Experience
Oct 2021 - Mar 2022
6 monthsApr 2017 - May 2025
8 years 2 monthsJan 2014 - May 2025
11 years 5 months
- Senior consultant and interim manager for industry and trade (focus on international strategic purchasing and supply chain management)
- Specialist lecturer for procurement, logistics, foreign trade, industrial management and supply chain management
- Trainer (IHK), Master Professional IHK, Bachelor Professional IHK, IHK business and operations economists, IHK clerks
Jan 2002 - Dec 2014
13 years
- International strategic project procurement for telecom equipment, maintenance contracts and telecom capacities (network technology, MSAN, FTTH)
- Development and implementation of global sourcing strategies
- Potential assessments and risk analyses of international markets based on global procurement market research
- Supplier management, supplier auditing, enforcement of compliance rules with suppliers
- Negotiation and conclusion of framework agreements and execution of audit-proof procurement procedures
- Procurement and awarding of external services and technical products for customer projects
- Purchasing volume (per project) avg. €10M/project, approx. avg. €100M p.a.
- Product groups: high-tech equipment, maintenance services for IT/Telco networks, network capacities and facility management services for data centers
- Leadership: project staffing and recruitment, technical supervision of up to 15 team members from various departments and suppliers per project
- Achieved cost reduction in purchasing high-tech devices of approx. 50%
- Consolidation of complex worldwide maintenance contracts with administrative simplifications and cost savings up to 90%
Jan 1996 - Dec 2002
7 years
- Product group leader for office supplies and workshop equipment as well as workshop consumables, buyer for energy and lubricants
- Creation and implementation of sourcing strategies with stakeholders
- Procurement consulting for a client group in cooperation with Accenture
- Purchasing volume approx. €25M p.a.
- Technical leadership of local buyers in the respective categories
- Needs analysis, concept creation and implementation of eBusiness solutions