Matthias W.
Interim SAP Master Data Manager and Procurement
Experience
Jan 2024 - Present
2 yearsInterim SAP Master Data Manager and Procurement
Pharmaceutical Company
- Operational purchasing
- Price negotiations
- Updating master and transactional data
- Implementation of data governance and data quality
- Strategies in the material master
- Reducing process costs and stock levels, presenting a possible C-parts management
- Developing KPIs
- SAP documentation for MM and the material master
- Coaching and training the purchasing team
- Reducing maverick buying
- Contributing to the modeling of the new P2P process
Jul 2023 - Nov 2023
5 monthsInterim SAP Master Data Manager
Mechanical Engineering Company
- Evaluating the material master, developing KPIs, deriving actions, such as generating planning data from an ABCXYZ analysis
- Deriving measures to reduce shortages and material backlogs
- Coaching and training key users to avoid past mistakes in the S4/Hana project
- Defining, modeling, and implementing processes
- Updating material master for all modules to improve data quality
May 2023 - Jul 2023
3 monthsInterim Head of Procurement
Telecommunications Company
- Defining and implementing processes
- Supporting ERP Business Central rollout
- Master data, layout definitions
- Price negotiations with civil works subcontractors (-5%) and installation materials (-30%), indirect area
- Completely revised contracting with legal counsel
- Coaching and leading employees
- Claims, negotiations, and avoiding claims
- Establishing solvent, international subcontractors
Oct 2022 - Apr 2023
7 monthsInterim SAP Manager and Process Coach
Manufacturing Company
- Developing working processes in all SAP modules across international sites, especially MM and PP
- Setting up a functioning APO planning
- Process modeling and implementation in SAP Signavio
- Documentation in SAP Enable
- Training and coaching employees
- Supporting internal staff in implementing the SAP project
May 2022 - Sep 2022
5 monthsInterim Procurement Manager
Automotive (Commercial Vehicles) Company
- Purchasing airport equipment
- Executing a defense project, price reduction of 50%, value EUR 480,000
- Preparing Kanban for all product groups, direct and indirect
- Reducing process costs by cutting order transactions and material withdrawals
- Internationalization of the steel construction product group, laser cutting and processing, electrics, TCO
- Make or buy
- Contract management
- Reducing suppliers by 10%
- Updating material master
Mar 2021 - Apr 2022
1 year 2 monthsInterim Head of Procurement, Interim ERP Consultant
Automation Company
Developed procurement and drove internationalization
Trained employees
Set up contract management
Supplier management
Corporate financing through leasing, fintech, major banks, and investors; deferred €9,000,000 of liabilities for 6 months
Evaluated two ERP systems
Modeled processes and implemented them in SAP MM
Evaluated and requested ECM software for decision-making
During the protective shield proceedings and self-administered insolvency, negotiated with suppliers and supported the M&A process, managed retention of title, performed calculations for investors, self-administration and trustees, conducted contract reviews, and defended against claims
Sep 2020 - Jan 2021
5 monthsInterim Procurement Manager, Interim ERP Consultant
Telecommunications Company
- Evaluated two ERP systems
- Introduced ELO (ECM software)
- Replaced Salesforce in sales
- Evaluated and commissioned Azure programming (BI)
- Assessed and negotiated network charges
- Implemented cost savings
Feb 2020 - May 2020
4 monthsInterim Project Buyer for Metal Commodity
Automotive Tier 1 Company
- Tendered BIW and chassis
- Prepared cost breakdown with the current supplier
- Prepared for industrial production of components
- Prepared our production equipment at the existing supplier (electrocoating, powder coating, wet paint, welding systems), set up smooth production processes, addressed punch lists, and completed for acceptance
- Issued RFI for other commodities with potential suppliers and developed synergies
- Provided process consulting in PSI Penta (ERP)
- Supported contract management, prepared and executed contractual processes
- Evaluated supplier claims, prepared and negotiated
- Prepared for the transition of the customer to a pure service company
- Restructured supplier portfolios
Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
1 year 1 monthInterim Head of Procurement
Mechanical and Plant Engineering Company, Manufacturing
- Achieved cost-down, especially freight revision in parcel shipping with over 25% reduction (saving approx. €270,000)
- Internationalized sourcing
- Prepared decision for Navision 2018 or Business Central
- Managed contract processes for the upgrade to Business Central, negotiated with three vendors
- Performed initial process revisions in Navision
- Cleaned up master data in Navision
- Coached and trained employees
- Negotiated and implemented ELO ECM project
Apr 2018 - Aug 2018
5 monthsInterim Series Buyer / SAP MM Processes
Automotive Tier 2 Company
- Managed the forged parts commodity group, including mechanical processing
- Managed the seamless and welded steel pipes commodity group
- Achieved cost reductions over 30% within these commodity groups
- Analyzed databases and performed calculations in Excel
- Aligned and adjusted SAP reorder data and planning settings to avoid shortages
- Conducted training in SAP MM and partly SAP PP
May 2017 - Mar 2018
11 monthsInterim Project Buyer
Unternehmen Maschinen- und Anlagenbau
- Project procurement of all necessary plant goods
- Europe-wide benchmarking of cast parts (spheroidal/gray iron) 5–40,000 kg
- Benchmarking of steel parts
- Cost-Down
- Internationalization of sourcing
- Development of the master data landscape
- Reduction of error rates in ERP INFOR
- Cleanup of variable data
Oct 2016 - Feb 2017
5 monthsHead of Strategic and Operational Purchasing
Rena Technologies GmbH
- Contract management with key suppliers
- Implementation of cost reduction program
- Procurement controlling and results tracking
Jul 2016 - Sep 2016
3 monthsInterim Head of Purchasing, bridging the internal successor search
Interroll Automation GmbH
Jun 2012 - Jun 2016
4 years 1 monthHead of Operational and Strategic Purchasing
Interroll Automation GmbH
- Reduction of material costs (excluding intercompany) by over 12% within 12 months
- Three Cost-Down projects in four years
- Internationalization of purchasing
- Improvement of the supply chain
- International procurement projects for the group as lead buyer (packaging, DIN parts, mechanical components)
- Development of contract management (framework, services, work contracts, QSV, development, tooling)
- Search and qualification of new suppliers, among others for a new product line
- Substitution of uneconomical production processes
- Establishment of consignment stocks
- Key user SAP MM in ERP project, materials management module
- Process modeling and implementation in master data
- Master data management in collaboration with other modules
- Ensuring process integrity and avoiding process breaks
- Preparation of documentation and training materials
- Training and coaching of employees, including in Atlanta (USA) and Suzhou (China)
- Development of the process landscape with headquarters
- Creation of KPIs and derivation of measures
Sep 2011 - Jan 2012
5 monthsHead of Strategic Purchasing
Rothenberger Werkzeuge GmbH
- Project leadership for freight revision with an annual savings potential of over 8%
- Establishment of new suppliers in low-cost countries in Europe
- Linking purchasing and quality assurance functions
Jun 2010 - Aug 2011
1 year 3 monthsHead of Materials Management
Burkhardt GmbH
- Negotiated up to 270 days payment terms with the largest suppliers
- Procured new credit insurance under unfavorable conditions (Atradius, Euler Hermes)
- Reduced material ratio by 6% in one year despite rising material costs
- Key user for PSI Penta in ERP project, Materials Management module
- Process modeling and implementation in master data
- Master data management in collaboration with other modules
- Ensured process continuity and prevented disruptions
- Prepared documentation and training materials
- Training and coaching of employees
Aug 2008 - Jan 2010
1 year 6 monthsGroup Leader Purchasing Mechanical and Technical Purchased Parts
DMT Technology GmbH
- Settled a compensation claim out of court in cooperation with the CFO, value approx. EUR 350,000
- Achieved up to 40% price reductions by sourcing steel components in Eastern Europe at the same quality
- Established collaboration with the purchasing department of the branch in France
Nov 2001 - Jul 2008
6 years 9 monthsSenior Controller and Senior Buyer in the In-House Manufacturing Business Unit
Herrenknecht AG
Conducted profitability analysis of the business unit
Performed investment calculations for machinery
Standard cost accounting and budgeting
Calculated all common components over 4 years and entered them into the ERP system
Created transparency of production costs (make or buy) and optimized the production program
Conducted supplier acceptance, auditing, and qualification
Managed risks, searched for and selected suitable suppliers
May 1992 - Nov 2001
9 years 7 monthsStrategic Buyer, Deputy Head of Purchasing
Herrenknecht AG
- Managed project procurement for components of a tunnel boring machine
- Designed and implemented Kanban system, C-parts management, reducing process costs
- Designed and implemented in-house logistics
- Key user for ERP software Steeb AS400
- Conducted value analysis and substitution search with technical engineering
- Risk management in materials management
- Performed inventory analyses, automated demand control, JIT, safety stocks
- Conducted supplier acceptance, auditing, and qualification
- Procured large projects for the subsidiary MSD Dresden over 3 years
- Consolidated small orders into framework orders
- Led extensive cost reduction projects
Nov 1991 - Apr 1992
6 monthsLogistics Specialist
Janoschka GmbH
Jul 1991 - Oct 1991
4 monthsPurchasing, Sales
Eisen-Müller GmbH
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Erp System Sap 6.0 As Mm Key User, S4/hana, Very Good Knowledge In Pp, Sd
- Psi Penta, Key User
- Navision 2018, Business Central
- Steeb As400
- Infor
- Ap+
- Studies In Business Informatics At Akad, Up To The End Of Basic Studies
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
IntermediateEducation
Sep 2003 - Oct 2004
EMA AG
Diploma in Business Administration · Business Administration · Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Mar 1998 - May 2000
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IHK Business Administrator · Business Administration
Dec 1989 - Jun 1991
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Wholesale and Foreign Trade Merchant · Wholesale and Foreign Trade
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