Julian Binz
Consulting Strategic IT Purchasing
Experience
Consulting Strategic IT Purchasing
Hornbach Baumarkt AG
- Hornbach Baumarkt AG is an operator of DIY and garden centers in Europe based in Bornheim (Palatinate), a subsidiary of Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA.
- Participated in the development of a strategic concept for managing regular license, maintenance, and support renewals, taking into account risks, opportunities, cost efficiency, and resource use.
- Analyzed and maintained regular license, maintenance, and support extensions.
Consulting Strategic IT Purchasing
PHOENIX Pharmahandel GmbH & Co KG
- The PHOENIX group is a leading integrated healthcare provider in Europe, supplying medicines and medical products reliably every day.
- Achieved confirmed savings of €1.4 million.
- Took over tendering activities in IT purchasing (software, cloud, hardware, and IT services) during the carve-in phase after the merger with parts of McKesson Europe AG within the Transitional Service Agreement exit period.
- Identified and implemented optimization opportunities within the tool and contract landscape.
- Analyzed and prepared the management report on group-wide savings.
Procurement Consultant Corporate IT
Balluff GmbH
- Balluff is a medium-sized, family-owned company run for four generations, a sensor and automation specialist founded in Neuhausen auf den Fildern near Stuttgart.
- Reviewed, optimized, and negotiated contracts.
- Analyzed and improved processes.
Procurement Consultant Corporate IT-Infrastructure
Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG
- Founded in 1851, Lohmann is a pioneer in adhesive tape technology active worldwide with headquarters in Neuwied, Germany.
- Operational purchasing of IT infrastructure and software.
- Processing of purchase requisitions.
- Monitoring delivery dates.
- Invoice verification.
- License monitoring.
- Conducting price negotiations.
- Supplier management.
- Analyzed the current situation, identified potentials, necessary restructuring, and involved key stakeholders.
- Performed cost-benefit analysis of individual measures.
- Improved processes with a focus on increasing efficiency.
- Participated in the reorganization of the budget planning process.
- Transferred processes, their background ideas, and interrelationships to new colleagues in IT procurement.
Procurement Consultant Corporate IT-Infrastructure
Burda Procurement GmbH
- Burda Procurement GmbH is the procurement service provider for the entire Hubert Burda Media Group.
- Achieved confirmed savings of €0.23 million.
- Delivered sourcing projects through strategic purchasing.
- Tendering, benchmarking, price, and contract negotiation of software solutions (on-premises, SaaS, subscription) in BI/data analytics, marketing & sales solutions, cloud hosting services, and IT services among others.
- Processing of requirements requests in the IT software, IT services, and cloud services product groups.
- Advising clients on sourcing projects in the above-mentioned product groups.
- Tendering and negotiating potential framework agreement partners.
Strategic IT-Buyer
Monkey Work UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
MonkeyWork is a consulting company specializing in IT purchasing with over two decades of experience in small, medium and corporate environments, including team and interim leadership and warehouse and logistics environments.
Operational and tactical purchasing.
Processing of purchase requisitions.
Delivery date monitoring.
License tracking.
Preparation and execution of purchasing projects in coordination with strategic purchasing.
Contract fulfillment monitoring.
Claim processing.
Conducting price negotiations.
Supplier management.
Category Management
Sander Gruppe
The Sander Holding GmbH & Co. KG, a family business based in Wiebelsheim, consists of Sander Gourmet GmbH, Sander Catering GmbH and Sander International GmbH, operating on the food service market for more than 45 years.
Qualified data management in the KOST ERP system.
Article creation and maintenance, import of price and assortment updates from suppliers in the KOST ERP system.
Definition of order shopping baskets.
Negotiation of prices.
Creation of purchase orders and control of purchase requisitions.
Invoice verification.
Commercial complaints processing.
Creating, negotiating and maintaining framework agreements.
Conducting supplier negotiations and annual supplier meetings.
Worked closely with the development department in supplier assortment consolidations and expansions.
Carried out invitations to tender.
Conceptual development of product range strategies.
Assortment controlling on the basis of defined KPIs.
Preparation of product and price calculations for individual market segments (care sector, business catering, school & children market).
Creation of print templates and order forms as well as macro programming in Excel including communication to key account and area managers.
Optimization of the value chain and realization of synergy potentials within the Sander group.
Maintenance of the Sander web and mobile app.
Apprenticeship as Industrial Management Assistant
Sander Gruppe
Strategic and operational purchasing.
Category management.
Controlling.
Logistics.
Facility management.
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Media and Entertainment (4 years), Information Technology (4 years), Transportation (4 years), Professional Services (4 years), Food and Beverage (3.5 years), and Manufacturing (3 years).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Procurement (10.5 years), Supply Chain Management (8 years), Information Technology (4 years), Project Management (4 years), Product Development (3.5 years), and Logistics (2.5 years).
Skills
- Microsoft Office 365 (Complete Suite)
- Microsoft Excel (Incl. Vba And Pivot)
- Google Office (Complete Suite)
- Think Cell
- Hubspot Crm
- Microsoft Teams / Sharepoint
- Google Meet / Hangouts
- Slack
- Discord
- Jira
- Csb Businessware
- Kost Business-software
- Sap S/4hana Basics
Languages
Education
Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK)
Apprenticeship · Industrial Management Assistant · Wiebelsheim, Germany
University of Koblenz-Landau
Teacher training (mathematics and geography) · Koblenz, Germany
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Chemistry studies · Mainz, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Certified Junior Purchaser
Haufe Academy
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