach, Switzerland

Men's Urban & Sports Lifestyle Buyer

Karl Vögele AG

Monitoring procurement markets, trends, innovations & competitor activities in purchasing.
Developing trends & models in purchasing.
Negotiating & setting purchase & sales prices.
Creating & planning collections, as well as KPI reporting in purchasing control.
Responsible trainer in the purchasing department.
2 employees