Jan Dimitrov

Procurement expert

Jan Dimitrov
Berlin, Germany

Experience

Oct 2020 - Nov 2022
2 years 2 months
Bad Dürkheim, Germany

Shareholder & CTO

moema-espresso.com

Maintenance and improvement of Magento-based e-commerce platform to process doubled amount of transactions after takeover of company

Nov 2011 - Aug 2016
4 years 10 months
Tallinn, Estonia

Co-founder

Deltabid.com

  • Draft of essential elements for an e-sourcing event management platform (B2B market)
  • Business development of solution (peer group testing), partnership management
Sep 2009 - Present
15 years 8 months

Consultant

J&S Consulting Services

  • Standardisation and harmonisation of paper and print consumables, optimisation of outbound logistics and implementation of an energy management service provider for a leading pharmaceuticals wholesaler

  • Quick cost improvement programme for leading toy manufacturer in logistics (land and sea freight), packaging and marketing

  • Creation, standardisation and optimisation of pan-European categories for several materials (medical devices, supplies) for an ophthalmology group

  • Facilitation of separation of corporate contracts for carve out of global transportation company

  • Facilitation of software/ services agreement separation for carve-out of leading EU-e-platform operator

  • E-services activities: Head of business development for catalogue software solution provider (interim); Software selection process for e-procurement solutions; Digitisation study to screen the overall market for procurement solutions and general trends

  • Various procurement projects with focus on cost optimisation, realignment of supply chains, restructuring/ creation of procurement organisation structures (esp. UK, GER and Brazil)

  • Managed categories: Logistics, MRO, temp labour & professional services, project services, cleaning services, CAPEX, subscriptions, machinery parts, chemicals & raw materials

  • Covered industries: Pharmaceutical industry, wind power, machinery & engineering, seismic exploration, technology services & certification, industrial cleaning & waste management; comestible goods, packaging converters; integrated facility management

Dec 2008 - Sep 2009
10 months
Fürth, Germany

Head of dept. for indirect procurement

Primondo Operations (Arcandor-Group)

  • Managed categories: Temp labour and IT services, CAPEX & MRO, energy, facility management, packaging material, construction services
  • Realignment of existing procurement functions and build-up of facility management, recycling and energy procurement functions
  • Consolidation of procurement within Quelle Versand and Primondo group enterprises; implementation of new tools and processes
  • Responsibility: 10 employees, managed spend volume: €100m pa.
Mar 2003 - Nov 2008
5 years 9 months
Berlin, Germany

Project Manager

Drozak Consulting

  • Various procurement projects with focus on cost reduction and value engineering for re-known enterprises in Europe and Latin America
  • Interim roles within procurement
  • Training of international procurement teams

Covered industries: manufacturing, machinery & engineering, software development, power plant engineering, wind power, chemicals, automotive

Oct 1999 - Feb 2003
3 years 5 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Consultant

KPMG Consulting/ Bearingpoint

  • Several roles within a large billing software project for leading industry player (review of software development, monitoring of progress and quality of software development)
  • Facilitation of the outsourcing process of back office operations and software merger in the banking sector

Covered industries: Mobile telecommunications, financial services

Summary

Senior manager with more than 24 years of experience in the procurement sector, profound experience in various industries, "get-it-done mentality” & flexibility

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Portuguese
Advanced
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Oct 2003 - Jun 2004

Cardiff University

Master of Business Administration · Business Administration · Cardiff, United Kingdom

Oct 1995 - Jun 1999

University of Applied Sciences Dresden

Graduate degree in Business Administration (with distinction): management & marketing · Business Administration · Dresden, Germany

Oct 1991 - Jun 1993

Apprenticeship in mechanical engineering

Dresden, Germany